The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928 Page: 378
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counts of the Lodge met at the Lodge Room to night, kept me up
till 11 oclock
Thursday the 8th Cloudy in the morning, fair P. m. wrote
Land Certificates all day, went to major Harry's wedding in the
Evening, danced till 11 P. m. major Harry is from Mississippi-
married the widow gill.
Friday-good Friday-the 9th april--- fine weather Saw Mr &
Mrs Wilson & Mr & Mrs Harry- all well- mail arrived from
the U. States, brought many Letters, some directed to me as Post
Master no interest- Collin Aldridge brought in a Load of drink-
ables for Mr J. S. Roberts, issued orders for the Company to
muster on the 21st of this month to celebrate the Aniversary of
the Battle of San Jacinto
Saturday the 10th April very heavy dew, fine weather during
the day- Judge Aldredge brought a load of groceries from
Alabama for Roberts, mail arrived from the west nothing new
Sunday the 11th Cloudy, warm weather Easter Sunday noth-
ing new of consequence
Monday the 19th weather cleared off cool, fine meeting of the
Board of Road Commissioners met to day, County, & Probate
Court, send of mails to the East & west, send a communication to
the Editor of the Journal & Advertiser San Augustin, engaged an
Irishman to dig a ditch for me, at 6 bits pr Rod or 16 feet. re-
moved our Lodge to the House of Nat Noriss, lately occupied by
Murray Orton, I placed Martin Rumpff in possession of it, having
an attachment levied on it for a debt due Ogilvy's Estate.
Tuesday the 18th fine weather, sold to Mr Banayah Thompson
836 Acres, of the Certificate of 1/3 of a League of Conrad Eigen-
auers got his note for $200.00 for the same, he is to locate the
whole of the Certificate, and let me take choice of 640 acres, my
paying an equal part of the Expence eta, the Schooling of my
childern is to be credited on said note every quarter
Wednesday the 14th april 1841 fine weather set up last night
with a Sick B. M. Ben Miller, he is better this morning, a Mr
Flato from San Augustin, is in Town, to purchase Texas Treasury
notes, offers 17 cents- rumor says gel Hamilton effected the Loan
of 5 millions others say that Mexico acknowledged our Inde-
pendence, nous verrons-
Thursday the 15th fine weather; most finished planting corn,378
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