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" Rsck dams, & with great hazard and hard Labor Escaped with his Life & Load. Jonas Jones Saith, That in ye month of Ffebruary it being Extream cold, he stroke fast on a fish Dam, and to save his Load of wheat was obliged to leap into ye River to ye middle... "
Annals of Phoenixville and Its Vicinity: From the Settlement to the Year ... - Page 30
by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker - 1872 - 295 pages
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Pennsylvania Archives

Pennsylvania - 1852 - 798 pages
...in his body by reason of ye water & cold : And that at another time he stroke fast on one of ye Rsck dams, & with great hazard and hard Labor Escaped with...an hour, afterwards proceeding on his Journey with ye said wet cloaths they were frozen stiff on his back, by means whereof he underwent a great deal...
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History of Montgomery County Within the Schuylkill Valley

William Joseph Buck - Montgomery County (Pa.) - 1859 - 128 pages
...month of February, while it was extremely cold, Jonas Jones relates that he got "fast on a fish-dam, and to save his load of wheat was obliged to leap into ye river to ye middle'of his body, and with all his labour and skill could not get off in less than half an hour ;...
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Fairmount Park: Sketches of Its Scenery, Waters, and History

Charles Shearer Keyser - History - 1872 - 186 pages
...in the month of February, it being extreme cold, he stroke fast on a fish-dam, and, to save his boat of wheat, was obliged to leap into ye river to ye middle of his body — afterwards proceeding with ye said wet clothes, they were frozen stiff on his back, by means whereof...
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