2 Drawing knives 

 7 Broad Axes 



1 Gouges 



1 Compasses 



3 Augers 



2 2 Yard Rules 

 1 Chalk lines 



3 Sawfiles 



1 Curriers knives 



1 Tanners knives 



1 Tobacco Cask Branding Irons 



3 Iron Polls for Negroes 



I Grinding Sloans 



6 Scyth Sloans 



1 Sarvants 



29 Negroes in (^rop 



25 Negroes out of Crop 



9 Hyerd out 



63 Total amount of Negroes 



X.B. the Casualily in sheap are 11 sold to M '' 

 Lowery. 1 to Doct'' CUeincnse. 1 held for the house, 

 dy'd a little time after being Castrated 5 (18) as in 

 the Collein of decress. I Calfe dy'd fi\e days after 

 Being Cult, the remainder of the stock in good 

 Condition, two mares excepted, the work of the 

 Mill going on as well as Can be Expected till \l[ 

 Drains is better, the Schoo and Boat unfit for Any 

 Sarvicc whatsoever till repaired, if Capable of it. 



the foundation of the Malt house wants icpairing. 

 the Manor house wants lead lights in some of the 

 windows, the East Green Hou.se wants repairing, 

 the west d" wants buttrnents as a security to the wall 

 on the south side, the Barn, tobacco houses at 

 Marlborough & Acquia must be repaired as soon as 

 possible. The two tobacco houses at Belvaderra are 

 in good order, five stables on Marlborough planta- 

 tion must also be repair'd before winter, we have 

 sustai'd no damage from Tempests or Floods, it 

 will Expedient to hyer a Carpinder for the woork 

 wanted can not be accomplish'd in time, seeing the 

 Carpenders must be taken of for harvest which is 

 Like to be heavy. I will advertise the sale at Stafford 

 Court and the two parish Churches to begin on the 

 20th of June 1771. this is all the intelligence this 

 month requiers. P.S. The Syder presses at each 

 plantation & Syder Mill at Marlbrough to tally 

 Expeuded .... Negro Sampson Marlbro Company 

 Sick of the Gra\el. Negress Deborah Sick of a 

 Complication of dis? Negro Tarter acqui Company 

 Sick plurisy. Negress Phillis sick Accokeeck Company 

 Kings E\il Xegro Jas Pembcrton at Marlb'' Sick 

 Worme fe\er. 



ThS. Olixer 

 For 

 Ja! Mercer Esq'' 



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