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August 9. 1796. Tuesday. -

[1796-08-09]
4 hands mowing Salt Grass. ...

August 11. 1796. Thursday. -

[1796-08-11]
Mr. Howell lodged with Us and ...

August 10. 1796 Wednesday.

Docno: DJA03d237

Author: JA
Date: 1796-08-10
Billing and Bass collecting Compost. Brought up two Loads of Seaweed and carted several Loads of Earth from behind the Outhouse.
Mr. Howell of Rhode Island came up to see me and conversed the whole Evening concerning St. Croix and his Commission for settling that Boundary.1
 
1. David Howell, a lawyer and a former member of the Continental Congress, was one of the commissioners appointed to arbitrate the disputed boundary between the United States and Canada under Article V of Jay's Treaty ( DAB ; see also entry of 2 Aug., above, and note there).
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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