Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1851 Augt 29th my wife going to Mr Fitzgeralds to day I made a Bargain with Mr Johnson Farmer to do carpintinters work for me getting shingles & fixing carriage & Ice House at 3/- pr day

Sept 1st clear & warm finished this day working our fresh ground Tobacco, Toping & worming & succoring too & this evening working out Garden Henry working all day on new Barn - overseer made Jacobs shoes & also last week Sallies & Jerrys – –

3rd began to Pull fodder a little yesterday Daubing & fixing Barns, Owen gone - Henry sick clear & fair I went this evening to Mrs C. JF.^{to Mr F} AW. & _{gone home by 9 ^Ocl}

4 cloudy & like for Rain, Henry in house yet Toping at from 5 to 8 leaves worming & succorig over at this time - etc I am going to Mrs McC to day after Kate she has been there several days

7th Fixing to day scaffolds drawing shingles going to machine attending to fodder etc Mrs McC wool weighs gross 43 lbs cloudy & like for Rain

9th covered shop & Barn worming & succored Tobacco at home at Mrs McC I expected they were fanning wheat, went up there to measure etc & behold they were at work on their carriage House

10th Pulling fodder here ^ ^{^in fresh field-}& there fair & clear

11th Jobing this morning, then Pulled down mountain field fodder got a^done little after 12 Oclock, worming & succoring Tobacco over there gathering Peas spreading flax Tying up fresh field fodder in evening —

12 Pulled fodder at old House place at stony point worming succoring & toping & Tying up Our Blade in evening — I am sick Mrs Hunt went home this morning