10 Jul 1847
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1847
Page
1
The Bristol Phenix lists pricing for subscriptions and advertising. Terms include two dollars per annum in town, two dollars per annum for distant subscribers, and six cents for single copies. Ads cost one dollar per square for three weeks, twenty cents per subsequent insertion. Noon discontinuation, arrears may be collected, and steapt at publisher's option.
A Bristol Renovator recounts the 14 September 1680 deed that granted land on Mount Hope Neck to four Boston proprietors and established Bristol as a town. It details tax exemptions, representative rights, land allotments, house plots, farms, and religious and educational provisions for settlers.
An account recalls the first meeting that named the village Bristol and set its course. The piece reflects on the founders now gone, their deeds shaping a quiet town, with gratitude for their lasting influence and the waters and hills that frame the landscape.
A reflection on the dangers of political innovations and demagogues. Citing Washington and John Randolph, the piece warns against constitutional changes that weaken liberty, urges respect for older landmarks, unity over partisanship, and responsible parenting to sustain the republic.
The passage laments time’s universality and decay across all ages from infancy to old age. It urges charity, humility, and piety, reminding readers light and kindness endure beyond wealth, fame, and worldly pursuits while mortal life proves fleeting before eternity.
A moralizing piece urges ladies to combine virtue with modest dress and polite bearing. It links innocence and discreet jewelry to wisdom and dignity, praises truth and gentleness, and extols exercise and good humor as beautifying. It quotes Lacon and extols sober conduct over pomp.
In Philadelphia a wealthy suitor Edward Kent declares religious devotion after a sunset proclaims beauty and God. Adelaide Emery resists faith and laments social pleasures, while Edward insists true happiness comes from love of God, challenging her secular outlook and foreshadowing conflict.
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