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that may be procured for the unclear will pay me half & if you will be so obliging to advance the other half, as you propose, I shall have some more ready by the first of December sufficient to repay you. The late fresh as injured my crop, by destroying about 25 acres of as fine cotton as ever I saw in all my life. being scarce of open land on what is called the high swamp where the best of my cotton is planted I put the 25 acres lost, in a piece of very fine cane break land considerable lower than the rest of the land where I planted cotton, & unclear extraordinary fresh has deprived me of it. I say extraordinary fresh, not so much from the highth of the water which however was very great. but because the oldest settlers on the river never saw such an one at this season the year. I shall be happy to hear from as soon as convenient and am Dear Sir, with great regard & esteem your very ob. serv't D.B.Mitchell

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