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Letter to Gandy from Joseph Presbury from Gunpowder River, Baltimore, Maryland, 28 Jan 1714

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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. D. 847, fol. 109

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Short account of the government of the province; the people very illiterate, not one in ten being able to read or write; the lives of the clergy debauched and wicked; desires advice under his being debarred from receiving the blessed sacrament.

"The great men of this country are all very Wiggish or else Romans".

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  • Creation: 28 Jan 1714

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1 item

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  • English

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MS. Rawl. D. 847, fol. 109

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