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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1811
Page
7
The document defends Major Coffee’s conduct in surveys as blameless and reputations unimpeachable while noting land between their delineations. It states the propriety of the candidate’s present decision is for the public to decide, and charges no fault to Coffee. Dated January 29.
The Augusta scene features Senate and House closed doors on a confidential U S President message about Florida affairs. Bank charter votes, militia movements, census gains, and frontier news mix with shipping from Laguira and Richmond county political notices.
Public notices announce the sale of half of a trading boat tied to Gro Benderdec for 450 bales of cotton at Beach Island with viewing nearby, terms credit twelve months and multiple signatories. Also listed are probate filings for Felix Texoner seeking letters of administration for William Macneyham in Warren County with a March court date.
Received by late arrivals a varied consignment including 13 hogsheads and 35 barrels of fine sugar, 2 hogsheads 15 barrels of green coffee, 5 puncheons Jamaica rum, 12 boxes Hyson Chulan Tea, 11 barrels loaf sugar, 59 pieces heavy hemp ragging, 20 bags pepper pimento and ginger, and numerous other goods such as rope, tools, iron, and salt. A sale by L C Cantelou & Brother. January 26. Also thirteen prime mules to be sold during Race Week at the Market House with terms and highest bid.
The Georgia lottery plan, authorized by the Legislature, aims to fund a Catholic church in Augusta. It designates trusted managers and forecasts a May drawing with 2500 tickets and prizes ranging from 10 000 to 50. Stationery prizes will be distributed by draw order. unclaimed prizes become donations after twelve months. Several named organizers and ticket outlets are listed, with notices to purchasers and post office handling. A separate Augusta land titles petition in Richmond County Court is noted.
The subscriber Abraham A. Leger offers for sale at the Store of Thomas H. Penn and Co ten hogsheads of prime sugar.
A smart active negro boy of excellent character seeks work. Accustomed to waiting at the house and to horse care. Enquire at this office. January 29. dt.
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The subscribers form connection in practice of lawyers and counsel and advocates. The office and collection will be exclusively attended to at the town creek mills or here. Personal application or letters to Edgefield Court House. Charles Goodwin and John Wm Johnston, Edgefield Court House, January 1813.
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