Statute of written laws over lordly orations in Edw III era
In a debate over constitutional authority the speaker argues written laws secure liberty and security, while praising the statute over a lord Hale comparison. Lords are ordered summoned. May 25 29 27 dispatches note Mackenzie and Morlaix, while Irish trade failures and a Paris rumor about Napoleon surface. A rumor claims Baron De Kolli was executed at Quiberon Bay and left displayed.
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Lord Hale
London
Dickenson
Mackenzie
Morlaix
France
Napoleon
Lucien Bonaparte
Ferdinand VII
Spain
Charles IV
Marseilles
Pouce
Etruria
Baron DE Kolli
Plymouth
Tates
Quiberon Bay
Choice of death tale and stone millstones in Northampton
An 1810 letter from Rio de Janeiro recounts a royal anecdote where a condemned man pleads for mercy and is offered any death, choosing old age. The item notes Spanish Prince Don Pedro's marriage to the Princess Royal of Portugal to align Spain and Portugal. It reports a new millstone bed found by Joseph Sigfried in Allen township, with Spong and Christian of Reading buying and shipping many millstones, now operating at scale.
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Rio Faneiro
Philadelphia
Don Pedro
Bonaparte
Princess Royal
Portugal
Ferdinand the Witch
Spain
Joseph Sigfried
Allen Township
Messrs
Spong & Christian
Reading
Northampton
Hercules
Juno
Heaven
Jeploury
Dijenira
Merchants urged to heed home orders amid war flow
The piece notes ships like the Hornet may sail from New York for France and England this month with the commander managing letters to Europe. It cites a Sag Harbor toast about submitting to government decrees and mentions a rumored matrimonial treaty involving Archduke John of Austria and Mlle Bonaparte. It also reports Haydn’s death in Germany and a parrot once sung Dutch airs among his effects.
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Weate
N. York
France
England
Europe
National Intelligencer
Sag-Harbor
Spooner
John of Austria
Mademoiselle Bonaparte
Lucien
Germany
Haydin
Low
Las
Marriage of Don Pedro Carlos of Bourbone Braganca
New York reports a royal wedding in Rio de Janeiro on May 13. Infante Don Pedro Carlos de Bourbone Braganca of Spain wed Princess Maria Theresa, daughter of the Prince Regent of Portugal. Rio was illuminated for three nights and a grand fireworks display discharged 25 000 rockets.
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New York
Rio de Janeiro
Pedro Carlos de Bourbone Braganca
Infante of
Spain
Augusta Gazette Outlandish Satire and Trade (Fragment)
The column mocks diplomacy with Europe and current decrees while praising domestic production. It pokes fun at fashioning policy, laments timber shortages, and ridicules public works talk, ending with a quip about marching to the market pump.
Goats, Petitions, and London News From the Times
The passage rails at goats as pests and mocks English reform, noting Cadiz Junta offers to buy US wheat while London readers face a harsh critique of Parliament. It mentions street barrels near markets and officers patrolling, with broader commentary on national vitality and supply lines.
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London
Parliament
Cadiz
U. States
Liege
Canvassing in Georgia Cheers Canvassamakers Growth
The piece voices approval for the growing Canvassamakers in Georgia, comparing Republicans and Royal figures. It favors native Republicans for durable, long lasting material and urges homegrown trade and steadier work in Congress over trifling efforts.
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Georgia
Republicans, & Royal
Europe
Congress
Counsellor Sampson Arrives Amid Political Satire
The piece, written in a ribald tone, presents Counsellor Sampson as an Irish rooted figure who endured Kilmainham jail for republican activity and a spell in Scotland. It mocks democracy as an itch cured by no doctor, and notes Sampson’s travels through Hamburgh and Paris before reaching New York. A jail escape episode is described with rough humor.
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Sampson
Ireland
Pite
Kilmainham
Scotland
Hamburgh
Paris
N. York
Marriage Notices From Mount Pleasant and Columbia County
Married on Sunday evening, Capt. William Jones wed Miss Corrally Baisclair at Mount Pleasant in Columbia County. On Thursday evening, Archibald Bachin of North Carolina married Esther Stallings of the same county, per local notices.
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M. L. Weems
William Jones
Corrally Baisclair
Mount Pleasant
Columbia County
Marshall
Archibald Mr. Bachin
North Carolina
Esther Stallings
Said County
Dictionary of the Holy Bible offered for sale
Advertisement for Ambrose Galepini's Dictionary of the Holy Bible in two folio volumes sold at the Chronicle office. The author summarizes eight linguist commentators and offers his conclusions. Published at Lyons in MCCLXIL. A university or college would welcome such a valuable work at cheap terms. August 4.
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Chronicle
Ambrose Galepini
Galepini
Lyons
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Major Hutchinson
Joan Bedingfield
Sheriffs Sale
Supreme Court of
Richmond County
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Lud Harris
John R. Fairlamb
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Reynolds Street
William Belcher
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Boston
Thomas Cumming
Mom
Philadelphia Beer
Johnson & Kunzie
Inferior Court of
Green County
Benjamin Rhodesdee
Old Town Creek
Patt
Abner Veazey
Mgm
Interior Court
County of Green
Joseph Trimble
Patsey Trimble
Robert T. Timble
Warren County
Warren Courty
6Th Distri
Baldwin County
Jeremiah Duckworth
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