Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1773.08.31

CC-H.773.064
24-31 Aug 1773:41 (453)
AN EPITAPH ON MR. THOMAS HAMMOND, 
parish clerk of Ashford in Kent, who was a good man, and an
excellent backgammon player, and was succeeded in office by
a Mr. Trice.
  By the chance of the die,
  On his back here doth lie
  Our most audible clerk Master Hammond;
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