17 Nov 1849
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Newspaper
Bristol Phenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1849
Page
1
Published every Saturday morning at 50, 7 Bradford Street Bristol by B W H S Bayley. Advertising rates listed per square and per insertion. Misspelled and decayed text indicates column pricing and subscriber terms.
A long compilation of acts and resolutions from the Rhode Island General Assembly in October 1849. It covers licensing duties for insurance agents, deposition and deed acknowledgment rules, turnpike protection penalties, jail communications restrictions, and various committee appointments on public buildings, schools, prisons, and court information.
A ragged text blends sermons on parental love and virtue with musings on language and sorrow. It contrasts family devotion with warnings about profanity and oaths, then shifts to contemplations on mood and memory, ending with a stray note about the shoe trade.
A missing West Indies merchant suspects a long separation, a wife widowed in poverty, and a later marriage. After 20 years, the first husband returns with a dramatic courtroom reveal led by Aaron Burr as defense, presenting a young woman witness he claims is his daughter. The case hinges on legitimacy and fate.
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