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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
She make her bark smooth sandpaper. Ours young tree, always smoove. She sewed it her canoe chair bottom stuff; me sewed it ours spruce t'reed. She nail it her canoe copper nails; when wood wet, nails dry; den go dis way {working} all time. Me nail it ours wooden nails; when wood wet nails wet, then all time stiff. When seen it Sebattis Dana, speaks so "You beat; dollar is yours."
Thirty five dollars he give it John Tabor Davis Sebattis that canoe. All me ask ours is twenty eight!"
Sebattis Dana's wife was called Mahli hahn squees = Miss Mary Ann.