10 Jul 1823
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Newspaper
The Watchman
Location
Danville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1823
Page
1
Printed every Thursday by George Sweeney. Four terms at two dollars per year. One dollar due at subscription and six months later. No discontinuation for unpaid arrears. Subscriptions not accepted for fewer than six. Postage for mailed copies charged to the subscriber.
The excerpt lists United States Branches Banks in New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with notes on sales and banking districts. It references Boston Springfield Worcester Providence and Hartford banks and several town branches including Middletown Bridgeport and New Haven in a fragmented financial catalog.
Notices state that flax and wool may be used to pay for newspapers at the office. Wood or grain will be accepted at market prices from Milton area subscribers at Montgomery Sweney’s still house for payment. Subcribers may also pay in producer by sending goods when convenient.
The piece recalls George Whitefield in Edinburgh, noting his reception and a sermon to a large crowd. It describes his remarks on an execution, praising Scottish sympathy at the moment and contrasting it with Jewish reaction to Christ, ending with a reference to a sun veiling its face at the crucifixion.
A Sullivan County public meeting shows unanimous support for General Andrew Jackson for president. Attendees vow not to back any candidate for governor or assembly who opposes Jackson. The item references Britain’s Bank of England notes and Canadian immigration trends, plus a note on West Indies slave numbers.
A mistreated woman recounts being seized by French forces in Spain and coerced into a nightmare ordeal. She endures torture, forced compliance, and repeated confinement in a mansion with Don Francisco, while Mary and other young women compound the horror. The narrator fears loss of honor and life as she endures in a hellish confinement.
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