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December 1, 1740
1740 December 1 (Monday). Exceeding Rainy; The Earth fill’d with water and the Floods rais’d. No Church meeting — no Burial of widow Tomlins Child[1] as was appointed. [1]Mary, daughter of the late Isaac Tomlin, Jr., and Gemima, died Nov. … Continue reading
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