Classified Advertising Rates And Terms in The Mercury
The notice lists publication details for CHE PRENEX and Ocean Advertisements with rates: one dollar per square for six weeks, twenty cents each additional insertion, fifteen lines per column, and continued until paid. Yearly advertisers charged 10 dollars per annum with paper included, limited to regular local business ads, and papers discontinue if arrears remain unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayley
Bradford Street
Hope
Thames Streets
Ocean
Conati
Reverses of Porty and the Western Settlement Tale
An 1813 autumn scene in New England portrays Isaac Lee and his family hosting Henry Florence, a wealthy Eastern merchant. Florence funds the Lees land debt, later aiding an émigré, Edward Florence, who falls in love with Ellen Lee. Years pass, the forest gives way to a thriving farm, and a wedding blessing crowns their union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar West
Jack Frost
New England
William
James
Ion Heetern
Lee
Henry Florence
Great West
Morence
Sam
Paris
Ellen
Florifles
Isaac Lee
Florence
Squire Benson
Jimmy
Allis
Hheir
Newton
Lea
Sone Jong
Geome
Edward
Bee Ereaoe
Edward Florence
Shad
Ellen Lee
Caudles Burden of Five Pounds Sparks Family Woes
Dialect dialogue shows Mrs. Caudle berating her husband for lending five pounds to friends. She cites ruined finances, skipped repairs, broken window, unpaid insurance, and danger to children as consequences of his liberal lending. An editorial note at end cautions judging character by appearance over true virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Courier & Enquirer
Messrs. Baker & Towle
Vatharine Street
Catharine Street
Baker
Tie
Mr. Caudle
Tom
Jack
Margate
Caroline
Leas
Mary Anne
Tribune
Pappasquash Lands and Bristol Settlement Details
The article traces the Poppasquash Neck land grant to the Gorham family and its evolving spellings Pappasquash Poppysquash Paponeequaw. It covers Bristol’s placement within Swanzey and Mount Hope, settlers moving from Boston in 1680 including notable names such as Nathaniel Byfield Stephen Burton and Colonel Bessamix Cuvacu, and the 1680 Grand Articles covenant to settle Neck land with specified lots and boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Gorham
Church
Baylies
Plymouth Colony
Swan Wey
Commissionera
Boston
Mount Hope
Seacunke
Swanzey
Walley
Plymouth Bolony
Mount Hope Neck
Oliver
Nathan Hayman
Nathaniel Byfield
John Walley
Stephen Burton
Benjamin Church
Jabez Gorham
Fom Barnstable
Nathaniel Reynolds
John Wilkins
Christopher Saunders
Rehoboth
Jonathan Davenport
Samuel Gallop
John Hinton
Samuel Cobbit
William Troupe
Timothy Clarke
Joseph Easter
Zachary Curtis
John White
Hugh Woodsbury
Eliashib Adame
Simon Davis
James Landon
Or Langdon
Solomon Curtis
William Stone
Nathaniel Paine
John Pope
Nathaniel Bosworth
John Cary
London
Samuel Waledron
William Brenton
Swan Ley
L'Aunton
Atherton
Jonathap. 'Finny
Jabez Howland
Plymouth
William Ingraham
Timothy Ingraham
John Rogers
Philip Bompe
Henry Hampton
Jeremiah Osborne
John Smith
Usal Wardel
Richard White
John Birge
William Browne
John Corpe
James Lloyd
Johp ‘Suffin
Bessamix Cuvacu
Duebury
Massachusetts
Saconet
Seconet
Linke Compton
Philip
Jie
Constitution Street
Talbes
Fall River
Thomas Hinckley
Maine
Little Compton
Ife
Congregational Church
Nathaniel Oliver
Stephen Burtoh
New England
Josish Winslow
New Plymouth
Wm. Bradford
General Court
Mount Hore
Josiah Winslow
William Bradford
Mount Hoye
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Esa
le Kavaner
Vrederic
Washington
Annals OF Bristol
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