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American Union

Location

Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1844

Page

2

Fearful Texas annexation debate stirs Virginia democracy

A Virginia Democrat opposes diverting from Van Buren in the Texas question. He warns against a southern exclusive movement and centralizing push to nominating a candidate other than Van Buren, urging unity, fidelity to party principles, and respect for public opinion as the 1840 convention approaches.

Adams Webster Whig Party Texas van Buren South Congress Mr. van Buren Hether Democratic Party Exas Democratic Association Central Committee Virginiia Baltimore Democratc Che Corton State Convention Commonwealth Old Dominion Virginia Oregon Martin van Buren House of Representatives Whig Tam Baltimore Philip P. Harbour

Ambiguous meeting signals tense park protest in New York

A garbled report from a New York park meeting describes a fevered crowd and mounting tension. Officials tried to calm the mood as demonstrations and disruptions surfaced, with no clear outcome reported.

Hectic Philadelphia Riots End in Many Wounds and Fire

A Native American rally on Second and Master streets sparked clashes with Irish groups. Gunfire from windows, mob attacks, and fires followed as crowds battled through Monday and Tuesday. Several youths were killed or wounded, churches burned, and military force deployed across Kensington, Southwark, and Moyamensing as martial law loomed and Catholic churches were protected.

Kramer Levin Master and Cadwalader Streets Hibernia Cadwalader Street Geo. Shiller St. John Street Beaver Germantown Road Master Street Henry Temper Thomas Ford Lawrence Cox Patrick Fisher Second Street J. A. Wright Ramsey Third Street Brown Kensington State House Carroll Fourth Street Hibernia Hose Company Wesley Rhinedollar Trarkat George Young Southwark Peter Albright Wright Ardis William &. Hillman Jame Whittaker Charles Orte Northern Liberties Henry Hesselpoth Poplar Lane Willis H. Blaney John Lusher Lawrence Cadwalader, Street Master Len Cadwallader Pet Jomm Taggart Riinedellag Wee Ciliees St. Michael's Church St. Augustine’s Church C. An Philadelphia Ledger Porter Independence Square Washington Street Market Jefferson Jefferson and Washington Streets St. Michael’s Second Phenix Donohue Jonas P. Fairlamb Wayne Artillery Corps Washington and McCreedy Pine and Penn Streets Temperance Joseph Carr Second Streets Wright Patterson Sheriff McMic Page Hugh Clark Fourth Master Streets Patrick Clark Jefferson Street Patrick Murray Mr. Clark Col. Lee Howee Planderere Mathew Pein Die Amd Fontemetr Harmony Court Cadwallader Street Mathew Quin Turner S. E McAleer Scott Fourth St Vine St. John Thirteenth Street St. Mary's Church South Fourth Street United States James Lennox St. Augustine's St. Mary’s St. Joseph's Prune Willings Alley Moyamensing Market 13Th Streets 13Th Street St. John’s Church Chesnut 2Nd Franklin Baltimore Sun Puinapeonia St. Augustine’s New and Fourth Streets St. John’s St. Joseph’s Pam St. Phillip Queen Street Philadelphia Times Roumfort Fairmount Hubble Goodman Jones Fifth and Franklin Streets St. Phillip’s Independent Rifles Lafayette Light Guards Christian Street Wayne Artillery Girard Bank Chesnut and Dock Frankford Tompkins Fort Mifflin Washington Square Moston McMinnart J. M.scorr Phila Thirteenth Chesnutts Washington Sheriff’s Office George Smith George Street Tenth Princeton Harrisburg Rifles Jackson Riflemen Lancaster Lancaster Fencibles Bartle’s Philadelphia Harrisburg and Chestnut Street Kenrick Philadelpina

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