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and black population was nearly two thousand, who pursued nearly all the common or general pursuits of a town of that size.
Some of the residences were of brick, and erected at a heavy cost, belonging to opulent farmers and tradesmen; beside, they had large gardens, out-houses, and other valuable improvements, all of which are destroyed.--See Diary of the American Revolution.
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