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The American Union is published every Wednesday morning on the North East corner of Washington and Third street, in the room over John Orr's store, at two dollars per annum, half yearly in advance of three dollars, at the end of the year. Advertisements and letters to editors must be postpaid or they will not be attended to.
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American Union
Washington and
Third Street
John Orr
Lord Percy
Colonel Burr
Moore
Lord Byron
Byron
Col. Burr
Burr
Almot
Hob and Pancy Card Printing Made Efficient
Having procured a fine assortment of Type, every variety of Job and Card Printing will be executed in a style not to be surpassed by any office in the west.
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West
May’s Laughing Spring in Knickerbocker Verse
From the Knickerbocker for May, the poem revels in the joyous awakening of nature. It celebrates merry May, blooming violets, bursting buds, and streams alive with laughter, as birds sing in greenwood shade and life returns from winter’s sleep to fill the heart with worldless poesy.
Columbia and Liberty Anthem Across Night Sky
Poem celebrates Washington guiding freedom and Columbia rising as symbol. Stars and banners spread as victory and liberty shine over oceans. Epic verse links nations, glory, and the wreath of fame to a new world dawn. Boston Barp.
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Columbia
Liberty
Boston
Steubenville Reflections From May 1837 Correspondence
In a Steubenville valley letter dated May 26 1837 the author notes the city’s scenery and local life. The piece, reprinted from the Pittsburgh Daily Advocate, attributes the writing to a respected geographer and traveler, and recalls how June’s arrival is anticipated after chilly winds and rain.
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Steubenville
Pittsburgh Daily Advocate
Universal Gazetteer
Emigrant’s Guide
Tablet of Memory
Union
Steubenville’s Rise From Wild Forest to Prosperous River Town
A traveler recalls Steubenville formed along the Ohio river left bank, describing its scenic basin, rising hills, and the town’s orderly streets fed by a gentle descent. He notes the courthouse and jail, two academies serving 70 and 100+ students, churches, daily steam lines to Pittsburgh Wheeling Ashtabula New Philadelphia and Wooster, a forthcoming turnpike to the National Road, steam water works at 35000 dollars, steam engines, woollen factories, and two weekly papers Western Herald and Union.
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May
Ramever
Steubenville
Virginia
Ohio
J. W. Scott
Charles C. Beatty
Scott
Beatty
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Ashtabula
Lake Erie
New Philadelphia
Wooster
Cadiz
Cambridge
Zanesville
Western Herald
Union
How Transitory is Fame
Bonaparte boasted that future posterity would decide his fame after campaigns in Cairo Paris and Milan. Yet he argued that even vast conquests yield only a fleeting record, noting that history compresses ages into moments and few pages capture the deeds of Alexander Cesar Timour or Genghis Khan. The piece questions valuing worldly renown.
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Bonaparte
Burgundy
Paris
Marengo
Cairo
Milan
Alexander
Cesar
Timour
Genghis Khan
Memoirs, Burr, and the Coghlan affair in revolutionary era
The narrative traces Margaret Coghlan’s early notoriety in Great Britain and France, her connections with Major Burr and General Putnam, and her escape to British custody. It cites Burr’s suspicions, Coghlan’s romantic liaisons, and Washington’s intervention, while noting Burr’s proclaimed gallantry contrasted with his licentious intrigues and the fate of manuscripts linked to his victims.
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M. L. Davis
Margaret Coghlan
Great Britain
France
M. P
Colonel Webb
New York
Broadway
General Putnam
Putnam
Washington
Staten Island
St. James’s Street
Moncrieff
Kingsbridge
Mifflin
Major Burr
Duke of York
Burr
The Bright Side of Humanity In Praise of Good Men
An excerpt extols true hearts and generosity amid a world of fault and selfishness. It contrasts excessive wealth with virtue, arguing real distinction comes from mind and heart, not riches, citing ancient patriots and philosophers as examples of enduring treasure.
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Wiktr
Aristides
Socrates
Plato
Epaminoidas
Fabricus
Cincinnatus
Witnesses of conscience amid a troubled world
The text extols men who choose conscience over worldly gain, suffer amid insults, and remain steadfast in faith. It praises meek witnesses who pray, show kindness, and uphold loftier principles, as signs of a redeeming work progressing in a flawed world.
Forgiveness and the temper of summer in the land
A reflective piece blends moral exhortation on forgiveness with a breezy summer scene. It contrasts biblical idealism with daily life, urges temperance and kindness, and hued by vivid descriptions of heat, fashion, and the pleasures of seasonable fruits. It also features observations on Irish ladies, social manners, and a stray humorous note about a Vermont fashion incident.
A Minister without a Head Bon Mot From Constantinople
In Constantinople public dissatisfaction is shown by bullets through seraglio windows and calls for the grand vizier. The Turkish ambassador in Paris asks where Calonne's head is, only to learn Parisians say he never had one, a quip that excuses his misdeeds.
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Constantinople
Seraglio
M. de Calonne
Louis XVI
Paris
Quarrelling nestlings spark brotherly debate
A boy watches two nestling birds pecking at each other and asks his elder brother what they are doing. The elder says they are quarrelling, while the younger insists they are brothers, highlighting a simple moral about perception.
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