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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1810
Page
5
Athens August 7 1810 Board of Trustees and auction notice run with a catalog listing mills linens silks lace ribbons shawls and a large assortment of dry goods. Also notice of drafts policy and future notices plus a separate 1816 treasury memo about rents and enslaved hires with a broad printed almanac style miscellany.
An assortment of items listed for sale includes salt, cotton bagging, nails and spikes, sugar, iron, sheet and other hardware, linens, calicoes, bombazettes, blankets, bolting broths and more. Advertisement notes sale at office of J. S. Walker dated November 24 and August 2. Also advertised is The Third Part of the Age of Reason by Thomas Paine priced at 10 cents.
An active young Black man described as a good, skilled worker is advertised for sale. The notice asks inquiries to the Primer and is dated November 17.
Hill and Ponce present a sale offer on their usual low terms for a broad stock of dry goods. The assortment includes superfine cloths in black blue mixed and green, with various finishes, calicoes, cambrics, flannels, blankets, muslins, humhums, and bath coatings.
A fragment lists groceries and quantities including brown sugar, coffee bags, ground salt, gin and wine, tea, loaf sugar and a large amount of onions or related items. The note mentions river transport with expected delivery in a few days.
On the first day of January 1811 at Raysville in Columbia County the estate of Jos Kay offers two separate lots of enslaved people for sale. Terms require small notes with approved security. Henry Kenebrew as administrator conducts the sale, including two enslaved women from Cordil estate.
Public notice requests all debtors to Benjamin Higginbotham late of Elbert county to pay immediately and all creditors to present claims duly attested within the prescribed time by executor Benj. G. Higginbotham.
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