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Newspaper
Alton Spectator
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1838
Page
2
A fragmentary 19th century dispatch details Navy Island encampments, Patriot detachments, and naval actions with actions by authorities including arrests at Buffalo and Grand Island. Reports describe the movement of armed groups toward Canada, the presence of 60 men, and attempts to prevent further forces crossing from the United States.
A garbled report details British naval actions near Navy Island and attempts to intercept a vessel carrying munitions. It describes U.S. and British movements, searches, and potential engagements amid postwar anxieties, with references to Hamiltonian critiques and calls for a spec ie payment resumption. Only fragments remain, but the piece fronts urgent imperial maneuvering and congressional debate.
Twenty five families from Switzerland settle in Wabash county Illinois with substantial gold assets as fires destroy a factory at Texbritae Masen Cinatta and the Printing office of German Whig at Cincinnati. The Jacksonville Gazette notes a $1 million loan in New York for Illinois internal improvements, bringing total to $2 million to fund projects next season. A vote on payments shifts away from specie to notes is reported, and a tense legal question about Black suffrage in Pennsylvania appears.
An old notice lists farm parcels and lot numbers in Block To ener part of A In sold at auction. Describes parcels No 4 5 8 10 and No 2 3 8 in various configurations near Kodab sia five miles from town. Mentions seed for taerfon and subscribers and references Alton at the end.
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