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Some Account of Rachel Coope (Journal B)

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which were as follows Brothers attend You know we have often talked to you about opening a good Road from this Town to Tunasapah in order to make it more easy for your People to come to Mill. If you will join together and open this Road, we have concluded to give you 7000 feet of Boards. This will enable you to finish your Houses, to have them warm against next winter. Brothers, you know we began to grind for you about the time you were making sugar last spring, we will continue to grind for you until next season for sugar making, without taking toll which will make one year. And if any of you want boards we will sell them to you for four shillings but we don’t intend to trust any, because we want to keep the Chain of frendship bright, and if you Want any of your own logs sawed into boards, or Scantling, if you will cut and haul the logs to the Mill