Bristol Phenix Public Notices and Rates
The Bristol Phenix lists Saturday publication by W. H. Bayley at Bradford Street. Rates: two dollars yearly for residents and institutions, ads one dollar per square for first four lines, twenty cents for each additional line. Yearly advertisers limited to twenty insertions per week unless paid. continued ads may incur billing at publisher’s option.
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Phenix Dedication Poem to Mary by Rev Charles Wolf
A mournful poem recalls a beloved Mary dead, reflecting on mortality and memory. The speaker, by a grave, grapples with loss and the hope of reunion in an afterlife, contrasting lingering love with the finality of death.
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Charles Wolf
Albert Gallatin a Stateman of the Early Republic
The article chronicles Albert Gallatin’s life from his Geneva birth in 1761 to his public career in the United States. It notes his roles as a Revolutionary War volunteer, Harvard teacher, Pennsylvania legislator, U S Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, treaty commissioner, minister to France, and ambassador, ending with his retirement in old age. It reflects on his steadfast public service and enduring influence on national policy and liberty.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Gallatin
United States
Harvard University
Pennsylvania
Congress
Ony House
Jefferson
Treasury
Madison
Great Chasin
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Monroe
France
Adams
Court of St. James
United Sites
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Republic
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Enduring Purpose of Man and Service to Others
The text contemplates human purpose from creation to the heavens, praising a life dedicated to others. It argues that man with power to confer happiness or misery should live not for self, but to serve humanity and seek a noble end beyond personal gain.
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Maon
The Earth History of a Family and Eternal Hope
A meditation on the fleeting span of family life and the lasting memory in mortal souls. It asserts that earthly ties fade with death but faith in Christ provides assurance of reunion in heaven and continued existence of love beyond the grave.
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Earth
A Sensible Girl and the Congressman Father
A tale recalls a Worcester County daughter at a Houston area school whose social ruin shifts when the father is revealed as a shoemaker and congressman. The essayist urges that honest worth should command respect regardless of wealth or status.
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Furler
Congress
Worcester County
Houston
Dharacter
Ion
Ashe
Reegard
Scientific American
Land Fever Recalled From the Knickerbocker
Recollections recount 1835 1830 land speculation in the West where city visitors chase wealth by survey maps routes and bargains. It describes land lookers, bumper prices, and settlers leaving work to pursue the rapid land rush amid chaotic scenes and rough frontier life.
Risks of lead contaminated water and aging authors’ breakthroughs
A letter warns that lead exposure may cause long term harm and urges avoidance of water touched by lead, citing a friend who lost hand use. The piece then reflects on late bloomers Dryden Milton Cowper and Scott delaying fame and success until after age thirty, with notes on their later achievements.
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Handell
Dryden
London
Milton
Cowper
Walter Scott
Struggling Traveler Hidden in Muddy Indian Home
A weary traveler named Willoughby seeks shelter in a crowded riverbank settlement. He is met with stiff hospitality as a disguised host, a bustling room full of labor and children, and a crude supper of potatoes and tea amid a laboring family and a rustic crew of carpenters and shoemakers.
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Ohio
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