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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2
May 9, 1846 - May 21, 1846
1846 May 9th Weather warm & fine about this time, Finished fencing about 12 Bushing wheat & oats -
10th Showers this day & turned cool in evening
11th began to Replant & Plow corn this day Replanted all the side of the the Branch next to Tobacco Houses & part of the side & Plowed all drill corn nearly
12 Hilling & Coltering in second
13 done collering & laying off second yrsground gone to mill this morning lent Wm Neale 2 mugs of Coffee this morning my wife Which she has to clean her teeth began to Cross Coltering on Branch
14 Finished hilling second years ground Plowing corn - 15th Drawing Plants
15 & Planting Yobacco this day in new ground Raining & we are Planting Tobacco
16 Finished Planting new ground Tobacco Thining corn this morning Phil gone to Shop & mill
17 Meeting day at S. S. M H. a good day
18 Cloudy Plowing corn & Replanting corn & hilling on Branch 19 My waggon start to Lynchg 20th myself Mrs Clements & John starts this morning sold our Tobacco for Little or nothing 21st hilling on Branch
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 4
December 16 - 31, 1847
1847 Dec. 16th Striping Tobacco - this morning. sent Colo Dickinson for toll wheat for machining 5 Bushels white wheat. Made 99½ Bushels began to snow in the evening & continued till sometime in the might. Snow 8 or 9 Inches Deep where it has not melted
17th striping Tobacco in middle barn expect to finished by 11 oclock - to day weather not very cold, still cloudy
21. began to snow again last night about 11 oclock & snowing yet this morning. about 3 or 4 Inches Deep this morning. no Tobacco down doing but little
22nd Snow from 6 to 8 Inch Deep Swingling flax shoemaking & spining.
24 Shoemaking & spining shelling corn Started Henry & Jacob after Catharine Spiller at Mrs Clarks, come home in night
25. Christmas day cold & cloudy
26. cold etc fun day —
27. Still cold & cloudy went to Mr Lewis’s & Mrs Smith & Mrs Hunts
28. Snowed a little last night but this morning clear & Cold — ReC from Mr. Strickland, Misses Albrights Shernerd etc agent $136 for Hire of Joe & John 1847 tho this Bond was only for $126 they pd. us more because they pd others more, & I this day pd the $136 to Mrs Coleman at Mrs Hunts ——etc——yesterday—
30 Killed Hogs this morning Sent Fed to shop with Cart alse & Ann shrubbing for corn -
31st Cloudy & Rainy taking down Barn of Tobacconew ground