Starry Vision of Heaven and Earth
A poetic meditation compares stars to a heavenly banner and invokes divine music. The speaker longs to roam among unfathomed stars, feeling a deep vibrational pull from the celestial realm and praising nature as a holy, purifying force. The piece expresses awe at the natural world and a desire for eternal rest among celestial realms.
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GEORGE DEVISON PRexTice
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Eden
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N.Y
Anecdotes of battles and homefront valor from the 1778 campaign
The piece recalls heroic acts at Monmouth and Valley Forge including Molly Pitcher’s stand, Colonel McLane’s daring escape and pursuit, and a gray fox officer’s bayonet encounters. It also notes Washington pursuing Clinton after Philadelphia and other wartime scenes with vivid, respectful narration.
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Washington
Clinton
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Monmouth Courthouse
Molly Pitcher
Molly
Congress
Col. McLane
Lee
legion of troopers
The Price of This Article and Local Wit
A fragment from a period piece shows a deaf elderly lady bargaining over shilling prices with a draper, debating seven versus seventeen shillings. A series of quips on letters and thrift follows, alongside a Liverpool mission remark noting widespread illiteracy and secular upbringing gaps among 63,000 atheists and 12,000 adults unable to read.
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Liverpool
Singular murder at Philadelphia ends in suicide
A young man named James J Bartram killed himself with a double barreled gun near his mother s home in Kingsessing Philadelphia after telling a friend he would die first The couple had planned to marry next Tuesday Bartram was about twenty five years old and prosperous with expected wealth and a new home in Callowhill Street The report notes his sobriety and honorable conduct and hints at engagement festivities to follow soon.
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Mclane
Miller
Maine
Javes
Kennebec
Christ
Maller
New York
Righmom
Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
coonskins
ancle
Harry Ford
Winchester
Litchfield county
Farmer's Gazette
Ford
Goshen
Hartford County Agricultural Society
James J. Bartram
Philadelphia
Kingsessing
Schuylkill
Iris
Callowhill street
dun
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BENNINGTON
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Connecticut
Hartford Journal
Tobecko
England
New York Mirror
Southey
Ancora leasing
Charles Tamband
Lexington
Jonathan Green
Wickliffe
Mr. Jr
Baltimore street
Vivas
Sunity
France
London
Van Burer
Texas
Liberty party
Tloyd Garrison
Boston Liberator
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Mercury
Tyler
Van Buren
Air Rives
Mr. Clay
Mr. Van Buren
Henry Clay
brian clone
Aasther
Lucas
fvve
wehalla
Ireland
United States Armory
Springfield
UMass
Gaz
Salisbury
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Rowan
United States
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Thurrisburg
Paris
Jounal de Commerce
Pagrey
Raine
Madame NI
Pilate
Boston
Van Biren
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