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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1809
Page
7
Extract dated November 23 from a Milledgeville editor's letter discusses the Senate bill titled Alleviating Bill and notes it will undergo changes in the House of Representatives. The missive reveals legislative uncertainty and anticipated alterations before passage.
The document recounts the Senate passage of an 1809 relief act for debtors with multiple sections on payments, security, and timing, plus a narrative of Pitcairn Island mutiny survivors. It notes the mutineers burning the ship, executions of servants, and the solitary survival and reflections of Smith on the island.
From Liverpool October 4 a letter reports the Lords of the Council refused a license to protect a cargo on an American ship from Amelia Island. The decision discourages renewed petitions and hints that imports from Amelia Island must sail under British or Spanish flag.
An extra from Buenos Ayres dated June 19 1809 recounts the Bounty mutineers and Pitcairn Island, with Smith and Christian among the mutineers. The column then pivots to a broad commentary on British American relations, politics and public notices, citing Jackson, Congress, and state officials, plus obituaries and local marriages and deaths in Millerville and Charleston.
Advertises for an overseer to manage enslaved workers, capable of directing 25 hands, with preference for a small family and good recommendations. The position promises liberal encouragement and a healthy situation, located twenty miles above the city. Apply at the Chronicle Office. December 3.
A subscriber informs the public he has taken the large house at Mount Enon formerly occupied by Joel Hill. He will receive ten or twelve children for board and lodging on moderate terms and provide careful supervision. The house lies about two hundred yards from the Academy and travelers may be accommodated there with a good stable and necessary attendance.
A lively young African man with country marks on his face arrived at Columbia Fair on November 24 1809 claiming the name Ben and ownership by Watson Porter of Green County. The owner is urged to comply with the law to take Linn away.
The Augusta Jockey Club announces races begin on the fourth Wednesday in January with free entry for any horse, mare, or gelding worldwide. Weights listed for six, five, and four year olds, mares, and geldings. program spans four days with multiple heat formats and a handicap final. Samuel Lark secretary notes entrance and prize details.
Tax Collector's Sales list details properties to be sold on Saturday the 29th of January 1810 at the Market House Augusta to satisfy 1808 taxes. It lists 202 acres in Wilkinson, 200 in Richmond, two lots and an improved lot in Augusta, plus 34 acres in Richmond Springfield, 300 acres in Wilkes on the Oconee, 287 4 acres in Montgomery, 500 acres first quality and 500 acres second/third quality on Rockey Creek, plus an improved lot in Sunbury. Properties returned by John Flint and Augustus Baldwin for Amafa Jackson as administrator for Stephen Mears. Tax dues include 7 dollars 81 cents and 21 cents. H. Mityre, T.C.R.C. December 7.
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