Indian Territory Suffrage Extension Act of 1808 Text
A historical excerpt outlines sums allocated to Native nations Ottawaya Chippewage Wyandottes and Potawatamies and an act extending voting rights in the Indiana Territory to free white male citizens with land titles under fifty acres or a town lot valued at one hundred dollars. Approved February 19 1808.
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Huron
Lake Erie
Rafin
J.B. Varnum
House of Representatives
Geo. Clinton
United States
Senate
TH. Jefferson
Indiana Territory
United States of America
Congress
U. S
U.S
General Assembly
Holy See Resist French Demands Amid Rome Turmoil
From Rome on February 2 and 3 reports say Cardinal Caffini’s secretary notes Pope Pius VII will protect the Holy Chair’s sovereignty and urge peace. General Miolles leads 5 000 troops retaking gates and guardhouses as French forces tighten control around St. Angelo. Strasbourg dispatches on February 20 say a French Spanish fleet sails toward Sicily with about thirty ships of the line.
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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 An Elegant Piano Forte With Extra Keys
Classified note advertises a well toned piano forte with additional keys for sale. Inquiries directed to the store of Mesis Lafitte and Wm Brux dated April 23.
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Lafitte
Wm. Brux
Grit
Jeffersons and war concerns echo in Albany public notices
Reprints of political debates and military officer roll call from the revolutionary era. Includes Jefferson’s letter to Tammany and lines on officers like Wilkinson, Hunt, and Stoddard with ages and service years. notes on war policy, embargos, and Atlantic trade tensions.
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Wilkinson
Burbeck
Hunt
Cuthing
Freeman
Kingsbury
Sparks
Pike
Porter
Biffall
Stoddard
Whifler
Beall
Ray
Gentemen
Revolutionary Army
Natchez
Reward Offered for Return of Missing Slave Simba
Ten dollars reward offered for the return of a slave named Simba who escaped on June 18. He wore a blue jacket and a tassel-like coat, about one and a half years old in human terms. The owner, Lewis Freels, will pay the reward on delivery at Washington in Wilkes.
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Anaway
Junciat
Simbo
Tapate
Washington
Wilkes
Lewis
Jacob Jeanperin
European news and a Petersburg manufactory note
In Petersburg a new manufacturing society forms with a 50 000 dollars capital, following Baltimore and Philadelphia in such efforts. An inquiry details a resident returning two stolen banknotes to his mother and refuses to surrender them, prompting questions on proper punishment and recovery under law.
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Derk
N. Y
Jefferson
Europe
Petersburg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Witness account of Burney and Taylor dispute
Benjamin Bowers reveals how he overheard the conversation between Mr Burney and Mr Taylor to avoid censure. He describes seating by a window and noting what passed during their dispute. Advertisements omitted this week and to be printed next time.
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Witkess
Mr. Burney
Mr. Taylor
Benjamin Bowers
Jailed Africans Claim Owners Across Counties
A report lists four Black prisoners in Chener Jail with two fellows, a wench Prisly and a child. Martin and Abraham are about 40, said to belong to Henry Moore of North Carolina who ferried them to Georgia then fled. Spartanburg Jail holds George claimed from Andrew Backfton in Hancock County. Camden Jail holds Andrew linked to Mr. Jennings of Orangeburg. Chatham Jail contains Charles who says he belongs to 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
Two Vacancies at Ladies Academy Seminary
The Ladies Academy advertises two vacancies at an established seminary with fourteen year terms at 120 dollars per annum payable quarterly in advance. During trying times produce may be accepted. A pamphlet titled Mental Horticulture or the Improvement of the Mind by T. Sanpwicn outlines the plan of education. A close carriage ferries boarders to church each Sabbath. May 14.
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T. Sanpwicn
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J. B. Varnum
Clinton
Randélp
War Ofice
Treasury Office
Treasury Fies
Moch
James H. M.colck
Gabriel Chaiftie
Ireland
Feom
Marquis of
Wellesley
Azores
Algerinn
Charleston Paper
Hamburg
Julius Caesar
England
Rotterdam
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
Shadrach
Mims
Lincoln County
Shaborn Mii
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