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Three Gentlemen and a Dublin Exchange in Old Notes
An old clergyman avoids a rough passage by referring to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as these three gentlemen. A countryman’s name, Walsh, triggers a joke about Dublin maids. The page notes counterfeit bills detected, and a soldier sentenced to carry water for a year without pay after desertion.
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le Beau & Baker
Monroeville
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W. Page
Norealk
nNrica
Ruby
India
Wooster & Dewey
Norwalk
Burrence
Warren
Oll Sland
Kirkreptr & Baker
Philip Morton
Whyler’s
Jon
Tus Macressy
Tlus
Foghnons
Philadelphia
New York
Sartain
Gross
Dpc
Jasper
Uns
Stephens
Contine
L. H. Sigourney
Francea
Osgood
Kirkland
Ellen Ashton
E F
Caroline Orne
Philadelphal
New York Mirror
Boston Courier
James Russel Lowell
Eddyter
Hosea
Boston
Ollers
Day
Martin
Wilbur
David
Hosey
Heath
Livia
Ezekiel Bigelow
Putin
Sarge
Ciphesia
Nancy
Zenas Humpun
Enas
Hook and Crook
Thia
Ara
Zenas
Turat
Baltimore
Aveo
Washington Union
Frankfort-on-the-Maine
Baltger
Frankfort
Setenbein
Besle
Union
Basle
Grove
England
British Association
Schonbein
John Herschel
Titan
Europe
Great Britain
Old Colony Railroad Company
Boston Journal
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Walsh
Paddy
Dublin
Adams
Li Purcell