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Re: Based on Inventory Contents: Country Dweller or City Dweller?
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"H. B. Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:36:10 -0400
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This person was probably a chairmaker or cabinetmaker who most likely lived
in town.  The fact that he has some livestock  doen't necessarily mean that
he has it in town.  My guess is that he is a town dweller.  This would not
be the inventory of the estate of William Dix would it?

At 10:07 AM 10/23/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Question of the day:
>
>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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