Indiana Territory Suffrage Extension Act 1808 Text
The document records legislative text on distributing funds to Native nations and extending voting rights in the Indiana Territory. It includes sections detailing payments to Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandotte, and Potawatomi nations, sums specified, and authority for payment from unappropriated treasury funds. It also notes the act’s approval by Jefferson on February 19, 1808.
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Huron
Lake Erie
Rafin
J.B. Varnum
House of Representatives
Geo. Clinton
United States
Senate
TH. Jefferson
Papal Stand Amid French Demands and Rome Turmoil
Rome reports Cardinal Caffini defends Holy See against French pressure as Pope Pius VII guards sovereignty. Militia activity and occupation threats unfold in Rome with French troops tightening control. Strasbourg dispatch notes combined French Spanish fleet sailing toward Sicily with 30 line ships.
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Rome
Cardinal
Caffini
Pius VII
Paris
Miolles
Piazzi Colana
St. Angelo
Holy Father
Strasburgh
Touia
Rochefort
Cadiz
Sicily
Mather
For Sale Elegant Well Ton ed Piano Forte with Extra Keys
Advertisement notes a piano for sale offered by Mesis Lafitte and Wm Brux dated April 23. The item described is an elegant well toned piano forte with additional keys available through inquiry at the store.
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Lafitte
Wm. Brux
Grit
Jeffersons Reply and Revolutionary Officers Report
A compiled update from the era cites Jeffersons letter to Tammany Society praising civic virtue and liberty while warning against foreign wars. It also lists Revolutionary War officers and their ages, indicating many began as privates and rose to various ranks, with several grey in service.
Ten Dollars Reward for Missing Simbo Negro Boy
Ten dollars reward offered for the return of a young enslaved boy named Simbo who ran away from a subscriber on June 18. He wears a blue jacket and is described as about 12 to 16 years old. Return to Washington in Wilkes or deliver him to the owner to receive the reward.
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Randélp
U. S
War Ofice
Treasury Office
Treasury Fies
Moch
Anaway
Junciat
Simbo
Tapate
Washington
Wilkes
Lewis
European Licensing and Local Fraud Reflections in Augusta
From Augusta dated May 14, a note warns American vessels must obtain English licenses to sail. Petersburg citizens form a 50000 dollar manufacturing society. A Petersburg resident returns two back bills found on a race ground and refuses to return the value, prompting questions of theft or swindle.
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Europe
Petersburg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Witness Account of Conversation Between Burney and Taylor
Benjamin Bowers testifies about overhearing a dispute between Mr Burney and Mr Taylor near a window to avoid censure. The note says several advertisements were omitted this week and will appear next.
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Witkess
Mr. Burney
Mr. Taylor
Benjamin Bowers
Prisoners in Several Jails Named by Owners
The report lists four Black inmates in Chener Jail with two men aged about 40 Martin and Abraham, a wench Prisly, and a child. They claim Henry Moore of North Carolina owned them and transported them to Georgia. In Spartanburg Jail a George says he belongs to Andrew Backfton in Hancock County. In Camden Jail Andrew says he belongs to Mr Jennings of Orangeburg. In Chatham Jail Charles claims ownership by Charles Jenkins near Coofawhatchie.
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Chener
S. Coca
Martin
Abraham
Prisly
Henry Moore
N.C
Georgia
Hell
Spartanburg
George
Andrew Backfton
Hancock County
Sparta
Camden
Andrew
Mr. Jennings
Oangeburg
Chatham
Charles
Charles Jenkins
Coofawhatchie
Vacancies at Ladies Academy Seeks Boarders and Students
The established seminary reports two vacancies at the Ladies Academy with terms of fourteen years and 120 dollars per year payable quarterly in advance. During current times produce may be accepted. Education plan outlined in a pamphlet titled Mental Horticulture by T. Sanpwicn. A close carriage is provided to transport boarding pupils to church each Sabbath. May 14.
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T. Sanpwicn
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Indiana Territory
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Congress
U.S
General Assembly
J. B. Varnum
Clinton
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Derk
N. Y
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Hunt
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Freeman
Kingsbury
Sparks
Pike
Porter
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Stoddard
Whifler
Beall
Ray
Gentemen
Revolutionary Army
Natchez
James H. M.colck
Gabriel Chaiftie
Ireland
Feom
Marquis of
Wellesley
Azores
Algerinn
Charleston Paper
Hamburg
Julius Caesar
England
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Dintzie
Copenhagen
Cathcart and
Gambier
New- York
Nantes
France
Milan
D. Leighmean
Craufurd
Lindsay
Lesjeant
Perthhire
Wiser Te Ie
Colbes-beury
Dover
C. &c. Lloid
Madrid
Spain
Liverpool
House of Commons
London
James Bowdoin
Boston
Saily
York
Augusta
NEWS
Ladies Academy
Mount Salubrity
New York
Hugh Nesbitt
Black-Smith’s Business
Jacob Jeanperin
Shadrach
Mims
Lincoln County
Shaborn Mii
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