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[[2 pages]] [[page 1]] [[preprinted]] DECEMBER 12 [[/preprinted]] Tuesday, good day all day. [[???]] stripped tobacco all day & got in some wood. Robert to school. [[??]] to Baltimore to get a Hammermill. got back at 5 oclock. Charles Vernon & I went. Called Adina Mae [[??]] up at night. Sold 1/2 ton of hay to Harvey Smith & 1 ton to another man. [[preprinted]] DECEMBER 13 [[/preprinted]] Wednesday, good day all day. Robert & I to school. Daddy got corn crib from school. Mel job brought the hammermill up there before dinner time. [[Mr.??]]Burger from Brandywine wants corn. Mr. Moore came & got 3 bales of hay & also Bob Via. Went up to see Adnia Mae [[??]] at night carried her a fruit cake. [[preprinted]] December 12 - 1787 - Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution. 1863 - Lee refused to exchange prisoners of war. 1921 - Japan gave U.S. cable and radio rights on the island of Yap. December 13 - 1577 - Sir Francis Drake started to sail around the world. 1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet, born. 1862 - Battle of Fredricksburg fought. [[/preprinted]] [[/page one]] [[page two]] [[preprinted]] DECEMBER 14 [[/preprinted]] Thursday good day all day. Robert & I to school. Mary shucked even all day. Mr Williams & Mr Roades up here in afternoon. Called Adnia Mae [[??]] up at night. ground some hay & feeder in new hammermill. [[preprinted]] DECEMBER 15 [[/preprinted]] Friday fair day all day. Mary shucked corn all day. Robert & I to school. I carried load of blocks to spoon factory for Mr Via. Had supper with Adnia Mae [[??]] & helped her clean up the dishes. Mr Ellis for hay, Mrs Freeman [[preprinted]] December 1 - 1799 - George Washington died at Mount Vernon. 1819 - Alabama admitted to the Union. 1937 - First election held in the Philippine Commonwealth. December 15 - 1791 - The Bill of Rights, first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, effective; not ratified by all states until 1939. 1861 - Juarez became dictator of Mexico. 1864 - First day of the Battle of Nashville. [[/preprinted]] [[/page two]]
