BOUND VOLUMES May 13, 2020 200 YEARS AGO It is said that the death of Tamaahmaah, King of the Sandwich Islands, has caused so much dissension among his successors and officers, as to threaten a revolution and civil war. The old King left upwards of $150,000 dollars in specie. The death of this venerable Indian Prince at the present time, is a cause of serious regret among the friends of Christianity in this community. He was very favorably disposed towards…
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BOUND VOLUMES: May 7, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Agricultural: Mr. John G. Harden owns a lot of 14 acres of land in Bristol, Rhode Island, on which are a dwelling house, three barns and a shop. The last summer (1819) he rented a lot of the same for $20 and cultivated the remainder, which produced as follows: 18,600 bunches of onions; 100 bushels of corn; 100 bushels of potatoes; 40 bushels of beets; 40 bushels of Fr. Turnips; 100 bushels…
BOUND VOLUMES April 30, 2020 200 YEARS AGO A Law Case (Leesburgh, Virginia): An action to recover damages for a breach of promise of a marriage contract was tried in the Supreme Court before the Hon. Judge White. The circumstances attending the case were of a very interesting nature, and excited a lively feeling on behalf of the plaintiff, whose character was proved to have been correct and exemplary. She was the daughter of a widow in a humble station…
BOUND VOLUMES April 23, 2020 200 YEARS AGO To Agriculturalists – That valuable article SOOT, has hitherto been too much neglected. But the time has now come, that its use in some degree is understood. Although, for years past it has been used with great success in England, yet its valuable qualities have been but little known to American Agriculturalists. By my own experience it is found the best mode to preserve the Soot perfectly dry in large quantities. When…
BOUND VOLUMES April 16, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Information Wanted: Amos M. Draper, an orphan grandson of the Subscriber, left the service of Captain Henry Stockwell, book-binder, Troy, N.Y. sometime in August or September last, since which time his friends have not heard from him. He is aged about sixteen years, round favored, pretty large blue eyes, and rather small in stature. Any person who will give information of said Boy, by mail, addressed to Ezra Williams, Post- Master, Westford,…
BOUND VOLUMES April 9, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Newbern, North Carolina – An alligator, weighing 900 pounds, measuring 12 feet in length, and pronounced to be 33 years old, was recently killed in this vicinity, brought to town, and exhibited as a curiosity. This hideous monster had been assailed…upwards of 100 buck shot were found in his carcass which had hardly penetrated his “coat of mail” and seemed to have caused him no inconvenience. When last discovered, the old offender…
BOUND VOLUMES April 2, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Saddlery and Harness Shop – The subscriber feels grateful for that countenance and patronage from the public which he has received for many years, and respectfully informs them, that he continues the business in the Shop near the post office in Cooperstown, where all orders in any branch of it will be faithfully attended to. He keeps on hand an assortment of saddles, bridles, Harness, &c, &c. which he warrants of…
BOUND VOLUMES March 26, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Married on the Ninth Inst. at Washington City by the Rev. Mr. Hawley, Samuel Lawrence Governeur, Esq. of New York to Miss Maria Hester Monroe, youngest daughter of the President of the United States. Editor: To Patrons – This number completes half a year since the resumption of our editorial duties; and we should be unmindful of our obligations to the public, were we to refrain from expressing our thanks for the…
BOUND VOLUMES March 19, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Academy and Boarding School for Young Misses – The Rev. Mr. Molther, respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Cooperstown and its vicinity, that after New Year’s Day, 1820, he intends to establish in this Village, an Academy and Boarding School for Young Misses. Aided by his eldest daughters, he proposes to give instruction in the following branches of learning: Reading, English Grammar, Writing, Orthography (or correct spelling put to practice),…
BOUND VOLUMES March 12, 2020 200 YEARS AGO On the February 24, at 12 o’clock at night, Joseph Nelson, Nathaniel Brown, Philip Johnson, Lemuel Wood, John O’Brien, James Joyce, David Linus, James Martin, and John N. Baldwin, escaped from No. 12, in the Middle Hall of the State Prison at Auburn, by breaking through the outside wall of the cell. It was done with bars of iron, and is said to have been the work of a week or ten…
