Yours of the 24th. I recived. Thare is or will be some further expence which we shall be oblge to be out. we shall need summer beef and some Cows for Giving milk I think it will be much cheper to make all the butter the house will require than to buy it in that case we shall be oblge to purchase cows: as well as summer and fall beefs. I think it will require 10 milk cows for the use of the house I have 3 at present. I suppose I can buy them and Get untill summer or fall Credit if that will Answer you any better purpose

We are at present ingaged Cleaning up our cornfield. I shall Certainly comply with your request of comeing to take care your articles I suppose we shall be oblige to bring Geer with the mules for the waggon or perhaps thare is Geer to it

We have two sick Nigroes old Thos. Phill and a small boy of Creasys. both very ill

We have 10 Lambs of the washington flock

We have had several very trying freshis on our mill dam and it has not received any injury

We Get but little tole from the mill altho I think Mr. Chorden will do as well in the Mill as any Miller we could Get.

I do not believe we shall be able to get Cotten seed to plant as I have applyd to every meshean in our nieghbourhood and no Good seed can be Got as every person appears to have use for what Good seed they have I am told we can Get Good seed down about Richmd. I can Get flax & hemp seed plenty.

I am Sir Your Ob St.