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CME Prenex
W. H
Bayley
Bradford
Rex
My Mother's Grave A Poem Of Grief and Prayer
A mournful poem of a child addressing a mother's grave. The speaker laments sin and longing, pleads for bless and guidance, and recalls childhood and shared dreams. The writing evokes imagery of waves, winds, and religious devotion as the spirit seeks solace at the grave.
Destruction at Sea and Humorous Snippets Collected
A 1844 survey notes sea losses compared with prior years, citing vessels lost and lives, plus missing ships and wrecks. It includes jests about sobriety at sea, life lessons from nature, marriage wit, and social observations from the period.
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Magasine Envires 08
Seanent
The Forged Patent at Crosby’s Prairie
In 1819 Illinois frontier life, Charles Wilson foils Squire Crosby’s forged patent scheme that would ruin Simon Davis and Lucy Davis. Davis shelters the stranger, who recovers with help from Lucy and Simon, exposing Crosby’s fraud and uniting Wilson with Lucy. The tale blends hardship, mercy, and a rebirth of trust as Wilson learns money’s value and rightful land ownership.
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Illinois
Rlining
Squire Crosby
Breots Prairie
Crosby
Jim
Knaves
Tam
Phe
Squire
Himeelf
Simon Davis
Simon
Mr. Davis
Salle Long
Lucy Davis
Lucy
Charles
Wilson
Boston
Brent's Prairie
Mr. Davie
Sam
Mr. Davin
Davis Impediawl
Ndofties
Ian
Lacy
Hin
Charles Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Ilinois
Woodaman
Young Wilson
Davis
Simon Davie
Kvaiew
Jie
Forged Deed and Redemption in a Texas Flight
A tale of forgery exposed leads Crosby to plea for mercy as Wilson and Lucy confront him. The old man demands compensation. Crosby yields, weds Lucy, and the family departs for Texas. The narrative closes with Morality on education and mercy as reform.
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Noruino Sur Cony Waren
Oriary
Wilson
Crosby
Wilton
Lucy
Oasis
Crowley
Texas
Charles
Mr. Davis
Charles Ra Lucy
Anth
Nothury
Dublin
Wincksmith
Sullivan
Norbury
John
Pari
Bristol 1785 Meeting on Religion and Paper Money Debates
An 1785 Bristol annal notes a March religious meeting led by Rev. Henry Wight, lists local freemen elected as deputies in April, and details the heated state debt and paper money controversy. It covers May fishing exp, St Michaels Church reconstruction, July meat payments, court rulings, and the 1786 push to emit £100,000 in paper money. The period ends with a town vote opposing the likely next step and a December thanksgiving.
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Bristol
Henry Wight
Seabury Manchester
William Nathan Munro, Jr
Samuel Vial Peck
Thomas Church
William Coggeshall
John Gladdi Benjamin Reed
Edward Talbee
Sur Perfliam Bradford
Stephen Smith
General Assembly
Green
Gov, Greene
Friends of Paper Money
East Greenwich
Supreme Court
Newport
John Trovatt
Weeden
Mumford
Bradford
Briséol
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Lile
Church of England
Church of Rome
God
Louisville Advertiser
Johns Russell
Iil
Washington
Franklin
Sherman
Popper
Maven Merald
Mr. A
Mr. B
Olio
Germany
America
Wm. Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
A. G
Philadelphia
Moston
Annals OF Bristol
Cowrisven
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