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Marriages:  The Acadian Recorder reports these in a limited manner, but they originate throughout the Province.  Often the dates found in this section and the Deaths section contain two references of inst. (or instant) and ult. (or ultimo).  These refer to the month in which the date occured. Inst. or instant means the date is in the current month. Ult. or ultimo means the date given is in the previous month.

Deaths:  Again these originate throughout the Province, and sometimes are International.

Ship News:  The news typically lists ship arrivals and departures, usually by giving ship name, master, and home port or last port sailed from.  Sometimes there are also passengers lists, information of wrecks etc which are reported under this section as well. If you see the symbol  "&.c" in the texts,  this was the old form of "etc".

Estate Notices:  These were advertisements placed when someone died announcing that claims against and owed to the estate had to be settled within a certain time period.  This section is a compliment to the Deaths section as an additional source. This section will be done once every few months. Since they often ran the same ad for 2 years, the list usually stays the same for a long period of time.  Sources here are not only the name of the deceased, but also those who administered the estate, usually other family members.  The complete text is not done.  This is just a list containing estate owner, administrator(s) and the date the original notice was placed (if available).

Advertisers:  Again this section is a list of names, with type of business and location if available.  Real estate sales will also
appear in this section, whether private or public/sherrif auction.  This section and the next are not being included yet, but will be eventually added in.

Snips and Clips:  Interesting odds and ends.

Married

• On Wednesday evening last by the Rev. Mr. Milne, John Ross Esq. R.N. to Miss Ann-Maria Jones.
• At Chester 16th January by the Rev. Mr. Inglis,  Mr. Jacob E. Pence Windsor Road to Miss Ann Gaukeene of the former place.

DEATHS

• At Pictou on the 26th instant[?]  Mrs. Agnes M'Kay wife of Mr. John M'Kay, aged 27 years - She has left three children to lament her loss.
• Thursday morning after a long and painful illness,  Mr. William Evans aged 56 years...His funeral will take place to-morrow (Sunday) at 1o'clock from his late residence 257 Upper Water street -  when his friends and acquaintances are requested to attend.

SHIP NEWS - Port of Halifax

Monday Jan. 27
Sailed Government sloop Earl Bathurst,  Lieut. Stewart  with the mails for New York and Eng.

Tuesday Jan. 28
arr. sch. British Queen,  Corning (of Digby)  21 days from Antiqua - cargo rum, molasses &c. to the captain - reported and proceeds for Digby. The crew have suffered very severely from the frost - About the 29th lost one of her seamen (Asa Burns of Yarmouth) overboard. The British Queen sailed from Digby on the 2d Dec. and touched at Barbadoes and Dominique - Left a Nova Scotia schooner at Dominica about the 20th Dec. - the captain (of German Descent) informed that he had been waiting 40 days for the proceeds of his cargo, and expected to be there much longer. - At Antiqua, sch. ______, Clements of Yarmouth had arr. 3 days before and sold. Also a brig from Pictou with lumber and fish and a brig from hence consigned to Mr. Moffatt arrived about the 1st. Jan.

Wednesday Jan. 29
arr. sloop Little Bill from Shelburne; last from Liverpool 9 days. Passengers- Samuel Head Esq. and Lady.
The schooner Catharine from hence for Boston was in Lehave on Tuesday last.

A brig from Miramichie bound for Scotland was totally lost on the Magdalen Islands the night of the 30th of November - Crew saved and would be obliged to remain on the island during the winter.

[Report from London, found in another section] Nov. 1 - Saturday morning the Inconstant frigate, Commodore Sir James L. Yeo, arrived from the coast of Africa where during her cruise of several months, she captured five vessels under Portuguese colours with 280 slaves on board . . . . Many others were fallen in with, engaged in the inhuman traffic, but they were under Spanish and American colours; and much of the treaties between the governments upon the subject of this trade is so easily capable of a double meaning, that, to prevent litigation and unpleasant disputes, they were not detained; these vessels were crowded with unfortunate captives . . .
 

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