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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 9
June 2, 1855 - June 22, 1855
1855 June 2 Planting Tobacco to day new& small ps fresh ground at stony point Mr Crews & abram Planting fine Rain & season as ever I saw Just Plowed & worked out branch Second time before it Rained, fine weather now
4th Planted Johns’s Branch Tobacco to day & pr of ps next to orchard & pr of Jacobs Beding Lot in evening of this day Sewed Peas on branch Just before Rain Planted Collard Plants & finished this day Nannie gone to Mrs Hunts, – got 2 Bags of meal last week & 2 more at Yates mill – worked over Cotton etc etc last week
June 6th Beded up & Hilled Lot, Thining Corn the 7th Henry yesterday Card my last Toba to Mr Anderson as we came back took in a Hhd for Capt Fitzgerald & Henry has started for Lynchg this morning – Finne growing weather & every thing has improved very much in deed ¬
9. Finished Planting Tobacco yesterday Planted all day long in evening negroes Planted Mrs John S Lewis very like to die at this time,- fair this morning & Cool
13th Mrs Lewis Died the 11th June & buried 12th 1855 weeding down Tobacco Harrowing Corn Sent Jordan with 2 Bags Corn to mill 4 Bus. & to get 10 Bushels at mill
22 Cut wheat Straw yesterday all day where the chinch bug injured the wheat; Fed & little Henry working Cotton Hilling Sweet Potatoes weeding down, Tobacco began 20th to Lay by Corn & sewed Peas & Guano In fresh ground above House.