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Thread #94329 Message #3673432
Posted By: GUEST
31-Oct-14 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Stowing Sugar in the Hold
Subject: RE: Origins: Stowing Sugar in the Hold
Came across a reference in a Quebec newspaper of 1851 to the opening lines "Wish I was in Mobile Bay, screwing cotton all the day...."
Greg Marquis