2nd - Left Washington St. Landry Parish on the steamboat Gen. Morgan. We had $5.30 when we started.
3rd - Landed at Plaquemine. Paid for passage $5.00. From the 5th to the 29th done work to the amount of $8.10. From the 5th to the 30th expenses $7.70.
July 1844
5th - Left Plaquemine on a flatboat, landed on Bayou Lafourche at Joel Leftwich's plantation, the same day made an agreement with Leftwich to build a dwelling house & kitchen for $150.00.
10th - Commenced the kitchen.
15th - Raised the kitchen.
25th - Finished the kitchen.
29th - Commenced the dwelling house.
August 1844
To work at the dwelling house.
September 1844
23rd - Raised the dwelling house.
October 1844
To work on the dwelling house.
November 1844
To work on the dwelling house.
December 1844
15th - Finished the dwelling house.
January 1845
1st - Commenced another house for Leftwich, agreed to build it for $55.00.
February 1845
5th - Finished said $55 house.
21st - Commenced a mill for Leftwich, agreed to set it running for $25.
March 1845
20th - Finished the mill, settled with Leftwich for the dwelling house and kitchen, $150.00; for the second house $55.00; for the mill $25.00; for extra work $30.00; = $260.00. Expenses while to work for Leftwich $160.00; left $100.00 24th.
26 - Left Bayou Lafourche on the steamboat Missouri Maid.
27th - Landed at New Orleans.
April 1845
1st - Left New Orleans on the Joan of Arc for Memphis.
6th - Landed at Memphis.
10th - Left Memphis on the Annawan for St. Louis.
13th - Landed at St. Louis.
14 - Moved in a house. From the 20th of March till the 14th of April passage paid on steamboats 28 dollars. Sundry other expenses 28 dollars. From the 14th to the 30th expenses for rent & etc. $20; = $76, left $24.00 on the 30th.
May 1845
1st - Cash in hand 24 dollars. Done work to the amount of $20 in May, = $44.00. Expenses from the 1st of May to the 25th of June 29 dollars.
June 1845
25th - Cash in hand $15.00. Left St. Louis on the Denizen.
30th - Landed at Donaldsonville. Passage $10.00, sundries $3.00, left $2.00 on the 30th.
July 1845
7th - Commenced building a cistern for Mr. Marsh, a cooper agreed to build it for $25.00.
13th - Hyram commenced work on a flat boat at $9 per month.
21st - Finished the cistern, received payment $25.00, = $27.00. House rent & sundry other expenses $18.00.
31st - Cash in hand $9.
August 1845
13th - Received for Hyram's month's work $9.00.
19 - Received of Mr. Proffit $5.00, = $23.00. Expenses from the 1st to the 31st - 18 dollars, = $5.00 31st.
September 1845
10th - Received of Mr. Wollard for month's wages of Hyram $9.00.
14 - Received of Mr. Proffit $5.00.
20th - Received of Mr. Proffit $3.00.
30th - Received of Mr. Proffit $17.30, = $39.30. Expenses from the 1st to the 30th $32.30, = $7.00 30th.
October 1845
2nd - Left Donaldsonville went down to Napoleonville 15 miles below on Bayou Lafourche to work for Robert R. Barrow at his Locust Grove Plantation. We bargained to work for $50 per month.
24th - Received of Mr. Barrow $5.00, = $12.00. From the 1st to the 31st expenses $9.15, = $2.85 31st.
November 1845
22 - Received of Mr. Barrow $10.00, = $12.85. Expenses from the 1st to the 30th $9.85, = $3.00 30th.
December 1845
2nd - Received of Mr. Barrow $5.00, = $8.00.
6th - Moved from Locust Grove to Mr. Barrow's home place on Terrebonne.
8th - Commenced working building a shed. Expenses from the 1st to the 31st $7.50, = 50 cents 31st.
January 1846
Mr. Barrow paid us in this month $81.00 of which we spent $45.00 which left us on the 1st of February $36.50.
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