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Washington brought me nothing but news paper Holland Coffee
Tom Smith & Mr Caldwell came down from Red River, the two
last are going on to Washington, Settled with Mr Hoya remain
indebted to him $48.68
Tuesday the 10th very hard frost last night, wrote a long let-
ter to the Gel Post Office Department send it and my quarterly
returns pr Mr Caldwell from Red River, done good deal of Busi-
ness in the Justices office for C. Chevallier settled with Doctor
Starr took up my note which I gave 1st January 1842 for $28.96
also one for $48.75 I gave him Sepr 1st 1842 Mr Engledow quit
to board with me to day his month being out- I also paid Doctor
Starr $6.29 on a/c of Medical Services for the two negroes I have
in my charge
Wednesday the 11th very cold cold wather, Mr Gibson left
this morning send by him for some few Articles which he prom-
ised to send me, but he returned again this Evening with Mr
Wheeler of San Augustin, a Mr. Rose a Lawyer formerly of New
Orleans now of Galvezton passed trough here, reports that Eng-
land has made peace with China, and that Cotton had risen a
Cent pr pound, good- several waggon loads of Cotton left here
to day for Mr Hoya bound for Natchitochez
Thursday the 12th the Cold continues, wind blowing very hard
all day N. W. a little business doing now dayly in the office-
Eastern Mail came in no particular news. received a letter from
John V. Scott Son in Law of my friend Mrs Silverberg the let-
ter is dated Canton August the 6th last and by P. M. Flournoy
who neglected to deliver me the letter and only happened to think
of it to day, and send it by the mail Boy was introduced to Mr
Rose from Galvezton, he is the Attorney of the New York Com-
pany, and has Business with Mr Archibald Hotchkiss-
Friday January the 13th the intense Cold is still continuing
notwithstanding the Scarcity of monay, if a negro is for sale cheap
People have monay to purchase, Col Tipps whom no one accused
of having monay bought a negro woman to day of Mrs Wadling-
ton for $500.00 and paid all down, and I venture to say that if
50 negroes were brought into this County to sell for Cash pur-
chasers no doubt could be found with monay to give for them-
Miss E. Culp & Mr John Dursts little Daughter came in to day,
My little Daughter Eugenia and the rest of the young-uns had152
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