Bristol Phenix Advertiser and Publisher Notice
The Bristol Phenix, published Saturdays by W. 4S. Bayley at No. 7 Bradford Street, lists subscription rates and ad terms. Rates: two dollars per year in advance. half yearly, two dollars. single copies at one dollar per square for three weeks, plus twenty cents per insertion. discounts for early advertisers. arrears not discounted without publisher consent.
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Bristol Phenix
Bayley
Bradford Street
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Olle
Welcoming Winter as Discipline After a Lush Summer
A speaker contrasts the end of a fruitful summer with the approach of winter. The godly view treats summer’s abundance as divine, and winter as a stern but benevolent teacher that shapes intelligence, virtue, and household well being.
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Fts
Apprenticeship Admonitions and Courtesy Teachings
The column urges parents and youths to weigh long term trade training over short term pay, warning that poaching apprentices ruins skills and futures. It argues a proper apprenticeship builds complete craft and independence, contrasted with brief, profit driven shifts. It also extols courteous behavior as a key to success, citing Washington’s courtesy and urging polite conduct in all trades.
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Washington
Boyn
Prices of food in 1770 show severe scarcity and high costs
Extracts from Rev. Thomas Smith’s journal recount bread shortages in seaport towns and prices such as Indian meal at thirty dollars per bushel, flour at fifty dollars per hundred, corn thirty five dollars per bushel, and tea at nineteen dollars per pound, illustrating extreme hardship and reliance on scarce staples.
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Thomas Smith
Falmouth
Portland
Boston
John Adams
Moe. Post
Progress and reform in government and society
A reflection on true progress balancing liberty with reform, critiquing political manipulation and urging gradual change. It notes New Orleans reform sentiment, the fight against slavery, and warns against misdirected religious reform. Also includes brief, odd public notices about asthma cure and manners advice.
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Texas
Skitchawog and Massasoit in the Neponset War Tale
In a reflective piece about early New England settlers and native history, the account centers on Massasoit and Hutakim as tensions rise near Neponset. It describes the landscape from Summer-house Mount and the Falls, then recounts Hutakim gathering warriors at Uncataquisset to confront Plymouth settlers at Ampane, detailing the planned attack and customary war rites.
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New England
Indiana
Atlantic
Neponset
Milton
Dorchester
Whorever
Massaapit
Hutch‘kim
Plymouth
Mas Sanoit
Umpane
Dlymouth
Masonsuit
Masonchusett
Quincy
Boston
Motecomet
Philip
Mount Hope
Bay
Pokauokot
Bristol
Mattepoisset
Swanzey
Keckamuit
Warren
Narragansett
Oxford
Worcester
Nipmucks
Naticks
Secomet
Little Compton
Awashonki
Squaw
Lauer
Hutohakiin
Uncataguisset
Uncata
Guinset
Uncata-guisset
Hutchakim
Ampane
Massassoil
Uncataquisset
Hutolakim
Hutehakim
Sanop
A Colonial Tale of Massasoit Hutchakim and Early Alliances
The account describes a peaceful conference on a hill where Governor and English invited Sachems Massasoit and Hutchakim. After a dramatic display with drums and a cannon, a friendship pact emerged with mutual aid and English corn barter. Hostages returned with tales of English wealth shaping Native views.
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Massasoit
Jand
Welkin
Hutchakim
Uneatsgaisset
Dorchester
Milton
Mattopan
Wadehanks
Wattehanke
Weteewal
Sanop
Narwiscumpton
Witchacapung
Narraganesita
Hatchiell
Waite Hanks
Norwiscompton
Weteewah
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