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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1808
Page
2
A fragment notes a delivery received at the Unfcun Office by the ship Exveavor, capt Fox, in four days from Liverpool. The dated message references postings from London and Liverpool up to the 16th August.
From London reports describe the French draft horrors and a republic’s wives and mothers watching the ballot. Dutch concerns grow over potential Austrian and Napoleonic conflicts as armies mobilize. Rumors touch Ruffians, Admirals, and British fleets amid tensions in St Julian and Gottenburgh Mail extracts.
Reports from Madrid describe Joseph Bonaparte and Franco-Spanish movements with mass exodus toward France, plus varied claims on Madrid’s fall and ongoing hostilities. Philadelphia brief notes British actions and US responses to Orders in Council, with later dispatches detailing naval seizures and Franco-British exchanges.
An American ship that entered a Spanish port before hostilities began may sail from that port with a cargo of Spanish growth and produce directly to a U S port without seizure or condemnation, so long as the voyage does not violate orders in council. The ruling specifies protection despite prior entry and potential breach concerns.
The Camilla under Captain Wardell reached New York, reporting a 34 day voyage from Cadiz. He left Cadiz August 27, and said King Joseph Bonaparte had reached Madrid then retreated to the frontier. French forces were forced from Barcelona, with Valencia witnessing a general melee.
Nashville August 23 reports accuse corrupt land speculators in the Georgia western lands of inveighing against honest men in their farms. The piece names Coxe's supposed purchase and notes agitation among locals as a result of the dispute.
The notice warns Violaionce the laws of the UW States about a settlement near the Mosi Swats where four hundred Fiathine have opened fields built houses and set up civil and military officers. They are forging land tracts at four dollars per acre and threaten to ignore government until action is taken, with pity for innocent adventurers if they refuse to return.
The article portrays Thomas Jefferson as pursuing Peace with Native peoples by providing aid and education, while promoting economic development and the abolition of the slave trade. It notes his administration’s economies and the Friends Society support for toleration and moral reforms aligned with early republican ideals.
Warning to all from tracing a note of hand signed by Azatiah Baily dated September 1807 payable December 1808 for 263 dollars. The note was placed with Thomas S Baily for collection but was refused. Ratchford announces impending court action. October 13, 1812.
On Tuesday December 6 the estate of Thaddeus Beasen Warren county will sell personal property including enslaved people negroes Horfer Hoge cattle household furniture tools cotton feed corn fodder a riding chair and other valuable articles. The sale continues daily until all is disposed of. Jeremiah Beall and Samuel Beall administrators listed.
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