It looked suspiciously like a molding-compound repair of a dent.

Although the New England settlers made their commonwealth much less like Old England than Virginia was intended to be, it is important to re-emphasize that the vast majority were not separatists but Puritans.

It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

And be it further enacted, That all and every Maker and Makers of Oxygenated Muriatic Acid or Oxymuriate of Lime respectively ſhall, before he, ſhe or they ſhall begin to mix with Salt any Vitriolic Acid, Manganese or Water, give to the Officer of Exciſe under whoſe Survey he, ſhe or they ſhall then be, Six Hours' previous Notice in Writing, if his, her or their Premiſes in which ſuch Salt ſhall be intended to be mixed with Vitriolic Acid, Manganeſe, or Water, ſhall be ſituate within the Limits of the Chief Office of Exciſe in London, or within the Limits of the City of Edinburgh; […]