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Day: August 23, 1782

August 23, 1782

1782 August 23 (Friday).  Wrote to Dr. Hall and to Mr. Grosvenor concerning the Fast — to Mr. Whitney likewise.  Mrs. White, an Hopkinton Widow woman, Spinning for some Days, for Sophy.

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