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Sale of assorted merchandise and provisions in Davenport & Penns building
An extensive mixed sale notice listing clothing fabrics, linens, shawls, cambrics, muslins, laces, nets, and haberdashery, plus groceries, glassware, hardware, cutlery, and spirits. Also advertised are a few enslaved people for sale and a note about a Richmond jail inmate, with terms for payment and town paper acceptance.
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