Proposals for carrying mail routes in Georgia and South Carolina
Proposals to carry mail across Georgia and South Carolina list multiple weekly and biweekly routes. Services connect Savannah, St. Marys, Darien, Bruns wick, Riceboro, Sunbury, Augusta, Athens, Milledgeville, Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monticello, and other towns with defined departure and arrival times and intermediate stops.
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Petersburg
Georgia
Vienna
Buckbey
Buckley’s
Lapave Buckley’s
Coosawhatthy
Black Samp
Huns
Campbellton
Augusta
Geovaceawetk
Coosawhatchy
Darien
Bromswick
Brunswick
Sim
Riceboro
Sunbury
Ricaboro
Ave Sunbury
Cebore
Krom
Savannah
Desber’s
Berty's
Wpiexce
Ranklin Cs
Noo
Auguste
Butler
S’ C. Harris
Briar. C. Bridge
Warrenton
Shiver's Ill
Byerta
Town C
Borland's Ferry
Milledgeville
Milledgevile
Waynesboro
Louisville
Georgetown
Powelton
Greensboro
Washington
Austa
Putnamed
Madison
Watkinsville
Athens & Clark
Monticello
Artique
Moticello
Laundereville
Miledgeville
Spm
Grvive
Jones
Sifime
St. Stephens
Milledgeville Mail Contract Provisions Issued 1813
Postmaster General Giveon Granger announces mail contract terms for Milledgeville arriving and departing times, penalties for delays, payment schedule, and employment rules. Proposals should state yearly prices and note if transport occurs in a stage carriage. Contracts run January 1 to December 31, 1816.
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Giveon Granger
General Post Office
Washington City
Denton Mills mill rebuilt with new stones and gear
Denton Mills on N Redds Creek between Washington and Fory's Ferry roads nine miles above Augustay reports thorough repair. It now has two pair stones including a real French Burr, bolting gear, water power, and a Philadelphia fan. Mills offer corn meal and flour quality, with ready 200 barrels of kiln dried corn meal for sale and willing to exchange for merchantable wheat delivered at the mill.
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Redd's Creek
Ington
Fory
Seftrry
Augustay
Barr Stone Quarry Use in Georgia Flour Exports
Jeremiah Miller of Burke County reports a new Georgia Barr Stone Quarry supplying blocks for cement and paving. He sells blocks at ten dollars per 1600 weight with written directions for making cement and use in flour processes. Builders claim floors from these stones fetch higher prices in Augusta.
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Georgia
Barr
Wayrefosrough
Burke County
Aozusta
Jeremiam Miller
Reward Notice Seeks Runaway Slave Description
N B Li offers a $120 reward for a runaway enslaved person described by family and owner details. He may deny his name but the description should identify him. return with the person to be ironed. Communications by mail to Reynaldsborough, Tennessee, with printer notices for settlement.
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Duck River
Humphreys County
Tennessee
Ephraim
Absar
Llaksmith
Nogro
Tam
Georgia
Bigbee Country
Robert Jarmon
Joneag
N. B. Li
Reynaldsborough
Thomas €. Bradford
Clarion
Nashville
Dr Robertson’s Elixir of Health Promotion
An 8 stomachic elixir offered at one dollar fifty cents claims to speed relief and cure for stubborn coughs colds consumption hooping cough asthma pains and wind in the stomach removing habitual constipation and other digestive ailments including cholera morbus and grip in children with noted efficacy and broad use.
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C. &Ce
Dr Robertson's Goat and Rheumatic Drops
Advertises Dr Robertson's goat and rheumatic drops priced at two dollars as a universal cure for gout rheumatism lumbago stones gravel joint swellings bruises cramps and various pains and injuries including frozen limbs with broad health claims in old style promotional language
Celebrated Remedy Promises Strength for Stomachs
The item extols a preparation praised for strengthening weak stomachs boosting appetite and offering prevention and cure for fever and ague and related ailments. It emphasizes its value and broad use in sustaining health.
Infallible Worm Destroying Lozenges Price Ten Cents
A short advertisement noting infallible worm destroying lozenges, described as a highly necessary medicine for families, priced at 10 cents.
Bilious and Malignant Fever Preventive Pill Prospect
A Victorian era medical note touts pills for prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers. It claims efficacy against yellow fever and related ailments, with pricing at five cents per box and ninety cents per set. The text highlights digestive, circulatory, and female disorder benefits, praising travel safety and climate disease prevention.
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Jarga
Patent Medicines Promoted In Old Advertisements
An old advertisement touts Dr Dyott’s Patent Itch Ointment as superior for the itch with a price of cents per box, plus The Balm of Iberia for skin defects priced at two dollars, and Restorative Dentifrice for teeth at 50 cents. It claims widespread use and testimonials from many patients.
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Iberia
Millhouse Flour Mill to Open Near Petersburgh Georgia
BARTHIS SMITH announces a new Mill near Petersburg Georgia to grind at least four barrels of superfine flour daily. The mill sits by Broad River, 50 by 50 feet with multiple floors and upgraded machinery from Baltimore. Toll is six cents per barrel, with branding for superfine flour, and delivery to Augusta or Savannah.
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Broad River
Petersburgh
Georgia
Middle States
Burr
Baltimore
Augustas
South Carolina
Augusta
Savannah
Boas
Oretersburgh
Savanah
Barthls
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Dahil
Sae United Siarceen
Dieral
Antil
Agih Uday
Washington Street
Robert R. Reid
Inferior Court
Columbia County
Court House
Little River
Fifth Dam Ford
Waters’s Bend
James M'Falard
Ron M‘farland
Adm
John M‘farland
Thomson Coleman
Wilkes
Ann M‘farland
Tdis
Collecor
Ludwick Faccis
Ben
Jeanin Plarris
Denton Mills
Columbia Eccurtr
Millers
Baxter’s Mill
Hancock County
Pleasant Bonner
Ichabod Thompson
United States
Ro, B. Carter
Sie
T. Ww. Dyott
M. B
Roberts Fon
Edinburg
Philadelphia
North
Race
North Second Streets
Robertson
DR. Robertson
DR. . Dyott
DR. Dyott
T. W. Dyott
M.p
Cines
Saly George Adams
Angela
Millford Merchant Mills
Benajah Smith
Millford
Petersbug
U. States
D. B
L. Makning
8Th Regt
U.S. Infantry
Dee
Edgefield Court
Taylor
Ats
Samuel Savage
Chronicle Books
Ikéy
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