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Newspaper
The Watchman
Location
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1822
Page
1
Taz Warcuman will be published weekly at two dollars per year. One dollar is due at subscription and the second at six months. No subscriber is discontinued for arrears, nor accepted for less than six. Post subscribers bear the postage.
The letter, dated Smyrna 1821, contrasts Turkish life with America showing oppression bid rules, illiteracy and polygamy, praising American privileges while noting daily Greek-Turkish violence after a revolt. It recalls a pistol shot at the door and a Greek death, with authorities largely absent.
The piece praises Hastings era reforms and a free press in India, noting Calcutta population growth and multiple papers with rising circulation. It then recounts Captain Raine's rescue of three Nantucket men from a whale wreck near Ducie's Island after the Essex was doomed, detailing their survival ordeal and eventual recovery aboard the Surry.
I have applied to the court of common pleas for relief under insolvent debtor laws and a hearing is set for the first Monday of April. Creditors may attend. George Sweeney. Columbia February 13, 1899.
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