Cannon Fire Wakes Hamburg Night of Curiosity
The Hamburg episode described as loud cannon fire and strange echoes stirs local speculation about visits by notable figures, possible political power plays, and a sale of Hamburg property at Edgefield Court House. Residents debate the cause while observing meetings of Hamburg lot buyers and noting other regional steam packet ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamburg
Egine
Pickle
Trunian
M Pipes
Hamburg
Ighers
Mr. van Buren
Messrs. Gales & Seaton
Duke of
Saxe Weimar
National Intelligencer
Witz
Edgefield Court
New Invention of Dr Comstock Aids Sails at Sea
A New York trial shows Dr Comstock’s marine life preserver a canvass waistbag inflated with air. The device keeps a swimmer upright with head above water and folds compactly. He also reveals waterproof cloth treatments for shoes and garments. Separately, editorials critique the Constitutionalist on Federal party ties and praise Forsyth’s Georgia candidacy amid political debate. The New Orleans court sentences for the Bolivar privateer crews range from one to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock
New York
New York Daily Advertiser
New Orleans
Bolivar
New Orleana
War Voice Amid Traveler’s View of Frontier Shopfronts
A fragmentary sketch notes bartering along a rural road where liquor and tobacco dominate shop stock on muster, election, or tax days. The traveler observes worn calico, shoes, and faded goods, but strong liquor remains the most profitable outlet in these roadside pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Burn
A Georgia Campaign Stopblurred By Drunken Rally Scene
The narrator recalls a rowdy Georgian muster ground full of hard-drinking workers, horsemen and hunters. Barney Blinn appears as a candidate for the Legislature, delivering a rousing if rambling speech amid rough hospitality and political fervor.
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Peart
Jonah
Tommy Thumb
Squire Dodd
John Quincy
Barney Blinn
Saety
Tom
Harry
Barney
Georgia
Leguslator
Adams
Gin'ral Lee
Trade
Canada
West Indies
Gin'ral Jackson
Georgia Political Raucous Speech Ends in Brawl
The Wanderer recounts a heated Georgia crowd with attacks on Adams and calls for an independent Georgia program. The scene descends into a melee as a Yankee pedlar is dragged away, riders flee, and a horse’s tail is found shaved in the mêlée.
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Panama
Gin'ral Bolivar
Objic
Macon
Milledgeville
Alleghany Mountains
John Quincey
Pedler
Cotton trade and spirits prices from June 1827 reports
Receipts of 30 382 bales cotton in three warehouses and on the wharf from Pittsburgh boats for the year ending June 1 1827. Shipments show 9 116 bales to Charleston and 20 619 to Savannah with 647 remaining in warehouses. Market notes: cotton at 7 84 cents. spirits prices fall with Rochelle brandy and Seignette declining. rum and other liquors show small reductions. London Liverpool market described as limited sales with a minor price concession.
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Petersburg
Charleston
South Carolina
Savanah Georgia
Henry Shultz
Hamburg
S.C
New Yor
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Canada
Liverpool
Uplands
Alabamas
New Orleans
Rochelle
Hoffan and Sone
Bordeaux
Seignette
St. Croix
Jamaica
FEME
Surveyor General's
Milledgeville
Macoup
State Bank
E. H. Burritt
the Statesman & Patriot
Richmond County
Augusta
Hannah
Pamy Caroline
Arabella L. Pearson
John H. Mann
Guardian
Steam Boats Arrive and Depart At Augusta and Savannah Ports
Port of Augusta reports arrivals on June 16 17 and 18 including the steamer Samuel Howard Bowman and Carolina with cargoes of cotton dry goods and passengers. Departures show the Steam Packet George Washington and Samuel Howard heading to Savannah with crews and tows. Savannah port lists Hamburg Kamaha arriving from Augusta with cotton tobacco and Charleston notes Commerce from Augusta with cotton and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Augusta
George Washington
New-York
Washington
Packet
Carolina
Lamar
Georgia Steam Boat" Company
L. Gibson & Co
G B. Lamar
Wray
Dubois
Samuel Howard
Swyner
Enterprise Bowman
Thomas Cumming
Hamburg
Charleston
Kamaha
Sassard
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Shultz
Holl
Preeholders
Georgia Courier
William H. Crawford
Judge Dooly
Statesman &Patriot
John Forsyth
Macon Messenger
Avousea
Troup
Morsyth
Forsyth
Froup
Shang
THE
Chronicle & Advertiser
Com
Register
Port of Augusta
Aqua
Green
Charleston Bar
Tathis City
Francis Bartlemy Coquillon
Island
St. Domingo
New England Society
Planters
Wn. T. Gould
Greenock
Ariel
Smith
Andrew Low & Co
M. Woolsey & Co
ALM, Woolsey & Co
Augusta Geo
Alem M. Woolsey
Jno M. Woolsey
Wm C. Woolsey
Coweta
Lee
Muscogee & Carroll
Broad Street
Robert Raiford
Well
Greene and Pulaski Monument
Union Canal Lottery OF
Pennsylvania
20Th LY
Beers
WM. Henry Egan
Bryan & Peck
Sher
Bext
Charles Kildell
Robrt Martin
Jobo
Walker
Robert M
Hamiilter Benj
Fy Whitper
Samug Fale
Win.Thurmond
Wm. Thurmond
Sheriff &. D
Augusta Chronicle
Charleston Courier
Mr. Autrep A. Braptey
J. Wheeler
Luis
Mackarel
Paul Fitzsimons
Jame
James C. Morgar
Bro . Street
Fayetteville
N.c
S. c
Mobile
Ala
Boston
Providence
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Richmond
United States
Beers, Booth, & St. John
Wit
LAW
FPMIE
Dooly
Pulaski and
Muscogee and Lee
Chatatoochie
Houston
Flint
Alan
Troup, Lee
Muscogee
Hartford
John G
Norfolk & Fayetteville
Norfolk
Iville
Sesaay
Ian Entree
New Phiadelphia
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