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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 3 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 3 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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1 distinct notices · 3 retained pages
1785Verified surname passagebusiness noticePrinted in 3 issuesPossible match
James Glasgow
Christiana BridgeBirth unknown
Signed a notice dated 12 March offering a complete tanyard in Wilmington, Delaware, then occupied by Thomas Glenn.
Place / address
Published 1785-03-23 – 1785-04-09 · The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser · p. 2
Faithful bounded original source passage, visually checked 5 October 2026; long-s typography normalized to Glasgow in the reading. Issue heading outside crop; provider issue metadata retained. Source reference: The Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser · 1785-03-23 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
James Glasgow, living at Christiana Bridge, signs a notice dated 12 March 1785 offering a complete tanyard in the borough of Wilmington, State of Delaware, then in the tenure of Thomas Glenn.
Evidence and identity limits
Three issues reprint this separate 1785 notice. The printed Delaware designation and Thomas Glenn occupancy are explicit. Advertiser is not necessarily owner or tanner; no completed sale or identity of this plot with the former Whitlock property in 1782 is proved. Glasgow-2868’s estimated c.1784 death is a chronology tension requiring source verification, not an exact exclusion. Identity review (6 October 2026): James Glasgow, living at Christiana Bridge (New Castle County, Delaware), advertised a Wilmington tanyard then occupied by Thomas Glenn in March 1785. He is very likely the same man as the 1782 Christiana Bridge advertiser of the former Whitlock tanyard, but no WikiTree profile can be identified: Glasgow-3290 is a possible candidate only, and Glasgow-2868 and Glasgow-634 conflict on chronology or residence.
[b. c. 1758; d. c. 1789] · advertiser of tanyard, resident at Christiana BridgeWhy this candidate?
The notice gives only the name, the residence 'living at Christiana Bridge' and a property in the borough of Wilmington, Delaware, held by Thomas Glenn. The same name and residence appear in the 1782 notice for the former Charles Whitlock tanyard in Wilmington (local findings for Glasgow-2868 and Glasgow-3290), so the two advertisements very probably refer to one Christiana Bridge man. Glasgow-3290 (James, b. 1758 Cecil County, d. 1789, son of Glasgow-2868 and Hartshorne-320) was alive in 1785 and belongs to a family recorded in neighbouring Cecil County, Maryland, about 10 miles from Christiana Bridge. However, his profile cites only Glasgow-2868 and has no Delaware, tanning or property rec
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