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Memoirs of the life of the [?] sister
<name>Hannah Syms</name>, who departed this life
<date>janary 10th 1789</date>. (Taken from her own hand writing
I was born <date>dec 21st 1722</date>, near <placename>Hallifax
Yorkshire</placename>, baptized on Christmas-day, as it was
not customary to baptize on that day, a poor
woman who was present at Church, prayed
that I might be a good christian, my mother [?]
often to remind me of it. Even as a child
I experienced several