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Page 6 - May 16, 1838 - Planting Corn

May the 16 . 1838 Page 6

rain ahead with heavy thundring and
lightning the creeks are very high it
contiued raining some all night and was
at it in the morning the ground is very
wet at this time I have been furrowing
out ground for to plant corn so no more

Thu 17 this morning the sun shoen out dimley
six .O. clock the clouds looked broken a little
it drizzled a little about twelve .O. clock it
broke away and betwene two and three .O.
clock the sun shoen out and about four it
clouded up again and was quite cold and after
night it raind I was plowing till noon then
I planted corn for the first time ne

Fri 18 it is cloudy this morning and raind a little
about six .O. clock it broke away the sun
shoen out but it is very cool for the season
it is cold enough to snow about ten .O.
clock it turned some warmer at twelve O.
clock I am a plowing to day the ground is se

Sat 19 it is clear and very pleasent there is a little
frost this morning it has the appearance of more
fine weather I plowed all day oh dear mee

Sun 20 the sun rose clear this morning it is warm
and quite pleasent the wind west at this
time it is quite warm the wind is got roun
in the East I was about home all day
I wrote a letter to William Lucas to Day

Mon 21 it is a little cloudy this morning the wind
in the East at this time the sun rose
dimly it is quite warm at this time about
eight .O. clock it clouded up again and about
twelve .O. clock it began to rain lightly and
it continued to rain lightly till three .O. clock
then it broke away and the sun shoen out
dimly till seven .O. clock then it shoen out
clear I plowed and the rest planted I
am quite trimbley in my hands now sse

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