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Box 7

 Container

Contains 17 Results:

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 1

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185013
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Refers to painful boils; reports forced to wait to slaughter hogs because of weather; reports roads poor for visit; refers to crops and harvesting.

Dates: 1830 January 1

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 4

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185014
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports on progress of wheel repairing; reports accident Barbara had which cut her left eye; refers to misconduct of slave "Minny"; other family news.

Dates: 1830 January 4

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 7

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185015
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Discusses weather and killing hogs; reports sent hogs for Stubbs allowance; refers to bother by people fox hunting.

Dates: 1830 January 7

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 8

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185016
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Refers to injury of Barbara's eye; refers to poor business lately; hopes to visit soon; refers to run-away slave.

Dates: 1830 January 8

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 24

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185017
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports on health of slaves and family; refers to weather in terms of crops; reports marriage of two slaves if no objections come from the rest of the family.

Dates: 1830 January 24

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 29

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185395
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports sending cornmeal and hominy; reports filling ice house; refers to health and bad weather; other family news.

Dates: 1830 January 29

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 February 12

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185396
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports progress on carriage body; reports new mill shaft ready to be put in; refers to bad weather and delay in ploughing .

Dates: 1830 February 12

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 February 21

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185397
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports new mill shaft in and working; reports good weather and condition of crops; asks for $100 for clothes and a "phial of ink"; other family news.

Dates: 1830 February 21

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 February 26

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185398
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports ploughing going well and wheat has mended from frost; returns knife; other family news.

Dates: 1830 February 26

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 4

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185400
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Refers to grinding of wheat and corn; apologizes that wheat isn't done but explains it would have required stopping work on dam; refers to water rising; reports that dam work is first priority and cotton will be ginned when dam is finished; hopes weather will continue to be good as he has not begun planting.

Dates: 1830 March 4

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 8

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185405
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Refers to death of Aunt Elizabeth Jerdone Macaulay; refers to plowing and progress of crops; other family news.

Dates: 1830 March 8

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 11

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185406
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of goods; reports sowing plant patches of vegetables and tobacco; discusses weather and crops.

Dates: 1830 March 11

Edward Watkins, Providence Forge, Virginiato William Jerdone, Pottiesville, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 11

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185408
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Discusses letter sent to John Jerdone; reports crops and progress in ploughing; refers to illness of the Black People.

Dates: 1830 March 11

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 14

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185410
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports fine weather and progress of crops; reports repaired wheelbarrow; refers to mill running well with new shaft; requests cloves and seeds for radishes and lettuce.

Dates: 1830 March 14

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 26

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185412
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports on weather; reports on sending wheelbarrow as well as other things; reports on crops; other family news.

Dates: 1830 March 26

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 28

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185416
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Refers to rising of river and damage done to property; refers to "syd" who has been wandering between plantations; reports crops p1anted; other family news.

Dates: 1830 March 28

John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 30 March 1830

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: id185418
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports return of Syd to the plantation; refers to his not whipping him; reports of sowing conditions for the oats; other family news.

Dates: 30 March 1830