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Daniel H. Wiggins 1838 Diary Entry

(From: Wiggins, Daniel H., Diaries 1816-1834, 1838-1841, 1862, Collection M89-32)

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Daniel H. Wiggins 1838 Diary Entry

 

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flour-- about 15 dollars per bar. most of provi- sions are as cheap as in the north and labour about twice as hight plenty of good land at 1,25 per acre timber standing for little or nothing-- horses are high mules are mostly used for plan- tation work-- oxen are also used-- Judge Randall milked this summer 22 cows-- sheep do well goats and hogs are raised in abundance with out feeding

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