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2012

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[Partial Transcription - page 125]

24-Went down to Bath mailed our letters and walked through the City dodging around the Cow. T-- on the side we saw the oldest Church (Episcipal [sic]) in the State it is a very old city and has gone to rack quite badly the Capital of the State was there years ago but it is said there is a curse on the place as a man came in there years ago to preach and the people rejected him and h[e]

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scraped the dust off his feet as a testimony against the city and it hasn't prospered since. we came onto John Curtises and there eat [sic] dinner. [A]fter dinner went down to Bay Side and notified the people of preaching at Curtises at night had quite a crowd out both of us doing the Speaking.

25-wrote part of a letter then started out canvassing sold a V [?] of W. [uncertain about what this is] to Mrs. Gailard at the P.O. conversed with the people along and took dinner with a Mrs. White then come on down to Mr McGowin where we are now [on the road between Bath and Plymouth, North Carolina].