Sheriff's Sale Notice in Adams County Pa 1861
Public sale announced for multiple parcels in Hamilton and Menallen townships Adams County Pa including a two story log house a tenant house and outbuildings on 150 plus acres and an undivided half tract of about 32 acres plus a 42 acre Lysons township lot and a brick building with orchard. Sold under executions against Jacob Mouser Peter Brooks Kavio Diviney and Jacob Goupern with legal notice of Ten percent down and sale terms. also notices of business closure and probate estate of Henry Sancerevan with settlement requests and executor location at Gettysburg hotel for próximos month.
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Court of Common Pleas
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Gsburg
Lo’eluck
Pal
Hamilton Township
Win
Culp
Juha
Jacus Mouser
Peter Broogs
Menalien Township
Adame County
Jesse ML. Kution
Wim
Kavio Diviney
Lyrons Township
John
Amlinkan
Sammel Wolp
Gattysburg
Letters From Home in a Father’s Garden
Poem recounts letters from home and a father's memory as the speaker wanders through a garden. It evokes family bonds, guidance, childhood scenes, and the calm happiness of a shared domestic life across generations. The imagery centers on parents, siblings, and the home’s contemplative atmosphere.
Revered Rev Palmer Praised For Eloquence In Sermon
In this city Rev Dr Palmer is praised as one of the most eloquent ministers. A sermon last Sunday evening impressed listeners with his freedom of speech and mastery of language as he spoke of God in works and the galaxy as the Creator's pathway.
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Dr. Palmer
God
Ancestral links in Washington and Franklin families
Everett cites Life of Washington noting Washington and Franklin kinship in Northampton county and their emigrations from Virginia and New England. The excerpt discusses royalist and nonconformist backgrounds, with Benjamin Franklin’s relatives, and contrasts civil war loyalties. It also offers aphorisms on integrity and domestic virtue, including cautions about rumor and social conduct.
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Washington
Everett
Franklin
Northampton
Washingtons
Hrighton
Solerave
George
Tgat
Virginia
Josiah Franklin
Benjamin
New England
Not Deep Enough for Praying
A fragment from a late Mississippi blow recounts raftsmen on Lake Pepin where a raft pitched and sank, a man praying as his companion Mike kept to the water, while other vignettes riff on oddball incidents, jokes, and moralizing scraps from a bustling era.
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Mississippi
Lake Pepin
Gunrybdis
Mike
Purgatory
Eminent Lawyer Shames Witness in Dramatic Courtroom Exchange
A famed New York lawyer attempts to browbeat a long-winded witness, pressing him with twelve year recollections and an offer of help for a suit. The tense dialogue ends with the lawyer abashed as the witness recalls a past request for funds to buy clothes. The report then notes a New York Court Sessions finding turnip juice wine and broader temperance discussion, plus varied 19th century items including a Massachusetts liquor bill, Confederate enlistment, and curiosities about Lincoln and distant climates.
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New York
Euse
Witess
Judge B
Cnaupaayr
Weseen
Court of Sessions
Polemic on Tonnage Tax and Railroad Revenue in State Senate
The concluding remarks of Senator Col McQuurg in the 1861 state Senate debate critique taxing tonnage, argue for universal application, and challenge Berks county opposition. He cites railroad revenue, state policy, and economic impact on farmers and industry, contending equal taxation aids commerce and avoids favoritism toward rival cities.
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Col. McQuurg
Berks
Senate
Pensylvania
T Cao
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Remins
Reading
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Lehenon
Schuykill
Reading Road
Borki
Lerrin
Borks
Warrisbure
Wittsburg
New York
Tancaster
Tran Berks
Dauphin
Wranklin
Westmoreland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Anin
Sus
Publc Works
Bray
Mae
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Morrisburg
Virginia
Europe
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