Coffee Taxes and Distribution Debated in Tariff Document
An 1840s tariff document analyzed by a newspaper compares two and three cent coffee duties and the proposed distribution fund. It critiques protectionism, argues labor bears the tax, and cites Pendleton and Whig allies, contrasting with broader political motives.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Pendleton
Clay Party
Col
House
Europe
Whig Party
Penington
House pay reform debate weighs on Congress
A 1841 bill to cut member pay to six dollars per day and reduce mileage is debated in the House. The measure draws criticism as reformers push for fiscal restraint while opponents warn of political theatrics and doubtful success.
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Sauiaie
N. York
Washington
New York
William A. Bradley
Kelley
George A Dwight
Arnold
House of Representatives
Congress
I T
House
Trumbull Democrat
Union Factory
Market Street
Stetchenville
James L. McDevitt
Stenbenville
M. Axpanne & Sox
Anpaews &Uee
Andrews
Ala
Hell
Night Storm Over Rye Field Described in Fragment
Vague OCR lines speak of a fierce storm across a rye field with lightning flashing and dark skies. The passage references distant figures and chaotic natural imagery, but many words are garbled, leaving unclear events or outcomes.
Old Providence Deacon Ordered Off by Pump Placard
An elderly Providence citizen and Baptist deacon, about seventy, was ordered Thursday to leave his home area under threat of confinement for posting a placard on a street pump that read Free Suffrage Water. The notifier, an office holder in Providence, goes by Mumford or Murphy, sparking debate on republican guarantees in the Constitution.
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Oldridge
Providence
R. I
Mumford
Murphy
Balt. Repub
Lyons
Hoxworth & Brooker
Hoxworth and Maxwell
Phillips and Brooker
Market Street
Wm. Nash
Western Herald Printing Office
Ss. H. Hoxworth
Joseph Brooknr
Brandreth
B. Brandreth
Congress
Benjamin Brandreth
District Court of
Southern District of New York
Wood St
Pittsburgh
Jefferson County
James Turybule
Steubenville
Joan Gill
Mt. Pleasant
Thosodbert
LaGrange
Richard Jackson
Springfield
WM. Price
Smithfield
Craig & Co
Warenton
Crew & Cook
Richmond
Scott & Co. June 26 1846 Oxalic Acid and Isiaglass
An entry records Scott and Co referring to quantities of oxalic acid and Isiaglass on June 26 of a year ending in 1846. The fragment indicates a trade or inventory note without additional context or names.
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S, Scott & Co
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