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Bristol Phenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1847

Page

3

Remarkable War Invention Promises Portable Cannon

A design for a five hundred piece modular cannon would be transportable and quickly assembled at any point. The patentee plans to submit the device to the War Department in Washington and claims lower cost than the Peacemaker while allowing safe rapid expansion of metal upon discharge. Santa Anna’s forces are described with numbers, artillery and strategy, with further notes on prisoners and local incidents including a $300 package ticket case and other assorted events.

War Department Washington Santa Anna Papal New Orleans San Luis Potosi Saltillo Monterey Camargo Matamoros Tula Earl House Stonington Depot Difiver Shelton

Post Office Bristol Reminds on Handbills Prepaid Transit

March 1847 notice from the Bristol post office requires all transient newspapers circulars and hand bills for transportation to be prepaid before forwarding. Postage set at three cents.

Post Office Law Jettere Betts Journal of Commerce U. 5 District Court June Berrs United States Wahler H. Bidwell U. S Bristol Ofice For Transportation

New Bedford Oil Market Sperm Whale and Whalebone Reports

New Bedford weekly oil market shows sperm oil in steady demand with about 2250 barrels sold including 1300 in Geo Potter cargo and 700 in Iris cargo, with remaining 250 barrels in other lots. Whale oil sales listed by region and price, with multiple lots traded and prices around 35 to 87 cents per gallon, no whalebone transactions recorded.

New Bedford Geo Potter Iris Barker Edward Redford California San Francisco Paines Magnolia Simmons Roma Shockley Sterling Boston Sidfra Table Bay Dee Oth Triton Spencer Jay Sid Sid Simons Bay Octavia Pell Trum Tristan Dimbarton Handy Mattapoisett Payal

Sickness care note from Prescott dated Sept 12 1845

An old notice proclaims care for Mrs Gould and seeks genuine signatures. lists Prescott MS and Beaton Naas addresses, with sale by Dr L W Briggs dated March 27 1840s. The fragment mentions a person named A Dacnelder and a warning about genuine wrappers signed L Butts.

Gould Prescott A. Dacnelder Commercial Street Beaton Naas L. Butts L. W. Biuggs

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