Deathbed revelation on Will of Virginia statesman
A physician details the dying declaration of Roanoke born statesman Captain Randolph, conferring freedom for slaves and specific provisions for their support, amid a dramatic scene with witnesses and a treasured breast button. The account notes Randolph’s sound mind at the time and the emotional, morbid atmosphere surrounding theWill execution.
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John
Europe
Maser
Randolph UF Roanoke
Jesus Christ
Religious Society of Friends
Ivane Parrish
Francis West
Captain West
James West
England
Edmund Badger
Isaac Parrish
Wall
Sal
Virginia
Randolph
Demir
Erate
John Randolph
Jos. Parrish
Court Martial Delivers Cashiering Sentence for Brigade Inspector
The court martial trying Brigade Inspector Sharp has cashiered the accused and declared him incapable of holding a commission in the Militia of Volunteers for three years from July 24, 1835. Charges totaled five, including gross neglect of duty and inefficiency.
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Sharp
Militia of Volunteers
Grose
Cholera deaths in Penitentiary and European notices
The piece notes 25 cholera deaths in a Penitentiary with 24 convicts among them and remarks none of those infected two years earlier. It also reports Austria inviting Northern Sovereigns to a Troplitz conference in late October, Kalisch review preparations, and Russian troops expected to Danzi¢ by August 4. Vesuvius continues ejecting stones from Naples with expected grand eruption and Italian earthquakes felt in the south.
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Nasaviate
Austria
Naples
Vesuvius
Italy
Lyceum of Teachers urges Pennsylvania convention in Westchester
The Lyceum of Teachers in Philadelphia issues a circular calling for a statewide Convention for the advancement of intelligence and morals to be held in Westchester on the third Tuesday of August. The aim is to form a State Lyceum with auxiliaries in all counties, featuring scientific lectures and related exercises. Delegates and individual supporters from every county are invited.
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Lyceum of Teachers
Philadelphia
Friends
Pemmsylvantae
Westchester
Lyceum
Friends of the Cause
Tomato debate at Lake Erie Medical College lecture
Dr Bennett, professor of midwifery and diseases of women and children at the Medical College of Lake Erie, delivered a public introductory lecture. He discussed Solanum Lycopersicum, commonly called the tomato, also known as pomato, love apple, Jerusalem apple, and related names. He presented statements about the tomato's qualities and origins.
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Bennett
Medical College of
Lake Erie
Wilguin, Cuyatoga Co
Ohio
Wits
Tomato as medicine and diet across regions
An 19th century ad extols tomato health benefits noting its use against diarrhoea and bilious attacks. It claims tomatoes are a sovereign remedy when consumed raw or cooked and should be widely adopted by travelers and general public to prevent illness and improve nutrition. It cites Dr Bennet and Medico authority urging public awareness.
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Mrtous Diarrhaig
Materia Medica Alimentaria
D&e
Medicus
N.B
Indemnity Bill and French Payment Question
The N York Gazette reports on the American Indemnity Bill and royal assent issues. It questions possible government actions and whether France will be pressed for the first payment, noting Livings ton's April communication to the Duke de Broglie as potentially satisfactory. Also, the Cincinnati Gazette details the steamboat Rob Roy disaster near New Madrid with 4 dead and 3 feared drowned after a snag caused a pipe break and many passengers leaping overboard.
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N. York
Livingston
Apri
Duke de Broglie
France
Cincinnati Gazette
Rob Roy
N. Orleans
New Madrid
Mormonism Lectures Spark Boston Controversy
A Boston pamphlet notes that a self styled elder of the Latter Day Saints will lecture on his creed at Julien Hall. The writer mocks the movement as a sign of chaotic times, contrasting with fever fears and lampoons the sect’s title as “latter day.”
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Boston
Julien Hall
Satan
Gaz
Whig Convention Nominates Md Frederick Candidates
The Whig Convention of Frederick County Maryland nominated Wa Willis Daniel Duvall and Robert Anns for the legislature in a local party meeting.
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Wep
Whig Convention
Frederick County
Wa. Willis
Daniel Duvall
Robert An
Adams County Meeting Endorses Governor Wolf Re-election
A large Adams County gathering in Gettysburg supports the re-election of Governor George Wolf. Col Samuel Blake presided with Jos Dicks as vice president and D Gilbert and John McGinley as secretaries. A seven member resolutions committee was appointed to draft statements criticizing Henry Mannsberg and the Harrisburg Democratic Convention. A preamble argues the convention was not properly dissolved and that Wolf was regularly nominated by the March 4 Harrisburg gathering.
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Adams County
Gettysburg
Grovce Ware
Col
Samuel Blake
Jos Dicks
D. Gilbert
John McGinley
W. Ne Irving
A. C.miller
Wm. Holtzworth
Jacob Long
Samuel Strayer
S. R. Russell
Wig
Pennsylvania
George Wour
Harrisburg
Henry A. Mahtensberg
George Wolf
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Cowdd
Episcopal Church
Heright
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Tesha
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Adams Sentinel and
General Advertiser
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Mes
Trerokee
Walker
Charles
Ellis
Chesnut Street
Barreth
U. States
Liverpool and Manchester
Washington Rail Road
Bladensburg
Herculane
Pompeii
Herculaneum
N- York Times
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Materia Medica
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Georgia
Judge White
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