Day in the Life

Oct 19, 1849

Journal Entry

October 19, 1849 ~ Friday

19 [FIGURE] {[illegible shorthand]} we visited the country or spot called the land slide it has
the Appearance of A great convulsion of Nature it looks as much
like the effects of An earthqwake as any thing more than 20 acres
of land is all torn to peaces some large Maples trees are still standing
upright but the earth has settled more than 20 feet while other
parts were raised deep blue clay is raised from its deep found-
ation to the top of the earth by thousands of tons. after
walking over it we road into Portland & dined with Ilus
Carter
spent the evening with Dr Fabyan & nighht with Ezra 12 [miles].

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Fabyan, Charles Wesley
11 Mar 1813 - 23 Jul 1886
5 mentions
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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
291 mentions
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Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
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Oct 19, 1849