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Newspaper
Virginia Advocate
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1827
Page
1
A Saturday edition from Charlottesville details subscription terms and a broad range of notices. It includes Chancery orders, editor letters, and a lengthy transcript-like account of parliamentary debate, political alignments, and calls for educational reform amid early national discourse.
An extensive excerpt traces wool origins and terminology from Greek and Arabic roots to modern names for cotton and fibers. It notes Herodotus on wool on trees, landrace terms across Tarbury and Tarropeana, and lists numerous global language-derived names for cotton and fabrics. The text also touches on French Navy ship counts and a ceremonial page with public works references.
A notice of public auction offers a substantial property on Brand Way between Charlottesside and Cue University. It includes two brick houses, outbuildings, water pump, garden, and stable, with household and kitchen furniture. Debts are to be settled. sale to cover creditors if not privately disposed, dated Oct 5. Attested by Allen Hscon and others, with court proceedings in Chancery and publication in the Virginia newspaper.
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