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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1809
Page
7
The Augusta report notes rising Russian Turkish tensions and Napoleon’s suspected influence, with French fleets and British blockades shaping a new potential war. It highlights U.S. Federalist and Republican clashes in New York, motorless gunboats ordered dismantled, and a stream of love letters from distant camps amid military parades and civilian notices.
Authorized notice says residents from Pendleton district in South Carolina swindled out of cotton in Charleston should call at the office for information to their advantage on May 13.
Inspector's Office directs all Army officers on furlough or absent to report to Maj. Nicoll in Washington with authority of their absence and furlough period. Officers absent in future must report monthly. Printed notices by order of the Secretary of War. Printers authorized to publish the laws of the Tenth Congress must print twice weekly for three weeks and send accounts to the War Department Accountant.
Notice states that on Thursday June 22 at the plantation of Mrs. Jemima Jones in Burke County the remainder of the personal property of Zachariah Bayles deceased will be sold including clothes a watch and a saddle bags. Creditors are urged to pay promptly and those with claims must present them with proof. H G Bostick adm'r May 13.
After nine months, an application to the Inferior Court of Wilkes County for leave to sell 320 acres of land belonging to the late M Gammage dec. The property lies on Harding Creek and borders Simeon Ellington and others. Sale proceeds will benefit the heirs and creditors of the decedent. Fohn Hendrick, Adm'r.
The Subscriber offers five well improved lots in Lexington for sale on very low terms. A corner lot adjoins the public square and lots of Mr Fleming and others, including a commodious dwelling house and convenient outbuildings with a fine garden. Sold for cash or credit to suit the purchaser. Norris Lyon. Lexington, May 13.
Sale on Friday the sixteenth day of Fine Nest at the house of the late Fairn Waltin deceased offers personal property including cattle hogs sheep corn fodder household furniture plantation utensils and about thirty thousand pounds of feed cotton. Terms five dollars two pence under all credit until January next with notes secured. Creditors and debtors invited to settle accounts and render demands within legal time. John Fester administrator. May 43.
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