Destruction Of Shane's Castle In Ulster Fire
An Irish noble house, Shane's Castle, owned by Lord ONeill, is destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The fortress overlooking Lough Neagh is said to have housed five centuries of Ulster rulers. the library reportedly perished while papers and plate were saved. Spectators witnessed a vast blaze across miles.
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O’neils
O’neals
Ulster
Ireland
England
Lough Neagh
Antrim
Down
Derry
Tyrone
Wedneday
Fort O'Neil
Shane’s
Lord O'Neil
Chane
Reward for Capturing a Runaway Slave in Georgia
A notice from an Augusta subscriber in Columbia County Georgia offers ten dollars for the capture of Jim a about thirty five-year-old enslaved man of dark complexion five feet 3 or 4 inches wearing coarse homespun and white homespun pants The runaway may head north having recently been brought into the state by Mr James Clay The notice promises payment to anyone who apprehends delivers to the owner or secures in a jail and mentions future insertions in the South Carolina State Gazette.
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Columbia County
Georgia
Jim
James Clay
Augusta
Prisoner agents arrive from London and world news
Beastey the late American prisoners agent arrives in the city from England. Mina the Spanish general pursued by Ferdinand the 7th and Dr. Mierey Guerna of Mexico are said to have arrived from London. A Cádiz letter from June 6 reports Algerines may have declared war on England after Lord Exmouth secured 1200 Christian prisoners.
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R. G. Beastey
London
England
Mina
Ferdinand the 7Th
Mierey Guerna
Mexico
Baltimore
Cadiz
Lord Exmouth
Gibraltar
Malta
Infanta
Portugal
Spain
Wvew-Fork Gazette
Rumor of Russian Troop Moves From Antwerp Debacle
A reader from France reports that Dutch and Russian forces forced Lord Wellington to withdraw British garrisons from Antwerp and other towns in the New Kingdom of the Netherlands. The development may fuel speculation that Russian troops were removed from Wellington’s command.
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France
Lord Wellington
Antwerp
Kingdom of the
Netherlands
Wellington
Distressing account of man killed after hydrophobia symptoms
Four weeks after a dog bite in Frankfort journeyman binder Mr. Joan Bennett developed hydrophobic symptoms and fear of water. He refused medical help, asked not to be left alone, then shot himself after warning his wife he might harm her. He died on Tuesday the 9th, leaving a wife and three children. The item also notes cattle sale at Clarke county and Redheffer’s perpetual motion machine demonstration in Philadelphia.
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Joan Bennett
Frankfort
Amer
Redheffer
Evans’s Long Room
Philadelphia
Lady Hester Stanhope Leads Bedouin Tribes in Egypt
London reports Lady Hester Stanhope, niece and companion of the late William Pitt, now heads three Bedouin Arab tribes in eastern Egypt. Once a timid traveler with Bruce, she has grown into a strong, courageous leader whom her followers see as a superior being and who vows she will never abandon them.
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London
Hester Stanhope
Wm. Pitt
Egypt
Bruce
Paris
For Sale A First Rate Gig With Harness
Classified note advertises a first rate gig with harness for sale. Contact Marsnatt and Lone, makers, for inquiries. August 2.
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Marsnatt
Lone
War Department Notice for rations 1817 18
The War Department invites separate proposals by Oct 4 for supplying six months of rations from June 1 1817 to June 1 1818 across Detroit Mich Michigan Territory and surrounding areas including Illinois Indiana Missouri Territories Kentucky Tennessee New York District of Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and other listed locales. Ration components include beef or pork bread or flour rum whisky or brandy salt vinegar soap candles with price adjustments allowed. Provisions must cover six months in advance and may be called in earlier by fort commanders. Losses from enemy depredations fall to the United States at specified compensation rates. Contractors must issue supplies only after existing contracts are consumed. August 2 1810 WM H Crawford Secretary of War.
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Detroit
Michiligackinac
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Michigan
Upper Lake
Ohio
Lake Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mexico
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Highlands
Vermont
West Point
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
U. States
United States
Sheriff Sale Notice in Burke County
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in September next at the courthouse in Waynesborough Burke County between the usual hours one negro named Cop as the property of Wiley Sharp deceased by virtue of small executions in favor of George W Welch administrator of Benjamin Williams deceased and others and returned by a constable Also a tract of eight hundred acres on the Savannah river in Burke County adjoining Williams Bush Hankerson Wolfair and land granted to Ann Rea levied on as the property of Joseph Thomas to satisfy an execution in favor of Daniel Dailey against Thomas August 2.
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Waynesborough
Burke County
Cop
Wiley Sharp
George W. Welch
Benjamin Williams
Savannah River
Burke
Williams, Bush, Hankerson
Wolfair
Ann Rea
Joseph Thomas
Daniel Dailey
Thomas
Notice of Attorney Appointment During Absence
A reader intends to be absent from the state for a few months and appoints Mr Jonm Horcumas of the law firm Lawrence & Holcombe as his attorney during the absence. The notice is dated August 25.
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Mir
Jonm Horcumas
T He Houe
Lawrence & Holcombe
Lumber Bills Offered in Augusta for Sixteen Dollars
The subscriber has a considerable quantity of lumber on hand and will deliver bills in Augusta at sixteen dollars per thousand. Tho. Watkins.
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Augusta
Property for sale and notices from the Augusta area
A collection of old notices and ads including land for sale near Milledgeville road and a well-watered house site, a horse missing and a reward offered, dissolving partnerships, debt settlements, teaching positions at Mount Pleasant Academy, and land parcels on Bay Street. Also notices of lost pocket book, serum dates, and agents authorized to attend sales.
Missing Items Notice for Owner Restoration
Found two elegant watch seals and a key. Owner may reclaim by describing the items and paying the advertisement fee. Apply at this office by August jy.
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Belfast
Josiah Wm
Bradley
South
Carolina State Gazett
Benuicky Palladium
Goff
Clarke County
WM. H. Crawford
D. City
D.C
Evrek
J. H. M. Fendall, Anderson ‘Watkins, John Deut
J. G. M‘whai
Edward Krux
Milledge Golphin
A. Cunningham
M.p. C. D. Meigs
Sheriffs Sale
Tho. Watkins
Greenock
Manchester
Glasgow
Fucce Osion
Buss
Douglass
Walex
Hive
Mackenzie & Ponce
Sea Spencers
C. Wale Eorge
M. Wal
Chins Grove
Milledgeville
Anne
Ebort
Molville
John Critcher
O'Fick
Jerman
R Réiliain
Mount Pleasant
Petersburg
Geo
Leto
Académy
Samuel Rembert
Bay Street
Benjamin Harris
Tsiandy
M'‘Tyre
Ginscock End Buge
Sand
MD. Rocco
James Panton
Ai Agusta
Morgan Couny
Benjamin Godspeee
Anselm Bugu
Hri i
Atic Mr. J
Pcle Tore Em
June
Phinizy
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