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Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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News from Liberia via the brig Susan Elizabeth reports good health and agricultural progress among settlers at Cape Palmas, Bassa Cove, and Edina. Paul River lands yield $100 per acre. Caldwell residents cleaned the town. Infrastructure includes a stone jail and courthouse under construction on Crown Hill and a 30-foot lighthouse on 250-foot Cape Palmas. New Georgia, a settlement of recaptured Africans from the US, features industrious, religious residents in neat houses with cultivated grounds.
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Primary Location
Liberia
Event Date
March 30th
Outcome
good health among settlers; agricultural progress with paul river lands yielding $100 per acre; town cleaning in caldwell; jail and courthouse advanced one story; lighthouse under construction.
Event Details
The Herald reports good health and agricultural progress at Cape Palmas, Bassa Cove, and Edina. Caldwell inhabitants cleared brush and weeds for three quarters of a mile. Residents are undertaking internal improvements independently, including a stone jail and courthouse on Crown Hill and a 30-foot lighthouse on 250-foot Cape Palmas. New Georgia settlers, recaptured Africans from the US, are industrious, religious, living in neat houses with cultivated grounds.