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United States newspapers, 1786

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Reviewed newspaper notices

1 distinct notices from 2 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 2 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.

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1 distinct notices · 2 retained pages

1786Verified surname passageland vendue noticePrinted in 2 issuesPossible match

Robert Glasgow

North Susquehanna hundred, Cecil County, Maryland (plantation offered for vendue; immediate possession by Robert Glasgow and Joshua Hartshorn)Birth unknown

Named with Joshua Hartshorn in notice offering a 260-acre plantation for public vendue; immediate possession was to be given by them.

Joshua Hartshorn

North Susquehanna hundred, Cecil County, Maryland (plantation offered for vendue; immediate possession by Robert Glasgow and Joshua Hartshorn)Birth unknown

Named with Robert Glasgow in notice offering a 260-acre plantation for public vendue; immediate possession was to be given by them.

Published 1786-02-15 – 1786-03-01 · The Pennsylvania Gazette · p. 1

Newspaper excerpt for 1786-02-15; reading and assessment follow
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Pennsylvania Gazette · 1786-02-15 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.

What the notice says

A notice dated North Susquehanna hundred, Cecil county, Maryland, 10 February 1786 offers a 260-acre plantation for public vendue on 10 March, with immediate possession given by Robert Glasgow and Joshua Hartshorn.

Evidence and identity limits

Two issues repeat one proposed sale. Robert’s precise role is unstated: owner, agent or another participant is not resolved. No completed sale or relationship to Hartshorn is proved. Glasgow-395 is the strongest bounded regional/chronological lead, with no plantation, Hartshorn or personal identity bridge. Glasgow-2425 remains a weak possible namesake. Glasgow-1143’s estimated c. 1772 death is a material chronology tension, not a certain exclusion without its underlying source. No joining to the Scottish Roberts is warranted. Identity review (6 October 2026): Robert Glasgow and Joshua Hartshorn were to give possession of a 260-acre plantation in North Susquehanna Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland, offered at vendue in March 1786. Neither man can be identified on WikiTree. The joint Glasgow–Hartshorn role is a research lead pointing to the Cecil County family of James Glasgow (Glasgow-2868) and Ann Hartshorne (Hartshorne-320), but it is not a relationship. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: Joshua Hartshorn.

Who this may be

Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-395)possible
[b. c. 1750; d. c. 1800] · co-party giving possession of a Cecil County plantation offered for public vendue
Why this candidate?

The notice gives only the name, Cecil County (North Susquehanna Hundred) and a joint role with Joshua Hartshorn. It does not say whether he was owner, executor or agent. Glasgow-395 (Robert, c.1750–c.1800, wife Apphia Moores, named in an 1837 Baltimore court notice) has the right age and a Maryland family context, but his profile records no Cecil County residence, land or Hartshorn link, so he stays possible. The USGenWeb transcription of the 1790 Maryland census index lists no Robert Glasgow head of household in Cecil or Harford County (Cecil has only Jonathan Glasgow). That absence is not an exclusion, but it gives no support. Glasgow-2425 (c.1724 Ireland, death 'USA') is a name-only possi

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