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Daily Archives: December 29, 1740
December 29, 1740
1740 December 29 (Monday). Eleazer Williams, Thomas Winchester,[1] Nathan Maynard[2] and Ezekiel Pratt after 11 a.m. Afterwards Lieutenant Tainter in the afternoon got wood. Captain Eager here. [1]Son of Benjamin Winchester. [2]Son of David Maynard.
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