Arrivals at Algiers and Honors From the Grand Signior
The brig Aurelia reached Algiers in 56 days from Algiers. A frigate arrived from Constantinople in May. A large 400 ton polacre brought war implements. The dey received a captain’s dress as a valour reward and cheers marked celebratory days. Algiers’ navy comprises several ships. a Tuscan ambassador visited for a treaty. the American consul left Algiers May 10 for Tripoli and Tunis.
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Yester
Aurelia
Leach
Algiers
Constantinople
Grand Seignior
Dey
Presious
Berthen
Grand Degnier
Auack
Comnand
Fort Exmouth
Grand Tignior
Tripoli
Tupis
Boston Paper
Slave Trade Revived Amid Coastal Seizures in Early 19th Century
The revenue cutter Dallas, Captain Smith, seized eleven enslaved people in the Savannah river while pursuing smuggling from Amelia Island. A St. Barts vessel near Norfolk carried four enslaved individuals sold to slave-dealers, with the claim they were free. Letters from Havana note growing African coast trade. a fleet was to sail. Rumors place Gallatin in talks to return to the United States and Pikney possibly moving to Paris, with Rush expected to succeed Adams in St James’s Court.
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Dallas
Smith
Savannah
St. Marys
U. States
Amelia Island
St. Barts
Norfolk
United States
Kemsen
Avana
Gallatin
J. Pikney
Paris
Rush
Adams
Court of St. . James
Ellicott Establishes Boundary Latitude Between St Lawrence and St Regis
Reports from Portspam New York state that Ellicott, hindered by bad weather, fixed the latitude at 45 9 degrees between the St Lawrence and St Regis river. The line’s exact offset remains uncertain, but likely within 50 feet of Holland’s calculation.
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Co Arg
St. Lawrence
Ellicot
St. Regis
Montreal
Rouse
Lake ‘Champlain
Letter from Andha Tst aid about Spain and the Onis talks
A July 13 1817 letter from a native of Old Spain in Philadelphia urges a countryman to press claims for property stolen during the pillage era. The writer notes confidence in Mr. Onis’s negotiation but says no settlement has been reached and predicts a vessel will soon repay losses. He faults Spanish perfidy and hints at revolution support from the minister as inaction continues.
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Andha Tstaid
Old Spain
Philadelphia
Congress
Spain
Jurora
Capture of Triga after 24 hour siege reports
Buenos Ayres paper of May 14 publishes an official account of the April 15 siege that lasted about a day. The town of Triga fell with 35 percent captured, including 20 officers and 9 Lieut. Cols, 400 muskets and other war materiel seized.
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Buenos Ayres
Col Wharton Arrested on Navy Secretary Charges
Col Wharton of the corps of engineers was arrested by order of the secretary of the navy on charges filed by Maj Henderson. The trial is set for August in Washington with Capt C Stewart of the navy presiding.
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Col. Wharton
Corps of Engineers
Secretary of the Navy
Maj. Henderson
Washington
C. Stewart
Navy
Phila. Guz
Piracy in Gulf of Mexico Off New Orleans
Dispatch reports three New Orleans bound brigs the Freelove De Morant and Pomona were plundered near Campeachy by the privateer Mary under Mexican flag and Amurrican crew. Pomona lost about 12000 dollars in specie, crews abused, insurance on standard goods rises. Captain Morant pursues Mary. hope for punishment. Also notes Edward Shanahan fraud method and Rome dispatches on Spain Ferdinand VII and Ireland affairs.
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New Orleans
Freelove
de Morant
Pomona
Rivardo
Campeachy
Sisa
Mary
Aury
Marigny
Faubourg
Balize
Morant
Morris
Congress
London
N. York
America
Edward Shanahan
Monster stabbed nose off by jealous husband in New York
A French lady traveling with three men arrived in Charleston reporting a savage assault. Her Italian husband Ange Pignovi is accused of biting off her nose during sleep in a French boarding house. He fled pursued by officers, with a public appeal for capture. The tale recalls a similar Italian case of aqua fortis revenge.
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Charleston
New York
Ange Pignovi
Justice
Liteton
Evening Post
Payne on British stages and Hagerty’s crimes in Troy
John Howard Payne, once called Master Payne, performed in London and plans a return to the United States. In Troy a man named Hagerty was convicted on two grand larceny indictments and one forgery, sentenced to 14 years in the state prison after a string of thefts and a counterfeit bill offense.
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John Howard Payne
Master Payne
London
Eclat
Great Britain
New York
Rep. Chronicle
Troy
Hagerty
Troy Post
John Hagerty
Memorial Notice of a Beloved Figure’s Passing
A local notice records the death of a cherished person, noting the sorrow and duty to inform the community. The obituary emphasizes the individual's esteem and the impact of their departure from this world.
Death of Mrs Martua Davenport Leaves Family in Mourning
The passing of Mrs Martua Davenport widow of John M Davenport and eldest daughter of John Furey is noted with sorrow. Her kind husband loses an affectionate wife and her infant child, aged parents, and society a bright ornament.
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Martua Davenport
John M. Davenport
John Furey
Fragmentary beer or dye names in inked list
Readable items include White Lead 850 J Yellow Qehre and Kegs Spanish Brown with Verdigrease. The garbled phrase ferce ee remains unclear and not attributable to a specific item or event.
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Caras Ot
Barbary States
FV. Gazette
Rome
Charles IV
Ferdinand VII
Father Taylor
Ireland
Summerville
Levin Wailes
George Walton
New-York
A. Slaughter & C. Labuzan
John Sharp
Broad Street
AR. J. Finlater’s
Chronicle
South Broad Street
Augusta
Anuscuirr
Blair
D. St Helena
Eerie Warden
Pastor
Miss Porter
Moore
Scott
Byron
Thaddeus
Don Quixotte
Owenson
Clarrissa Harlow
Johnson
Quarle
Erasmus
Eutropeus
Nepos
Mair
Casar
Smart
Horace
Murphy
Lucian
Raley
Smellie
Davies
Buck
Alison
Laurin
Lock
Biddle
Wallace
Hamilton
Priestley
Dolingbroke
Darwin
Bourgounic
Campbell
Prowden
Une
Bissett & Smollet
England
P. Russell
Europe
Coote
Register of Arts
Jacob’s Law Dictionary
Henning & Munford
Taunton
Cowper
Harris and
M‘henry
Burrow
Plowden
Vesey
Willis
Anstruther
American Law Journal
Tucker
Blackstone
Anthon
Law of Lien, Co
Ord
Roper
Barton's Equity
Graydon
Wilde
Joneson
Coxe
Thomas
Dil
Loey
Harral & Worrell
J. D. Weathers
A. Bugg
Col. Dox Anson
Mr. Bug
A. McOombs
Liddy
Trac
Alexis Tardy
Tardy & Bouyer
Warren County
Jil
Jeremiah Butt
Carer
Wn. Cowles
Lore Publican
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