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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 Earthquake 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 & night with Ezra 12.

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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
14 Feb 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
284 mentions
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Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
394 mentions
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Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Oct 19, 1849