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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1809
Page
3
Parliament votes thanks to officers and men of the Corunna and Vimiera campaigns. An address to the king requests a St Paul’s monument for Sir J Moore. Naval officers and sailors receive thanks for services at Corunna.
Lord Auckland states a friend Lord Grenville would have praised Sir Arthur Wellesley and moves to summon the Lords in two weeks to address the king to rescind the orders in council. He seeks papers from Pinckney and the secretary of state's reply, to show correspondence between Britain and the United States since January 1808.
Samuel Tarver warns against honoring a note dated February 3 1806 for sixty seven dollars and fifty cents claimed by Thomas G Holmes. Tarver states no value was received and refuses payment, dated April 3.
The document warns all persons from taking or negotiating 60 notes dated 244 day of March from Abbeville Court Herle to John Gale for two hundred acres each. One due January next, the other in Jane 2817. It alleges intersequerce in a horse exchange and mentions legal compelled fees. Signed by Robert I. Bernar d. Herse Creek April 15.
Augusta readers receive scattered foreign dispatches from the London Gazette and French Bulletins while British losses and Spanish defeats are noted. Local election results list council members for multiple wards and indictments note a contagious fever in Hartford. An embargo lingers with few lifting it.
Extracts discuss best evidence and sworn testimony in Justices Court cases and the voiding of bets and securities tied to gaming. Notes credit obligations voided if derived from gambling bets and related wagers. Signed April 15 by T C Russell J P.
The last Saturday in this month is parade day. Dragoons must assemble precisely at ten o clock at the usual parade ground by order of the captain. A Rhodes O S April vs.
William Few announces a patent for extracting oil from the Bene seed for table use and other purposes. He offers two dollars and twenty five cents per bushel of seed delivered to New York or its value in oil. Williamson and Cowling of Savannah ship seed samples to prepare a full feasibility and advertises a lucrative plan for planters.
Friday sale by Wright and Marcalis features dry goods groceries and more with terms over 106 dollars. auctioneer J Fraser. Also a list of letters remaining in the Columbia post office dated April 1 1809 including names such as Aaron Aldridge John Aycee Elizabeth Dan and William Walton. Agricultural Society announces Fayetteville style meeting details in Richmond County Academy trustees room April 24.
A group from Pendleton District South Carolina publicly retracts earlier accusations against Dr George A Brown of Wrightsboro Georgia, declaring in court and newspaper notices that he is innocent of swindling subscribers out cotton. The document, dated March 14 1809, asks for publication in Charleston and Augusta and notes the declaration was recorded in Pendleton and Columbia counties.
On the 28th and agth a sale will offer thirty or forty head of cattle a quantity of cheesehold furniture beds bedsteads tables chairs sideboard bookcase and other articles. Five half acre lots two large dwelling houses with brick chimneys six fireplaces large kitchen and outbuildings. Sale on low terms with five dollars down and credit until January next by small notes with security. Mourt Enon April 15 Joel as rg
In Richmond Jail a description identifies TOM about 30, six feet tall with a scar and blue clothing, linked to Herry or James Stokes near Edisto South Carolina. Sheriff A Reodes issues an order to remove him. April 1. Georgia Greene County administers Mary Tooke estate notice seeking letters of administration and urging kin to appear with any reasons why probate should not proceed.
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