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Wm R. Sterry, Groton, Ct. 5 miles from New London
20th Feb 1860 = 45 years old [[strikethrough]] next [[/strikethrough]] 13th day next Mar.
Spent [[?4/9]] years ^[[4 voyages]] [[underlined]] 3 winters [[/underlined]] in Cumberland Inlet
How long a time did you make a stay with the Esq?
# two months.  Spring of 1855 - Three families 20 Esqim - all three to 4 huts - Esq great travellers think nothing of going 200 or 300 miles.  Capt Quayle went 60 miles in 12 hours
Capt B. has been up 1 Day & back the next. - Sterry [[?came]] later
Esq.  1st Aug. went hunting deer with the Esq. gone 3 weeks 
Ooggoog Esq. name of strips of seal-skin - make soles of Boots & Shoes.
Sledge 12 feet long 9 inches deep 4 inches thick plank
7 or 9 Dogs  2 Children  7 grown persons
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50 miles in 12 hours - deer hunting