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Page 34 - November 17, 1838 - Grandfather's Letter

November the 17 1838 Page 34

Sat 17 clear this morning not so cool as it has
been for some time it clouded up in the
after noon and got very cold I bought
fifty bushels of corne of Silas Colbert
at 25 cents I got three bushels of corn
per day and five bushels per hundred
for rails and I found the timber 1838

Sun 18 cloudy this morning wind west cool
brease it continued so all day I wrote a
letter to Grand father I was at home
all day to gansey County Ohio

Mon 19 clear this morning it clouded up at noon
and in the after noon it snowed rite smart
at night it snowed very hard I husked 12
shocks of fodder for Silas Colbert at 3 push

Tue 20 cloudy this morning the sun shoen out some
two or three times in the evening it
clouded up and got quite cool I husked
fourteen shocks of fodder for Silas
Colbert so ends the present account

Wed 21 clear and pleasent all day quite windy
I husked eleven shocks of fodder for
Silas Colbert old Mr Shigley got eighteen
Bushels of corn from mee father went to
town and mother too he got a table at
six Dollars no more at present amen

Thu 22 partley cloudy this morning it was
quite warm all day I husked ten shocks
and a half I wrote a letter to Sarah
And munson we gethered 3 loads of corn

Fri 23 some smokey this morning about noon it
turned quite cool and at night it snowed
quite hard old mr. Shigley got seven
bushels of corn which makes 25 bushels
of corn I husked ten shocks a and a half
of fodder wee got in three loads of
corn no more at present 1838

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