Paper notices and retailer rates at local post market
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wcaussen & L. Harper
Sub-treasury bill examined by Democratic (N. J.) Bawner
The piece argues the Sub-treasury bill is consistent with republicanism and safer than bank deposits. It contrasts Treasury officers under bonds with banks, claiming bonds ensure safety and punish misuse, while banks are prone to speculation. The author urges candor and honesty in choosing the safer option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Federal Party
Federal
Norry
N. J
Bawner
Treasury Control Of Public Money In District And Ports
The act outlines centralized custody of public funds in the District of Columbia and ports Philadelphia New Orleans and other offices. It sets Treasury oversight, transfers, deposits, bonds, and special safekeeping rules with limits on loans and expenses and ensures weekly remittances to the U.S. Treasurer and Mint. It details depositories deposits safeguards and bank requirements for securing funds.
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United States
District of Columbia
Mint
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Custom House
Boston
New York
Charleston
S. C
St. Lewis
Missouri
U. States Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Dale Kerping
U.S
Provisions for public funds depositories and guards outlined
The act details frequent nominations for banks and officers, mandatory book and money checks, transfer of balances to new depositories, and strict penalties for embezzlement. It sets payment in specie or U. S. government notes, fixes salaries at twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and allocates safes, vaults, and assistant depositories in major cities. Repeals conflicting prior acts.
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Treasury
United States
Washington
New York
Boston
N. York
Philadelphia
Charleston
New Orleans
St. Louis
Niles Speech Sparks Senate Defense of Administration
The Senate focused on Mr. Niles's strong reply to Mr. Rives. He vindicated the Administration against charges of an alliance with the United States Bank of Pennsylvania and defended the financial reform proposed by the President. The speech criticized the Sparta band rhetoric and urged a hard money policy, but no full synopsis followed in the Globe.
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MR. Niles
Senate
Niles
Rives
United States Bank of Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Virginia
Globe
Mr Clay Opposed Graduation Bill in Senate
A dated letter argues Mr Clay blocks the graduation bill to protect land prices and treasury funds. It accuses him of delaying, amending, and limiting land sales to 160 acres, while later reports claim the bill passes the Senate by a large majority, with rival charges and partisan framing.
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Mr. Clay
Senate
States
Col. Benton
General Jackson
van Buren
Republican Party
Clay
Treasury
Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Adams
Chronicle
Alabama
H. Clay
New States
Globe
Genius and Democracy in American Letters
A contemplation of why leading writers such as Washington Irving Cooper Bryant Willis and others align with democracy. It argues genius embodies American ideals, distrusts aristocratic privilege, values reason and humanity, and travels to study despotism only to reaffirm faith in equality and free institutions.
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Washington Irving
Cooper
Bryant
Willis
Paulding
Bancroft
Alexander H. Everett
Forrest
Kendall
Irving
Sooper
Cartwright
Europe
Asia
Graduation bill opposition praised in 1839 letter
A Baltimore Chronicle excerpt from a Washington letter dated January 3 1839 lauds Mr Clay for defeating the graduation bill after opposing a partisan push. The note claims a solitary senator stymied a large coalition and calls the outcome a significant victory for the administration’s aims.
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National Intelligencer
Baltimore Chronicle
Stamp Tax Curiosity Could Grace Van Buren Archives
A Liverpool newspaper notes a rare stamp from the British stamp office tied to the American tax dispute. A stamp printed on colored paper reads AMERICA no shillings and sixpence and is in the possession of Rev. Dr. Shephard of Gateacre. The item is urged as a potential gift to President Van Buren for U.S. archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Somerst House
London
America
Shephard
Gateacre
van Buren
United States
Liverpool Albion
Russian wedding customs of obedience and punishment
The article notes a lingering old Russian practice where the bride removes the groom's boot to pledge obedience and places money in one boot and a small whip in the other. If the wife hits the money first, she keeps it. otherwise the husband administers light blows with the whip. Public opinion links this to love expressed through chastisement.
The French in Africa Contested by Colonists
Paris correspondent reports continued French expansion in Africa would need 100000 garrison troops. Natives remain unsubdued and colonists suffer daily. No confirmation or denial on Abdel Kader's rumored death.
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Africa
Paris
New York Courier
Abdel Kader
Editor Apology Beside Inaugural Address Sparks Debate
A reader criticizes the editor for apologizing for omitting content to fit Gov. Shannon’s inaugural address. She argues the apology was unnecessary and claims the paper’s recent issue showed little sense. The opinion reflects a female reader’s view on editorial choices surrounding the inaugural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlias
Gov. Shannon
Gov. Shannan
Senate debates land sale curbs and amendments in January session
Journal recounts January Senate actions on public lands pricing and entry rights. Amendments tighten residency proof, cap acreage, and limit patent timing for actual settlers. A split vote passes key changes while a motion to reassess revenue distribution stirs talk of tariffs and state shares. The piece notes bipartisan lines and republic-wide stakes.
The Result
The peaceful termination of the protracted difficulties at Harrisburg brings joy to Pennsylvanians and Republicans. The piece praises the conservative spirit of Republicanism, the calm of the people, and the decisive actions by Democratic members in halting conspirators, noting the plot’s defeat and the gain for truth.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury under fire over Swartwout fraud
In a strong defense, the New Era argues federal presses scapegoat the Secretary for Swartwout's million-dollar default and forged records at the Custom House. It notes the Secretary lacked means to know of the fraud and emphasizes his efforts to pass laws to fix faults in the system, warning against impeachment cries and large-scale misrepresentation.
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Kendall
Blair
Swartwout
Secretary of the Treasury
Custom House
Supreme Court of the United States
Tammany Iall
Georgia and the Divorce Question
Richmond Whig reports Georgia legislature close votes on resolutions favoring a total divorce and opposing a National Bank. Howard's Bank Sub-Treasury resolutions pass in Senate after House adoption, with notable procedural votes and Calhoun’s brief prior question. Also notes Harrison's waning popularity in Ohio per Buffalo Journal and data from Stark, Wayne, Carroll, and surrounding counties.
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Georgia
Richmond Whig
Howard
Bank Sub-Treasury
Senate
Harrison
Buffalo Journal
Clay
Ohio
Stark
Wayne
Columbiana
Carroll
Tascarawas
Holmes
Shannon
Vance
van Buren
Gen. Harrison
Detroit Free Press
Notable Family Partition at Interesting Christman Party
In this town Mr. Janes Breed aged 80 and his wife Sarah S Breed, recently separated, arranged a gathering where the family members, including the deceased, were to convene. The incident occurred on the 2th instants in the town, drawing attention to a domestic division and the assembled kin.
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Christman
Janes Breed
Sarah S. Breed
Remarkable Gathering Proximity Among Descendants
A Lynn Record excerpt notes that nine descendants were absent and that all other families lived within one hundred rods of the meeting place, suggesting they could have walked to the event in about five minutes.
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Lynn
List of Names with Postal Mark Cable P. M. 1830 31
A long OCR style list presents numerous personal names arranged in a sequence inclosing titles and initials. The fragment includes M Ingler Joseph Irving John Jackson Reube Jones Sarah Mairs Benj Myers Martha Drew Marian Reace Morrow Mary Maxwell Samuel Martin Thomas Mason William Mitchell Amanda Marcelis David Milter Jacob McGan Elizabeth Miles Edward McLellan Edward McCarty Nathaniel O Callahan Sarah Ann Overend George Osborn Eli Ormsby Oliver Outon Ganna Ramsey W Richardson L M Rowan Archibald Robinson Rev W Robertson Alfred Robinson John Russell John Robison Jane Troutman Daniel Thompson Thomas John Toote George Ty Tagart John Tope John Jacob Turner Phillip Tuckner James Williams John Wise Felix Walker Jerry Ward Nancy Walker John Wilson Joseph R Winchell Sarah Ann Wilson Joseph Wilson Joseph Webbs Nathaniel Wilman Lewis Waudington Ann Wilson Willan George Wells John Williams Margaret Watson Cable P M 1830 31.
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Mairs Benj. Sr. Myers
Martha Or Drew Marian Reace Morrow
Mary A Maxwell Samuel Martin Thomas Mason
William Mitchell
Amanda Marcelis David Milter
Jacob McGan
Elizabeth Miles
Edward B. McLellan
MecGihan
Edward
McCarty
Nathaniel 4
J—Beason Jones
William Johnston
Elizabeth Long
James Lawrey
Elijah Moore
John Fry
Moore & Fry
Martha
Sarah Ann McGrew
Ann McPeck
William Mallonee
John Mansfield
John Nickoson
William H. Noble
James Nowland
Thomas McGrew
O—Ong & Reed
Jacob Ong, Jr
Joseph Pumphrey
Elisha Phipps
John Peoples
The
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Sixsmith
Richard Smith
Henry Swearingen
Andrew Turner
Ann Thorn
W—Lewis M. Walker
John R. Whitton
Joseph Warthen
John Irvine
P. M
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Fulton
Ad Walker
Yeas
Young
Bayard
Brown
Calhoun
Kentucky
Crittenden
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Knight
Morris
Prentiss
Preston
Roane
Robbins
Ruggles
Southard
Strange
Swift
Wall
Willliams
Maine
Wright
Bunchasan
Buchasay
Jackson
Benton
House
Republic
N. Y
New Era
Milledgeville
Echols
Lteubenvile
Bartholomew C. W. Baltimore Claipsa Bell
Alexander Bricel
John Booker
Nancy Butcher
Rachel Beatty
J. Bard
Thomas Bark
William Backley
Philli Bartlett John Barney
John E
Babcock
J. W. Blood
Emerson ‘Bell
Daniel Brown
William Buckingham
George Bristoll
Jonathan Barons
Nancy Black
David Baley
Robert Baughman
Samuel Burk
J. M
C. Chappel
George Carten
E. C
Cambell John V. Chapman George
Dike & Lack
Dungan Edward Dickey Samuel 2
Davison
W.C
Drake Jonathan Dale
Miss Sarah Or
Samuel
E Eakin
M. C. Eaton Mathias Edgington Rachel Emrick Mons
Kan Edwards
Falton W. H. Field John Flight William Foliard John Fieming
G. M. Fisher George
F Filson John Fox William Fing
R. P. Fiemming
Jane F. Floyd
Hagan Jonathan Haskell
E Howard Sarah Hebron
Alex. Holman
Hinds
David Hick
Mary Hawkins
Jabe
Hanlin Joseph Hull Hosea
Ingler
Joseph Irving
John Jackson
Reube Jones
Sarah
Kerlin
W. B. Keller
John
Goucher
Charles Gayer
Henry Gladden
Aaron H
Hunt R. Thomas Niza Hammond
John Hook
Jonathan Hess
Straham
Jane Hogg
Thomas Hall
Mary Hill Phillip
Hall Phillip Harcourt Joseph J. Hayden William
S Jones O. C
KK Kirk S
King William
Thomas Lockard
John Lucas
Lauzure Isaac Leonard William
Eea
Nauswinger J. Jr
O'Callahan
Sarah Ann
George Osborn
Eli Ormsby
Oliver Outon Ganna
Tagart
John T Tope
John Or
Jacob Turner
Phillip Tuckner
James
George Wilson George Watson George
Richmond
Jefferson County
John B. Adams
Rachel Brisben
Fruman Beechout
Joseph W. Babbitt
Christain Bull
Rosanna Bluf
Robert Cowden Jr
William Colway
T. D. Dieckmann
John D. Dickmann
Eliza Davis
George Earls
John Farquhar
Mrs. Frazier
John Frederick
Jesse Stewart
Scott & Braden
William Smith
Henry Shane
Robert Talbott
William Talbott
Thomas Taylor
John Gaddis
Warrenton
Robert Adamson
Eliza Blair
Daniel Bell
William Gossage
Wm. Clow
John Catterdon
Joseph Hall
James Hogg
Adam Hoffman
Adam R. Hope
Ezekiel Jones
Isaac Lanning
William Lyon
James Lackey
John Miracle
Anne Medill
W. McCaffrey
Ann Pollock
Wm. Pasters
R Samuel Richards
J. Randall
S Elizabeth Stewart
Joseph Smith
Levi Smith
W.james Work
Rezin Wheeler
Warren Watson
W. Fleming
Smithfield
Dee
William Blackiston
Charlee
Barnes
John Brown
Robert Boles
William Chaddock
Nathaniel Crawford
Stephen Cooper
Henry Jones
Jeremiah Dameey
Simeon Davis
John Filet
F—obim Freeman
James P. Parquer
William Evans
Joshua Swain
Cape May County
N.J
Sarah Brenhiser
Amos Brenhiser
Second Street
Germantown Road
WM. Evans
Brenhiser
Husbard
Sarah Brenitiser
John Steif
Baker
North Eighth Street
W. Evans
North 8Thtreet
James Turnbull
Market St
Steahenville
Teubenville
Cadiz and CO AM
Pompanos
Howe
Stewhenville
Jas Wilson
Eretion
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