The American Union Publication Details and Rates
The American Union is issued each Tuesday afternoon from Market Street near the F and M Bank. Subscription is two dollars per month, payable half yearly in advance, or three dollars per year. The paper will not be discontinued while arrears exist. Advertisements follow standard rates and letters to editors require proper addressing to receive attention.
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Amenicas Union
Market Street
South Side
F. & M. Hank
Ohio law seeks school tax and district reforms
An 1840s Ohio act amendment outlines county discretion to cut school taxes to at least one mill, duties to fund rent for non existent schoolhouses, and rules on delinquent district taxes. It authorizes district directors to allocate funds, admit adults, and govern language instruction and district boundaries.
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General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Unis
Lille
Distevete
Ohio act on school funds and interest payments enacted
The document records an Ohio legislative act dated March 16 1839 with provisions repealing conflicting acts, directing payment of interest on school funds to the county treasurers, and confirming it as a true copy certified by Secretary of State Carter B Harlan. It names James J Farran as Speaker of the House and William Hawkins as Speaker of the Senate.
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James J. Farran
House of Representatives
William Hawkins
Senate
Secretary of State
Columbus
Carter B. Harlan
The Contrast Between Federalists and Democrats
A mid 19th century New Era critique contrasts federalists celebrations with democratic restraint. It notes Albany visitors led by Governor Seward celebrating a false victory, while Democrats quietly celebrate and return to daily life, arguing federal motives rely on deception and show.
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Albany
Seward
Chandler Star
Federal Party
Pretexts to cover the Whig defeat in New York
A Globe column cites the New York Evening Post and New York American debates over imported and squatters votes. It questions how Whigs could fear or complain of vote importation or ward colonization given their control of polls, judges, and police, and notes party precedents under election decisions.
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The
Globe
New York
New York Livening Post
New York American
United States
Federal Proscription Sweeps Democrats in New York
Federalists seized power in New York from January to April, removing eighty-one Democrats and installing federalists in their places. The editorial notes this as unprecedented party proscription, citing Seward’s attempted removal of a master in chancery for political reasons and the Menswe’s resistance to what it calls degradation, highlighting a clash over official appointments.
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N. York
Union
Seward
de Wert Crm
Tos
Uvet
Raed
Neal Envacins
Fragmentary historical note on a meeting and event
A mangled OCR snippet references a meeting and participants with unclear names and actions. It hints at a listed outcome and a public or committee event, mentioning Demers and a session or gathering with referenced places or dates, but specifics are unreadable.
Whig Sub Treasurers and Lost Funds Debate
An article from the Manhattan Advertiser reports a defection of the county treasurer from the Whigs to Democrats after a failure to pay over funds. It mentions 8. S. Sprague as fill-in and mocks Federalists for criticising leg treasurers while alleging higher losses under federal agents. A bay horse stolen last year is also queried.
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Manhattan
Defiance
Williams Co
8. S. Sprague
Vaean
Democratic
Reed
Oho
London Morning Chronicle Foresees Peaceful Issue in Maine Dispute
The London Morning Chronicle cites the US President's Message on Maine tensions and Sir Governor Harvey's New Brunswick claim. It notes hopes for prudence and central government probation to avert a general collision, despite Maine citizen disquiet and press alarm.
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London Morning Chronicle
England
Maine
Harvey
New Brunswick
Fairfield
Globe
United States
Sterling Democracy and Ohio Democratic Papers
The piece praises Ohio Democratic papers for anti monopoly stances and Jeffersonian equality doctrine. It urges similar bold reporting in other states, especially Virginia, and expresses gratitude to those papers for upholding democratic ideals.
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Ohio
Thomas Jeferson
Virginia
Gd Dominion
Whig rhetoric critique from Old Dominion drives critique
A sharp notice ridicules a prominent gentleman's anticipated communication as tame and impotent Whiggery, lamenting his decline and framing the document as written under spleen and pique from Old Dominion.
Governor of Missoni Secures State Loan Details
The Governor negotiates a Bank of Missouri loan of 345000 dollars. Two hundred thousand funds cover troops dispatched to remove Mormons from the state. One hundred twenty five thousand builds a capitol and twenty thousand for internal improvements. The piece notes fears of a new panic in Virginia politics.
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Missoni
Bank of Missouri
Statesman
Unprecedented Impudence and Political Feuds Highlighted
From the Dayton Herald a discussion of M Kinney appealing a common pleas ruling, the Confederate and Old School Republican shift, Van Buren and Shannon riffs, and Medary language. The piece forecasts editorials, mentions Daniel Webster and New York elections, and hints at forthcoming Congressional reactions.
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M'Kinney
Dayton Herald
Court of Common Pleas
Sherif
Supreme Court
van Buren
Shannon
Medary
Cleveland Gazette
Great Western in Bristol papers and Atlantic arrivals
New York reports from April 15 1839 note the Great Western in Bristol papers of the 23d and the En gland packet with the President's Message Gov Fairfield's message and Fox Forsyth arrangements. American securities firm cotton up three quarters of a cent. City appears optimistic on policy and politics with a projected Whig defeat.
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New York
Great Western
Bristol
Liverpool
England
Fairfield’s
Messrs. Fox
Forsyth
Mississippi Distress and Poisoning Case in Perrysburgh
Distress spreads as sheriffs advertise property for sale across counties. Citizens urged to support laws and public justice amid bank caused ruin from irredeemable paper money and over-trading. In Perrysburg, John Knowles dies suspected to be poisoned. coroner's inquest pins arsenic on Eleanor Knowles and Ellen Sillsby. Sillsby released.
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Mississippi
John Knowles
Perrysburgh
Eleanor Knowles
Ellen Sillsby
Moffat Life Medicines Promise Hopeful Cures
An old advertisement extols Moffat's Life Medicines as a radical alternative to mercury based cures. It claims the potions restore vigor, boost nerves, and combat various ailments from salt rheum to nervous disorders. Letters from users in New York praise relief after trying the remedies.
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Moffat
T. M. Cloever
13Th St
Sth
Jackson Avenues
New York Mills
Mr. Moffat
E. N. Butler
Summit Hill
Dr. Moffat
George Brofts
Mauch Chunk
White
C. Geo
Kinser
Lockport
W. B. Moffat
Warren Patterson
T. & G. Johnson
Broadway
New York
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Hoffman
Daniel
Congress
New
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Lovet
James Alien
Otve State Journal
Korea
Steubenville
Sigalun
Young Ladies
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Enos Brawner
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Elizabeth Cisco
Elizabeth Crawford
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David Green
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Robert Leetch
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James Murphy
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WM. Fleming
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Samuel Anderson
Solomon Arnold
John Berisford
Robert Boom
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Eliza Benson
Scott A. Braden
Harvey Bradshaw
Jacob Chesler
Isaac Cheesman
Daniel Estes
Mary A. Edgar
Mahala Flemon
Faris Fitch
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John Hils
J—Abner Jones
K—melton Kenedy
Joseph Lytle
Jonas Meeker
William mcCattery
John O'Neal
William Mw. Pond
Hector B. Patterson
Mr. Porter
Monsieur Peetrie
R—marton Rion
James Riley
Robert Rand
Sarah Stewart
Henry Shane
Dr. Shields
Dr. Stevenson
James Stewart
T—William Talbou
Mary Teeple
W—Elenor Watkins
Mt. Pleasant
John Danter
Joseph Brown
Jeane Hraweon
Jonathan Balderson
D Black
Susan Cooper
Faris Crew
Charles Chaney
Robert Freeman
Mary Goilin
M—Magill
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Sami
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Richard Linnig
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Hannah Johnson
Jenkine
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John Mertort
Jane Nath
Gheen Si Choir
Lease Worrell
Rachel Weldon
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Columbians Co
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Naples
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Hans Wilson
W. Dougherty
Coommmiss.con
Messrs. Means & Hooker
Para
R. M. Heniig
Church, McVay & Gordon
Win. Holmes &Co
Dalzell & Fleming
Birmingham & Co
Pittsburgh
M. Androwsk Y Son
McKee, Harding & Co
Wheeling
M. B. Rosa & Co
Portsmouth
Griffin & Lucker
Ginei
J. Broadwell & Lormemnate
C. Buckies
G.G. Feller & Co
K. Moh
Louisville, Ky
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