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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1813
Page
1
Proposals for subscribing to two land purchases at the fork of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers are opened at several coast-houses in the state. E. B. Jenkins is listed as part of the notices dated March 5 for readers to subscribe.
Public notice states Lot numbers 4 44 45 71 22 and others of the Town Common at Richmond Academy will be rented to cultivate for two years at two dollars per acre. Also nearby lots at the lower city end offered for sale at 456 dollars each with 10 percent down and 8 percent interest on the balance. Thomas Barrett, Clerk of the ...
A fragment notes a detained subscriber possessing items described as two letters W W in silver offered for sale for a carriage. The owner proves property and may recover the items. The note cites Thomas Mix.
Mr and Mrs Askew announce their Boarding and Day School will reopen on Tuesday at the Broad Street house below the market, next to A Baldwin estate. They pledge continued attentive care to children entrusted to them amid liberal support and public notice dated February 12.
Superior ink powder advertised for sale at the office. The notice invites buyers to acquire high quality ink powder directly from the office location.
Thomas H. Dixon of Mount Enon announces the academy’s reopening after past difficulties. He cites improved supervision by Mr and Mrs Muller and Mr Labadin from Bordeaux teaching French, with John Calvin assisting. Tuition ranges from five dollars per term to seventy dollars per quarter with boarding options, and Mrs Dixon offers needlework instruction for girls.
Cash paid for clean linen and cotton rags at this office.
A fragmented notice lists items including salad oil olives capers and brandy with a May 7 date. The text also references Jamaica rum gin raisins almonds beer and other items in a miscellaneous catalog style.
Trade notice lists 70 pieces Kentucky edition bagging 5000 pounds rope twine logwood and related items from Barrett and Sims with a date of April 11. Also advertised by C H Wayden sugar raisins Spanish and American cigars and Northward Rum in a separate sale note.
State that a black morocco pocket book containing one hundred and one dollars in bills and various notes has been lost on the road between Augusta and Tindall's. The finder will be rewarded upon leaving it with Mr Labuzan or John M Deavenport in Angustay near Sparta, James Danielly Fianvogk County.
The subscriber will remain at his former store for a few weeks to settle unsettled business and requests those indebted to him to present demands for immediate payment. Samuel Hale May 7. Also notice of an African woman slave in jail and a request for owner Bowing Allen to prove property and reclaim her. Paschal Murphy Sheriff May 7. Notices for Duncan Matheson deceased inform creditors to present valid claims and debtors to pay to Alex Matheson administrator. Feb 5.
A Saddle Sweepstakes will be held on the third Friday in May at the house of Mrs. Mé Tyre on the Savannah road four miles from Augusta. A saddle, bridle and martingall valued at sixty dollars, free for saddle-horses only, one mile. The tract shall be in elegant order. JESSE M TYRE fdr.
An advertisement for Mrs McMitllan offering a school for young females near the Market in Creswell’s property. It teaches reading writing arithmetic English grammar marking plain and fancy needlework knitting and various net works. Emphasizes manners and early religious duties. Four boarders possible from March 8 for quarter or year.
An advertisement for Ladies' Academy Mount of Meal ii describes human nature, education by skilled tutors, and the plan modeled after Salem and Bethlehem. It claims fourteen years of fever-free residence, globe-based science teaching, a Votte Piano, and a close carriage. Terms 120 dollars per year payable quarterly, with produce accepted in payment. May 7. T. Sandwich.
Between Bedford and Augusta on the morning of the 18th inst 350 dollars in bank bills wrapped in a Mirror office newspaper tied with twine. Most bills are Augusta Bank with some from South Carolina banks and two from Planters Bank Savannah. A 50 dollar reward paid to finder if money left at this office or A Labuzan's. The subscriber Robert Raymond Reid intends to remove and offers to sell or rent his house on Washington Street April 2.
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