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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1843
Page
3
A garbled 1843 miscellany reports proclamations from Haiti and several political updates. It mentions a resignation and abdication by Boyer, financial cautions, and military movements, alongside scattered notices about trials, ship commands, and a few local incidents. The readable items highlight governance turmoil, naval and aerial topics, and assorted obituary and society notes.
Willey travels inland to negotiate land for a mission to remove Me. Raymond from Fork Sierra Leone with Mendians. Annual rent for the land is set at 150 dollars with implied broader colonial trade activity and a Boston Albany rail fare reduction noted among assorted market and local notices.
Reports from Newport and surrounding areas list several marriage announcements. Names include Charles M Thore ton and Caroline, William J Pillinme and Mary Jase, Alfred C Briggs and Elena M Cola, Thomas Cowmbs and Mary Calder, John T Piarce and Hentah Forter, Thomas G Douglas and Jape O Waldron, Albert S Collin and Mary Ann Baker, with dates in mid and late month and couples from Newport Providence Ball River and surrounding towns.
The text lists obituaries and death notices including Luther of Swantay Mace aged 78, a funeral at a church on Sunday. It mentions a Reverend Willie Sina of Pern and a Phebe Howard, daughter of Mr. Ranny Carter, with ages and mournful references to the deceased and bereaved.
A damaged OCR fragment references a person in Dukes County and an explosion of names with incomplete ages and dates, yielding a partial obituary note. The readable bits include a judge-like title and a personal name, with little context for a full summary.
Shipping notices list multiple sloops including Thomas Nornett from Taunton and Mary Elizabeth from Freetown, plus Argonaut, Narragansett, Henry, Laurette, and Corinthian from Providence or New Bedford. Several vessels sail or are bound for Havana, Albany, and Liverpool with arrivals and departures noted through March 21.
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