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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1809
Page
8
A 300 acre property with a good dwelling house and other improvements, including a thriving prune orchard, is offered for sale by Henry Perk. Viewers are encouraged to inspect the premises before terms are discussed.
A negro girl named Hannah, brought to Richmond Jail by Floyd Jarvis of Columbia County, says she belongs to Toliver Bostick near Cambridge in South Carolina. Owners are urged to comply with the law and remove her.
Mrs Rowson announces a new dancing school in Green Street, Au gusta, offering Cotillions Allemandes Reels Country Dances Minuets and more. Private lessons available for children with careful instruction and immediate starts. Commerce on Thursday May 4th for terms and enrollment.
A Charleston area swindle case from 1809 ends with public apology by Cotton claimants in Pendleton and Wrightsboro. They admit error, forgive Dr George A Brown, praise his character, and publish the statement in Charleston and Augusta newspapers for three months.
Will sell on Friday May 19 at the late John Marshall residence. Personal property of the deceased including livestock corn fodder bacon gins household goods cotton and various other items to be sold in succession during legal hours. Administrators A Marshall and J Marshall listed with Thos Jones Jared Morris. 16¢)
Gallatin, a fifteen hand nine year old red thoroughbred, stands at William Low’s in Columbia County on the route to Washington. The stud offers breeding season April to August with a twenty dollar single-visit fee and one dollar for the groom per mare. mares left with the horse are cared for, fed, and charged a shilling daily, with free board for servants while guarding mares. If a mare fails to foal, a full season credit is given. The farm promises excellent wheat and barley pastures and notes Gallatin’s foals are praised by judges for form and size, likening them to continental stock.
Extract from the General Stud Book of England praising Gallatin bred from Bedard and Dungannon lines. It notes Bedard’s influence on American horse breeding, and cites Gallatin’s racing prowess in 1802 and 1803 with times in two and three mile heats in Richmond Virginia and Charleston. Names include Bedford Dungannon Membrina Regulus Godolphin Arabian Cupbearer Ariadna Nancy Air Peggy Lottery.
Royalist announces Joan Beeding FreLy Esq is a candidate for sheriff of Richmond County at the approaching election on April 22.
Edward Jordan reports Whip resumes stud duties at the old stand with similar terms as last year, 20 dollars due if the mare is taken away before service. Wheat lots prepared for mares, 25 cents daily for care by local gentlemen. Also notes for mares and details on Kng Hi Ram in Sparta with 20 dollars season, 1st January note due, 6 dollars to cover a foal, and Twiggs JACK touted for strong foal production across the South.
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