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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1811
Page
5
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The Subscribers announce a new Broad Street store next to Mr William White and opposite Messrs Job Wilsons Nephew. They import items from New York and Savannah including spirits, brandy, gin, sugar, soap, nails, bar iron, cheese, coffee, and more. All goods to be sold cheap for cash, cotton, or approved town acceptances. December 29. P. & D. Havens.
A proclamation from Intendant Joseph Hutchinson offers a reward up to one thousand dollars for information leading to conviction of white suspects in recent burglaries and robberies in Anguita and Richmond County. Colored individuals, freed slaves, and rewards for information are specified, with exemptions and protections for informants. The notice lists stolen goods from Mr. Moore's Store, including textiles and small sums of money, and commands local officers to pursue suspects vigorously.
Public land sale announced under the Georgia act of December 15 1810 at the State House Milledgeville. Parcels include unsold squares and fractions of surveys in the seventh district now Twiggs and Lots 377 position 912 and 17 in former Baldwin County. Purchasers provide bonds with staged payments and security to Excise for delinquent instalments. Sale runs March 4 to March 94 inclusive from ten in the forenoon to three in the afternoon.
Freeman Walker states from a sundifice near Captain Cormick's store that he will attend to business within his profession in the Middle, Western, and United States District Courts of Georgia. He confirms practice in Hancock and Wilkes counties. December 29.
James H. Discomb thanks Anguita citizens for support since starting business. He has moved from his former stand to the Dickinson shop at Broad Street east end, with the Centinel Office now moved there. Apprentices sought. December 22.
The co partnership of Ross Brown and Co is dissolved this day. Creditors are asked to present demands for payment and debtors are urged to pay immediately or their notes and accounts will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. William Ross signs.
Stated in a short notice a stray sorrel horse of about eight years, with long mane and switch tail, blind in the right eye, missing as of December 17 18, reward for capture or information. Also announced sale by auction on January 1 at the Markethouse Augusta of four enslaved people Peter Mary Nis wife and two sons Sam and Denty belonging to the estate of John Henry Martin deceased.
Notice states timber delivery in Augusta on short notice with description of well Hughed Timber. Holland M'Tyre. Date given as December 29.
Strayed from Thomas Sloan's plantation on Spirit Creek in Richmond County twelve miles from Augusta on Tuesday the 4th in inf. A yellow forrel gelding over fifteen hands with flax mane and tail, small star in the forehead, wab tail, eight or nine years old, no brands. A bay gelding over fourteen hands, eleven or twelve years old, has a small wool below the left eye, some saddle marks, wab tail, no brands. Reward offered and expenses paid for information leading to recovery.
Georgia Richmond County notice states John Scott and Lindsey Coleman applied for letters of administration on John Catlett estate. All kindred and creditors are cited to file objections within thirty days in Isaac Herbert Corks office, dated December 2, 1810.
Public notice announces sale of blank deeds of conveyance at the office. The item list warns buyers to inquire for details and terms. The notice directs interested parties to contact the office for further information and purchase conditions.
The Augusta Jockey Club announces races start the last week of January. Open to any horse mare or gelding worldwide. Weights listed for aged to two year olds. First day three mile heats, second day two mile heats, third day a handicap two mile heats. Samuel Hammond Jr secretary. December 15.
On Tuesday a young Black man with a straight blue coat offered a bank bill in a store for silver. The storekeeper detained the bill but could not catch the offender who fled on horseback. The man is about 20 or 22, very dark, round face, blue coat, half boots. store and tavern keepers urged to aid in identification via Mr Zachariah Bell or the office.
Almanac Contents include astronomical tables and lunar solar cycles. It lists officers in Georgia and Augusta, the University of Georgia, Savannah customs, health officers, and various government branches. Also notes gardening, cider cultivation, farming recipes, and preservation methods with numerous tables and practical essays. November 2.
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