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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1845
Page
2
The document outlines a plan by four first purchasers to divide and assign land including town lots and ten acre parcels. It requires purchasers to fund, survey, and deed portions to others, with shared rights to Common land, roads, and farm areas. Requirements include building a meeting house, burying ground, school, and mills, with penalties for noncompliance and timelines for occupancy.
The document mandates four initial buyers to build a dry neck house within one year with brick or stone chimneys and at least two stories, under forfeiture of their interest. They and others with granted opty must pay forty pounds annually to the local minister until maintenance is secured, with twenty pounds advanced and later paid as described.
The Louisville Democrat notes Gen. Jackson died Sunday night at Goclkuck after fainting while moved to bed. He revived briefly and spoke calmly of immortality. Gen. Houston hurried from Nashville to Hermitage but was informed of the death. The assembly will reconvene in Newport Monday. The issue also covers Odd Fellows festival in Boston, Santa Anna's exile, and a robbery at Albany depot.
Agricultural notes indicate hay in New Jersey and corn across the South are showing stronger yields than earlier reports. Eastern regions highlight improving prospects, with Indian corn promising in several Southern states as harvest conditions look favorable.
Wilmington authorities require all New York bound ships to stay in harbor for ten days after departure due to alleged smallpox in New York. Boston sees repeated arson attempts as authorities pursue suspects. Savannah reports large vessel iron pieces found on Cumberland Island Beach. The Castner murder trial cost the state over eight thousand dollars. Andrew Jackson’s death prompts circuit court adjournment and church bells tolling in Boston. A New York stable fire destroys horses. a child perishes in a related blaze. Fires nationwide prompt a rash of safety notices. A lengthy omnibus ride through Broadway passes with no casualties.
The Royal Mail Steam-ship Cangrowia arrived at East Boston after leaving Liverpool on the 4th mat. Reports from London and Liverpool papers note lower cotton prices, a healthy money market, and improved Western staple trade. News covers the Hibernia, Oregon tensions easing, a fatal mill explosion in Bamley, London dairy disease, Circassian child sales to the Turks, royal guests in France, a mine disaster near Mons, cholera among Sheffield children, a Valencia fire panic, a possible Atlantic Pacific link, and a Tara rally with 50 000 mass attendees.
Reports from Galveston describe a French brig and a British envoy aboard a French sloop carrying overtures from Mexico for Texas independence. The Texan public and presses warn that annexation rests with the people, while meetings criticize a convention call and cover looming reactions to Mexican and English proposals.
A major blaze swept Nathan Magon’s Planing Works on Fox Point Street causing total destruction of the plant including engine and tools. Thurston Green & Co. steam engine factory suffered heavy losses. only the boiler end of the shop survived. A barn owned by Stephen Salisbury burned. the Orray Taft store escaped total loss. The Washington and Ellis vessels narrowly escaped at the wharf. About 100 workers were displaced. insurance covered much of the losses. The fire’s cause remains unclear. a watchman offered a questionable account. Firefighters produced heroic efforts to confine the spread within 60 yards.
A jumble of items including church resolutions praising hospitality after services, a Pittsburgh Post tribute to a citizen burned in fires, discovery of Gen. Philip Schuyler papers found by Mrs Hamilton, and a War Department order to mount Atlantic coast defenses. Also court will validity ruling on a New York will, a coroner’s inquiry into a slave’s death, Lowell factory marriages, a barge accident near Poughkeepsie, and assorted curiosities from local notices to rare anecdotes.
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