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Page 113
... hear Mr Purves - - I do not like his preaching at all ; there is such a sameness in it and too much gesticulation - I was so sorry to see Messrs McLean , Baker and Baxter come in just as the service was over - I gave the latter such a ...
... hear Mr Purves - - I do not like his preaching at all ; there is such a sameness in it and too much gesticulation - I was so sorry to see Messrs McLean , Baker and Baxter come in just as the service was over - I gave the latter such a ...
Page 121
... hear that the Commissioners are to [ be ] put out of Office - I trust it may not be true I should sincerely sympathize in Mr Massie's case ; as he is trying so much to get out of debt - & is only enabled to do so by his present ...
... hear that the Commissioners are to [ be ] put out of Office - I trust it may not be true I should sincerely sympathize in Mr Massie's case ; as he is trying so much to get out of debt - & is only enabled to do so by his present ...
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... hear and thare i began to grow weary but i went and washed tailings whare thair was anney for i cold plainley see it wold come to a rupture very soon we had been 3 weeks the grog was done and i didnt think all the three men had five ...
... hear and thare i began to grow weary but i went and washed tailings whare thair was anney for i cold plainley see it wold come to a rupture very soon we had been 3 weeks the grog was done and i didnt think all the three men had five ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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