This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Augusta Washingtonian
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1845
Page
7
An eyewitness account recounts the five hundred lash punishment of Thomas Jackson in a British regiment, with nurses and doctors noting deaths and the brutal ritual. The narrative then shifts to observations on the Seneca Nation, listing names, chiefs, and living conditions in Buffalo and surrounding areas.
A descriptive sketch of the Seneca community near the city. The tract known as the Indian Reservation houses a village with a schoolhouse and church. Children learn their language, reading, writing, and farming, while many youths remain idle and imitate white vices. A small Sabbath service is held in a single shed used as a church.
A peasant child is seized by a she-wolf and carried to its den while the young wolves linger, sparing the prey. The child escapes by night and is found injured, bearing wounds from the den. A mother fighting the wolf, clinging to her daughter, is dragged as the attack lasts several minutes.
Frazer's Magazine recounts a mother and her quest through rough terrain to find a missing child. The woman, aided by a guiding scream, chases through dense brush as a wolf scatters clues including a torn petticoat and a shoe, the fate of the child remaining unknown. The scene is rendered with horror as bystanders remain hushed.
The Philadelphia Gazette notes that since Romulus, demand to emigrate wives has persisted. In 1620 England sent ninety girls to Virginia, followed by sixty more, offered as virtuous brides at a price of tobacco and money. Debts for wives were prioritized for repayment.
A Southern writer praises New England free schools. Governor Barbour visits the Boston model and learns that schooling is truly free. He is shown two boys from different social backgrounds, one the son of a wood sawyer and the other the President John Quincy Adams, highlighting social mobility.
August market notes brisk demand for cotton with firm prices and quotations from 5c to 64c. Bagging shows limited demand but firm prices. Groceries see little activity with no change in quoted levels.
The Augusta medical faculty announces a new Surgical Infirmary near the Georgia Railroad Depot to be ready by August 1. It will house 4 to 8 white and 10 to 20 black patients with round-the-clock nursing and no board charges. surgical fees apply. From November to March, patients unable to pay will be admitted and treated at expense of the faculty. Paul F. Eve, Professor of Surgery, 1845.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.