(MAINE) [Mason Jonas] Diary and account book interleaved wit

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(MAINE.) [Mason, Jonas.] Diary and account book interleaved with almanac. [10] manuscript pages, interleaved in Nathaniel Ames, An Astronomical Diary or an Almanack for . . . 1758, printed in Boston. [16] printed pages. 12mo, stitched; worn with some leaves detached. [Cumberland County, ME], 5 February to 28 November 1758

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Several of the sparse entries are intriguing, including war news: "The shamefull defeat at Ticonderoga by treachery" is noted on 8 July, and "Cape Breton taken by ye English" on 26 July. The author notes "Jonathan Stubbs died at Moses Brown's, ill four days" (12 August); the historical record shows that this took place in North Yarmouth, Maine. Other persons named here also seem to be from Yarmouth, a location supported by mentions of multiple trips to York, ME and Halifax, NS. We believe Jonas Mason (1708-1801) was the author. He moved to North Yarmouth in 1731, and mentions the death of his sister Millicent Newell "in Nov'r last" on 26 February.