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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1840
Page
2
A brief agricultural note from J. Taylor to Gen. C. M. Jackson explains ginning yields: 109ths of cotton in the seed yields 36 tenths of lint or two bushels of seed weighing pounds. The communication comes from the Committee on Okra Cotton of the Agriculture Society of South Alabama.
London reports blockades and empire-wide moves as Britain considers action against China. Paris trade slumps amid US credit fears while domestic unrest looms with explosive devices and Bonapartist arrests. The Queen's upcoming marriage to Prince Albert prompts royal outcome debates.
Sale notice lists multiple properties to be sold by court order in Georgetown including Enfield Pee Dee 370 acres with bank and cultivation, Bullin's Island 100 acres under bank, Waccamaw rice land 800 acres, Clegg's Point 300 acres, Sompit 150 acres, Jack River inland rice, Collins Island near Light House, Sampit pine lands about 200 acres and other pine tracts on Santec, plus 90 to 100 enslaved people.
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