Breeding Plans and Racing News Highlight Bedford Versus Woodlands
William Gordon, agent for Col Wade Hampton, outlines racing terms for mares at fifty dollars each with eight weeks of pasture and grain. The note cites Bedford’s unmatched run on the Virginia circuit and lists Peccy and Lorreryy as two three year olds unbeaten locally, noting a March 14 Charleston turf context.
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Wooodlands
Columbia
William Gordon
Wade Hampton
Bedford
Virginia
Peccy
Lorreryy
Auction and land sale at Columbia Courthouse in May 1807
The notice states a brick court house project to be bid at the Columbia Courthouse on the first Monday in May next with stone and brick work described and inspected. On the same day two or three lots of public land will be sold. bids and plans available for viewing. Also a reward for a missing mare is offered and Blanks available at the office.
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Augusta
Columbia Courthouse
Columbia County
Kentucky
Wm. Magruder
Franklin Court House
Franklin County
Broad River
Toogaloe
Anthony Verdell
Wm, Duna
Said Verdell
Blaus
Barkerdale
Said County
Hinton
Samuel Sewell
John Silman
Wm. Sewell
Shadrach Deary
Said
John Blackwell
Edward Fowler
Early American Act Shields Federal Lands From Unauthorised Settlements
The act prohibits settling on lands ceded to the United States or secured by treaty without explicit legal authorization. It empowers the President to deploy marshals and military force to remove violators and vests all rights to the lands in the United States, while preserving certain Orleans and Louisiana claims until officials report.
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United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States America
Orleana
Louisiana
Boards of Commissioners
Orleans
District of
Congress
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Jamaica Do
Marcovado
Ton B. Steel
Trauke
Harrison
Hamilton
S. M. Smyth
Wiking
Ile
Jamaica
Lisbon
Malaga
Tenneriffe
London
Charles Read
Charleston
Robert M‘natt
Waynesboro
Dic
Jonathan Wailer
Fust
N. E
Manufactory
Ephraim Welch
Mrs. M‘lean
Reynold Street
Horse Creek
South Carolina
Purvis
Davey
John Brown
Samuel M. Smyth
Edmond Brown
Phinizy & Barnett
Waynes Wharf
Savannah
John Foster
Thomas Cobbs
W. Drane
Socrates
Plato
Sheriff’s Sale
Terrell
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