.MTI2MA.NjAyOA
From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
�not printed Neptune had [medals] [?] given his father by Congress for aiding the Americans in the Resolution. His father must have been [it illegible CR.] [?] John Neptune mentioned in Baxter [Mss ? No- illegible][?] 1834 1888. This fall Sebattis Mitchell added something more concerning the old [Governor.] [?] He said that he died at the age of 95 and that his death was hastened by an [exploit] [?] performed under a delusion. One night he [fancied] [?] that he was camping [out] [?] and being cold got up and made a fire of his straw bed in the corner of his room. The smoke nearly [stifled] [?] him and he died [soon] [?] after.