Thus closes my notes for the month of December and also for the year just passed and gone and now numbered with the things that were. Whether the Almighty will spare me to chronicle the daily events of the incoming year is more than I know but trusting in Him I shall enter upon the pleasing task, which is useful as a reference and may be profitable to those who have an interest in me.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wednesday, February 1st, 1860
Still in Crockett and to day I purchased a negro woman named Louisa for which I paid in cash [$1250?]. at home Albert at work in the clearing. The weather still cold & hoary frost at night.
