Diary, 1928, of trips to Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, DC
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Page 9 (1802) J Backsmith Jr. 1 pail, 1 horse 4 oxen, 2 cows, one 3-yrs. 1 acre tillage 5 mowing 4 pasturing 59 wold land. John Goldsmith - 1 pail 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 acre tillage 4 mowing 4 pasturing 60 wold land. Dr (Duncan?) McNorton a physician practices in Sandwich until 1800 Then removed to Dennis Corner Died very old according to tradition 117 years about 1830 (Sandwich in 1810 had five times the population that it now has. D.Holden)