1771 SCOTCH-IRISH VERNACULAR. Early American Confesses the Sin of Repeated Drunkenness. Adventist of the State of the

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1771 SCOTCH-IRISH VERNACULAR. Early American Confesses the Sin of Repeated Drunkenness. Adventist of the State of theA very rare and interesting likely Scotch Irish vernacular confession of repeated drunkenness by Benjamin Payn. The phonetics are evident throughout the document, i. e. sparouts for spirits, repating for repeting, sparit for spirit, etc. A note to the rear indicates the location as Mount Carmel, likely Mount Carmel, South Carolina in McCormick County, right near the Georgia Border. Mount Carmel was settled by Scotch Irish immigrants in the 1750's. The