Reward for apprehending Betty runaway negro woman
A Savannah notice offers 5 dollars for the capture of Betty a 30 year old enslaved woman described as of very dark complexion with smallpox pitted skin thick lips and talkative manner. She may head toward Augusta where her husband works on a boat. Deliver her to Thomas Flint or John Moore in Augusta or secure her in jail. Dated September 182?.
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Betty
Maryland
Augusta
John Moore
Thomas Flin't
Svannah
F &T
Turnpike Charter For Alexandria To Washington Road
Authorities authorize a turnpike company in Alexandria to lay out a road to Washington with a bridge at Four Mile Creek. Directors and officers will be elected annually, tolls set, land damages valued by juries, and payments credited to initial subscribers with shares and forfeiture provisions. The act provides seizure and judicial remedies for late payments and ends tolls once capital and interest are recovered.
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Alexandria
Distric
Columbia
Feoncrupen
Board of Commissioners
Faid
Comming
Thares
Washington
Aistri €&T
Exandria
Faid Board of Commissioners
Beit
Washington and
Montgomery Streets
Bridge Point
Alexander’s Island
Four Mile Creek
Circuit Court
Alexandria County
Sach
Circuit Court of the
United States
District of Columbia
Congress
Faid Corporation
U. States
Faid Circuit Court
J. B. Varnum
House of Representatives
S. Smith
Jefferson
Boston Gazette translation on Justina Napison’s Spanish Indies constitution
A Boston Gazette excerpt translates a gentleman passenger’s copy of Justina Napison’s Constitution for Spain and the Indies. It notes the work is voluminous but presents the most material articles outlining divisions and powers of the new government.
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Justina NaPoizon
Spain and
The
Indies
Lim
Fragmented Article Excerpts From Colonial Governance
The text outlines chapters on the Kingdoms and Provinces in America and Asia, judicial order, revenue administration, and general disposition. It lists deputies from various colonies, durations of office, authority of the King over judges, and proposed trials by jury. It also mentions fiscal provisions and a perpetual Franco Spanish alliance.
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America
Sila
Asia
Metropolia
New Spain
Peru
Grenada
Buenos Ayres
Philipines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Venezula
Caracas
Quito
Chili
Cunco
Guatimala
Yecacan
Guadalajara
General Dipifiliont
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S. M. Smyth
Fohnson and Kunze
Otober
John Cormick
J. & R. Blackburn
Otoher
Meffra
Warsaw
Herbert
Savannah
la Roche & VanSinderen
Ocober
Eli Garnett
Columbia County
Sarah Garnett
Admr
Sheriff’s Sale
Waynesboro
Peter Wynn
John Boykin
Noyel Nelloms
Jos. Perry
Boston Gazette
Constitution
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