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My Son Charles has left the Services of Messrs Fords, he will do
business hereafter for himself,-- perhaps in Douglass, wrote to
Mr King the Pianist of Henderson, to come down to arrange the
Piano--
Wednesday March 26th 1851 fine day- left home in company
with Mr C. Hopfeldt who goes to the Rio Grande, got a Horse from
C. S. Taylor on whose business I am going to Leon County to attend
the Sale of a tract of land. Stopped at night at Mr Shaw's 28
miles-
Thursday the 27th Cloudy, left early, and stopped at Crockett
at night 33 miles, got from the clerk of the county court a cer-
tificate that Thos W. Adams got a conditional Headright for 640
acres, said Adams is at Loredo, I send it by Hopfeldt to get the
unconditional certificate for Jacob Masters who owns the Head-
right
Friday the 28th very fine day-- left early after breakfeast crossed
the Trinity at the old Kikapoo Bluff, and went to Mr Garner's
25 miles--
Saturday the 9th left at 7 oclock A. M. weather warm and
cloudy, arrived at Centreville at 10 oclock, went to Leona at which
place I found the Tax collector, paid him $9.90 to redeem 1/3 of
a league land which had been sold for Taxes, belonging to F. T.
Phillipps, which is the land to be sold on next Tuesday- here
Mr Hopfeldt left me, he is going towards Austin and I went to
the Residence of the widow John Durst.
Sunday the 80th Cloudy- accompanied Mrs Durst, Lewis Durst
and his wife, to a Mr Hunts 4 miles below on Boggy creek, went a
fishing, spend the day very agreably, Teturned to Mrs Durst's at
dark when it commenced to rain very hard, and the wind blew
allmost a tornado
Monday the S1st rain, rain and more rain, cleared up at noon,
went to Leona, and returned to Mrs Dursts at dark.
Tuesday April the 1st 1851 Cloudy, but no rain, after Breakfeast,
Lewis Durst accompanied wme to Centreville saw the Sheriff who
informed me that three appraisers had been appointed, who have
appraised the land to be sold at $1.50 pr Acre, it not bringing
two thirds of its appraised value, it was not sold- and then I
levied an other Execution on it in favor of Turner & Woodruff,
and returned to Mrs Dursts'218
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