Bank influence linked to aristocracy of wealth in historic note
Extract from a London Bankers Circular dated Jan 27 stresses that a bank's power should align with wealth aristocracy rather than sheer numbers. It cites the Turcate Bank of the United States as an example of immense political influence, illustrating how great chartered banks wield vast power.
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London Bankers
Tur Cate Bank
United States
Cynthiana Ky
Arkansas
Hall of Representatives
Little Rock
J. J. Anthony
John Wilson
Mr. A
Herald
Treasury
Jefferson County Democratic Meeting of December 25 1837
A large Jefferson County Democratic gathering at Wm. B. Kerlin’s hotel adopted resolutions endorsing a Democratic State Convention for a Governor candidate, appointing delegates and a three member committee to nominate them. They pledged support for Van Buren, opposed a national bank, and urged banking reform and currency stabilisation.
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Jefferson County
Wm. B. Kerlin
Granny Ansa
Island Creek Township
Adam J. Leslie
Steubenville Township
John K. Sutherland
Robert Patterson
Wm. C. McCauslen
John 5. Patterson
David England
James Shane
Thomas Johnson
Messrs
Benjamin McFarland
David Cable
William Hamilton
George Alban
George W. McCleary
Benjamin Tappan
John S. Patterson
John T. Leslie
James Mitchell
Samuel McNary
Wm.erfield
Wm. C. McCausten
John Rickey
Robert A. Watts
Stephen W. Hill
Wa. Fleming
Martin van Buren
Congress
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Jackson
United States Bank
Bank of the United States
Pennsylvania
States
United States
General Assembly
Democratic meeting resolutions and railroad convention notes
A regional gathering endorses Democratic principles, appoints a county central committee and vigilantes, urges subscriptions to the American Union, and denounces a hostile press. Reports of currency concerns, a Pittsburgh to Cleveland rail line convention, and a fatal knife duel in Arkansas accompany broader political notices.
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Cleveland, Warren
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Warren, &c
Warren
Bakewell
PUGS PSCLOS FOR EXTENDING THE CIRCULATION OF the American
The American Union, now under new ownership, appeals for patronage to support its growth as Ohio’s leading Democratic paper. It highlights large local readership in Jefferson County, notes significant editorial expense, and urges subscribers to finance a speedy currency resumption while covering passing tidings from Congress and state government. Two dollars per year, with incentives for contributing new subscribers.
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Loco Foco
William C. McCauslen
Robert Patterson
James Mitchell
John K. Sutherland
William McDonald
David Cable
Thomas Johnson
American Union
Jefferson County
American Union and
Ohio Statesman
George Alban
Adam J. Leste
Ohio
Friends of Democratic Principles
Congress
Union
Friends of the Establishment
Gratis
Whig editors mock dear people and shinplasters
The piece mocks petitions in Mississippi to influence a vote and mocks Gen Mokely for yielding to popular wishes. It notes Whigs trumpet a victory and cites two Whig congressional candidates with no opposition and a Democratic governor gain. It mentions N R Smith planning a Daily Express in Pittsburgh.
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Greney
Mississippi
Congress
Webster on Paper Money as the Worst Deception
Daniel Webster denounces paper money as the laboring class’s greatest fraud. He argues state sanctioned or legally countenanced currency corrupts virtue and entrenches oppression far more than ordinary tyranny, taxes, or oppression, calling for rigorous scrutiny of monetary policy.
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Daniel Webster
Congress
Similies and Rail News Learnings From 19th Century Press
The Whig party is described as a mere machine and a thrashing machine in the Louisville tour comments. The New Era notes a mules fueled machine. The Wilmington and Roanoke railroad reports progress with twenty three miles finished and ready to open in three to four days, with May completion of sixty more reducing the remaining gap to under one hundred miles.
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Federal
New York
Star
Courier
Commercial
Express
Mercantile
The
Daily Whig
Rufus Dawes
J. Burr
Democratic Party
Evening Post
Daily News
New Era
Whig Party
Ve. Post
Louisville
Era
Wilmington and
Roanoke
Local figures cited in brief civic notice fragment
Fragmentary OCR lists names John Wilkins Jacob Walker Like White Thos Wilcox Jotin Wild with no clear context or action. Unable to determine event, role, or date from available text.
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John Wilkins Jacob Walker
Thos Wilcox Jotin
Prices from the local commodities market list
The page lists assorted goods with unit prices including flour, bacon, coffee, tobacco, whiskey, mackerel, wheat, flaxseed, oats, lead, potatoes, linseed oil, butter, salt, beef and other staples. Prices show cents per unit or per pound and indicate a broad mid-19th or early 20th century trading ledger.
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Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Havanna
Rio
Java
Cincinnati
Havana
St. Domingo
New Orleans
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