When was it published?

July 7, 1831 in Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Domestic News July 7, 1831

Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Q: What keywords are associated?

Fayetteville Fire, Baltimore Relief, Charity Collections, Subscriptions, Fire Sufferers

Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

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What is this article about?

Baltimore committee closed relief fund for Fayetteville fire victims, sending total $5,762.79; Philadelphia contributed $10,500 and Boston $8,000 as of last reports.

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The Committee appointed at a general meeting of the citizens of Baltimore to superintend the collections to be made for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire at Fayetteville, closed their accounts, by forwarding to the proper authority the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Two Dollars and seventy nine cents—which, with the sum of $2,000, remitted in anticipation of subscriptions, (the receipt of which has been duly acknowledged) makes up the amount of $5,762 79.

At the date of our last accounts, Philadelphia had transmitted ten thousand five hundred, and Boston eight thousand dollars, to the sufferers by the late fire at Fayetteville!—Noble.

What sub-type of article is it?

Charity Or Relief Fire

What keywords are associated?

Fayetteville Fire Baltimore Relief Charity Collections Subscriptions Fire Sufferers

Where did it happen?

Baltimore

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Primary Location

Baltimore

Outcome

baltimore forwarded $3,762.79 plus previously remitted $2,000, totaling $5,762.79; philadelphia transmitted $10,500; boston $8,000 to fayetteville fire sufferers

Event Details

The Committee appointed at a general meeting of the citizens of Baltimore to superintend the collections for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire at Fayetteville closed their accounts by forwarding $3,762.79 to the proper authority, making total $5,762.79 with prior remittance. At the date of last accounts, Philadelphia had transmitted $10,500 and Boston $8,000