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extracted text: May, Monday 16

May, Friday 20

Pleasent [sic] and warm Plowing
for corn Square came over
to help me with his team
he dragged the most of the day
Harritt [sic] is here I paid Square
two dollars for his days wor
-k [sic] Alpha is sick I think he
is coming down with the meas
els [sic]

Warm and pleasent [sic] went to planning
corn Mr Bowdish came overr [sic] to
help me plant The children were
sick with sick comeing [sic] down
with the measles did not get
throught [sic] to day [sic] it is nice
corn weather and it is geting [sic]
quite dry

May, Tuesday 17
Cloudy and foggy in the
morning but cleared of [sic] in
the forenoon Square came
over to plow for me to day [sic]
but did not get through
plowing at being very warm
the warmest day that we have
had for some time
[written sideways in margin]: Harritt [sic] went
home with Square
May, Wednesday 18
Pleasent [sic] and very warm finish
plowing for corn and potatoes
and buckwheat and then went
to dragging on the corn groud
and then plowed around next
to the fence and where I am
to build one John Canfrild
and his boy came here to
stay all night Recieved [sic] from
Jane a letter to night [sic]
May, Thursday 19
Warm and pleasent [sic] went
to marking corn [illegible]
Mr Pickett came to plant
he went to planting I did
not get through till most
supper time then went to
shelling seed corn and after
supper went to planting

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May, Saturday 21
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