[Excerpts from the Hillsborough Recorder, 7 Feb 1821] [transcribed by Mark Murphy, 17 Aug 2001] Vol. I Wednesday, February 7, 1821 No. 52 ***** SALE of NEGROES WILL be offered for public sale at the MarketHouse at Chapel Hill, on Saturday the 24th February ensuing, nine Negroes, namely, Polly, Fanny, Nicey, Phillis, Paul[?], Isaac, David, James and Pompey, late the property of Mrs. Jane Craig, and sold in order to fulfill the conditions of a deed of trust. To render the payments easy, credits will be given. The terms will be, first, fifty dollars present payment, for each negro purchased, secondly, one fourth of the remainder on the 20th of April next, thirdly, one fourth on the 20th of July next, one fourth on the 20th of October following, and the remainder on the 20th of January, 1822, with interest from the date of each bond, with approved security. The family of negroes is one that is well disposed, and accustomed to the usual variety of business: almost all young. Those who want such negroes are requested to attend. The sale will commence precisely at 12 o'clock. William Hooper. Chapel Hill, Jan. 27 51-3w ***** NOTICE. THE partnership of MURPHY & WHITTED having been on this day dissolved by mutual consent, all persons indebted to said firm are requested to call immediately and settle their accounts by the payment of cash as notes, as we are determined to settle the business and soon as possible. Levi Whitted. Martin Murphey. ***** N.B. The business will be settled alone [by me?]- Martin Murphey, January [?] ***** 10 Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber on the 25th day of December last, a negro woman by the name of MILLY, between twenty-five and thirty years of age, of a dark yellowish complexion; she has bushy hair, blearing eyes, and several moles on her face and one on her [lip?] Most probable she has gone towards Mi[lton?]. The above reward and all reasonable expenses will be paid on delivering her to the subscriber, or confining her in any jail so that he can obtain her. Warren Ball. Eight miles east of Hillsborough, on the Eno River. January 31. 51- ***** NOTICE THE subscriber having qualified as executor to the last will and testament of BARTHOLOMEW L. HAYES, late of Person county, deceased, at the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, held for said county, December term, 1820, requests all persons debted to the estate of said deceased, to come forward and make payment, and those having claims against the same to present them legally authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or this advertisement will be plead in bar to their future recovery. William Hayes, executor. Person County, 27th December, 1820 49- ***** NOTICE ALL persons indebted to WILLIAM CAIN & SON are entreated[?] to call and settle their accounts, either by cash or note. Those who fail to do so must expect soon to find their accounts in the hands of an officer for collection. Wm. Cain & Son. Jan. 9, 47-4w ***** Tennessee Land for Sale. Fifteen Hundred Acres OF Tennessee Land for sale, of a prime quality. For terms apply to A.B. Bruce. Hillsborough, Dec. 26 46-tf ***** FOR HIRE, Until the 28th day of December next, A likely young Negro Fellow. For terms apply to the subscriber. Thomas Clancy. Jan. 9 47- ***** Just received, and for sale at this Office, a quantity of SCHOOL BOOKS, viz Ainsworth's Dictionary, Virgil Delphini, Schrevilii's Greek Lexicon, Historiae Sacrae, Viris Romae, Mair's Introduction, Tytler's Elements of History, Goldsmith's History of England, Goldsmith's History of Rome, Goldsmith's History of Greece, Willett's Geography and Atlas, Murray's Grammar, Murray's Exercises, Webster's Spelling Book, Bibles, Testaments, &c. A more extensive assortment will be shortly received. Gentlemen of the Bar, Physicians, and other, can be supplied with Professional and Miscellaneous Books, from the Philadelphia market, at short notice, on application at this office. Dec. 20 ***** Legislature of New York. House of Assembly. Tuesday, January 18. Message of the Governor. ....That many of the officers of the U. States have, for a number of years, acted very improperly, by interfering in the elections of this state, must be known to every man in this community....In animadverting on the obtrusion of extraneous influence in the politics of this state, I was desirous of arresting the progress of a great evil by attracting the public attention to its predominance... [end of record]