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November 13, 1839 ~ Wednesday
Nov 13th I took a walk this morning in the Rockway burying ground. I visited
one grave eight rods in length in which was intered 125 bodies all at the same time
& 30 at an other making 155 in all. They lost their lives by being wrecked on Rockway
beach, by the ship Mexico on the 1st day of January 1837 and were intered on the 5 day
I spent the day at widow D Motts the Lord is again restoring ...
Dates:
November 13, 1839 November 14, 1839 November 15, 1839 November 16, 1839 November 17, 1839 November 18, 1839 November 19, 1839 November 20, 1839