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Domestic News
August 4, 1801
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
People of Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, are crafting a mammoth cheese measuring four feet in diameter and eighteen inches deep, estimated at 1200-1400 pounds, to present to Thomas Jefferson ('Mammoth of Monticello'), with over 300 pounds of curd left after filling.
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ALBANY, JULY 28.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Berkshire, (Mass.) to his friend in this city.
"I have nothing new or strange to tell you, excepting of a Mammoth Cheese which the Cheshire people are making to present to the Mammoth of Monticello. It is now in the press; it measures four feet in diameter and eighteen inches in depth. 'Tis said to weigh from 1200 to 1400 pounds. So patriotic were the inhabitants in bringing forward the Curd that, after filling the hoop, there was more than 300 pounds left."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Berkshire, (Mass.) to his friend in this city.
"I have nothing new or strange to tell you, excepting of a Mammoth Cheese which the Cheshire people are making to present to the Mammoth of Monticello. It is now in the press; it measures four feet in diameter and eighteen inches in depth. 'Tis said to weigh from 1200 to 1400 pounds. So patriotic were the inhabitants in bringing forward the Curd that, after filling the hoop, there was more than 300 pounds left."
What sub-type of article is it?
Celebration
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Mammoth Cheese
Cheshire Massachusetts
Patriotic Gift
Thomas Jefferson
What entities or persons were involved?
Mammoth Of Monticello
Where did it happen?
Cheshire, Berkshire, Mass.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cheshire, Berkshire, Mass.
Event Date
July 28
Key Persons
Mammoth Of Monticello
Outcome
cheese measures four feet in diameter and eighteen inches in depth, weighs 1200 to 1400 pounds; over 300 pounds of curd left after filling.
Event Details
Cheshire people are making a Mammoth Cheese to present to the Mammoth of Monticello; it is now in the press.