Gavel from Yorktown prompts historic tribute letter
A lengthy 1901 letter from Atlanta notes a cherished Yorktown gavel made from wood from the Moore house and other relics linked to Washington and Cornwallis. It chronicles how the gavel’s materials came from Yorktown and Moore house, their historical significance, and a push by several states and societies to purchase and preserve Temple Farm near Yorktown as a national memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traynham
Atlanta
W. N. Peel
Joseph Habersham
A. R
Moore House
Cornwallis
Mvord
Neleon House
Washington
United States
Custom House
Yorktown
Mack
Cruikshank
Nelsons House
L Traynham
Moore
Independence ‘Hall
Lafayette
Rochampeau
Spots Wood
York River
William Gooch
Wormly Creek
America
New York
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
South Carolina
Congress
Patriotic Sons of America
Carpenters’ Association of Philadelphia
Rochambeau
Gye House
Temple Farm
Ugh Nelson Page
Senate
Fork and Gloucester
Earl Cornwallis
George Washington
France
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Health Through Digestion
An advertisement extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the solution to indigestion. It claims true vitality comes from digesting food, not merely eating, and asserts the product digests all foods directly in the stomach. It promises renewed life, strength, ambition, and appetite.
Dyspepsia Cure Praised By Sufferers In Ads
Testimonials from George B. Orr W H Shipman and Henry Williams claim Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured years of indigestion. Orr notes relief sleep and strength gains after several bottles. Shipman states long trial with diet and doctors ended by three bottles. Williams says four bottles cured stomach misery enabling normal eating and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Orr
Notary Public
McCutchenville
Ohio
L. G. Westfall
Big Stone
Minnesota
W. H. Shipman
Joe
Beardsley
Henry Williams
Boonville, Mo
C.Dewitt & Co. Advertises $1 WA Stomach Cure
An early Chicago advertisement by E. C. Dewitt & Co. touts a WA time remedy claimed to cure all stomach troubles for just one dollar, aiming to attract readers with a simple, affordable stomach relief option.
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E. C.dewitt & Co
Chicago
J.C. Snider
Crittenden
Swords and lineage lore in Milledgeville and Scotland
A fragment recounts a sword once presented to Colonel Daniel Appling intended for Milledgeville display after his death in 1817, with ties to a 1829 frame in the executive room and an 1894 record. It also details genealogies from Stewart and Marbury families, noting American descendants of Scottish nobility and a Baker lineage in Liberty County, Georgia, alongside brief testimonies on civic virtue and gentility.
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Morgan
Dant Morgan
Dante
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Braddock
England
Aix-te-Chapelle
Fort Duquesne
Geo
Washington
Daniel_Morgan
Washingto
Arenolg
Quebec
Montgomery
Brant
Gates
Camden
Gen
Greene
Tarleton
Cowpena
Morgan County
Oliver “Porter
Greene Co
Senate Room
United States
Georgia
Picolet
South Carolina
Gilles
Congress
Sial
Maj. Cunningham
Samuel Hammond
Geo, Walton
Joshua Inman
McArthur
Geneval Pickens
Jay Jackson
Daniel Appling
Milledgeville
Stewart
Scotland
Bainburg
Stewart of
Ledriech
Robert
Elizabeth
Adam Mure
Rowatlan
Earl of
Fife and Mentieth
Duke of Albany
Margaret
Countess of
Countess of Mentieth, Daughter of Sir John Graber
Mary
de Albatia
Annabel
Patrick Buchanan
Wiliam Stewart
Baldoran
Maria
Colin Campbell
Glenmarchy
John Stewart
Glenbucky
Duncan Stewart
MacLaren
Alexander Stewart
Patrick ‘Stewart
Lederiech
Leneriech
Anleat
Appia
Cara
Baker
Liberty Co
Edward Russell
Susan
Artemus Baker
John Baker
Charlotte Shepherd
Felix Baker
IL Mary Telfair
Stockton
Jacksonville
Fia
John Telfair
Telfair
Marbury
Horatio Marbury
Jno
Milledge
Geo. Rootes Claston
Jas. Bozeman
Bec
Edwin Moniger
Jas. Meriwether
Dant Sturgis
Irwin
Jared Irwin
Bee
Horatio. Marbury
Treas
Rootes Clayton
Eseazer
Dani Sturgs
Tole
David B. Mitchel
Horatio Marbur
Gev
R. Clayton
Jas
Bozeman
B. Jenkins
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Peachtree Street
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Virginia, North Carolina
William Penn
Fennsylvania
Penn
Irvine
Irvines
Wm. de Irwyn
Robert Bruce
Christopher Irvine
Blanche Irving
Edward Irving
Bonshay
Stapleton
Christopher
Blanche
Wm de Irewyn
Co Fermanagh
Ireland
James I
Castle Irvine
William Irvine
Ballindwilagh
Charles ,Ie
Worcester
Fermanagh
Elizabeth . Gledstanes
Herbert Gledstanes
Coalea
Rockford
Jane
Green
Sally's
Grove
Co. Fermanagh
Gerard Irvine
Sarah
John Moutray
Favor
Royal
Samuel Rothwell
Dingle
Co. Kerry
Annette Sarah Rothwell
Robert Hemphill
Springhill
Co. Tipperary
William Hemphill
Walton
Giddy Jane Walton
Warren Webb
Greenville Co
Jetter
Addy Jans Walton
George Welton
Waltons
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Jack McAdoo
Hart
Charles Hart
Nicolson
Jean
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Charles Crown
Thomas Broughton
Ralph Izzard
Samuel Eveleien
Arthur Middleton
Lord Crown
Robert Johnston
Nathaniel Johnson
Thos. Broughton
Alexander Skeen
Nicholas Trott
James Ikxijloch
Francis Yonge
Gov. Johnson
Gov. Nicolson
Robt
Johnson
Son
Carolina
Ria
Wright
Messrs. Bull
Jas. Kinloch
Alexder Skeen
Jno. Fenwick
Joseph Wrage
Jno. Hamerton
Thos. Waring
Sou
Genl. Oglethorpe
Kentucky
Nancy Hart
Mecklenburg County
N. C
Robinson's Store
Burke Co
Washington County
Waynesboroy
McIntosh Creek
Jared’ Irwin
Lyman Hall
David Timanuel
Washington Do
Sanderavilla
Yazoo
Jackson
Augusta
Yazoo River
Miss
Gen. Jackson
Louisville
Jim Jackson
University
Jared Aewski
Athens
Protedsien
Irwin County
Irwinsville
Irwinton
Wilkinson Co
WOC
Tonya Moore
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Indorsa
West
Woman
S. Forsyth “Street
Aman
L. G. Westfail
Big Stone County
Minn
Epicgrus
Murray Hilt Club
JOS. A. Magnus & CO
Cincinnati
Hotel Victoria
Broadway
Sth Avenue
27Th Street
Ange
Aly
George W. Sweeney
Yatsick Stewart
Cotland
Margaret Menzies
Robert Menzies
Aus
Jomes Stewart
Charles Stewart
Elizabeth Stewart
James Stewart
Margaret Stewart
John Cartor Way
Catharine Stewart
Wm Little
Jes
Exenton
N.C
Robert the II
Earl of Lennox
Macdonalds
Buchanans
Cenobeila
Cunlin of
Méntieth
Menzies
Carroways
Littes
Douglas
Thore
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Cohraanyy
Wallace & Company
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