Local Officials and Clergy Named Across Illinois Towns
A long list of names appears tied to towns and counties including Chicago May or Juin Wright. Rev. William Kir Kaosville. Rev. J. Lawton. Rev. Milton Kimball. Rev. A. Norton. Rev. A Kent. Rev. Julius Read. Rev. Isaac H Brown. The roster mentions many communities such as Gentr elt yy dosha Belden ey Luts Payson Manchester Greenville Tremont Collinsville Springfield Galena Jacksonville Warsaw Prophetstown Waverly Rushville Rock Island Town and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parfield
William Kir Kaosville
Noel Fxeter
N. Swift
Qiheore- Auneeville
Aisea
Don. A. Phelps
Chicago
Juin
MNCIS
Dayton
R. McCoey
Rote Wats
Quindgian
Geo Jule Bardin
Davis
Wy Jopineton
Lemus Foster
Pineee
Col
Wm. Smith
Peora
J. Porter
Greenville
Albert Hale
Tremont
F. Bascom
Collinsville
A. W. Beach
Springfield
P.C. Canedy
Galena
A Kent
Carlinville
Bela White
Hennepin
J. Suckell
Winchester
Z. Carter
Jacksonville
D. B. Ayres
Warsaw
Julius Read
Salem
L. K. Anderson
Prophetstown
A. Smith
Waverly
Isaac H Brown
Rushville
Daniel V. Dawley
Ellison Creek
P. O
Wim. Co Wien
New Boston
S. Denison
Whitehall
George Heiersn
Rock Island Town
C.W. Babbitt
Statement of student expenses at Mission Institute
The author notes six months’ tenure at Mission Institute and records personal expenditures. He mentions building a comfortable house largely by his own effort and states that he has paid for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Mission Institute
Enduring folly in daily choices and their outcomes
A moral quatrain warns that small indulgences or shortcuts, like rum, avoiding newspapers, or stealing knowledge, lead to ruin. It contrasts seeming right with eventual consequences such as ignorance, fraud, neglect of the needy, and idolatry, concluding with a rebuke to excess discourse.
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Bors
Maumee Swamp Described By Perryeburgh Correspondent
A Connecticut Observer correspondent from Perryeburgh, Ohio describes the Maumee Swamp region between Sandusky Bay and the Maumee River. He notes a 50 mile wide belt extending 100 miles southwest, limestone bed, dark fertile mud, a near level surface with sluggish streams, fever and ague, tall forests, and a U. S. turnpike offering the only east west route from the lake toward Indiana Michigan or Illinois. He warns crossing after spring ploughing is troublesome and difficult.
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Maumee
Connecticut Observer
Witting
Perryeburgh
Ohio
Maumee Swamp
Bay of Sandusky
U. S
Morality and Prudence in Everyday Life
The Memphis Inquirer uses a moral discourse to caution readers about payday comes and living beyond means. It warns that neglecting debts, overspending, and idle borrowing lead to poverty, ruin, and broken neighbors. The moral tone urges industry, economy, and self control.
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Memphis Inquirer
Sinai as Holy Ground in Bible History and Travel Narrative
The account of Mount Sinai from a traveler in Egypt and Arabia emphasizes the peak as the first tangible holy ground, describing the ascent, the rock shelter, and Moses and the Tablets. It contrasts Sinai with Etna and Vesuvius, noting the stark desolation and sacred significance, and discusses Biblical geography and historical interpretations.
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Mount
Sinal
Egypt
Arabia
Italy
Greece
Jena
Moses
Aaron
Hur
Rephidim
Sinai
Garden of Eden
Asia
Tower of Babel
Ararat
Holy Land
Holy
Etna
Sicily
Calabria
Vesuvius
Syrian Desert
Ancient Abolition Decrees and Manumission Tales
Records recount 1102 English decree against selling people as markets and 1172 Irish Assembly ruling emancipation of English slaves in Ireland. It cites Wolstan’s pre Conquest Bristol slave trade and Henry VIII 1514 manumission of two villeins named Henry Knight and John.
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Great Council of
England
St. Peters
Westminster
Ireland
Assembly of Divines
Armagh
Wood
Wolstan
Worcester
William
Bristol
Henry VIII
Henry Knight
John
Narrow Escape on the Ben Sherrod Steamer Fire
From Natchez on May 10 1837 a Mississippi gentleman recounts a near disaster aboard the steamer Ben Sherrod ten miles above Fort Adams. The ship caught fire as passengers fled by cotton bales with two women saved of 28 aboard, about 50 survivors in all. He describes clinging to a bale and rescuing a gentleman and his wife until shore was reached and a drifting boat began rescue.
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South
Mississippi
America
Peoria Register
Episcopalians
Illinois
Ilinois
Chase
Michigan Territory
Philadelphia
England
Peoria
Michigan
Gilead
Wales
Israel
Robin's Nest
United States
Alton
H.—Alton
Hawxry
St. Paul’s Church
Hlolcomb
Olive Branch
Quincey
Yellow Banks
Galena
Holcomb
Robin’s Nest
New York
de Pui
Samuel Chase
Philander Chase
D. D
Peoria County
John Batehelder
Trinity Church
Jacksonville
Joseph L. Darrow
Madison
St. Clair
James de Put
St. Paul's Church
Ezekiel G. Gear
Gerace Church
Isaac W. Hallam
St. James’ Church
Chicago
Journal of Commerce
Washington
Natchez
Fort Adams
New Orleans
Laura
Baltimore
Temperance debate on whiskey expenditure in Ireland
A Port of Dublin Temperance Society meeting cites that £6,300,000 was spent last year on whiskey with crown duty, suggesting this contributes to poverty and disorder among the lower classes. If illicit spirits are added, the total could approach £8,000,000.
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Port of Dublin
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James J. Marks
Louisville
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Pleasant Grove
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Thomas P. Copes
Auburn
Philander Draper
Lousiana
James Watson
Marion College
Wim
Oakley
Franklin
Peter B. Davis
Millersburgh
Martin Baker
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Daniel Nolley
Jones
Tan Yard
Isaac Tate
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Henry Pease
Caledonia
T. Donnell
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Moscow
Alexander Ross
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Mr. Washburn
P. M. Wapalaw
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