Going Forward By Looking Back From Bristol 1871
The Bristol Justices of the Peace listed Thomas Diman as Coroner and several others including Greenwood Reynolds Edward Church Samuel Coggeshall Josiah Gooding Lemuel C Richmond Luke Drury Joseph W Torrey and John W Bourne. Public Notaries were Benjamin Bosworth Samuel Smith John West Jr John Wardwell William Muenscher and Joseph W Torrey. Peleg Slocum served as Constable and jailer. Debtors faced imprisonment with annual committments averaging about 40 and debts ranged from 5 to 5000 dollars. Some were freed by the poor debtor oath while others paid or arranged settlements, with some held for years. Military service was widespread with Bristol and Newport counties composing the 4th Brigade under Brigadier General George O Wolf. The Fifth Regiment included Byron Diman and local officers. parade duties and musters were held in April and September. The Bristol Artillery officers included Golden Dearth and Henry Wight Jr, with a drill site on Bradford Street near the old Congregational space. The period’s militia bands included Jonathan Alger and others providing martial music.
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Bristol
Thomas Diman
Greenwood Reynolds
Edward Church
Samuel Coggeshall
Josiah Gooding
Lemuel C. Richmond
Luke Drury
Joseph W. Torrey
John W Bourne
Benjamin Bosworth
Samuel Smith
John West, Jr
John Wardwell
William Muenscher
Peleg Slocum
Dea
Dand
Militig
SCP
Blocksland
Prudence
Newport
George O’wolf
George S. Wardwell
Byron Diman
Benjamin Peck
Barrington
Sylvester Luther
Josiah Munro
Ephraim Sprague
William Lawless
Thomas Waldron
Timothy Coggeshall
Lemmel Fales
Martin Horton
Bristol Artillery
Golden Dearth
Henry Wight, Jr
Samuel Wardwell
Hezekiah Norris
Thor Armory
Bradford Street
Broweraye Way
Yaerscens
Jonathan Alger
Job M. Barrus
James Miller
Simon Davis
King’s Pardon in Delaware 1747 A Girl’s Courage
Penelope Hood of New Castle lives with family at the Wild Swan Hood Inn as pirates threaten her father after he is captured with his crew aboard the Sally Ann. Penelope plays a brave role in this nineteenth century Delaware tale of loyalty and American girlhood. The piece also notes author Gertrude Crownfield and illustrator William Pardon Jr, and closes with a short poem about rain by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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New Castle
Delaware
Penelope Hood
Penelope
Lewes
Ruby
Roger Owen
Malachi Hood
Pen
Gertrude Crownfield
Baltimore
Maryland
America
Alison Blair
Fredom
Kathernine Gordon
Margaret
William Pardon, Jr
Wilmington
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia
Miss Crownfield
Robert Tours Stevenson
Guests We Never Invite Again
Amusing drawings by Fish the Brit wear out their welcome feature in full color in The American Weekly distributed with the June 20 Boston Sunday Advertiser.
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Fish the Brit
Jime
Boston Sunday Advertiser
Know New England Contest Promises $3000 in Prizes
The Know New England Contest opens next week with 31 cash prizes totaling 3000. Readers unscramble six names weekly, one per New England state, over ten weeks. First prize 2000, second 1000, and additional prizes including 200, 100, 50, and 31 rewards plus 120 merchandise awards.
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New England
Denissof
Oem
England
New
Boston
Feading National Makers of Home
New Eogland
New England Press Association
Rockwell outlines aims for new Andrews School project
C B Rockwell explains reasons for a larger Andrews School with Colonial brick exterior, 80 by 50 foot gym, five shop rooms, two home rooms, and seating for 709 to 840. He cites shifting enrollments, PWA funds of about 80 000, and budget impacts including janitorial and staff costs while noting Byfield and old Pastime site usage and architect George M Cagy’s work. Guests attend the meeting from Bristol Naugatuck and Pawtucket.
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Myris Brah
Renny Jorga
Wyatt
PWA
Colt
Rockwell
George M Cagy
Edward FE. Bunn
Bristol
Willam Kellex
Naugatuck
William T Townsend
Pawtucket
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Chevrolet
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General Motors
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Sales Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
H. H. Lawson CO
Hope and
Washington Sts
Encyclopedia Britannica
Bristol District .Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson Beastdeuse
High St
C. B. Rockwell
New Andrews School
BOWEN
Bowen Motors Market Street Warres, &. 1
Telefhone
Cal
E. A. Skinner
Bristol, R. 1
Herbert C. Eales
Pleasant ST
Fifteenth Fall River, Mass
J. J. Nascimento
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