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.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Monday, April 8th, 1861
To day the little woman [Margaret Hall Stewart nee Sharp] and myself made titles for the negroes sold & named on yesterday. The Steamer Alamo passed down ladened with 900 bales of cotton. The river still rising and in fine boating condition. weather clear but rather warm.
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