A Bristol Tale of Captain Jim and the Yankee Legacy
The article recounts the Yankee's five cruises yielding forty prizes and five million dollars in British goods, with crew shares led by Captain Elisha Snow. It covers early Bristol finance including the Bank of Bristol, Mount Hope Bank, and local press history tied to James D Wolf and Thames Street wharves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Elisha Snow
John Howe
James D’wolf
John Smith
Jack
Jim
England
Shannon
Bank of Bristol
N. W
State Street
William Bradford
Capt. O’wolf
James O’wolf
Mount Hope Bank
Thames Street
Bristol Gazette
William H S. Bayley
James D'Wolf
Byron Diman
Capt. D’wolf
O'Wolf
Jacob Babbitt
Bayley
Tel 789 W Trucking Services Ad
Local carrier promotes sand gravel fill loam crushed stone and washed materials. Stump removal offered regardless of size. Bennis courts and yawns built or rebuilt with all work guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennis
Town motions cut Guiteras repairs to twelve thousand
The council reduced the Guiteras Memorial junior high school repair appropriation from 23000 to 12000 after a study by engineers. It cites a settled foundation and leaking walls but says waterproofing will be needed again later. Funds may come from town bonds or general accounts.
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Guiteras Memorial
Rockwell
Guiteras
Jentios
Batlou
Aren- Uaesd
Erdiom
Fred N. Severud
New York
Severud
Guneral
Francois L. deWolf
Joseph A Hamill
deWolf
Slicitor Hammill
Home Demonstration Club
Wm. H. Dunbar
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Firemen’s Relief Commission
Walter Kerr
Guiteras Memorial School
Planning Board Expenses Funded by Appropriation
The document notes funds appropriated for payment of expenses of the Planning Board. It specifies a payment amount of $100.00 and indicates the appropriation is for the same purpose. The text appears garbled but centers on allocating funds to cover planning board costs.
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Budget Committee
Callan
Planning Board
Tore Tee
Caf
Jex
Weetalk
New England Spring Flower Show to Welcome Sir William Wright Smith
The 68th annual New England Spring Flower Show runs March 16 to 21 in Boston. Sir William Wright Smith of Edinburgh, a noted botanist and Regius Keeper, will judge the Massachusetts Horticultural Society event and champion the Gardening Down the Ages display.
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New England
Sir William Wright Smith
Edinburgh
Scotland
Sir William
University of Edinburgh
King’s Botanist
Regius
Royal Botanic Garden
Boston
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Edward I. Farrington
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Apa
H Callan
Timken Sit Quemnouiz
Joseph A. Bowen Company
Pleasant ST
Fall River
Warren
Joseph A Bowen
Warren Office
Bowen Motors
New ‘England
Town OF
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Board of Assessors
Amos S Gorham
Ete Ets
Pei
Ierd Vere Ten
Albert Sutcliffe
Mary J. Sutcliffe
Rhode Island
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Natale Martinez
Henry E. Paull
Walter B. Stanton
Cranston
Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner
Providence
R. I
District Court OF the United States
District OF Rhode Island
Giuseppe DiMatteo
Barrington
Bristol Phoenix
George J Ssns
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins
E L. Watson Co., Inc
Yey Hosset Street
Coe Wartrns
G. M. Wilbur
Main St
Warren el
Constitution
Henry R. Bullock
Warren, R. I
E. W. Weaver & Son
High Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Tel. Conn
Ulysse Forget
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Bristol District Nursing Association
To & P
Martha Graham
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Thyra Carlson
High St
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