The Cobble Grew Gropp and the Hidden Gold
In a laboring cottage Jared Gropp, a cheerful cobbler, refuses money yet gains a fortune by a stranger who needs boot mending. A purse of gold tests honesty, leading to a divine reward when the stranger is revealed to be Gropp’s long lost brother George Munson, and the family’s future is secured by prudent, moral action.
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Roger
Jareb
Jarab’ Gropp
Smith— Smith
Smith
Gopp
Heppy
Gropp
Jardi
Jared
Jaret
Tommy
Johnny
Jareb Gropp
Mag
England
Feom-Diventry
Northampton
Daventry
George
India
George Munson
Aspen
Jared Gropp
Eminent Poet Dies by His Own Hand in London
The Bristol youth, recently lodging at No 4 Brooke Street Holborn, died by suicide two days after buying arsenic. Once writing of fame and association with notable figures, he faced mounting poverty, hunger, and isolation in his last weeks, ending his life at eighteen in a garret room in Holborn.
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Caatterton
Shoreditchi
Brooke Street
Holborn
Cross
Angel
Bristol
Rowley
Radcliffe Church
London
Summer Birds Fly Southward Before Winter
A fragment discusses how birds like cuckoos and swallows migrate south before winter. It reflects on nature guiding the sparrow and other creatures, noting their wisdom in timing and the instinct to store food or prepare for harsher weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beralde
Sanger
Remarkable Silver Spring Near Ocala Florida
A Cincinnati Correspondent describes Silver Spring near Ocala as one of Florida’s largest springs. The basin is thirty seven feet deep and about an acre, with a fifty to sixty foot wide stream eight to nine miles long to the Okawaba river. Its water is extra clear and potable, fish are visible, and steamers regularly run from St John.
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Frorma
Ocala
Florida
Silver Spring
Oklawaba River
St.Johne
Lake
Apapka
St. Johne
Harris
Cincinnati Commercial
Last Revolutionary Soldier John Grey Dies in Noble County Ohio
A Chronicle letter reports John Grey aged 106, the last Revolutionary soldier, died March 29 at his Noble County home. Grey, born January 6 1762 at Fairfax Court House, served in the Continental Army and witnessed Yorktown. He later moved to Ohio and lived in sight of the writer for two decades.
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Chronicle
Ohio
John Grey
Noble County
Fairfax Court House
Mount Vernon
General Washington
Hoe
Yorktown
Grey
Fragmentary Quotation on Pursuit and Malice
A fragment references someone dedicating energy to drive another away and to say things to make him unhappy, indicating a tense interpersonal dispute. The text provides no clear event, date, or location details.
Rhode Island Appropriation Act for 1869 Government Funds
The act outlines annual appropriations for the Rhode Island government for the year ending April 30, 1869. It details salaries for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, justices, clerks, and state officials, plus funding for General Assembly, judicial expenses, education, welfare for the insane and dependent persons, jailer costs, reform school, militia, printing, and court houses. It specifies amounts for salaries, clerical positions, witnesses, jurors, and various departments.
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General Assembly
Balaries
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Oncourt
Court of Magistrates
City of
Providence
Court of Justices
Newport
Woontocket
Pawtucket
Bristol
Court of Common Pleas
Bristol County
Mon Pleas
Courts of Common Pleas
Butler
Board of Parsons
Providence County
Reform School
A. D
HOR Forlio Printing
LAW Library
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Dolléra
CETIS
G. Ae
Orleans
Demerara
Xery Light
Jong Wharf
Ma High Pier
Waldron
Kimball
Otis Monro
Wresh Grand Grak Ai Flour
Poke
Ors Munro
Otis
Munro
W. B. Kimball
High Sud
Constitetion
Cc. Cummings
Isleby
SA - Miller
J.A. Miller
Mount T Hope
Ely
Ff. M. Gifford & Bon
Hope Street
Sagara
New Orleans
P. J. Bradford
Thames Street
Spooner & Son
C. B. Devoll’s
Coruat
Thames
Church Streets
New York
B. Devoll
Geo. H. Reynolds
Tian Mecisies
Groserv
Graham Ho
Belectev Btera
Paul
Sunday Magazine
Marx Twain
Tter
Hawes
Rhode Island
State OF
Providence Plantations
Daneary Séasion
House of Representatives
Senate
Providence Reform School
TRE Rhode Iguand
Sage Aley
Providente
Pricom
Prion
Narragansett
County of
Suboolz
Boston ‘and Providence
Sée~kook River
Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation
Beekomk
Raid Railroad
Corpos
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