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Page 86
... Berkshire , informing him that he was engaged in teaching some ten or twelve boys to read , write , and cipher , for sixpence a week each ; recommending also his friend , the milliner , to Benjamin's kind offices , and requesting him to ...
... Berkshire , informing him that he was engaged in teaching some ten or twelve boys to read , write , and cipher , for sixpence a week each ; recommending also his friend , the milliner , to Benjamin's kind offices , and requesting him to ...
Page 105
... Berkshire , Henry Clark , master , bound for Philadelphia . As appears , however , by the journal , which Benjamin kept of this voyage , it was many days longer before they were able to leave the English waters and get fairly out to sea ...
... Berkshire , Henry Clark , master , bound for Philadelphia . As appears , however , by the journal , which Benjamin kept of this voyage , it was many days longer before they were able to leave the English waters and get fairly out to sea ...
Page 108
... Berkshire was detained by head winds for nearly a fortnight . Though becoming impatient to be once more in Phil- adelphia , this delay was by no means lost time to Ben- jamin ; for he took the opportunity to gratify his curi- osity by ...
... Berkshire was detained by head winds for nearly a fortnight . Though becoming impatient to be once more in Phil- adelphia , this delay was by no means lost time to Ben- jamin ; for he took the opportunity to gratify his curi- osity by ...
Page 111
... Berkshire touched at Yarmouth . The most striking object Benjamin no- ticed at this place , was a finely - executed marble statue , in armor , on the tomb of Sir Robert Holmes , a former governor of the island . This statue was said to ...
... Berkshire touched at Yarmouth . The most striking object Benjamin no- ticed at this place , was a finely - executed marble statue , in armor , on the tomb of Sir Robert Holmes , a former governor of the island . This statue was said to ...
Page 112
... Berkshire stood away for America . The voyage was not marked by any events of magnitude ; but a few of its incidents , having something of instruction or enter- tainment , are here noticed . On the 21st of August , in the afternoon ...
... Berkshire stood away for America . The voyage was not marked by any events of magnitude ; but a few of its incidents , having something of instruction or enter- tainment , are here noticed . On the 21st of August , in the afternoon ...
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