Adams County Orphans Court to hear administration accounts
Register's notice lists multiple administerorships and executorships to be presented for confirmation on May next at the Orphans' Court in Gettysburg. The accounts cover estates of Gardener Hartzell Marsh Underwood Gosserman Vanorsdel Knox Hutchinson Comfort McClellan Woail and others with guardians and trustees also named.
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Orphans’ Court
Adams County
George Robinette
William Gardner
Mary Gardner
Philip Shriver
William Hartzell
George Kershler
Moses F. Marsh
Philip Wolf
Henry Palmer
James Moore
Thomas M'Kee
William M'Curdy
William Breckenridge
Jacob Schlosser
Alexander Underwood
Jacob Bosserman
John Bosserman
Peter Dosserman
John Gosserman
William Vanorsdel
Isaac Vanorsdel
Tenry Riley
John Steausbaugh
Maxwell Shields
John
Helen M
Sarah Mary
Euphemia
Charles McTean
Rizabeth Lanier
Martha ¥. Knox
Childden
Samuel Knox
Geo. W.D. Irvin
James Cooper
George Irvin
Canifllan
Isaac Woail
Robert Cobean
Gettysburg
Scott & Taylor
Vera Cruz
Buena Vista
Mexico
Philadelphia
Marseilles
C. T
Kurtz
Marcus Samson
P. S
Fragmented Romantic Verse on Loss and Faith
The speaker recalls early wars of love and a fair dream now shattered by death. He touches sorrow, renounces worldly joy, and finds solace in Christian hope amid grief, seeking relief in spiritual resolve rather than earthly bliss.
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Jife
Tsaw
Varied Proverbs and Anecdotes From A Newer Digest
A miscellany of social maxims, memory tales, a windward joke on ethics, and short moral anecdotes. It recalls Mr Geerl on dust and flies as a metaphor for life, stresses the weight of a single word, and cites Woodfall’s memory skills. It closes with notes on preserving the sick bed, health versus money, Lafontaine’s apple trick, and reforms to curb alcohol among Indians.
Revenge and Sacrifice in Calabar 1846 described
A colonial-era account details a horrific Calabar rite on October 27 1846 with the death of royal kin and more than one hundred victims including slaves and Creoles. Missionaries and naval officers are noted attempting to intervene as the ritual proceeds in a house with three pits for the dead and enslaved.
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J. Clark
Western
Africa
Calabar
Mr. Clark
Leis
Markes
Northwestern
Canada Wests
Michigan
Wisconsin
Tawas
Lake Superior
St. Louis
France
New York
Pennsylvania
United States
Piceon River
Fond du Lac
Atlantic
Mississippi
St. Peter's
Willy
Gre
St. Anethony
Minegota
Mingsota
Pond da Lane
Lale Superior
Port Snelling
St. Anthony
Ian
Minesota
Deas
Ohio
Michian
British thanks for US relief of Irish suffering
Lord Palmerston forwards a despatch to Mr Packenham conveying gratitude from the British government and nation for American subscriptions aiding distressed Irish poor. The message commends U S generosity, notes shared ancestry, and hopes for strengthened Anglo-Saxon ties despite distance.
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Ireland
Lord Palmerston
Packenham
Buchanan
United States
Poreiis
U. States
Trish
Lon
Palmerston
Richard Pakenham
Lamented Col. Clay's last act and scattered notices
An army officer recalls Col. Clay a West Point cadet who aided a flag of truce bearer and reconnected with an enemy officer before leading the final assault that claimed his life. The piece also notes the independence celebration plans in Mexico and reports on devastating fires in Dumfries Virginia and a sensational animal tale from an English paper.
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Richardson
Woodfall
House of Commons
Jean
Clay
Col. Clay
Scott
Taylor
Mexico
Santy Anon
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Isaac Yous
Menallen Township
Jacob Stank
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Sunirom
Alectiun
Grid
Satigealla
Mr. Cecil
Mr. Geerl
Helds
Gamilton
Sally
Sully
Elize Jane
Lord Hill
Salamanca
Efe
Lafontaine
iLin
Eleavens
Lockwman
F Quarterly Review
Sixpress
Secretary of War
William Prien
iHusis
New York Post
Jeff
Waal
M'itee
Gardin
Alexander Kunze
Minois
Witc
Germany
Santa Anna
Miltiades
Socrates
Kirnye
Camden
South Carolina
Hunter
Wranton
Winter
Chas Juntor
Alvarado
Har —Caprain
MM. Davis
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Lampien
Lelie
Jetter
Tllinois
Alan
Belfer
Great, Western Railway
Dumrums
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Dumfries
Wambell
Menagarie
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