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Samuel Hadlock Jr.'s Journal, Europe, 1824-1826, page 23
Planets the primary or principal ones have the
Sun for the common centers of thair [their] periodial [periodic] revolutions;
Which the others, or secondary ones, which are called satellites
Or moones [moons], move round thair [their] primaries accompanying them
In thair [their] annual orbits, our earth has one Satelite [satellite], or moon,
Jubiter [Jupiter] four Saturn seven, and herschel [Herschel] six Saturn has
Besides a luminous and butaful [beautiful] ring, surrounding [surrounding] his
Body, and detached from it, we now [know] that our Soler [solar]
Systam [system] consistes [consists] of twenty seven planatory bodies, but
We are not certain that thair [there]are not more, the number
Known has been considerabiley [considerably] augmented sins [since] the
Invention of telescopes and by more perfick [perfect] instrumentes [instruments]
And more accuiate [accurate] observations my perhapes [perhaps] be futher [further]
Increased, modern [modern] astronomy has not onley [only] thus shewn [shown]
Us new planets, but has also to our sens [sense] enlarged
The boundres [boundaries] of the Solar System the Comets
Which from thair [their] fla fallacious aperanses [appearances] thair [their]
tail thair [their] beard [?] the diversity of thair [their] dictrections [directions]
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Samuel Hadlock of Islesford, Maine, documented his travels in Europe, where he exhibited a group of Inuit and Romani people as entertainment.
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Acadia National Park, Code: ACAD
Acadia National Park, Maine
Latitude: 44.3593788146973, Longitude: -68.2397308349609

NPS Museum Catalog Number : ACAD_30972
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01/01/1824 - 12/30/1825
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