Box 7
Contains 17 Results:
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 1
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 4
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 7
Scope and Contents Discusses weather and killing hogs; reports sent hogs for Stubbs allowance; refers to bother by people fox hunting.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 8
Scope and Contents Refers to injury of Barbara's eye; refers to poor business lately; hopes to visit soon; refers to run-away slave.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 24
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 January 29
Scope and Contents Reports sending cornmeal and hominy; reports filling ice house; refers to health and bad weather; other family news.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 February 12
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 .
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 February 21
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 February 26
Scope and Contents Reports ploughing going well and wheat has mended from frost; returns knife; other family news.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 4
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 8
Scope and Contents Refers to death of Aunt Elizabeth Jerdone Macaulay; refers to plowing and progress of crops; other family news.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone senior, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 11
Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of goods; reports sowing plant patches of vegetables and tobacco; discusses weather and crops.
Edward Watkins, Providence Forge, Virginiato William Jerdone, Pottiesville, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 11
Scope and Contents Discusses letter sent to John Jerdone; reports crops and progress in ploughing; refers to illness of the Black People.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 14
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 26
Scope and Contents Reports on weather; reports on sending wheelbarrow as well as other things; reports on crops; other family news.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 1830 March 28
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.
John Jerdone to his father, Francis Jerdone, Louisa County, Virginia, 30 March 1830
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.