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I spent the greater portion of New-year's day, 1867, in calling upon twelve families and taking to the sick and aged ones, blankets and clothing.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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New-year's day, 1872, passed with nothing more eventful than the return of John Stewart in advance of the Major with the news that they had succeeded in reaching the Colorado at the foot of Kanab Canyon.
A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
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"Yes," said the world traveler, "the Chinese make it an invariable rule to settle all their debts on New-year's day."
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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After a very busy New-year's day, I returned to Levi Coffin's for the night, and the next day left for Memphis, which I reached on the 6th, spending two days in Cairo.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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Scottish Parliament took place upon the twenty-fifth of March, according to the Old Style, New Year's Day: that concession might therefore be esteemed a New-year's Gift to the English.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. Mrs. Thomson
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On New-year's morning, 1864, President Lincoln entered the War
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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On New-year's Eve Clayton Spencer always preceded the annual ball of the City Club, of which he was president, by a dinner to the board of governors and their wives.
Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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And after Buckham had gone he thought that rather a curious New-year's wish.
Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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Audrey moved around the little room, adjusting chairs, rearranging the flowers that had poured in on New-year's day, brushing the hearth.
Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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On New-year's morning, 1864, President Lincoln entered the War Department building.
The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907
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