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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1801
Page
4
Boston Centinel reports Mr William Baxter of Onuicy staged a hulking frolic gathering nearly two hundred huskers to husk fifteen hundred bushels of corn raised this year. The event, held from eight in the morning to eleven at night, drew praise as the largest hulking party ever known in Massachusetts.
Fragmentary verse from 1801 notes a village, thefts, and disguises as a youth pursues love. Imagery centers on a torch lit by Hyen, masked fears, and a crowning festival mood amid secrecy and desire.
A quirky quaker who never yields sparks a wager with a rider who blocks his path. The rider’s calm glare and deliberate pipe strike provoke a quip about obstinacy as the two gaze eye to eye. A vain servant denies access to his master who has just idolized himself.
A compact, satirical meditation on time management urging restraint in ideas and choices. It warns against endless lounging and acquiring new notions, claiming fewer ideas speed decision making and protect precious time from wasteful debate. The tone mimics a period voice with aphoristic guidance.
A red Morocco pocket book with silver clasp belonging to Mr. Joan Jonesy of Georgetown is reported stolen. It contained Dr. Graham notes around 600 dollars, Simon Dailey, Thomas Potts, Jonathan Lacey, Thomas Woods, John Willson, R v Walton volumes, D M Daniel notes totaling various amounts, and an outstanding 50 dollar order by Col. Thomas Shubrick. Warning to all to avoid payments to anyone other than the owner X. Mkenzie. December 6.
Property description from a 19th century notice notes a plantation residence of the Price family, suitable for cotton, corn or indigo. It mentions a dwelling house and outbuildings and invites inquiries to John Wilson at Black Mimgo, with a December date.
Property adjoining Mr Fleming offers a near market location ideal for keeping stock or gardening. For particulars apply to the address given in the notice, dated December.
ES Subscriber announces a new spacious wharf on the Isthmus opposite Georgetown, 150 feet front, for lumber and naval stores with moderate wharfage. A constant attendant will improve fire safety and reduce theft. Storage for about 100 hogsheads of tobacco offered. vessels able to load at Georgetown bar can dock at the wharf. John Taylor.
For sale notice describes the dwelling and parcel currently occupied by Francis Shackelfold as of October 3. The brief item notes property and occupant details without further terms or bids.
Francis G Deliesse line imported from London aboard the ship Amity and Juno arrives with a diverse stock including fashion fabrics, blankets, carpets, shoes, hats, leather items, tea trays, plate warmers, candlesticks, and extensive crockery and cutlery. The catalog lists numerous textiles and household wares with December dates noted.
The notice describes a pounding mill on Sandpit plantation with capacity to pound from 25 to 30 barrels daily and to deliver 10 to 30 barrels of rice daily. It includes a complete cotton gin for cleaning and ginning, capable of delivering 10 to 600 weight of clean cotton daily. Buyers may expect prompt dispatch. The sale also advertises the two saw mills and extensive lands of 4000 to 5000 acres at Waterfield, with a March or June date referenced.
Notice declares Grand Jurors Thomas Young John Daniel Thomas Ready William Heriet Benjamin Buffkingy and others summoned in Georgetown for General Sessions and Common Pleas. Petit and common pleas jurors listed face fines of thirty and twenty dollars plus five percent tax if they fail to provide on oath a sufficient excusal by April first.
Property described as mortgaged and forfeited for period 3h antique ex. listed at the printing office for public action. Public auction notice indicates authority and location with dates to follow in legal postings.
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