Flora MacDonald and the Stuart Escape Legend
The account recounts Flora MacDonald aiding Chevalier Charles Stuart after Culloden in 1745, her capture and year in England, pardon, and emigration with family to South Carolina. It notes her strong loyalty to the Stuart cause and a famed anecdote of striking a British captain in defense of Prince Charles.
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Flora MacDonald
Charles Stuart
Culloden
England
South Carolina
Flora
Stuart
Prince Charles the Pretender
Flora’s Lament for Caledonia Captive in Steubenville
A dramatic monologue by Flora in 1838 Steubenville laments exile from Scotland. The speaker invokes Culloden, the Highland clans, and legendary figures like Wallace and Bruce, pleading for liberation from captivity and yearning for homeland glory.
Lord Chatham and Pitt's Firm Public Spirit
The Edinburgh Review lauds Lord Chatham for unwavering purpose and bold, resourceful leadership. It credits his resolve, anti corruption stance, and strategic shift under Mr. Pitt, noting vast military gains, united public support, and the end of factional dissent as a historic achievement.
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Edinburgh Review
Lord Chatham
Brutus
Idvalde
The Lament of a Lost Love and Immortal Dreams
A narrator recalls a beloved, gripped by a fading life and enduring memory. He speaks of her quiet strength, the ruin of love, and her death, then contemplates mortality, eternity, and a realm where beauty and love endure beyond earth. The piece blends mournful reminiscence with philosophical longing for lasting destiny and peace.
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Earth
The Broken Hearted and the Quiet Despair of Love
In a New England village two years ago a young girl, seventeen, mourns a lost love. Her cheerful mask hides deep sorrow, her eyes sometimes heavy, yet her beauty remains a lamentable beacon. The piece laments vanity and pleads for charity, quoted from Hempstead Enquirer via the New York Sunday Morning News.
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New England
Hempstead Enquirer
New York Sunday Morning News
The Young Bride and a New Carpet Bargain
Emma and Charles entertain by the fire as Emma confesses a secret about Mary French. Mary urged them to view two Brussels carpets bought from Brent's store, touted as rich and cheap at 75 dollars, stirring Charles as his mother had chosen the Wilton rug.
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Emma
Charles
Hns
Mary French
Brent
New York
Mary
Wilton
Brussels
Emma and Charles Visit a Charity Family in Winter
Emma and Charles wander from Brent's carpet shop to a squalid tenement where a dying mother and emaciated child cower by a grate. Charles consoles Emma, funds relief with seventy five dollars, and their perspective on wealth and happiness shifts as they witness suffering. The tale ends with a grateful blessing from the dying mother and a vow to aid others.
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Brent
Emma
Charles
Emmet
Puma
Charles West
Wilton
Emma West
The American Mechanic and Treasury Currency Report Extract
The piece praises the plain American mechanic and calls for fidelity to the Constitution and self education. It then presents an extract from the Secretary of the Treasury on currency for public dues, the resumption of specie payments, and bank practices since 1838, comparing 1814 and 1837 conditions, noting increased specie, bank resumptions, and policy impacts on the currency and domestic exchanges.
A Dilemma About a Saloon Suit and a Peppery Dispute
A reader reports a quarrel over a salt and patrick case tied to a coffee house. The speaker claims a patron refused to drink his crog and proper behavior, leading to a lawsuit arising from insults and alleged damages.
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Squire
Patrick
Public money and banking reforms discussed in Congress
The report critiques unchecked bank discounts and the deposite act, urging added checks and an Independent Treasury. It notes several banks remain general depositories, two have shifted to special deposits, and that many funds are kept in special deposits or with officers. It details lists of depositories, drafts, and deposit schemes amid ongoing efforts to secure public money nationwide.
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Congress
Treasury
United States
Department
Atlantic
People’s Bank
Banor
Louisville Savings Institution
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Andress
L. Harper
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Isle
Donald MacDonald
Charlie
Moidart
Cumberland
Scotland
Caledon
the Bruce
Wallace
Douglass
Randolph
Mar
Ayr
Steubenville
Admiralty
Commonwealth
Lord Anson
Pitt
France
Germany
America
Asia
Africa
West India
St. Domingo
Canada
Havana
Spain
Walpole
George D. Prentice
Young Bride
Secretary OF the Treasury
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