Excerpt from page 2   WHAT PETER AYERS BROUGHT WITH HIM WHEN HE CAME TO CANTERBURY 1792   One horse, one wagon, one lot of tackling, Two cows, 1, two year old Guernsey heifer, 27 sheep, twenty five pounds Of wool, 60 pounds of flax, 130 Pounds of tobacco, several corn cob  pipes, One in pocket, one chair on which to sit smoking, Four earthen jars of New York Russet cider, Two hounds, one flintlock rifle, powder & lead, One axe, one saddle, one sleigh, one padlock, 2 sickles, one pair of plough irons, 2 chains, One wooden bedstead with ticking, blankets, One pound worth of pork, 14 bushels of potatoes, Sixty five bushels of wheat, 16 bushels Of rye, 4 bushels of corn, 4 turkeys, 11 hens, One cat, one pet squirrel, four dollars worth Of fur, 16 dollars in money, A blue and red army uniform, A pair of boxing gloves, And an old red violin.                                                                                                                                                         — Dudley Laufman

TWO FIDDLES

Jacqueline & Dudley Laufman

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Published by Shaker Village Inc, 2005

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ISBN: 0-913117-03-X