Martin Van Buren and the Constitutional Treasury
The January 22 1839 issue notes the 8 January Celebration proceedings by the Democratic Club of New Athens Ohio will appear in the next paper. It mentions a school teacher’s communication and references a Pittsburgher critic, who mocks town life and local hotels.
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New Athens
Jefferson County
Colums
FERHE
Steubenville
Beatty
Springfield
Jefefferson County
Ohio
Joho L. M’cullough
Richmond
Brice Edgington
Abraham T. Markle
Wheat and River Markets Reported in Turbulent Conditions
Wheat advanced a shade to 115 per bushel amid poor roads reducing farm shipments. Sugar remains scarce with expected arrivals from below. The river is falling quickly yet navigable for large steamers, though continued cold could suspend navigation again.
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Soa
Tue
Delaware Legislature Defers United States Senator Election
The Delaware Senate resolved to set aside May 17 for electing a six year U S Senator from March 4 but the House indefinitely postponed the measure by 11 to 9, making an election this session unlikely. The item appears amid broader notes on federal politics and regional matters.
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Stevens and Burrowes
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
Ohio House votes to prohibit issue and circulation of small bills
In a protracted debate the Ohio House passed a bill to prohibit small currency. Democrats voted 37 to 32 against alongside all but one Whig, while a Bank question report followed with extensive negro petition debates. Resolutions favor states’ rights and anti abolitionist views were adopted by the General Assembly amid further local Senate activity.
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Forbes
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Hanna
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Johnson
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Martin
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Millikin
Patterson
Delaware
Highland
Peppard
Rea
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Skinner
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Montgomery
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Trevitt
van Hook
Welch
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Nays
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Bronson
Camp
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Corwin
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Garret
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Hamilton
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Howe
Hunt
Cuyahoga
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Ripley
Taylor & Waddle
Currency Committee
Ohio
Eliott
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Branch
Garrett
Washdle
General Assembly
United States
Congress
Confederacy
Congress of the United States
Congress Proposes Amendment and President Proclaimed Policy
A legislative session records votes on amending a provision and upholding the presidents proclamation on Canada Britain tension. The amendment passed 42 to 18 led by Axtell and Brough. Flood's amendment then passed 36 to 28. House members listed include Campbell, Blair, Burns, Patterson of Delaware, Patterson of Highland, Leedom, Smucker, Witten, West, Winship, and Speaker. The debate also endorses the Independent Sub-Treasury and opposes a National Bank.
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Columbiana
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Skinner
Smucker
Trevitt
van Hook
West
Witten
Winship
Welch
Maine Governor Fairrerp Message Promotes Virtue and Liberty
The governor’s democratic document urges endurance of principle over suffering and asserts that associated wealth cannot coerce public assent to pernicious measures. It notes a revival in business, optimism for future enterprise, and hopes readers will heed past lessons as they start anew in commerce and self government.
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Fairrerp
Porters Inaugural Address on Corporations in PA
The Governor argues that corporations aid growth when needed but should be discouraged as wealth expands. They should not be created if individuals can achieve the goal, since they can erode individual stability and threaten government operations and popular sovereignty. Also mentions Lady Hesran Staxnore’s letter to the Queen about British cuts to her income linked to old political ties.
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Phillips’ Washington Hall
Market Street
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Porter
Pennsylvania
Hesran Staxnore
Duke of Wellington
George
William Pit
Ritchie and Rives debate over Rives course and Whig ties
In Richmond Enquirer writing the veteran editor defends Mr. Rives while urging him to avoid Whig alliance and remain true to Republican aims. The piece condemns his inquiry into government U S Bank ties and questions his willingness to cooperate with opponents. It urges retirement if he allies with Whigs.
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Rives
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U. S. Bank
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Alexandria Gazette
Commodity price list fragment with varied items
A historical price fragment lists items with mixed values: coffee 3, tobacco very scarce, whiskey 60, flaxseed -75, wheat -115, mackerel none, oats -50, lead -7, potatoes -75, linseed oil 25, tallow -124, sugar none, butter 25, salt 50, beef -58.
New Orleans Prices December 24 Cotton and Sugar Rates
Market snippets show Cotton prices for Mississippi and Louisiana ordinary middling fair good and fine grades ranging from 103 to 164 with a 12 to 16 point spread. Sugar prices listed as 51 to 51 for some grades. Molasses and flour prices noted with city and plantation ranges. Whiskey marked at 65 to 67 with other staples including supertine flour and local variations.
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New Orleans
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Louisiana
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Louisville Prices January 5 Coal to Potatoes
Market brief lists prices for commodities in Louisville on January 5. Coal from Pittsburgh 18 to 20 per unit, coffee 19 to 23, flour 6 50, pork prime and mess 16 to 18, potatoes 2 50 to 3 50 per barrel.
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