Duel of Gen Jackson and Dickinson sparks national intrigue
The account, drawn from a Nashville paper and the National Journal, describes a pistol duel between Gen. Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson, with seconds Catlett and Overton. It recounts threats, a rapid-fire dispute, and Dickinson's fatal wound, followed by Jackson’s controversial stance and public mourning notices across Nashville.
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Gen. Jackson
Dickinson
National Journal
Catlett
Overton
Ahn van
Dickin
Jackson
Dickit
Nashville Committee
Nashville
Sinal Review
Cumberland
Easton
Nash- Ais
Charles, Dickinson
Andrew Jackson
Con. Jackson
Internal improvements and militia provisions reported
The Pennsylvania Gazette notes 1,000 vessels and 3,000 seamen may profitably work the Lehigh Coal trade as an example of beneficial internal improvements. A militia bill re-enacts earlier acts, reducing pay for brigade inspectors and fixing expenditure limits per regiment.
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Pennsylvania Gazette
Soft shelled almonds in a shipped letter note growth yet
An extract from a Pensburg to Chambersburg letter dated 17th cites 20 to 300 soft shell almonds planted last spring. About a month later 12 survived winter, now 12 to 25 inches high with fresh spring leaves. Also mentions a Pennsylvanian grant cost, a February gale near St. Lobes, ships ashore, and wartime logistics claims.
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Shippensburg
Chambersburg
Fragmentary obituary and grim accident tale
The text describes a woman struck by her husband’s axe during a wind gust, severing neck muscles and entering the bone. She dies after days of suffering, leaving a bereaved husband and three children. The husband, shocked and distressed, disappears on the funeral day. Includes unrelated quip about peach brandy as an anchor.
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Love
Patents and carpet fashions cited in 1827 notices
The text notes 1827 patent grants totaling 380 and $9,909 directed to American inventors, cites C. C. Conrad of Martinsburg Virginia advertising Patent Carpet Lodin and Venetian carpeting, lists prices for figured carpeting and yarn, and praises Winchester Review sample quality. It also mentions Charleston jail debtor counts, coal mining in Newcastle England, Greek relief shipments from New London and Baltimore contributions allocated to provisions.
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C. C. Conrad
Martinsburgy
Virginia
Winchester Read
Nat. Journ
Russian Admiral Halden and memorial honors amid Navarino echoes
Malta and Gibraltar reports note that Admiral Halden received govt orders to list officers from Navarino for Russian recognition and to seek an honor for Codrington’s wounded son. The British Admiral may receive a new flagship. meanwhile Old John Martin dies after drinking from a whiskey barrel in Burke County North Carolina.
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Malta
Gibraltar
Halden
Navarino
Russia
Codrington
Asia
Toper
Burke County
Old John Martin
Odd Joan
Grand Masonic Assembly in Nashville Led by Gren Alldrew Jackson
A grand Masonic gathering in Nashville heads by Gren Alldrew Jackson as Right Worshipful Grand Past Master. An address on the late De Witt Clinton was delivered at the request of the Grand Chapter of Tennessee by WG Hunt. A separate note reports lightning incidents affecting the ship New York with a melted mast conductor and rain linked to magnetic disturbances.
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Tennessee
Friends of the Administration
Wiexine TaNesant
Nashville
Mons F. Roszuts
Columbia District
J.J. Minenko
The
Knoxville Enquirer
Nashvile
Gren Alldrew Jackson
de Witt Clinton
Grand Chapter
WG. Hunt
New York
N. York
London
Lightning cure and arctic reptiles in Mississippi valley notes
A shipboard lightning event revived a bedridden passenger who had not walked in three years, while the Western Monthly Review describes deadly rattlesnakes in a cabin, feeding on beds and causing deaths. Additional items report reduced steamboat fares to New York and unusual fruit tree behavior near Charleston amid late cold weather.
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Rachis
Western Monthly Review
Mississippi Valley
Laocoon
Charleston
Record of English gaol offenses and Botany Bay health
The text notes rising numbers of offenders committed for trial in England and Wales between 1826 and 1827, with 16 147 then 17 921 offenders. It also claims Botany Bay shows health strength with only one natural death since settlement.
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England
Wales
Botany’ Bay
Notorious crime and punishment in Macon and Nashville
James P. Abbot of Macon was punched by William Fields and later hanged after a Superior Court trial. Nelson Patterson of Nashville, a Virginia native, faced public condemnation for treachery linked to forging funds and a serious downfall amid intoxication. A woman named Mary White died after being found in a watch house back room, her tied handkerchief suggesting self harm or foul play.
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James P. Abbot
Macon
Georgia
William Fields
Fields
Nelson Patterson
Nashville
Penn
Abott Stoo
Virginia
Hime
Mary White
Belvidere
Extraordinary Taunton Birth With Two Distinct Faces
In Taunton Massachusetts on Sunday morning a female infant was born with two distinct fully formed faces. Neither face shows superiority in intellect, each part of both faces is clearly formed. The left face begins with a slight indulation toward the second face, which continues through all features to the left ear. The back of the head is partly encroached by the faces, but the child is otherwise regularly formed.
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Ingham
Kremer
Miller
Mitchell
Adams
Senate
Calhoun
Jackson
Great Britain
England
Jackson Party
Congress
Pennsylvania
South
M'Duffie
Randolph
Taunton
Mass
Pennsylvania Act Aims to Reach Debts of Corporations
The act authorizes courts to compel corporate officers to answer interrogatories when a private corporation cannot be found for execution after a judgment. It allows sequestration of corporate assets held by officers or others, with attachments and garnishee procedures, to recover debts. Debtors may plead sequestration as a defense, mirroring foreign attachment rights.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvvania
General Assembly
Aach Court
Achill Exemption Law Details Background and Provisions
The text explains a legislative act granting exemptions from executions and distress after September 1. It lists specific household and farm items protected from seizure, including a house, tools, clothing, beds, livestock, furnishings, a stove, spinning wheel, grain and potatoes, fabric, and school books. It also notes provisions for debtors under insolvent laws to retain these items after the first September, and widow exemptions where estate funds are insufficient.
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Achill
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