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Samuel Hadlock Jr.'s Journal, Europe, 1824-1826, page 10

The town was mutch [much] shatred [shattered] topeases [to pieces]
During the seage [seige] this town is walled in
By stone and ditches [ditches] the ditches that sorround[surround-cut off?]
the town is about 60 feete [feet] deap [deep] the walls
parpendickler [perpendicular] so no wone [one] can git [get] up them
And at the bottom of this ditch is most
plesent [pleasant] gardins [gardens] frute [fruit] of all sortes [sorts] in cut off?
center pitickler [particular] grapes the coliges[colleges] in this
town is most buitifull [beautiful] thare [there] are about
1500 studantes [students] in it it is supposed [supposed] to
be one of the furst [first] plases [places] for lurning [learning] in the
World thare [there] are maney [many] proffers [professors?] reside in
this town of the furst [first] respectibillitey [respectability]
thare [there] are also [also] many privileges too numerous to
Menteon [mention] the walk on kampers [campus] round the town
through the Shuknies [?] most butifull [beautiful] also foot
paths and carage [carriage] way shaded from the sun
On windes [onwinds] the paths are set in rite [right]
angles in and our tirning [turning] inn [in] all 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, Maine
Latitude: 44.3593788146973, Longitude: -68.2397308349609

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Acadia National Park Cranberry Isles Collection (1596-1982)

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Title: William Otis Sawtelle Collection 1692-1941
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01/01/1824 - 12/30/1825

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