In a message dated 1/28/2007 2:36:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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"The Governor had graving irons but could not grave any thing, the stones
were so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the river side and the governor
buried a bottle with a paper enclosed in which he writ that he took
possession of this place in the name and for King George 1st of England."
Hmmm.... one of those early time capsules! WOnder why he didn't leave us
the GPS coordinates to make it easier to find again?
Holly
Amherst
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