16 Aug 1845
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1845
Page
1
An old issue lists subscription rates and ad placements for The Brerenex and includes long moral reflections on language virtue and business integrity. It features anecdotes on immorality versus upright commerce and a quip about leeches used as a remedy, beside scattered notices and editorial-like prose.
A nineteen year old, Charlotte Williams, stands charged as a common drunkard after a court examination. The narrative follows her descent from respectable Springfield roots into an infamy fueled by a coercive relationship, parental rejection, and societal indifference, ending in ruin and a House of Correction transfer.
A shipboard narrator recounts meeting a mysterious passenger who unfolds a long, tragic romance. Fifteen years earlier in Massachusetts a courtship with Frances, a beloved but unattainable muse, ends in heartbreak after unspoken vows and vanished letters. The tale follows his drift from hope to despair, ending with a vow to seek new life abroad.
The Bristol town records document repeated elections of deputies to the General Assembly, changes in town clerks and treasurers, and measures for road repairs and support of the poor from 1763 to 1770. Notable items include re elections of William Bradford Simeon Potter Nath Pearse and John Howland, a penny per head tax policy for a period, and actions addressing smallpox aboard a vessel and slave law enforcement.
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