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14 November 1879 Dana, Massachusetts, USA*

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NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Name: Jas. Alfred Gorham
Gender: Male
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Place: Barre
Death Date: 14 Nov 1879
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Place: Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts
Age: 66
Birth Date: 1813
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50123-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
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Film Number: 186145
Reference ID: 1879 p97 #8

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1Z-378 : 10 December 2014), Jas. Alfred Gorham, 14 Nov 1879; citing Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts, reference 1879 p97 #8; FHL microfilm 186,145.'
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