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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1801
Page
4
Fragment of a late London style ballad about Lord William, murderer of Edmund, and the Severn flood. A boatman scene ends with William perishing as he clings to a dying Edmund, a tale of guilt and avenging fate.
A London letter claimed to be from a nobleman asked a housekeeper to fetch plate stored at the bank. Doubts arose over handwriting and origin, leading her to seek guidance from the master’s brother and the bank staff before any action. The banker remained convinced the letter was genuine.
A woman sought protection for her master by placing a butcher in the house with his dog as guard. The dog guarded the room containing the plate, but a murder occurred the next morning when the master’s brother was found dead, carcass desecrated, while the dog remained unwounded. The family hides the tragedy as rumors spread of the master’s absence and travel.
The itemized list covers groceries textiles fabrics household goods and tools for sale at reduced prices. It includes coffee pepper soap candles tobacco hats cloths handkerchiefs knives razors playing cards ink stands drinking ware and other domestic items with quantities and prices noted. The dealer appears under the name EVI SALOMON Aptiles.
A notice offers twenty dollars for information leading to the capture of Sam a runaway enslaved man from Georgetown area. Described as a faithful preacher with ties to Capt Keiths plantation Richmond and Samuel Smith and John Simons places on Black River. Warns white or black harborers will be punished under the law. April 1.
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