Augusta Reflects On War News And Domestic Industry
Augusta notes a mixed mood as reports from England differ on recent campaigns while Danube actions loom. Jackson’s arrival is welcomed if it brings peace, while home fronts push Homespun fabric production. A weather shift signals equinox, harvests advance, and Cuba’s French expulsion likened to bees driven from hives.
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England
Sch
Danube
Jackson
Augusta
America
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Charleston
Georgia
Clarke
Aberdeen
Great Britain
Col. Wardell
Fahony Ap Morgan
Cuba
Chronicle of Credit and War News From Early American Papers
The Augusta Chronicle laments scarce funds and asks subscribers to aid by paying debts to sustain the paper amid wartime strain. Notices from City Gazette and Nat Intelligencer report British ships and blockades, while Salem Gazette notes Swedens royal family events and European exile hints.
New Order of Things in that Province and Austria
The passage mentions the emperor of Austria at Volkersdorff near Vienna and Petersburgh Intelligencer discusses the British Navy currently listing 1137 ships with 263 line ships. It notes efforts by federalists to publish a list of sailors held as POWs in France and criticizes American incarceration.
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Austria
Volkersdorff
Vienna
Inggerss &c. Ibid
France
Pickering
American Mercury
London and Continental News on Danube and Spain
The Africaine brings late July London papers noting mixed results for the grand expedition on the Danube and in Lower Hungary, with rumours of a later battle. French bulletins say Romana’s forces outran Ney and South, while Britain’s Spain evacuation is labeled precipitous and ill judged.
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Norfolk Ledger
London
Africaine
Danube
Hungary
England
Ferrol
Coranna
Gallicia
Ney
South
Romana
Spain
Reflections on Catalonia and Blake’s Disarray in 1809
An August 26 extract from Savitry July 19 1809 laments Spanish resistance in Catalonia while detailing Blake’s failed Arragon campaign. It praises Spanish valor, blames Cadiz for disunity, notes French superiority, and mentions the Algesiras ship returning to England with supplies but no arms and a machine for making them.
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Barthmore
Savitry
Catalonia
Gerona
Arragon
Bes
Blake
Eneral
Junta
Algesiras
Mr. Cavellos
England
Chronicle declines to publish personal political advertising
The paper says it will not be used to promote self interest or block neighbors from equal opportunity. Advertisers may place notices, but the Chronicle refuses to be complicit for nothing. If the object is public good, the paper will consider accommodation.
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Chronicle
Thomas Farrar Dies in Franklin County at 83
The Franklin County death report notes Thomas Farrar aged 83 years and ten days, a cousin of the late President Jefferson. He faced death with composure, expressed a desire to be free of life, and reflected on God’s purpose. He was averse to vice and moral, though skeptical of enthusiastic religion, and was described as emaciated to the point of skeletal appearance. Georgia Express reports in Columbia County also noting Col. Joan Arpiinc and Col. M’Farlin elderly Revolutionary era figures dies in the same county.
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Franklin County
Thomas Farrar
Jefferson
Georgia Express
Candidates for Richmond Coroner and Inferior Court Clerk
Fisher Lenore is a candidate for the office of Coroner of Richmond County at the next election on Sept 16. Francis Mann is a candidate for Clerk of the Inferior Court at the ensuing election.
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Fisher Lenore
Richmond County
Francis Mann
Dressed Sheep Skins and Land Auctions Listed in Notices
A historical notice outlines bids on dressed sheep skins and land tracts in Richmond and Wilkes counties, plus a Montgomery county river property. It names Augustus Baldwin as agent for Amara Jackson administrator of Stephen Mears and lists several individuals connected to the sale. The document is dated September 16 and references multiple parcels and adjoining lands.
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Richmond County
Springfield
Wilkes County
John M‘farland
Montgomery County
Ocone River
Coper
Augustus Baldwin
Amara Jackson
Stephen Mears
H. M'Tyre
C. B.C. Serr
Application to Sell Two Tracts in Wilkinson County
Nine months after date application will be made to the Inferior Court of Richmond County for leave to sell two tracts in Wilkinson County. One tract No 35 owned by Wim Fitzgerald deceased and the other No 459 partly his property. The sale funds will satisfy heirs and creditors of the estate of James Videau administrator. September 16. (rg)
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Ine Ferior Court
Richmond County
Wilkinson County
Wim. Fitzgerald Dee
Fames Videau
Adm
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Augusta Chronicle
Evnstaruigue
Halifax
City Gazette
Toke Byng
Boston
St. Johns
Dodge
St. Bartholomaws
Guadaloupe
S. E
Nat. Intelligencer
Stockholm
Gripholm
Viftago
Lake Western
Europe
Salem Gazette
Frederica
Sweden
Oftavus Adolphus
the Two Sicilies
Murat
Naples
Rome
Columbia County
Joan Arpiinc
M‘far- Lin
Thomas Quizzenberry
Broad Street
M. Frs
Augula
Sampson
Virginia
Jim
Sam
Mathew Duncan
Barrett & Sims
Randolph County
17Th
Baldwin
Commission
John A. Shinholser, Co
Barratt & Sims
Coll &Tion
John A. Schinbecker
Greene Superior Court
General Assembly
E. E. Park
Forman
Robert Reyston
Robert Dale
George Irving
Wm. Johnsons
Tohn Cox
E. Price
Jas. Cunningham
Gorge Owen
Wm Merritt
Henry Carleton
Thomas Carleton
D.k
Richard Afberry
J. Watts
Jas. K. Daniel
J. Browning
Wm. Daniel
G. HW. Dillard
James Armor, Elijah Cooter
Inferior Court
Edgefield District
Pattey Hightower
Hightower Davis
Lincoln County
Elizabeth Worthy
Thomas Worthy
Wim. Harper
C. Cc
Burke Fal
Matthew Dunkin
Emery Laseter
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