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... coming off from the shore , and between 2 and 3 o'clock it reached us . It proved to be Capt Coffin , an American settler , who acts as pilot to ships coming in . The moment , I felt , was an anxious one to hear of the surveyors . Mrs ...
... coming off from the shore , and between 2 and 3 o'clock it reached us . It proved to be Capt Coffin , an American settler , who acts as pilot to ships coming in . The moment , I felt , was an anxious one to hear of the surveyors . Mrs ...
Page 110
... coming , and was told a gentleman was there and a stranger ! My native politeness , would not allow of his remaining outside , so I sent to ask him in appeared very young and goodlooking and goodlooking - such fine blue eyes down to ...
... coming , and was told a gentleman was there and a stranger ! My native politeness , would not allow of his remaining outside , so I sent to ask him in appeared very young and goodlooking and goodlooking - such fine blue eyes down to ...
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... COMING TO BETTER OUR SELVES ' Memories of the 1840s ' My husband was quite nervous , ' wrote Sarah Davenport . Small wonder , really . There was his wife arguing with a bunch of Ballarat miners - ' old Vandemonians ' amongst them - and ...
... COMING TO BETTER OUR SELVES ' Memories of the 1840s ' My husband was quite nervous , ' wrote Sarah Davenport . Small wonder , really . There was his wife arguing with a bunch of Ballarat miners - ' old Vandemonians ' amongst them - and ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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