British Forage Party Routed at Charlotte in 1780 Skirmish
In a tense rural encounter, twelve British dragoons and wagons move through a plantation near Charlotte. American scouts in ambush unleash accurate rifle fire, killing the commander and several horsemen, while locals absorb the retreat with mounted resistance. A Charlotte graveyard monument honors General Grover Graham, a Revolutionary defender and one of the Gallant Twelve.
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Charlotte
Grover Graham
McIntire
Man in the Boiler and other Atlantic items
A boiler accident aboard an Allegany steamship ends with a worker nearly buried alive as he overfills a furnace while cleaning a boiler. Also noted are King sending a 10,000s doll to Sultan Abdul Medjid for his daughter Maime, and mentions of atmospheric pressure transit speed, Bank of England forgeries in Paris, Count Tracy’s remark to Foote, a new butter churn patent, Mr. A C Bulllit joining the Picayune, and marine loss totals from a October gale in Wall Street insurers.
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Hoffman
Ben Blower
Pittsburg Gazette
Allegany
Allegany Wharf
John
Abdul Medjid
Maime
M. Argo
Bank of England
France
Belgium
Paris
Count Tracy
Foote
A.C. Bullit
New Orleans Bee
The
Picayune
Wall Street
N. York
Parma Theatre Excavation And Notable Miscellany
The Parma theatre site is deeply buried yet well preserved prompting government digs and purchases of houses blocking operations. Other items note Father Matthew's loss amid Ireland’s temperance pressures, two Philadelphia students nearly suffocated by coal gas, Polk's birth and age, New Hampshire votes against constitutional revision and capital punishment, and local agricultural chatter about a new Peach bloom potato in Bangor.
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James K. Polk
New Hampshire
Bangor
Frishman
Boston Post Office
Pat
Charleston Courier
Courier Francais
Augusta Market Bagging and Stable Prices
The market reports no new features with bagging prices unchanged from the last report. Groceries show limited demand due to bad weather keeping planters away, with canal flour prices rising slightly while other quotations remain the same.
Davis Bottom Dies After Sudden Stroke in Augusta
Mr Bottom a respected Augusta merchant died Sunday morning at age fifty one after an apoplectic fit following a family supper. He moved from Virginia to Georgia in youth and had long been a respected local merchant.
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Davis Bottom
Bottom
Georgia
Virginia
Augusta
List of Payments to the Washingtonian
The following persons have paid their subscriptions up to 20th July, 1845. Augusta A Sibley. Clinton J H Campbell.
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The
Washingtonian
Augusta—A. Sibley
Clinton
J. H. Campbell
Augusta Georgia Banking and Bond Listings
A scrambled historical bank directory lists Avgusta Norges Mechanics' Bank Brunswick Bank Bank of Augusta Augusta Insurance Banking branches State of Georgia Central Rail Road Bank and many others. It mentions Georgia bonds 6 and 8 percent and notes from Charleston and Hamburg with scattered sale notes and no sale entries.
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Avgusta Norges
Mechanics’ Bank
Brunswick Bank
Bank of Augusta
Augusta Insurance & Banking Vis
Georgia Rail Road
State of Georgia
State Bank
Maine and Fire Insurance Bank
Planters’ Bank
Central Rail Road Bank
Country Notes
Macon
State Bank Commercial Bank
Milledgeville Bank
Georgia Rail Road Bank
Athens
City Council of
Augusta
Ruckersville Bank
Marine & Fire Insurance Bank
St. Mary’s Bank
Central Bank
Exchange Bank of Brunswick
Insurance Bank of Columbus
Phenix Bank
Columbus
Bank of
Hawkinsville
Milledgeville
Monroe Rail Road Bank
Bank of Darien
Chattahoochie R. A. and Banking Co
Western Bank of Georgia
Bank of Columbus
Planters & Mechanics Bank
Columbus Bank of Gemndaree
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Georgia
Spors Corona Notes
Charleston
Hamburg
AapaMa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georpe Graham
Matthew
Ireland
Parma
Philadelphia
Southern Medical & Surgical Journal
I. P. Garvin
M.D
Paul F.eve
P. C. Guieu
Young Ladies Seminary
Sonnveren
L. R. Williams
Europe
Bridge Bank
M. M. Dye
E. E. Ford
D. Hook
Berrien & Coulter
Rome
Floyd County
J. W. M. Berrien
B. Coulter
WM. Haines, Jr
Wy Npow Glass
Bs, Jr Uly
Augusta Price
Goshen
North Carolina
North Carolina “Ee 5 20 Countr 1Ed Ee S002 “ 25 314 Corres
Cuba
St. Domingo
Porto Rico
Laguira
Ava
Ems
Canal Tete
Tron
Russia
N. Orleans
Lavana
English Island
Orrs
Lamp
Tanners
Malaga
New Orleans
St. Croix
Liverpool
Bush
Texacco
N. Carolina
Bohea
Souchong Weenie Peon
Osaitaes Gunpowder
Wee
Ewan Ss
Cly Mavup Actor
Meinner
E. E. Scofield
Insurance Bank
Broad-street
W. Rush
Savannah Notes
CueEcks
Boston
New York Light
Baltimore
Lexington
Richmond
Savannah
Joseph E. Marshall
Thomas I. Wray
McGraw’s Corner
Haviland, Risley, & Ca
Wm.i.aines, Jr
Garvin & Haines
Broad Street
Mea
Clarke & Wood
Eagle & Phenix Hotel
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