Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.

The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama (specifically Cahaba, Huntsville, and Lawrence Count...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Summary:The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama (specifically Cahaba, Huntsville, and Lawrence County) and other states; incoming and outgoing ships; and local runaway slaves. On the front page, a notice from North Carolina mentions the kidnapping of a "free mulatto girl" ("who has an unquestionable right to her freedom") by a man suspected of forging a bill of sale and taking her "to the South, with the intention of selling her."