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Newspaper
Halifax Gazette
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1775
Page
3
A mournful tribute from Halifax readers to Alexander Abercrombie M.D. former Chief Justice Jonathan Baconer, Esq. delivers a solemn Latin English epitaph celebrating his life in virtue learning benevolence and medical service. The notice honors his death March 31 1773 and praises his public and private virtues.
A fragmentary notice reports Governor Belcher in his will charging real estate with fifty pounds for a marble monument to Dr Abercrombie. Lieutenant Governor Belcher, his surviving son, informs purchasers the charge remains and directs erecting an Egyptian or Parian marble monument in memory of the late governor.
London June 22. Fire rope preserver of lives fixes to any thing by a spring catch for instant use at the first alarm. A family may descend safely where heavy rope ladders fail. Price one guinea paid to the porter at Furnival's Inn Coffee-House Holborn. Also public notice from Halifax October 1775 seeking claims against Lieutenant-Governor Belchner due for settlement.
John Wright announces a shop above the Parade in Halifax offering leather goods and ready breeches. He lists many items including breeches buckskin due fin caraboes and various linings. He promises prompt orders and warranted workmanship with substantial discounts for large quantities.
A sixteen dollar reward is offered for Lawrence or Leary a Treland native about 22, for two Frenchmen from old France named Foeps and Anthony and one more, all recent arrivals from New York. They allegedly indented servants who broke open a store and stole goods and may be hiding in this province. A reward of eight dollars for Leary and four dollars for each of the other two is posted, with lodging in any goal or jail as applicable.
The notice advertises inoculation for a disorder, detailing charges of ten shillings per patient for inoculation medicines and attendance, with six dollars per patient for private care. It notes a commodious North Suburbs house equipped with candles and beds, and mentions dietary provisions and a small daily fee for virtualized expenses.
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