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Chinese Snakestone Company
Proposals
for raising Two Thousand Dollars, by publication, within the
counties of King and Queen, Essex, Middlesex, King William,
Westmoreland, Richmond, Lancaster and Northumberland, for
the purpose of purchasing the Mad Dog Stone, belonging to
James Micou, and fixing it in a situation central to these
counties.
So Soon as the
whole number of shares shall be subscribed for the present
proprietor of the stone shall advertise in the Enquirer,
printed in Richmond by Thomas Rittchie, esq., requesting a
meeting of the Shareholders, on a certain day, at the house
of Tunstall Banks, esq., in Tappahannock, who shall, when
met, pay up their respective subscriptions ; thirteen of
whom (or any greater number present) shall constitute a
board, and proceed to make rules and regulations relative to
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A Meeting of the Shareholders in the CHINESE SNAKE
STONE, held agreeable to notice, at the house of
Tunstall Banks, Esq. in the town of Tappahannock, on
Tuesday the 18th March, 1806--the necessary rules and
regulations for the management thereof were adopted; by
which it was determined, that the Stone should be
permanently fixed in the aforesaid town, and for the
present placed in the hands of Doctor Austin
Brockenbrough, by whom it will be administered under the
following conditions:
Each Shareholder shall be entitled to the use thereof,
for himself and all his family, free of charge; and
every person applying, who is not a shareholder, shall
pay at the following rate, viz. Eight Dollars for the
necessary application to the first wound, and Two
Dollars for the necessary application to each other
wound, except to the poor, to whom it shall be
administered gratis.
A general list of the Shareholders, and the rules and
regulations, are left in the hands of Doctor
Brockenbrough, for the information of all concerned.
John P. Lee, Clerk.
Paper:
Virginia Herald, Friday, April 25, 1806
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Chinese Snakestone Company
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Doctor Brockenbrough requires those coming from a
distance who mean to apply for the use of the Stone
gratis, to provide themselves with a certificate of
their situation from a magistrate, or some
respectable neighbour.
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Tappahannock, March 20th, 1806.
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