Vast Political Tides Shake Early Republic News
The lettered items report civic resistance to forts, bold resolutions from Saco Gray and Dorchester, and Albany’s stance spreading nationwide. Major update notes Wade Hampton’s promotion to Brigadier General in the U S Army and Admiral Peary appointed to command the British fleet off Lisbon. An extraordinary case of sustained fasting in Warbury is cited as a medical curiosity.
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Rgtr'x Joso
Boston
Charletown
Aws
Coun
Saco
Gray
Albany
New York
National Intelligencer
Admiral Peaxecey
Lisbon
Charles Cotter- Charpap
Embargo prospects and local trials reported from Augusta
Augusta March 11 news notes uncertain embargo fate may change with Britain and Madrid events. It reports two Augustan men tried for burglary and robbery with one condemned to hang and comments on morality. Died Dr John Fell Greene county aged 26, praised for talents and sobriety before consumption ended his life.
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Madrid
England
Napoleon
Milan
Toto
Js. K. Daniels
Greene County
Joan
Runaway From the Subscribers in Montgomery County
Notice reports a runaway black man about forty, named Christopher Snell, last seen in Montgomery County. He is missing part of a toe and was last seen with a ferry person aiding his escape. A reward is offered for apprehension and return to the nearest state jail.
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Planta
Montgomery County
Christopher“Snell
Columbia County
Abercrombie
Nuthard
Mitchell
Henry Porch
Virginia
Porchie
United States
F.j'tho
A. Smith
U. States Regiment of Kiftemneiz
E. Stallings
The
Georgia Express
Fort Hawkins
Public letter questions Major Abercrombie's witness credibility
The document accuses Charles Abercrombie of Hancock County of perjuring himself as a witness in a past case and defending Hugh Hall's character. It includes a signed list of local residents backing Hall and condemns the major’s alleged malice and defamatory conduct.
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Charles Abercrombie
E.q
Hancock County
Behaif
New Purchase
Avstate
Che Lberty
Grovcia
Hancock Conty
Hugh Hall
Mr. Hall
Philip J. Simms
Ja’s Simmons
John Turner
Cha’s Buckner
Irby Hudson
Henry Mitchel
Hugh ‘Taylor
Wilson Swinny
Chappell Sledge
Samuel Harris
Richard Gary
Major
Esq
Aberesombie
Putnam County
Public rebuke and defamation war over Yazoo land claims
Henry Mitchell denounces Major Abercrombie for false accusations about Yazoo land schemes in Columbia County. The document cites sworn affidavits from John Brown and others, alleging Abercrombie aligned with Gunn and Mitchell on a land sale plan. Public letters and testimonies trace controversy across Hancock and Putnam counties in 1803 and 1809.
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Georgia
Hancock County
John, Brown
Charles Abercrombie
Senate
Abercrombie
Avercrombie
James McNeil
James Sims
Columbia County
Gunn
Mitchell
Gen. Mitchell
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U. States
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Stafodthire
Ann Moore
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Sheffield Iris
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Shether
Savannah
Charlemy
Jnion
Chesapesk
Pinkney
Ecennot
Fellow Citizens
Charles Abe Cror Bie
M‘neil
James Linsefy
General Gunn
Oconee
Ocmulgee
Yazoo
Hardihood
Benjamin Hail
John Brown
Cole
James
John W. Dunversux
Haxcock
Charles Abercombie
Said
Henry Michell
County of
Columbia
Col
Mt Neil
Penjawin Hall
James Crowpier
Louisville
Colombia
James Gunn
J. M‘neil
Ger. H. Mircuett
Georgia and
South Carolina
Richmond County
Sheriff's
John D‘antignac
Eighire
Chronicle Office
Pels
N. F
Leggett & Williams
Mackey M‘norrill
Wayresboough
Burke County
Fielding Frier
John ,Frier
PSP Ree
Fox
Tho’s C, Russell
Bedford
Mary Rhodes
Adih
March
Wrightsborough
Enjamin Rees
Sarah Rees
Jesse Bull
Adam Jones
Morgan
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