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[[underlined]] Washington [[/underlined]] D.C.

[[underlined]] Dec. 3 [[/underlined]] Went with Mr. Shepherd, his boy Walter and Douglas Hayes to Mr. Shepherds farm, 25 miles up the Potomac from W. and 5 miles west of Poolesville, where he has 900 acres of land next to the canal for about a mile & a half, mostly rich bottomland.

Raises turkeys, sheep, and cattle. Wants to raise elk and beaver.

Has too many foxes.

Set 15 fox traps and camped in his camp house

The rest went back.