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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1850
Page
3
A May report claimed Capt May broke through Mexican lines at Palo Alto but is now shown unlikely. The piece also notes a Pavey figure once said to have died in California and recalls a boat captain who sailed routes between Pittsburg and St Louis.
An 19th century column mixes a census inquiry anecdote from a New York house with reports of a Cuban exile arrival and Lady Franklin's inquiry into her husband's fate. It notes a forthcoming steamless locomotive concept, and updates on Nimrod mound discoveries in Assyria Nineveh, including a throne unearthed in Loyard's Alsysia expedition.
Fragmentary OCR hints at Black individuals connected to a distillery and appearances in a local setting. Names and specifics are unclear, but the text indicates involvement of Black people in events or roles linked to a distillery and community context.
Post Office records show letters remaining at Pickens C H for quarter ending March 1860. If unclaimed within three months, they will be sent to the Post Office Department as dead letters to listed individuals including Agnew AJ Bremor Suman Carvor Andereon H Edwards WW Gasanway Patney and others.
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