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Memo things sent to Mrs. Cherry's
The Cradle from Mrs. Allen 2 pillows & cases Quilt & blanket 3 day Gowns 2 Night Gowns 2 flannell blanketts a Swathe a [pr?] Stockings 2 shirts 1 [?] 2 wastecoats 1 [?] 6 upper capps 1 [?] 2 under [?] 1 [?] 1/2 doz large diapers 1/2 doz large Cotton thinner Clouts 1/2 doz small diapers 1 small holland bib 1 flannel petticoat 1 skirt
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Sun, or even in a Fixed Star, that Place will be look'd upon by its Inhabitants as the Middle Point of the Universe, and the Center of the World, since it is the Center of that Spherical Surface in which all distant Bodies seem to be placed.
When we view this wonderful Fabrick of the Universe, and the Beauty of the Stars, in a supine Manner, throw aside our Reason, and form our Opinions of them, by the Dictates of our Senses, despising the Report of Men of Genius, Learning, and Leisure, who by the help of Glasses, bring these distant Objects vastly nearer to the Eye:--I say, under these Circumstances, we are apt to conclude, that the Sun, Moon, and Stars, were made only to decorate and serve this Earth, that they perform their slavish Journey round it every 24 Hours; that this Spot, or Earth, which we dwell upon, only is inhabited; and that we ourselves are the only intelligent Creatures that possess the Universe. Pride becomes such Ignorance! But all those who by a serious Enquiry have gained a true (tho' not an adequate, comprehensive) Notion of the Universe, look upon such an Opinion with the same Contempt that we do on a poor Maniac, who fits in his Hovel on a Wisp of Straw, and fancies himself a Monarch, and that all the Persons about him are his Subjects.
The other Planets are like this Earth in Situation and Circumstances, * having Summer and Winter, Day and Night, Land and Sea; we have but one Moon; and how many and great are the Advantages of it to the World? But some of the other Planets have a Plurality of Moons, that as a bright Retinue attend them wherever they go. I have proved that an Eye placed in any of the Planets would have much the same Prospect that we have. Shall then, their Heavens be stretch'd forth like a Curtain, and their North over the empty Place, and no Eye to behold it! Is the Divine Bounty and Goodness there, only bestow'd on Stocks and Stones, and other inanimate Creatures! Do far the most Noble and Magnificent Parts of the Creation, return no Praise and Gratitude to their Creator! Monstrous Absurdity!
* See Mr. Huygen's Celestial Worlds discovered, and Mr. Derham's Astro Theologia.
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The foregoing Figure also represents the Path of the remarkable Comet expected this Year.
Comets or Blazing Stars, are a sort or kind of Planets: They may be stiled Planets, because they revolve about the same Sun the Planets do; they are made of the same Materials, and are subject to the same Law of Gravitation which the Planets are; but their Orbits are exceeding Excentrical, on which account they ascend a great Height above the System of the Planets; and spend almost all their Time in the remote cold Regions of the Universe, at vast Distances both from the Planets, and from one another. As they descend to the Sun, they approach so near as to be intensely hot; which uneven Heats and Colds render them unfit for Habitation. By lessening the Velocity of the projectile Motion of this Earth, and the other Planets, they would descend to, and ascend from the Sun, in Orbits excentrical like the Comets. Thus easy is it for the great Governour of these Worlds to change the Course of Nature, and reduce them to the unhappy Circumstances of these Blazing Stars.--A doleful Inheritance, reserv'd perhaps for the Punishment of their ancient guilty Inhabitants!
But beyond the utmost Wanderings of these Comets is the infinite Expansum, occupied by the Fixed Stars; which with the greatest Reason and Probability are judged to be Suns as large as ours; which enlighten, warm and cherish their respective Systems of Worlds that revolve about them; and it is only their amazing Distance which makes them appear so small. This I have endeavoured to represent by those Stars without the Orbit of Saturn; and those Circles about them are to shew the Orbits of their revolving Planets. Lo! these are Part of His Ways! But when we view the Heavens with our Glasses, we discover many more Stars than our naked Eye can reach; and when we view them with better and better Instruments, we discover more and more of these Starry Globes; and after all, perhaps we cannot see the thousandth Part of what the Heavens contain.
The VULGAR NOTES for the GREGORIAN YEAR 1759. Dominical Letter - G Epact - - - 1 Cycle of the Sun - - 4 Golden Number - 12
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Of the Cause of Sickness in the Camp, and the Method to prevent the same.
As a great Number of Men of late Years have been called into the War for the Defense of our Country, and altho[ough] many have fallen in Battle, yet I believe more have died of Sickness in the Camp. An Enquiry inot the reason why the Camp often becomes extremely sickly, and to point out some Sulutary Methods to prevent the same, I hope will not be unacceptable at this Time. --I may venture to assert, that a proper Choice of those Materials of which we take daily and in great Quantities, for the Nourishment and Support of our Lives, relates more to our Health and Comfort; and has more power to prevent Diseases, than those Medicines which we take but seldom, and in small Quantities, have to remove Diseases after we are attack[e]d by them. the best Beef and Pork tend to decay and corrupt, and such Substances used in Diet (that is in an undue Proportion, without being ballanced[sic] with *Farinacious Substances, Fruits and Herbage) naturally produce Acrimony in the Blood, and daily dispose it to a State of Putrfaction. I have forgot the Number of Days Doct[or] Arburthnot asserts, that a Meat Diet without Bread, and only Water for Drink, will certainly produce a fever in; but he is very particular, and the Time he sets is short. If Water, which is simple and innocent, cannot withstand the ‡ Alkaline State of Blood, which such a Diet produces; spiritous Liquors substituted in the stead of Water, will produce these bad Effects in a much shorter Time. If the common Soldiers have a good and wholesome Meat dealt out to them as the Officers have, yet the Privates have not the same Antidotes, which qualifies their Meat and makes it wholesome, as Wine, Cyder, Lemmon[sic], Vegetable Seeds, Roots & neither are they kept so clean, not enjoy quite so good an Air, therefore they are more sickly. Some Persons are of such firm Constitutions, that their vital Force is able to subdue all the fapid[sic; vapid?] Substances they feed upon. But in all Persons who commit Error on this Hand
_______________________________________________________________ *Mealy. ‡Corrosive producing Putrefaction: Sour or Acid Substances are of a contrary Nature.
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[page corner damaged] Diet, who have not such vital Force, the Alkaline from such a Diet, will not be suffiiciently attentuated [and?] they will retain their original Qualities, which ever [page damaged] rds to Putrfaction; which will be discovered by producing a stinking Breath, rotten corroded Gums; high colour[e]d[sic] Urine; black, blue and brown Spots; Eruptions on the Skin, Fevers; foul Tongue; bilious and bloody Dysenteries, and other atrocious Distempers. But methinks, I hear my Countrymen loudly object, and say, "Why should such Changes be made against Beef and Pork, a Soldier's Diet? We liv[e]d on such Fare all our Days, before we came into the Camp, and were healthy; why should that which never hurt us before, be so dangerous to us now?" To which I Answer, Person who live in single Families, beside a good Air, have the Advantages of Cookery and Cleanliness, and with their Meat have much of the farinacious or mealy Kind of Substances to feed on, and various accscent[sic; accent?] Sauces, Apples and sub-acid Fruits, Vinous Drinks, Cyder[sic], at least, if not Wine; all these are a continual Antidote and keep the Acid and Alkaline Salts well balanc[e]d, in which Circumstance Health consists. But when Men come to encamp in any Army, their own foul Cloaths[sic], the corrupt Air they Breath[sic] in, the rank putrescent Qualities of the Meat they feed on, besides which, their Summum Bonum Rum, being dealt out freely; and all this without any Wine, Lemmons[sic], Cyder[sic], Apples, or Acescent[sic; accent?] Substance, to make a Ballance[sic] bwteen the Acid and Alkaline Salts of the Blood, it is not to be wondered, why so many are Sick and die under these Circumstances; it is a meer[sic] Miracle that any, with these Errors, escape Death. The Roman Soldiers mixed Vinegar with their Water and found it healthy. If the Use of Vegatable[sic] amd Acid Things will cure the Alkaline State of Blood, then what will cure, will prevent. I would therefor advise every Soldier, First, to keep clean, that the foul rancid matter lodged in his Cloaths[sic], by Sweat and Perspiration, may be done away by frequent Ablution. Secondly, if no Sauce can be had with their Meat, but what comes from the mealy Kind of vegetable Substances, let it be so managed by Cookery, as to prevent the use of Meat more than once a Day. Thirdly, if Cyder[sic] or Vine
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[gar] can be procur[e]d, use it freely: But if neither [can] be had, every Man at an easy lay, may procure Spirits Nitre, or even Cramberries[sic] eaten raw, sufficient to Acidulate his common Drink, and make a sort of artificial Cyder[sic], which will be found very servicable. He that faces his Enemy in Defence of his Country, and dies in Battle, lies in the Bed of Honour[sic]: But as the Fool dies, so dies he that sits in the Camp and dies thro[ugh] bad regimen, and neglects, or disregards the only Means of his Preservation. If some such Method, as I have hinted at, were prescribed by Physicians, commanded by the Officers, and heartily observed and practiced by the common Soldiers, some Lives might be saved, and many made more able and effective to answer the purposes they are implyed[sic] about. _____________________________________________________ Roads to New-York &c. With an exact Account of the several Stages and the Distance betwen them, and the Names of those Persons that have good Entertainment on the three Roads that lead to New-Haven, the first of which is called the post Road, the next the middle Road, the third the upper Road: --From New-Haven to New-York, there is no other but the Post Road. The Post Road to New-Haven Westerly, Thompson's 9 From Boston 10 Stonington, William's 8 Dedham, Ame's 11 Groton Ferry, Jeffers's 5 Walpole, Robin's 8½ New London, Decon's[?] 1 Wrentham, Mann's 7 ½ Lime, Champlain's 5 *Attleboro, Stearn's 9 Ditto, Anderson's 12 Providence, Olney's 9 Seabrook Ferry, Lord's 4 Patuxet, Byles's 6 Ditto, Leigh's 7 Greenwich, Arnold's 10 Killingsworth, Merrill's 5 No. Kingston, Thomas's 8 Guilford, Hill's 10 Tower Hill, Case's 7½ Branford, Factor's 11 Charlestown, Lewis's 14 New-Haven, Bears's 9 Westerly Miles 176 ____________________________________________________________ *From Attleboro to go to Newport, Rhode-Island, instead of going round Providence in the POst Road -- it is from Stearn's to Rehoboth, Dogget's 8 Newport, ------ 12 Ditto, Hunt's 4 Connanicut and Ferry, 4 Warren, Kelley's Ferry 4 Narraganset Ferry, Franklin's 3 Bristol, Salsbury's 5 Tower Hill, Case's 4 Bristol Ferry, Pierce's 2 Miles 46