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[Communicated.In Chester, Pa. Mr. Benjamin Peck, a revolutionary soldier, aged seventy years. The substance of the follovving epitaph was prepared some years sines* by himself, aDd he had contracted with a stone cutter to place it upon his tombstone :Here lies poor Peck—who in his day Was nothing but a Peck of clay ;Yet, as his earthly course he ran,F.acb measure proved he was a man,He long had known life’sempty bubbles And felt himself a Peck of troubles ;Now low he lies, as all men must,And soon will be a Peck of dust.
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Mount Zion Missionary
Mount Zion, Georgia, US
Mon, Mar 15, 1824
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