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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 16 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 16 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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1 distinct notices · 16 retained pages
1782Verified surname passageproperty advertisementPrinted in 16 issuesPossible match
James Glasgow
Christiana Bridge, Newcastle County, DelawareBirth unknown
Advertised for private sale a former tanyard in Wilmington; notice dated 5 August 1782.
Place / address
Published 1782-08-14 – 1782-12-14 · The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser · p. 4
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser · 1782-08-14 · p. 4. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
James Glasgow, at Christiana Bridge in Newcastle county, advertises for private sale the former Charles Whitlock tanyard in the borough of Wilmington; notice dated 5 August 1782.
Evidence and identity limits
Sixteen issues repeat one private-sale advertisement dated 5 August 1782. James is the signed advertiser/contact; ownership, tanning occupation, completed sale, age and kinship are not proved. Printed places are borough of Wilmington and Christiana Bridge, Newcastle county; Delaware identification is a geographical interpretation, not the Philadelphia paper’s locality. The signed Wilmington/Christiana Bridge advertiser remains unidentified. Two Cecil County chronological/regional James profiles are compatible, without a property or individual bridge. The North Carolina secretary is another adult namesake but has a different documentary region; do not merge him solely because Wilmington is also a North Carolina place. Identity review (6 October 2026): James Glasgow 'at Christiana Bridge in Newcastle county' advertises (5 Aug 1782, sixteen insertions) the former Charles Whitlock tanyard in Wilmington. No profile is documented in New Castle County; the Cecil County James (Glasgow-2868) and his son (Glasgow-3290) are possible regional namesakes; the North Carolina Secretary of State (Glasgow-634) is unlikely because he was holding office and living in North Carolina at the time.
[b. 1720-02-14; d. c. 1784] · advertiser/contact for sale of a Wilmington tanyard, living at Christiana BridgeWhy this candidate?
The notice places the advertiser at Christiana Bridge, New Castle County (Delaware), about 10 miles from the Cecil County, Maryland, home of Glasgow-2868 (James, d. c.1784 guess; wife Ann Hartshorne) and his son Glasgow-3290 (James, b. c.1758 Cecil, d. 1789). Both are regional fits without any property, tanning or Christiana bridge; a 1785 notice by the same-named Christiana Bridge advertiser (lane us-1785-1799) sits awkwardly with 2868's guessed 1784 death and slightly favours the younger James (3290) if they are one advertiser. Glasgow-634 is unlikely: he was serving continuously as North Carolina's Secretary of State (1777-1798) and was a Dobbs County landholder - a simultaneous different
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