The Georgia plan for grain grow and Burr Stone quarry
The article discusses Georgia planters shifting to wheat and rock due to cotton prices. It highlights a Burr Stone quarry in Jefferson county near Golphin Old Town, export preparation, and remarks by Brandywine manufacturers. It notes river navigation improvements on the Ogeechee and Savannah rivers and potential canal linking Ebenezer creek.
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West Indies
United States
New York
Virginia
Georgia
Union
Golphin Old Town
Jefferson County
Augusta
Louisville
Ogechee River
Fitzsimong
Charleton
North Ward
Fue Cela
Brandywine
Ogechea River
Savannah
Ogechee
Ebenezer Creek
Resolutions Portraying Bipartisan Political Friction
The text recalls a Democratic Press transcription listing unanimous resolutions by Boston voters. The items criticize the national administration as hostile to commerce, argue Southern and Northern interests diverge, and urge emotional persuasion over reason while praising protection of property and industry.
Bonaparte offered to restore property if America declared war
Extract from a letter dated May 5 1811 from Baltimore to Norfolk notes Mr Patterson receiving news from Paris via his son living with Mr Roffel the Charge des Affaires. Bonaparte allegedly offered to restore all property seized prior to November 1 on the condition that the United States declare war on England and burn British goods, but no restoration of property taken since.
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Norfolk
Baltimore
Patterson
Roffel
Paris
Bonaparte
America
England
Distressing Fire in Newburyport Devastates Town
A major fire in Newburyport destroyed over 200 houses and stores, with losses estimated at two million dollars. Public buildings including the Post Office, Custom-house, and several offices were consumed, and immense distress prompted calls for nationwide charitable aid.
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Newburyport
Phoenix Insurance Company
Norris & Co’s. & J. Gilman’s
Union Insurance Office
Baptist Meeting
New.York Gazettes
Massachusetts Election Report Shows Gerry by 1369 Votes
The Joint Committee examined votes for Governor in Massachusetts and announced Gerry’s victory margin at 1369. A duel near the Mississippi River frontier involved Lieuts. Cherry and Stewart of the 6th U S Army. Stewart was mortally wounded and died this morning.
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Gerry
Wesern
Mississippi
R. Cherry
J. Stewart
6Th Regiment of Infantry
U. S
Stewart
Natchez
Public opinion and legal notes from the era
The report notes General Mraanpa being dismissed and disgraced among locals for attempting to govern, mentions Joseph Street’s libel judgment in Kentucky, references Judge Innis’ overturned motion, cites a Chinese inventor of a wildfire deceiving Ladrones, and praises Commodore Rodgers whose conduct is widely approved except by one Baltimore Federal Republican extra.
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Mraanpa
Eest
New-York Gazette
Joseph Street
The
Western World
Jessamine County
Kentucky
Judge Innis
Commodore Rodgers
Baltimore Federal Republican
Advertisement for a congenial companion in London society
A late eighteenth century notice seeks a person of independent temper and fortune to share sober conversation and intimate friendship. The advertiser eschews gossip and public opinion, asks for discernment in character, and invites responses addressed to Mr. R. B. care of Mr. Fiske at Wigmore Street Library, London.
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R. B
Fiske
Wigmore-street
London
Mathematical Questions Suspend Publication
The Herald and Mirror note unsolved problems remain and suspend Mathematicus until the revival of Euclid or Newton.
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Herald and Mirror
Euclid
Newton
Candidate for Sheriff of Columbia County Named in Chronicle
Ed note urges interview with the man who authors his name as a sheriff candidate in Columbia County Chronicle. The piece warns a candidate may disregard decorum yet should not insult county elders. The publisher promises money returned on demand.
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the Chronicle
Columbia County
Chronicle
Richmond County Candidate Announces for House Seat
An authorized statement announces Major Grorce Walton as a candidate to represent Richmond County in the next Legislature. The notice marks the June filing period for the House of Representatives election.
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Major Grorce Walton
Richmond
House of Representatives
Grerce Dent
County of Columbia
Fortunate Departures at Sea? Not Quite
Death notices report two men, Mr. Wietram Acon and Mr. Jonn Emen. Acon, 32, died at Captain Ware’s residence in South Carolina after a long illness leaving a widow and four children. Emen, a Bremen native and merchant, died on Sunday afternoon in the city, mourned by community and friends.
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Communicaten
Fant
Ware
South Carolina
Wietram Acon
Bacon
Eaton
Jonn Emen
Bremen
Germany
General assortment of dry goods listed in catalog
A shopper list enumerates items such as oil jugs kegs of lead powder glass wool cards chairs steel rum sugars silk textiles and linens. The fragment notes a broad dry goods assortment alongside a prior stock on hand.
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Jamaica
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Hampton
Baton Rouge
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Mobile
Pensacola
Col. Collel
Perez
Great Britain
Holland
France
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Courrtlande
Paulus.hook
Fulton
Jersey
Massachusetts
A. Fisk
Morocco
Barrett & Sims
Reynold-street
Goupie Tancu
H. M‘tyre
Greene County
Axa Sankey
James Dansiel
James Parks
Henry Carleton, Jr
M‘gehee & Shearer
Don
Ayetano Perez
W. Indies
Europe
Upton
Campbell
Washington
W. & F. Gilbert
Wilkes County
Rocky Creek
Martuen Taaorr
Felix Gilbert
Charleston
Argyle
Abraham Bowling
Baldwin County
William Lee
Thomas Lee
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