Washingtons Wife Martha and the Mount Vernon Legacy
A reflective portrait of Martha Washington highlighting her influence at Mount Vernon and alongside George Washington. The piece recalls her daily discipline, devotion, and public duties, describing their late 18th century domestic life and Washingtons final years. It juxtaposes royal elegance with republican simplicity and notes her steadfast faith and public duty after his death.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
Virginia
Gen
Congress
Lme
Mt. Vernon
Martha Washington
Marshall
Jefferson and Carroll County Democratic Convention
Delegates from Jefferson and Carroll counties met in Springfield on July 4 and July 14, 1843 to nominate Democratic candidates for the House. George Alban and James Shane led Jefferson delegates. William Karr and James Tolan represented Carroll. Resolutions approved joint nominations for Senate George Hamp son and Representatives Shane, Karr, and Tolan.
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Jefferson County
Springfield
John S. Paterson
Steubenville
George Alban
Island Creek
Elair
John McClelland
Knox
Patterson
Steunenville
Charman
John 3. Paterson
George W. McCook
Smithfield
Samuel Smith
John Irvine
Brush Creek
James Criss
Benoni Wilkison
Wells
Abram Litton
Jos. Gladden
Benj. M’farland
Knot—Robs
Montgomery
Mt. Pleasant
A. Kerlin
C. Kitheart
Cross Creek
J. D. Daton
Isaac Winters
Stuart McClare
John Calhoun
Ross
J. S. Graham
John Scarlett
Warren J. Medill
H. N. McCane
Salem
Robert Clark
A. Patterson
Wayne
F. Bell
Armstrong
Saline
Johnson Mooney
John Shane
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Carroll Counties
House of Representatives
James Shane
William Karr
Mayne
J.S. Patterson
Carroll and
Samuel Burwell
Carroll County
G. W. McCook
Jefferson Coin
Weis Uredde
Augusta
Richard H. Legget
Brown
George Woods
Centre
Alongo L. Littell
East
Miles J. Tiernan
A. W. Morrison
London
George McGuire Orange
Jos. McCorkle
Rose
Harrison
D. G. Baird
Monroe
Nathaniel Johnson
Perry
Anthony Sells
Union
Washington
Edward Clinton
Leon-Jonn Thompson
Alonzo L. Livell
Carroll
George Hampson
Senate
James Tolan
Johon S. Patterson
Convention of Delegates
Hilliam Karr
Francis Bell
Jefferson Counties
George Y. Hampson
Jeff
Bank charter opposition and Oregon expansion debated
A historic convention denounces bank incorporation without strict liability, opposing charters and warning of harm to farmers and workers. It endorses nominees, urges publication in two papers, and adjourns. A separate Mississippi Valley convention at Cincinnati endorses immediate occupation of Oregon Territory, calls for forts and naval protection, and issues a public declaration to Congress and states.
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American Union
Carroll Democrat
Saml
Burwell
Geo. McCoox
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Republic
Richard M. Johnson
Ows
Oregon Territory
United States
Congress of the United States
Missouri River
Pacific Ocean
Congress
Eame
Mississippi Valley
U. States OF North America
Great Britain
Ireland
North West
Parifie
Fetrone
Aegee Sewage
Rivalry and rights on Pacific shores and American creed
The document argues that Britain should be restrained from aggressive expansion in the western Americas and Pacific, affirming American sovereignty from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains. It defends discovery based rights, condemns foreign colonization, and pledges steadfast republican ideals amid British critiques and 19th century reform commentary.
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Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
Monroe
North American Republic
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
G. Britain
Col
R. M. Johnson
Mississippi Valley
England and Her Tariff Sparks American Debate
From the Oho Statesman the piece argues against copying Britain's protective tariff, detailing English distress among laboring classes. It cites Lord Brougham’s 1842 speech on hunger and a W. C. Taylor tour of manufacturing districts, noting dire living conditions and deprivation as proof that British policy harms workers.
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England
Atlantic
The
Oho Statesman
America
Lord Brougham
House of Lords
W. C. Taylor
Hagerd
Whig Banks or None Debate Roils Federal Presses
A fiery anti bank editorial attacks a list of banks including Canton German Bank of Wooster Urbania Lebanon West Union Manhattan Gallipolis as swindlers harming farmers. It rails against “Whig banks or none” and urges total rejection, calling for nationwide jubilee and hanging their authors.
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Canton
Iahbarera
Z'uscara
No Fan's to Buy Wheat and Bank Fiasco Rumors
A local report in the Herald cites farmers burned by speculation in the fall of wheat saying operations halted for lack of funds. Akron Beacon and other Whig papers claim inflated financing by conjectural banks and merchants has pushed wheat prices above a just level, with some traders profiting while farmers suffer.
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Operston
Ohio Democrat
Herald
Akron Beacon
Whig
Rascally
Reid
Limbo and rescue plots after Missouri governor demand
A 1843 news item reports that old du Smith, traveling with his wife to Chicago, was arrested in Ohio on a Missouri governor’s requisition for involvement in Gov. Boggs’s attempted murder and jailed at Orowa while 200 horsemen and 150 armed men prepared to rescue him. a court notice follows in Jefferson County indicating a chancery case about debts, land, and an undischarged judgment, with formal warnings to defendants.
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St. Louis
du Smith
Chicago
Missouri
Boggs
Orowa
O.P Rockwell
Jefferson Cry
Smith
Piinois
Dubuque
John
Henry
George
Wiliam Adair
Willam Adair
George Adair
John Swearingen
William Adair
Henry Swearingen
Edwin M. Stanton
Imposter Queensware Warned By East Liverpool Ad
An 1848 notice from Bennett & Brothers warns the public against unprincipled buyers selling inferior ware as their product. The firm stamps each dish with their name to prove authenticity. Also advertised are books by Mary Howitt and Frederick Maurice newly available through A. L. Frazer in New York.
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Bennett & Brothers
East Liverpool
Mary Howitt
Alice Franklin
Lew Ny
Appleton
Mrs. Howitt
New York
A. L. Frazer
Kingdom of Christ
Catholi Church
Frederick D. Maurice
A. Chaplin
Guys Hospital
Kings College
London
Just
Purport of Letters on Vegetable Pills for Disease Cure
A reader from Jamaica writes June 9 claiming cure of chronic dyspepsia after using vegetable pills. He praises the remedy, states prior physicians failed, and offers to publish his full statement to help others seek the treatment.
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Jamaica
Sir
Ant
Pinis
Proprietary tonics touted as purgatives cure many ailments
The text promotes Harhet’s strengthening and German aperient pills as the best purgative medicine, claiming they remove impurities and restore stomach strength. It asserts the pills cleanse the system, aid digestion, and improve health, with testimonials from thousands.
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N.Y
Joe U Warour
Chen
Ceasen
Harhet
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Hemde
Jefferson and Carrol County
Collo Ques
Edinburgh Review
Bates
Court OF Common Pleas
the State of
Ohio
Hans Wison
Ciancery
Frazer
Weragh
Jun
Rich
Dennis Igeni
North
Aete Health
Hammersty St
Richard Dennis
Wright
Havi
Doeright
Henry A Poote
Warwarsing
N. York
A. Mar
Thompson
Greeewich
York
Sony
Cine Mpeter
Mad Wright
Generel Cope
Prt
Hev
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