Markley denounces Eaton and denial of Clay negotiations
In a sworn 1827 Philadelphia statement Philip S. Markley rejects Major Eaton and others as fabricating claims of a Clay faction negotiating for cabinet promises. He asserts he never acted as Clay’s agent, describes his own efforts toward Jackson’s election, and defends his conduct during the 1824–25 presidential struggle.
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Ry Clay
Met
Major Eaton
Clay
Adams
Crawford
Mr. Buchanan
Gen.Jackson
Gen. Jackson
Washington
Pennsylvania
Notristown
House
Pranaryhania
Ion
Teveral
Buchanan
Isacks
Jackson
General Jackson
Mr. Clay
Mr. Isacks
Major Laton
L Jackson
Moarrasore
Rawford
Cansde
Philip S. Markley
Philadelphia
Baltimore And Ohio railroad survey progress reported
Baltic chronicle notes engineers surveying the Baltimore and Ohio railroad show improving prospects. Spring advances expected to bring disruptive work clearing crooked paths to West dwellers. Mexican news reports Guadalajara legislature banishing Spaniards and restricting property transfers. A correspondent claims Mexican amalgamation mines yield silver from the stomachs of the dead.
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Baltimers
Baltimore and Ohio
Loss of a Mercantile House Strands Sailors and Workers
The article laments the collapse of a large New York mercantile house leaving about 40 ships idle and hundreds of workers unemployed for an uncertain period. It warns that without creditor protections under free institutions, afflicted individuals face perpetual hardship and possible bondage.
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New York
Moor Park Bought by the Earl of Grosvenor
The Berkshire Chronicle notes Moor Park in Hertfordshire is purchased by the Earl of Grosvenor. It highlights his vast London and Westminster estates and other holdings across Cheshire, Lancashire, Denbighshire, and elsewhere, estimating his annual income at £27 000 to £50 900.
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Mexico
Siilisnaga
Berkshire Chronicle
Moor Park
Hertfordshire
Earl of Grosvenor
London
Westminster
Cheshire
Iintshire
Denbighshire
Shaftsbury
Hindee
Stockbiidee
Earl
Great Britain
Sta
Wales
Sanerae
Eaton
Chener
Trentham
Knowsley
Inventions of Gold Mosaic Promised as Cheap Metal
A London report details a new metal called gold mosaic that imitates gold in appearance but not weight. Inventor Hamilton and financier Parker claim a durable, weather resistant alloy suitable for outdoor use such as railings and monuments. Royal Architect Nash plans to employ it in gilding Windsor and Rockingham House projects in London.
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Hamilton
Parker
London
Thuilleries
Wight
M. Nash
Royal Architect of
England
Rockingham House
Metropolis
Corrected account of Natchez encounter and Colombian politics
A reader disputes a Natchez area fight account and offers a detailed narration of the encounter including participants such as Maddox Wells Crane Bowie and others. The piece also quotes the Bogota Constitutional on Bolivar and Describes Liberator’s call to Colombia for healing divisions and defending his measures.
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Natchez
Mississippi
Louisiana Argus
Argus
Maddox
Samuel L. Wells
Louisiana
Wells
pReetiHe
Col. Crane
Denny
Crane
James Howe
Cums
Bowie
Vera Ems
Kyane
Major Voight
Hele
Hatharis Waees
Bogota
Bottvar
Colombia
Bowie and Wright duel with deadly outcome
In a violent clash, Bowie and Wright exchange shots and blades. Bowie is wounded, while Wright dies from chest wounds. Alfred Blanchard and C. H. Blanchard also fire, with limited effect. Alfred suffers no fatal injuries.
Fire Devours Hamburg District Leaving Most Homes Destroyed
Foreign Hamburg papers report a September 4 blaze in Abo that gutted nine hundred houses. Firefighters and residents attempted to prevent spread after a tallow melting incident, but the entire building burned in five minutes and the fire raged for a day, destroying the town except for around thirty houses. about 1000 inhabitants lost all.
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Hamburg
Abo
Anx Figurs Td
Death of a murderer in Wakkentox North Carolina
Oct 97 report from Wakkentox details the death of a murderer, Joel Mitchell, a free man of color, awaiting trial for a brutal murder of Miles Relph in Halifax County. The offender died while awaiting removal to the Superior Court, before being placed in the jail, causing the case to halt.
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Wakkentox
Aurderer
Joel Mitchell
Bing
Miles Relph
Guiota Lee
American Winter Commissioners for Foreign Missass
Liberalite Asn Clappam Esq of New-York PSuppert forms the American Winter Commissioners for Foreign Missass. The group plans a monetary purchase of twenty thousand Pelars, to be paid in yearly instalments over several years, aiming to assist philanthropic persons and institutions related to the mission.
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Liberalite
Asn
Clappam
New-York
Psuppert
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Guadalajara
Spain
D—D Rascal
Wright
Alfred Blanchard
Blanchard
Alfred
C. H. ‘Blanchard
Major Wright
Wright Alfred Blanchard
M‘whorter
C. H. Blanchard
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