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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On January 20 in Savannah, the Mayor announced receiving a $15,000 draft from the Bank of the United States for relief of unfortunate citizens, per an act referenced by Governor Mifflin, plus a $2,500 bill of exchange from Norfolk collections remitted to the Branch Bank in Charleston.
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SAVANNAH, January 20.
The Mayor has the happiness of announcing to his unfortunate fellow-citizens, that by last evening's mail, he received a draught, from the Bank of the United States, on the Branch Bank of South-Carolina, for the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, being the sum appropriated by the act, to which Governor Mifflin's letter refers.—Also, a letter from the gentlemen, addressed in Norfolk, informing that two thousand five hundred dollars had been collected in that city, for which sum a bill of exchange is remitted to the Branch Bank in Charleston.
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Savannah
Event Date
January 20
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receipt of $15,000 draft from bank of the united states and $2,500 bill of exchange from norfolk for relief of unfortunate citizens.
Event Details
The Mayor announced receipt via last evening's mail of a $15,000 draft on the Branch Bank of South-Carolina, appropriated by an act referenced in Governor Mifflin's letter; also a letter from Norfolk gentlemen reporting $2,500 collected there and remitted as a bill of exchange to the Branch Bank in Charleston.