Old Vincennes Gazette Newspaper Copy Found

Subject: Re: Hauntings & History
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 19:34:35 -0500
From: "Paul A. Roales"

I just received a new treasure. I bought a Feb. 5, 1852 issue of the VINCENNES GAZETTE on EBAY. It is 4 pages long and full of neat adds and news. Such as:

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An Exhibit

Of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Borough
of Vincennes, for the last fiscal year ending
January 23d, 1852.

          RECEIPTS
Jan. 21, 1851, cash in hands of Treasurer ---$289.81
Cash received from revenue, - - - ----------1,889.65
Csrh received from wharfage. - - - - ---------117.00
Cash received on acc't Town Hall and Burial
Ground------------------------------------------6.10
Cash received for grocery license-------------192.50
Cash received from weigh master and circuses,- 95.15
Cash receivcd from sales at auction · - ------ 17.00
Cash received from sale of lumber at wharf.--- 37.63
Cdah received from sale of common's lands,- 1,620.70
Cash received on account of market stalls, --- 22.00

                                           $4,217.60

        EXPENDITURES
Paid on wharf 1850, - -------------$349.95
Paid for printing 1850. -------------18.50
Paid President and Trustees 1850, ---80.50
Paid for repairing hose 1850. -   ----4.00
Paid for holding election, 1850.    --2.00
Paid for repairing town clock, 1850 -20.00 --$474.95
Paid for repairing town hall and mkt. house ---50.31
Paid for Printing;including sale for taxes,--- 44.50
Money refunded for grocery lincense, taxes.
 and common's land sold by mistake. ----------136.95
Paid bank interest, - - --------------- - - 1,385.08
Paid for improvement on wharf, --------- - -1,078.18
Paid taxes on lot bought of E. Stout, - -----  10.50
Paid for maps of commons,                 ---- 33.00
Paid for making deed, for common's land  ----- 13.50
Paid as marshal's commission on revenue.   -- 189.06
Paid marshal's fees as st. commissioner,&c, --100.00
Paid market master's fees,               ----  55.08
Paid marshal's fees attending Board      ------18.00
Paid President and Trustee, - - -  ------    - 87.00
Paid marshal for removing nuisances, - ----  - 40.50
Paid for improvement of streets   ------------ 50.60
Paid marshal's commission on wharfage,  ------ 23.40
Paid on account of hospital, - ------------ -- 51.23
Paid for repairing engine and hose, - ------ - 75.75
Paid for public burial ground      - -  --  - - 1.50
Paid assessor and clerk, part, - - - ---   - - 55.00
Paid Treasurer's commission, -- - -  ---  - - 109.67
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Total,                                     $4,079.76
Balance in treasury,                          137.84

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                                           $4,217.60
By order of Ihe President and Trustees:
        MARTIN ROBINSON, Cl'k
Jan.26, 1852 35 3t                      B. T. B. V.


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Pretty neat. Thought you or Dick Day might be interested in the above. The newspaper is in great shape for 147 years old. I don't know how I am going to store it yet. I notice all the adds have a notation like the "35 3t" in the above add. It must have someting to do with when the add was placed or how long it is to run. I'll have to find out about that.

That's it for now.

Paul

Paul A. Roales
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