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Scott:
"11 head of hogs" is a LOT of hogs for a half-acre town lot. Even if it was
a boar, a sow and 9 piglets, that is still a lot for a town lot, if only
because of the odor. The only other explanation I can think of is that the
hogs were being held for sale or had just been acquired and not yet driven
later to the farm.
Gail Shea Nardi
Question of the day:
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> Based on the contents of this household inventory, which was registered
> in Campbell County in 1799, do you think that the individual, who was
> a Quaker, lived on 140 acres in the county, or 1/2 to 2 acres in town?
>
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