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Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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In Charleston, Robert Hazlehurst laid the cornerstone for the National Branch Bank on November 7, attended by bank officials and citizens. The building, designed by architects M'Grath and Nicholson and built by Andrew Gordon, is expected to be a major city ornament.
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CHARLESTON, NOV. 8.
Yesterday, Robert Hazlehurst, esq. as one of the committee appointed to superintend the building of a National Branch Bank in this city, laid the corner stone of the same, in the presence of the president, and directors of the Bank, and a number of other citizens. From the plan of the intended building, and the known abilities and skill of Messrs. M'Grath and Nicholson, the architects, and Mr. Andrew Gordon the builder, we venture to assure the public, that the Bank, when completed, cannot fail to prove one of the chief ornaments of Charleston.
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Charleston
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Yesterday
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cornerstone laid successfully; building anticipated to be a chief ornament of charleston.
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Robert Hazlehurst, as committee member, laid the cornerstone of the National Branch Bank in the presence of the bank's president, directors, and citizens. The structure is designed by architects M'Grath and Nicholson and built by Andrew Gordon.