Gossip News Stories

The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA
March 17, 1819

The steamboat Perseverance sailed from this place on Saturday for Pittsburg. We understand she carried off 500 thousand dollars in specie destined for the mother Bank of Philadelphia.
[Submitted by Nancy Piper]

To the Humane

John Chambers, who lately moved from the small town of Liberty, near Baltimore, is informed that his young son Robert, whom he lost near Chambersburg, as he was moving his family to the westward, has lately arrived, and is now under the protection of a humane citizen of this place. This interesting child appears to be 10 or 11 years old. Information can be had by applying to Lewis Peterson

Pittsburg, Aug 31, 1819.
[Submitted by Nancy Piper]

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