Currency Reform And Treasury Finances In The United States
The discussion urges specie backed currency to curb depreciation, urging federal action and uniform bankruptcy law for banks. It asks Congress to consider delaying duties payments, recalls deposits with states, and proposes Treasury notes as temporary measure. It notes estimated revenue shortfalls, higher expenditures, and calls for cautious appropriations to sustain fiscal operations for the rest of the year.
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United States
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Treasury Department
Executive Department
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Secretary of the Treasury
Qctover
Treasury
Government should not favor specific classes or sectors
President Van Buren argues Congress should avoid direct grants or special favors and instead enact general laws. He emphasizes limited federal power, protection of private pursuits, and reliance on voluntary banking support to restore prosperity, noting distress stems from commerce and credit fluctuations rather than permanent national decline.
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Congress
Executive Department
President's Message Opposes National Bank Plan
The President's address pleads for democracy, rebuts Federalist push for a national bank, and argues government funds should stay with a safe Treasury system rather than private corporations. The message urges restraint and warns against war-time funding risks.
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Treasury
Congress Opens With Polk Elected Speaker and Votes
The Twenty Fifth Congress opened with James K. Polk chosen Speaker of the House after heavy balloting, W S Franklin named clerk, and Thomas Allen selected printer. In the Senate Buchanan presented a request for funds to build a macadamized turnpike from Cumberland to Lake Erie. Other notes mention Crary winning Michigan’s congressional race by 390 votes and Bagby defeating Oliver for Alabama governor by about 5000.
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House of Representatives
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W.S. Frankling
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Thomas Allen
Madisonian
Blair & Rives
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Erie
Cumberland Road
Lake Erie
Editor's Shaming of Hawkeye Charter Debate Sparks Critique
The column rails at Hawkeye's Bank Directors critique, defending Democrats Turnbull Wilson and James Wilson while denouncing the editor for associating them with democracy. It rails against bank charters, Hartford Convention federalists, and Adams as too honest for ultra federalism, noting current events from New Orleans to Naples and the Ohio River traffic.
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John Q. Adams
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Balloon ascent over Allegheny captivates crowds in 1897
A Pittsburgh letters page recounts Mr Clayton’s aerial voyage in a giant hydrogen balloon dubbed the Phantom Ship. The craft rose from Allegheny commons with a silk envelope of vast size, lifting spectators’ awe as band music played and the pilot waved from the car. Reports note clouded skies, a potential descent near Johnstown, and Clayton’s later return to Laurel Ridge. a second ascent was planned. Also mentioned are a cotton market update from England, a New York fire loss, and a Maine harbor bell casting.
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Politician Critique and Regional Politics in Jefferson County
A densely argued letter targets a Democrat figure, rails at perceived political meddling in judicial elections, and questions county treasury figures and prosecuting attorney earnings. It lauds Sutherland, contrasts him with Col. Collier, and critiques party dynamics and regional politics in Jefferson County Ohio. Caleb Atwater is noted as preparing an Ohio antiquities publication.
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Massilon Gazette
Caleb Atwater
Ohio
Married in Steubenville Knox Township couples wed
Married on Tuesday last in Steubenville by Rev George Pashenaes James Simpson to Margaret Ann McConnell. Also in Knox township on Pee evening last John Leetch to Jane Sieluee.
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George Pashenaes
James Simpson
Margaret Ann McConnell
Steubenville
John Leetch
George Coffman
Jane Sieluee
Knox Township
Death notices Doctor Benjamin Dickson at Holidays Cove
Died on the Lith inst at his residence Holidays Cove Brook County Virginia Doctor Benjamin Dickson formerly of this place obituary notes his death and ties to the local area.
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Brook County
Virginia
Benjamin Dickson
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