28 Dec 1839
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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1839
Page
1
The Georgetown American sets out subscription rates at five dollars per year with semiannual payments on January 1 and July 1, forbids short-term subscriptions, and requires advance payment. It details ad pricing by square, discounts for semiannual ads, and rules for ad content and delivery, including postpaid notices and mail handling by officers.
Advertises sale of four enslaved people including a young woman with child and a field hand group on January 2 1841. Purchaser must provide clothing shoes and give a note with security. Executor C J Atkinson of W T Thompson signs. Dec 21. Benjamin King. Der 9. Serotion Wanted for Rice Plantation Overseer with experience. reply via post office. Dec 7. Public notice: Dubose to remove trash on Thursdays. citizens to have waste collected and deposited in street before 10 o'clock.
Dec 518 t f BMIE subscriber with carpentry plastering and pareing work offers to erect public or private buildings with speed and taste. R Luther N 2. Plans and drawings furnished. Also timely notice from Tim Davis about future Georgetown work and apprentices sought. For sale items include potatoes sugar hay staves shingles lime and more from E Waterman.
Regular meeting of Georgetown District Commissioners of Roads orders publication of an 1825 act. The act limits boards to biannual meetings, sets fines for nonattendance, authorizes road laying and repairs, and requires notice before new roads. It details vacancies, term limits for commissioners, exemptions for ministers and certain workers, and duties for road divisions, including slave work returns and Warner roles.
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