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Newspaper

American Union

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1838

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wheeling Pittsburgh Havanna Rio Java Cincinnati Havana St. Domingo New Orleans

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Smith Daily Express William Crosby Court of Common Pleas Arthur & Others Tober Alexander Cunningham Cunningham Cross Creek John Arthur William Crosky Tappan & Stanton Wittouma Rinehatom Wittens Boekinghem Kath Hobbs William Hicks Hammer Fame George Even Mary Ann Johnrien Smiley Johnston M Wiliam Mitten J. Mahan Methail Jane McNary Doug Nichols Martha Neely Sem William Neely Willin Iver Samuel Porter William Ralston Robert Roberts William Nkin S Jonathan Shoemaker Samuel Scott Wm. Steel James Vaughan John Woods Mark Willits John Irvine P.M Godleith Ebenezer Bell Charles Bevington Garrett Brown William Bouman Johnson Jim Bet Chas C Bateman Win Beaumont John Curfman Rebecca Carroll E Conn Wm Donaldson Wim C Davidson Fleary Davis Robert Dick George Doyle Richard Doyle Dames Dick 5S Gordon Davids Jobo English James Elliott Wm Freemale Rodeo Freshwater Maxwell Frazier Thomas P Fogg R Lauisel George Bothwell Charlotte Beatty Robert Bothwell Martha E Benton Francis Bariley M Oa Brown Amatda Black Bickerstoff Nathaniel Crowley Fohram Cable Calel Harvey Chapman F. 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