Bristol Protest Against Free School Tax 1745 46
Fragmentary colonial record recounts a protest by Bristol parishioners and Church of England trustees against a town vote to levy funds for a free school. It notes exemptions for Anglican adherents, prior endowments, and ongoing efforts to appoint a qualified master amid town meetings and freeman admissions through 1749.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearse
Is Jey
Isaac Lawson
Ae . Lawoseph
J. Munro
Jew
Petey
A Wi U.jr
Eben Dyre
J Seo
Doesn Woseph Wardell
Will Hoar
Will Ethane
I Worth
Joseph Ray
Wolds
Tie
Toh
Pook
Simoa Ty Munro
John Mey
Hore
Thos. Kinnikus
Man Hk Xer i
Seh Waldron
Jon
Kay
Church of England
Bristol
Bey
Rhoadisland
Majemica
Briginl
Sheibe Sikof Marek
Simeon Munro
Pruret Wardens
Tuomas Lawtox
Naru
Boswourm
Peanse
Simon Porren
Natiantit Museo
William Peanse
William Mantis
William Cox
Joan Linosey
Hoar
Bexxerr Musno
Unclear fragment on school debt repayment
Fragmentary record notes Daniel Bradford’s account for about four months in the winter past totaling thirty six pounds and to be paid by the same method as Belomy Bosworth’s. The readable text is rough and lacks full context or names beyond these individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Hagrswine
Norend
Willey
Mr. Willey
Mt. Washington
White Hills
Willey House
Phenix
Epitor
Bristol
Union
Briel
Quivam
Daniel Bradford
Belomy Bosworth
Providence
Tiventy
Providence Journal
Annexation move fuels Texas convention agenda
The Texas convention elects Gen. Rusk as presiding officer and adopts an ordinance to pursue annexation terms offered by the United States. Dissent voiced by Richard Bache. Delegates plan committees to draft a constitution and decide on war or negotiation with Mexico as foreign troops approach Corpus Christi and San Antonio. The British brig Persian carries dispatches to Galveston, while Texas leaders report strong crop prospects and growing emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avsrm
Rusk
Judge Li
Texas
United States
Richard Bache
Treasury
Col. Love
Gen. Jackson
Virginia
Jwe
United States Congress
Donelson
Washington
Corpus Christi
the Nueces
San Antonio
Mexico
Uly
Lori Aberdeen
Ashbel Smith
John Bull
Oregon
Tarrant
Fanvin
Mr. Howard
Indiana
Goard
Sinclar
Jalapa
New York
Arma, &c
Nesve
Arrival of the Cambria From Europe to Boston
The steamship Cambria commanded by Capt Judkins arrived in Boston from Liverpool via Halifax after a 1 day passage the shortest on record. It carried 97 passengers Liverpool to Boston 8 from Halifax to Boston and 5 from Liverpool to Halifax totaling 110. The report also notes London commemorations for Gen Jackson and various British news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Judkins
Boston
Liverpool
Halifax
Boston Daily Advertiser
Gen. Jackson
London
Everett
United Kingdom
House of Lords
House of Commons
Texas
New Orleans
Saviah
Alabama
U.S
Mexican Conflict Reports and U S War Outlook
Dispatches describe mass casualties after a clash near Bold pariey and the capture of five hundred dead and many wounded. Separate notes warn of looming war with Mexico as U S fleets, troops, and naval assets are mobilized, with Mexican archives moved and naval rebuilds underway amid shortages and rising cotton and stock prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
America
Shipping intrigue and census notes in 1840s Providence and New York
Reports from New York and St Catharines describe a duty evasion case involving the brig Bridgeton and the whaling ship Elizabeth, with arrests and transfers. Additional items cover U S military movement to Texas, Providence census projections exceeding thirty thousand, and local crime in Burns Court with a fatal mallet attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catharines
Sliaberh
Bridgeton
St Catharines
Balding
Pany Shore
Jenney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jonathan Peck
Thomas Green
General Assembly
Newport
Jonathon Peck
John Raynolds
Jeremias Bosworth
Michael Phillips
Samuel Clark
Jonath, Wood
Joane Wheeton
Cary, Jr
Cristol
Jonathan Pook
Thomas Grean
Exyrs
Nae Coppenhall
William Wardwell
Thomas Diman
Jeremiah Wilson
John Ingraham
Edward Paine
Joseph Boswell
John Bosworth
Munro
John Lindsay
Benet Munro
John Coy
Lindsey
Jonathan
Thos. G . Green
Dep
Faldrop
Joseph Foldy
Joseph J
Waa
Dini Mc. Belomy Bosworth
Augusta
Willay
Court of Probate
Probate
DPA
Wm. C. van Doorn
Roy
Pappasquash
W. W. Jubin
William Winters, Jr
Providence Transcript
Nayot Light
Winters
Pardon Almy
Littl Compton
Ice Harpers’ Pictorial Bible
Queri
RCE
Galveston
Vera Cruz
Sre
K. L. Anderson
Fanthrop’s
Montgomery County
Ebenezer Allen
W. B. Ochiltree
J. A. Greer
The
Europe
Great Britain
Continent
Avoigas
Algiers
Akbar
Dahara
Pelissier
Col. Polissier
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Atlantic
Monperix Puttanenpuia
Burns’ Court
Repre
Mayamensing
Wesley Talbert
Jake
Halbert
Divine
Mathews
Ies
Saya
Cor. N. Y. Jour. of Commerce
Wm. Eligerbolt
Calvary Church
4Th Avenué
Twenty-second Street
Gentryman
W. Tilad
Newararens
Pittsburgh Morning Chronicle
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