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Advert for Bonaparte the racing horse and mares for sale
An 1813 notice offers Bonaparte a famed bay Thoroughbred for breeding and racing at Burke County plantations near Waynesboro. The ad details mare prices, deposits, and payments while noting past performances from 1806 to 1810 and lineage from Diomed and Cel er, with testimonials from local subscribers. A separate certificate from July 1809 proclaims Bonaparte a superior foal getter.
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Feriber
Burke County
Mex
Brier Creek
Louisville
Augusta
Waynesborough
Qyker Road
Waritton
Sultan
Jane
Bonaparte
Celer
Janus
Gen. Mead
Mere
Pilgrim Geler
Chaudious
Buckskin
Quicksilver
Col. Eaton’s
Col. Satterwhites
Red House
N.C
Jno. Lewis
Alderman
Mr. Opilby
Caswell Cour House
N. C
Case
B. Kennon
Commerce
Bedford
Jones
Morning Star
Diomed
Hillsboro
Jose Moore
Duvéra
Bowling Green
Jas. Swanson
C. R. Byne
Thomas M Hamlett
Weilliam Taylor
Thomas Ellore
Herndon Hiraldson
William Parker
Abraham Dunaway
John Ellmore
Ihomas Phillips
John Burton
Thomas Feffreys
John Hubbard
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