Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, September 9, 1769

Last night Penington's lumber store burned down, caused by lime slacking. Walked to Centre Woods, where I found above one hundred trees blown down.

SOURCE: Jacob Cox Parsons, Editor, Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, of Philadelphia, 1765-1798, p. 18

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