Stamp Duties on Bank Notes and Bills Announced
Treasury notice outlines a wide scale of stamp duties on notes, bonds, and bills issued by banks and companies. It specifies rates from one cent for under one dollar to fifty dollars for over one thousand, plus higher charges for foreign bills with endorsers. Exemptions apply to government notes and drafts. The process for stamping vellum parchment and paper is described, with collectors ensuring proper marking and return of documents.
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Congress
United States
Treasery
Treasury
U. Seares
Renoir
United
Evans Patent Improvements and Mill Licenses Notice
Long notice by Oliver Evans detailing patent improvements for mill operations, license costs, interest on saved wages and boarding, and timelines through 1816. Includes a separate War Department call for proposals for rations and supplies for U.S. troops across multiple states and territories with detailed ration components and contract terms.
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Co Dells
Eburt
Dr Robertson’s Celebrated Stomachic Elixir of Health
An old time medicine ad touts Dr Robertson’s stomachic elixir as a universal cure. Priced at a dollar fifty, it claims to aid coughs colds consumption hooping cough stomach pains wind and indigestion among other ailments.
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Dyott
Kuetert
Billburg
Philadelphia
Medicie Ware
Race
North Second Streets
Robertson
Gout and Rheumatic Drops Sold as Cure All
An advertisement touts Gout and Rheumatic Drops priced at two dollars as a safe efficacious remedy for gout rheumatism lumbago stone and gravel joint swellings sprains bruises cramps and various pains and conditions including chilblains and frozen limbs.
Stomachic Bitters Advertised For Health
A brief promotional item touts Stom achic Bitters priced at one dollar advertised as strengthening the stomach, boosting appetite, and serving as a preventive and cure for fever and ague. The copy echoes period tonic language and emphasizes health benefits.
Infallible Worm Destroying Lozenges Sold
An advertised medicine claims to destroy worms, described as highly necessary for every family. Sold at a price stated in cents.
Bilious Fever Cures and Beech Island Lands Offered
An advertisement lists pills for yellow fever and bilious ailments, travel safe under heat, and offers multiple Beech Island and surrounding Georgia land tracts for sale. Properties include seven hundred acres near Augusta with a large dwelling, several hundred acres of oak and pine land with mills and water access, and additional tracts along the Savannah River. Payment terms require one third down with secure title on all lands, inquiries to the subscriber or Major Goupy and Mr Carmichael in Augusta.
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Inferior Court
Wilkes County
Court House
Estee
Janes M.farrand
Dee
Little Tiver
Fish Dam Ford
Little River
Hare Shoe Bend
Ann M‘farland
Adm’x
John M‘farland
Thomson Coleman
Georgia
Augusta
Savannah River
Hollow Creek
Sears
Silver Bluff Landing
Beech Island
James Goupy
Joan CarmicHatl
Patent medicines mix for itch cure and skin care
An 18th century ad lists Dr Dyott odor approved itch ointment and Balm of Iberia for skin defects and complexion, plus Restorative Centifrice for teeth and gums. Claims claim superiority and rapid relief with prices of 6 pence, two dollars, and 50 cents. The text notes widespread, though unclear, success.
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Treasury Department
Rellem
Feid Davies
Woethingtoon
Samuel H. Smith
Reprme
Sert
Ptice
Oliver Evans
U. S
Detroit
Michilimackinac
Chikaugo
Michigan
Upper Lakes
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Springfield
Connecticut
Rhode
Land
New York
Roth
New Jersey
Xith
Pennsylvania
12Th
Martland
Delaware
Columbia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolinia
U.S
Massachusets
Aup
DR. Robertson
Beech\-IMand
DR. Dyott
Iberia
T. W. Drot
George Adams
Cole Agret Ie Ange Ia
Pamphets Costaining Certifcates
Millers
Georgias
Wayrefboroug
Burke County
Burr
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