Montgomery Ladies Present Standard to Federal Republican Troop
In Norristown on October 16 a group of Montgomery County ladies commissioned Richard B. Jones and Matthias Coats to present a blue flag bearing the United States Arms to the Federal Republican Troop of Horse. The troop accepted, thanking the ladies and promising the standard will accompany military excursions as a symbol of public spirit, unity, and the virtue of Montgomery women.
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Richard B. Jones
Matthias Coats
United
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Letter from Barcelona on U S Navy and Tripoli threats
A letter from the mate of an American vessel, dated Barcelona and sent to a friend in Boston, extols the U S naval effort against Tripoli. He claims three ships in the region render Tripoli powerless, urges supporting the navy, and warns against those opposing naval strength. He hopes the U S government will honor the navy and its protection of the nation.
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Barcelona
Augustus
Boston
Gibraltar
United States
al Snatons
Navy captains reduced to number prescribed by act
A report from Washington says the captains of the United States Navy have been limited to the quantity set by the latest congressional act according to a circulating fibre cited by Philadelphia prints and copied by other papers, though the claim is said to be erroneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Philadelphia
Proper early cultivation boosts tree growth and yields
The article urges farmers to dig large holes, enrich soil, and fertilize young trees while avoiding weeds. It warns that neglect leads to costly losses, decayed orchards, and slower timber growth, stressing attentive planting of forest trees in dense rows to form fences and increase wood.
Parcel of School Books and Writing Materials For Sale
Inquiries list a parcel of books including American Preceptor Dilworth's Assistant Child's Instructor and various dictionaries and grammars. Also offered are Mortle's Gazetteer Guthrie's Geography Hill's Arithmetic and Tharp'side French Grammar plus a thirty ream of writing paper and pasteboard.
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Ofice
Dilworth
Child
Scott
Millet
Farmer _ Economist
Boyer
Young
Entick
Webster
Mortle
Guthrie
Dwight
Foffe
Likenesses of Wathington and Jefferson At Auction
In June an auction will feature portraits of the apothecaries of Washington for fate. Various local artworks including representations of Washington and Jefferson are listed for sale with limited details available.
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Wathington and
Jefferson
Wathington
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Norristown
Otober
New-York
Washington
The
Boston Centinel
Juli
Sue
Ithmus
Georgetown
Georgetown Bar
John Taylor
Francis Shackelford
Alfoy
Thomas ,Hutchinson
George Heriot
Patrick Donnelly
Joseph White
Samagh-Green
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