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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1801
Page
4
A rustic verse extols contentment over wealth praising a good wife. The speaker, a cheerful labourer, values domestic life, early work, simple meals, and harmony at home. The poem advises bachelors to seek virtue first to obtain happiness and a good spouse.
A lively Oxford anecdote depicts Boniface defending his ale shop near the Pound. The vice chancellor misinterprets his claim that he sold ale by the pound, the proctor joins, and the rascal is dismissed. The piece then shifts to Jefferson praising republican virtue and warning against executive patronage and legislative imbalance, stressing citizen toil and freedom.
From the Richmond Examiner dated Sept 4 1800 a letter from Mr Fefferson replies to a Berkeley citizen. He says citizens must act freely yet remain passive to preserve the republic. He warns against violence and notes divisions over monarchical versus republican power amid rising political tensions.
A listing of household and hardware items including brass goods, knives, irons, locks, tea kettles, cashmeres, clothing, textiles, writing supplies, and pewter. The advertisement notes sale by the brig Columbia on coplignment with quantities of sugar, wine, and provisions, dated February 4 and November 23.
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