Colonel Knapp on agriculture and domestic industry at Newark
Colonel Knapp’s Newark speech outlines how protection fostered global crops and domestic industries. He traces maize, pumpkin, potato, rice, cotton, sugar, silk, and straw bonnet production from their origins to early American adoption, noting social and gender implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapp
Newark
N. Y
American Institute
Spain
Rowly
Massachusetts
Rees
Virginia
Walter Raleigh
Ireland
South America
Queen Elizabeth
Bonnet Craft Versus Poetry in An Early Market View
In a discussion on fashion and industry, the speaker praises domestic bonnet makers who imitate Italian lace and silk weaving. They claim local craftsmen can rival imports, arguing poetry and beauty flourish when market demand supports refined workmanship. The piece ends with a rhetorical call to value utility and skilled labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Petrarch
Noddy and Gunter End Public Dispute On Courteous Note
In a heated exchange Noddy accused Gunter of impropriety while defending his own family’s respectability. After a tense interruption the men exchanged words and Noddy admitted a personal regard for Gunter. Gunter then expressed preference for Noddy over his own brother, and both men shook hands, ending the dispute on a respectful note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noddy
Mr. Gunter
Gunter
Mr. Noddy
Wickwick Papers
Sawyer
Mr. Sawyer
Mr.Gunter
Lights and Shadows in Sunday School Life
The Alton Observer notes how human life is a chequered scene from bright sunny days to cloudy storms. It urges Christians to active work for the Lord, warning that mere belief without deeds fails to serve the salvation of souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Observer
Christ Jesus
Friends of Sabbath Schools
Friends of Christ
Iind
T. L
Murders and Self Destruction Plague New Orleans
The Bee reports a wave of violent crime in New Orleans with multiple murders in various municipalities and two youths taking their own lives after hearing of family deaths. A criminal trial ended by self harm as a youth faced possible capital punishment, reflecting remorse and public compassion amid tragedy.
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New Orleans
Ert Hall
Felix Neff
Rice
Ellis
Mary Jane Graham
Judson
Hannah More
Dre Humphreys
Harlan Page
John Howard
Philanthropist
Aaron Barr
Marshall
Washington
Lucien Bonaparte
Wirt
Patrick Henry
Roscoe
Bridgwater
Chalmers
Kidd
Whewell
Bell
Buckland
Prout
Reynolds
Astoria
W. Irving
Back
Arctic Sea
Schoolcraft
Mississippi
Bigelow
Malta
Sicily
Gibraltar
England
Sir G. Head
Colton
Great Britain
The
Dr. Codman
Rush
Wayland
Say
Encyclopedia Americana
Locke
Good
Biographia Literaria
S. T. Coleridge
Webster
Phillips’ Curran
Grattan
Emmet
Chatham
Burke
Erskine
McIntosh
Bishop Jebb
Alexander Knox
H.T. de la Beche
Combe
Sporzheim
de Plutarch
Johnson
Hartford
Sparks
Crabbe
Cuvier
Animal Kingdom
Brooks
Universal Gazetteer
Robertson
Charles
Milton
Ossian
Aikin
Pope
Mrs. Hemans
Hemans’ Heber
Pollock
Byron
Cowper
Thompson
Mrs. Sigourney
Bryant
Chil- Waseca Ana
Jarani
Tacitus
Took
Pantheon
Adams
Life of Washington
Lempriere
Valpy
Goodrich
Jacob
Neilson
Cambridge
Simpson
Playfair
Euclid
Flint
Guineres
Gibson
Davies
Day
Colburn
Oinecastle
Ryan
Bailey
Emerson
Pike
Smiley
Parley
Olney
Hall
Standford
Smith
Bennet
Pinnick
Woodbridge
Worcester
Marie Brun
Mitchell
U. S
Tanner
Peck
Messenger
Illinois
Kirkham
Greenleaf
Murray
Brown
New York
Putnam’s
Lovell’s
New Am
Mason’s Farriery
Common Place
Virginia
Miss Leslie
McKenzie
Burns
Nuttall
Mrs. Lincoln
Lacon
Scott
Jones
Valley of the Mississippi
Capt
Marryatt
Bulwer
Paulding
Spain
Mahmoud
Jord Rolden
Conti
Prairies
Latrobe
Mexico
Giafar
al Bosnuke
Irving
Grenada
Shepherd Lee
South West
Geo. Balcombe
Constantinople
Allen Prescott
Pioneers
Knickerbocker
Countess of Blessington
Maria Edgeworth
Wm. Falke
Russia
Maynard & Noyes
GEO. Holton
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Hon
Mns. Norton
Woodbine
Nick
William B. Tappan
Farmer’s Department
New World
Londonderry
New Hampshire
New England
Des Ables
India
South Carolina
Brahma
United States
Louisiana
East
West Indies
Engar
Thirteen
France
Connecticut
China
Elizabeth
Germany
Switzerland
Europe
Penelope
Velemachus
Merchant Service
America
Liverpool
Tue Bricuton
Brighton
Boston
Cour
Clark & Terrell
State Street
Alton
Jso
Crank
Tismotar Trenreur
William F. D’wolf
Ellor
Messrs. Goprner
Gitmas & Co
Dearents Daves
Menicixes
Second Street
J. Tucker
Pilot Bread
Laurel Street
Main Street
St. Louis
State and
Wall Streets
W.L. Chappell
Alton, Illinois
A. Alexander
J. B. Daxtonia & Co
Louisville
A. B. Roff
WM. L.chappell
Chappell
Wall St Alton
EW Drug Store
Wittarp & Waitser
E. W. Dit
Julius A. Willard
Enc. Whitney
Eberle
Wister
Horner
Cooper
Tavernier
Dewees
Donglison
Clark
Blackstone
James Kent
Chitty
Teller
Starkie
Collyer
Sugden
Venders
Harris
Clarke
Hodge
Barnes
Bush
Sc Holuck
Stewart
Pocket
Calmet
Robinson
Brown’s
Buck’s
Mosheim
Murdoch
Waddington’s
Pilgrim’s Progress
Dr. Hawkes
Wickliffe
Cranmer
Luther
C. Buchannan
G. T. Bedell
Payson
Richmond
Lemuel Haynes
Thomason
Cornelius
Boardman
Summerfield
Matthew Henry
Henry Martin
Fletcher
Wesley
Rob
Atras
Otice
Wm. W. Rice
Alfred Shannan
A. L. Shull
Macoupin County
Carlinville
L. M’gill
Marie Brundo
Job Lawrence
May
Moe
Herman Griges
Ingore T
J. L. Waples
State
Third
Griggsville Female Academy
Deniseay
James Hutchinson
Griggsville Fem
Sem
N. B
Morocco
Whipple & Forbes
St. Alton
E. L. Ward
S B
Vandalia
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Orrick
A. Alexander & Co
H. M’gill
Powell, Lamont & Co
Warburton & King
Reily & Chouteau
Savage &Justin
Jozx
Charless
Andies
Cincinnati
S. E. Moore
WL. Sloss
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Geneva
Messrs
Water & Norver
W. Warren & Co
Washville
Tenn
W. P. Wincutster
Esqq
Joan Reap
Josuva Hasset
Pleasant M. Mitten
Wacker & Arkrsox
Memphis
Joux Bunowsy
Esq
Summerville
Jous M. Pecx
Rock Spring
Henny Eppr
J. Harvey
W. J. Garewoon
Equality
McCarenes
A. Dusap
Rusiville
E. B. Wenn
Carmi
Upper Alton
Shawneetown
Jackson, Tenn
Stanley
Troy
Albany
Cincinna
B. Roff
Alton Methodist Book Room
A. Campbell
J.B. Purcell
Alton Methodist Book Co
T. L. Waples Merchant Tailors
Lea Street
Third Streets
CPA
WIN A. Halderan & Co
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