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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1856
Page
1
Readable text outlines ad pricing in advance per line and per square, with weekly rates and per word charges. It notes ads continue until forbidden and prepaid, with various charges for notices and other listings.
Rhode Island General Assembly enacts additions to the deposition act allowing the Governor to appoint foreign county commissioners to take oaths depositions and acknowledgments for use in the state. Commissioners must swear to discharge duties per state law, with copies filed in the Secretary of State office within six months.
A correspondent recalls a moving scene on the New York and Erie line. A young widow travels with her six year old daughter, the girl gazing at the autumn sky and dreaming of home. The child dies peacefully as mother clings to hope and love on the long journey.
The diary recounts Dec 26 to Jan 3 as a priest, worn by hardship, learns his brother in law’s debt and a possible jail, yet a mysterious box arrives with a baby Alfred and funds. Daughters Polly and Jenny vow care, while Fleetman’s letters offer hope and a future guardian angel in a newborn ward.
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