An Act on School District Officers and Oaths
The document outlines powers and duties of school district officers including how districts are laid off, financed, and appealed, plus oath requirements for state and town officials and rules for district administration and joint districts. It references Bowen as secretary and dates in 1645 to 1846.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Josse
Tree Co
ENRY
Bowen
General Assembly
Witneas
Henry Bowen
Court of Commode Pleas
Bristol
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Witners
Enry Bowen
Providence
Pawtucket
Wavesace
Boston
N. Dickinson
Department of Our Almanac
Q. W. Wheelock
Turnpike Toll Reassignment and State Account Settlement
A 1846 notice authorizes settling state road debts by charging tolls due. Repeals prior toll related acts, preserves current collections. Also a Boston Daily Advertiser market report and New Bedford shipping list note beef cattle, sheep, swine prices, and oil sales for the week ending Nov 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Daily Advertiser
Brig.n
New Bedford
NEW Bedford Oil
Nantucket
Warren
Lozenges Rival Vegetable Pill in Liver Ailments and Stomach Purges
Advertised Lozenges claim direct liver action and strong purgative effects, offering a gentler substitute when Vegetable Pill irritates delicate stomachs. They target liver congestion and a range of digestive and female irregularities, with Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry praised for pulmonary cures in Kinderhook and Chatham, noting a dramatic recovery in a young woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W HS Bayley
L W Briggs
Wistar
Avery
Chatham
Thie County
Hertick
Meilicine
Stendant
Kinderbonk
L. W. Briggs
Local Nuptials Reported Across Town and Nearby Cities
Sunday night nuptials announced by Rev Sykes feature James C Davenport of Newport and Charlonte I Nichols of Ulistown.Wm Gilmore of Pawtucket weds Bo Ann Harrington of Newport. Cornelius B Pease weds Betsey B Snell in Full Silver on the Ist. Jeremiah Baldwin of New Bedford weds Caroline Jordan of Elawort Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sykes
James C. Davenport
Newport
Charlonte I
Benjamin P. Nichols
Ulistown
Wm. Gilmore
Pawtucket
Bo Ann Harrington
Cornelius B. Pease
Betsey B Snell
Jeremiah Baldwin
New Bedford
Caroline Jordan
Elawort
Obituaries and Death Notices from Local Towns
Notices record deaths and ages across towns including Mrs Mary Horton aged 77 Mrs Sarah Manchester aged about 30 Mrs Betsey Slade 17 from colored community Captain Samuel Mason aged near 90 Cornelia M Chace 15 Eleanor D Brownell 25 Eben Luther age 1 George Russell 9 Caroline C Phillips 20 Elisha Cue 77 Elizabeth Gray 72 plus local remarks on church membership and familial ties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Eliphalet Horton
Sarah
Philp A. Manchester
Methodist KE
Betsey Slade
Warren
Samuel Mason
Cornelia M
Philip Chace
Fall River
Eleanor D. Brownell
Fenner Brownell
Eben Luther
Isaac
Peace King
George Russell
Edmund
Nancy Davis
Newport
Caroline C. Phillips
Joseph Philips
Stephen Cahoone
Elisha Cue
Tiverton
Elizabeth
John Gray
Maritime arrivals and sailings from Providence and Taunton ports
A 1846 ship log lists arrivals and departures including Sloop Gen Washington Corey from Portsmouth Sloop Fame Pearse from Providence and multiple boats such as J C Calhoun from Providence Slop Franklin Paine from Kreetown and Mary Nichols from East Greenwich along with Grove and Taunton departures toward Havana Boston Grand Caillou and Freetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Corey
Portsmouth
Fame
Pearse
Providence
J C Calhoun
Babbitt
Franklin
Eliza Ann
Hawkins
Havana
Grecian
Clarke
J C Calhoon
Boston
Maria
Small
Patmos
Kelley
Barnstable
Laurette
Phillipe
Taunton
Marmion
Grand Caillou
Mary Elisabeth
Robinson
Freetown
Industry
Simmons
Dighton
Wm H Allen
Williston
Varied Nineteenth Century Seafaring Vessels Reach Bergold Harbor
A partial shipping log notes multiple vessels including bark Ellen, bark Parker Cook, and ewer Morgan with coordinates and ports of call such as Provincetown Fayal and St Peters. Several ships report damage from a gale or accident, including lost boats and broken masts, while others completed long passages within about thirty hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
St Peters
Simmons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laws
Rhode Island
Taempik
Peters Lozenges
Kmarbrigh
Marine Journal
Port OF
Homa
Weeden
Smyrna
Gibraltar
Philadelphia
John Hill
Pearce
Montillo
Hammond
Albany
Advance
Gifford
Barton
Wardwell
Blood Sally
Ding
Cuwu New
Court House
Tossa
Messra J. Gooding
B.A. Gifford
G. CU. Peame
M. W. Pearse, Jr
J. B. Munro
John Adams
F. J. Burgess Pyibbeell
Rob Ray
KA. Burgess
John Sayer & Co
New York
S. J. Allyn
Oregon
Orleans
J. Allyn
The
Phenix
MO. B. Munro
Long Wharf
F. A. Burgess
Water Street
Peckham
Wm. L. Peckham
Briaron
Henry P. Ames
Mariner
Bristol Phenix
WM. Throop
J. M_ Giwopiye
Simeres
W. D. Briggs
Dr. Wood
Boston Daily Times
Nerdacue
Dr. Wool
Plymouth
Wood
Jr. Wood
Jvesei
Pir Peintor
the. Thornton, Jr
New Sedford
Brinnl
Win
Parker
Driscoll
Charles Dyer, Jr
Nold
New England
Monterey
Mexico
Browane
Vermont
Hamilton
John H. Allyn
Francis Bourn
Ordvret W. H.S. Bayley
Capital Brook
Sag Bank
Bank of Bristol
AL Qothao Hawt
Gormic Haut
Deak Et’ Beigua
Eg Steam Mill Co
Georg . Monro
Admuin
Union Street
Bennett J. Manro
George Coggashall
Allyns' Arcade
Great Bargaine
Cornelius
Abdus
D&c
Apothecary
BOOTS
WV Bose
Ward
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