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SMALL & FOUTE, Attorneys at Law, Tennessee,  1855

Residence for Sale, Tennessee, 1855    McMAHON, SHAW, CHURCH

Pomegranate Cotton Seed, $4/bushel, Tennessee, 1855    MITCHELL, STRATTON, McDAVITT

Excellent Accommodation at Mrs. YOUNG's: $1/day or $15/month, Tennessee, 1855

CYPHERS & DUVALL, Iron Work, New Jersey, 1837

NAGLE Public Notice, New Jersey, 1837

H. JACOBI, Bookbinder, 1852

MERETO & ROJOUX, Jewelers & Watch-Makers, Memphis, 1858

Warning to Trespassers in Pursuit of Game, Ireland, 1828    NUGENT, GORDON, FORDE

Jesse ARNOT Offers Reward for Return of Stray Horses, St. Louis, 1874

Found: Black Newfoundland Dog, Contact J. A. TAUCHERT to Claim, St. Louis, 1874

William MURPHY Seeks Lost Wallet, New Jersey, 1837    BEACH, NELSON, BALDWIN, BLAIR

Eli Holloway, Cabinetry, New Jersey, 1837

Mrs. E. LYONS, Milliner, New Jersey, 1837

John WEST Offers House for Rent, Massachusetts, 1810

William GRIEVE Advertises Gold Pin Found at Courthouse, 1837

Subscription Agents for the Christian Register, Several states included, 1832  Now indexed! Surnames include the following: REED, METCALF, HALL, INGERSOLL, CROCKER, SHATTUCK, RICE, KILBY, ANDREWS, PRENTISS, OSBORN, HOWE, FRANCIS, BROWN, FOSTER, COLMAN

Roswell BEEBE Sells Cotton Scrapers, 1852

The Brig Two Brothers to Sail for Charleston, 1810    BARRY, HOWE

Meeting at BUDD's Tavern, Newark, 1837

BACHE Announces Departure from Salem: Get Your Portrait Painted now! 1810     NIXON, JENKS

John PEDRICK Offers the Schooner Sully for Sale, Marblehead, 1810

J. W. STEARNS Offers Rental Properties, 1810

House for Rent on Federal St., Salem, 1810    STEARNS, WHITTREDGE

Morrill MARSTON is Leaving Salem, 1810

George ASH Advertises British Rosin, Ireland, 1828

Robert HASSARD Advertises "Bleach Green," Ireland, 1828

Thomas WILLINGHAM, Jr., Attorney, Georgia, 1876

"Bowie Place" Plantation for Sale, Near Helena, Arkansas, 1860    POLK, HOUSTON

Lost Promissory Note, 1837     TENNEY, LUM, NICHOLS, ALLING

Sorrel Mare STOLEN from LaGrange Stable, 1855    RICKS, WINBURN, WILKINS

Unclaimed Letters in the Freeport Post Office, 1874    Now indexed!  Surnames include the following: ADALADE, BROWN, BOTDORF, BEUTTE, CARTER, DAVIS, DABER, DILL, FULLER, HUTCHINSON, HOWLAND, HINKLE, HASTINGS, ILLINGSWORTH, LUTZ, MISHLER, MAYNARD, MILLIN, MYERS, MERREDITTE, NOLAN, NORMAN, ORVIS, OHMEN, O'CONNER, O'ROURKE, SNYDER, SUFFEREN, STROME, SPENGLER, STANTON, HAWLEY, TRAVIS, TUER, VAILE, VOTE, WAGNER, WOBSER, ATKINS

Missing: James BARBER, Rock Grove, 1874

Dilly SESSOM Offers Reward, Tennessee, 1879

D. BENDER & Co. Offer Rugs for Sale, Little Rock 1852