Blowing Cave November the 25 1854 [?]
Mr Barrow it is at a time I have But little Rite a Bout I have had Sum hard sickness her sence I Rite to you thar has Bin three of the negros sick and [?] baby I [??] thaug [?] for three days and nights would of live [?] But I attend to hur [??] Clost night and day and had a fears [?] Caught tinest [?] to send for a door But I would try a Gane and the Complant was in the Stummuck and Bowels and it was Brought one by Siting wet one tuesday and was taken that night she got wet at the time of menstration and evry thing stopd one hur But she is now Better and the Balance of the formerly ar all a Ble to Be up though we have the worst kind [?] of Coles her and it is now cold a nuff to kill hogs if tha war fat and I shall make a killing in a week it the wether dos [??] sute me I am a pushing of my Bisness a head I have 99 Bales of [??] Cotton Gind and I want to finish picking in a Bout 2 weeks and could Git sum survece [?] But x I now have 8 hands out of the Cotton field and Commence Reparing up for I have a Gradeel of that to dow for all the houses in your yard has to be work one and then Be Sides I have a Gradeel of fenceing to Repar I have sowd 30 Bushels of oats in the Barn field my self and Buckley has hired a Smith to mak us a new set of swepes as we hade a chance of giting of them dunn now and thoug [?] it to Be x the Best plan as we wore [?] So Bad last yer I Can mak Glower [?] and Rockwall dow all of my other worke I want you to [??] excus my letter at this time as mahaly has Bin so sick that I hade to write this morning Be fore day and I could not think of all I wanted to write to you I will write to you By the middle of next week as I have to Be at Cort at Bainbridg one tuesday next I will write to you that night I stated to you in my last that I would Give you the number of Stock hogs that I had I have a Bout 165 hed and the most of them ar sow hogs no pigs at But a Bout (smeared) I have two yung Calves I will dow the Best for you that I Can and all I Can I have 70 Bales of Cotton at Bainbridg and the 12 Bales I have packed send I Rite to you tha way 6420 lbs So you Can pute the wats to Gether and se how much Gin Cotton. I have I think I shall have a Bout

[2] as much as I did last yer for my Bales ar all perer [?] then tha war last yer I must Close and I dont want you to think hard of me a Bout this letter for I would of Riten mor in Connection if it had not of Bin for at tending to [??] mahaly Give my Re Spect to all of your famaly and to Mr Pope and his wife Yours in love and fren shipe far well
J. M. Harrison
Mr D. C. Barrow
Lexington
Oglethorpe County
Georgia