Injustice Cries From Navy Pension List Critique
A heated critique argues the Pension List favors parliamentary influence over merit. It contrasts large sinecures of Lords and officials with meager sums for wounded officers and widows, naming names and pensions to illustrate perceived inequity in the navy’s support system.
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Martha
Bourmaster
Mary Hammon
Elizabeth
Blake
Lane
Courteney
Andrew Mitchell
Epworth
Keppel
Mann
Morary
Mary Saxton
Ellison
Johnson
Arden
Campbell
Chambers
A. S. Hammond
Samuel Hood
Admiralty
Lord Arden
Camden
Buckingham
Earl Camden
England
Marquis of Buckingham
Chatham
Dover
Gibraltar
Sheerness
the Downs
Heligoland
Cork
Malta
Mediterranean
Cape of Good Hope
Rio de Janeiro
Treasury
Britain
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Royal Dock Yards
Woolwich
Deptford
Ponsonby
Gilchrist
Navy
British Commons May 24 Debate on King's Emergency Measures
The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a kingly message urging ready action to thwart enemy ventures and adapt to emergencies. The motion to refer the message to the committee of supply passed, with May 27 set for further consideration. Reports note Empress Maria Louisa receiving a gold box from Napoleon on her Vienna Paris journey, containing a full acquittance for Austria’s large outstanding bill.
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House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Groner R
Commons
Committee of Supply
Maria Louisa
Vienna
Paris
Napoleon
Austria
Pioneers Set Sail From La Chine For North West Trade
Montreal reports Mr. Donald N. Kenzie and Mr. W. P. Hunt leaving La Chine with sixteen crew members in a single canoe. Their voyage aims to open new trade routes along the North West Coast.
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Montreal
Donald N.kenzie
la Chine
W. P. Hunt
Harmony Society settlers in early 1800s Pennsylvania
The Harmony German immigrants formed a settled community in Butler County near Zanesville. By 1805 they laid out Harmony town and built houses, a grist mill, and fields. 1806 saw an inn and more structures. 1807 1809 brought mills, distilling, and several brick buildings. By 1810 the society had 780 people in 140 families with extensive land, trades, and production of grain beer and hemp.
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Harmonic Society
Butler County
Pennsylvania
Association of Harmony
Germany
U.S. of America
Zemnople
George Rapp
Harmony
Sprint
Fourth of July Toasts From New York Typographical Society
A fragment from a 19th century New York printing community piece discusses Fourth of July toasts and patriotism. It references Benjamin Franklin as a revered printer, calls for defense of liberty against cannon fire, and warns opponents within the society to uphold its rules and practices.
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New York
Benjamin Franklin
Columbia
South Americ
War Bands and high potato prices in 1830s headlines
The Vixen incident prompts regret over a captain’s failure in duty. The Tammany Society of New York plans a war band to be ready for conflict. Maryland appoints Wright as county court clerk. Disturbances in Birmingham over potatoes lead to property damage and arrests as troops quell the riot. Boston papers report.
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W. Erving
George Des Affairs
U.S
Spain
Erving
Washington
London
Bonaparte
France
Pinkney
Armstrong
Paris
Ezquirer
Tammany Society of
New-York
Baltimore Papere
Birmingham
Boston
Cure for the Dysentery in Early Indian Remedies
An 1804 note reports Oneida Indians curing dysentery with a decoction of blackberry roots Robus Occidentalis. observers claim no deaths and describe it as a safe speedy remedy. Also cited is an 1810 New Orleans letter about West Florida settlers near Baton Rouge declaring independence on July 4 and seeking U.S. protection. mentions French corsairs Leacae.
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Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal
New York
New Orleans
Alexandria
Florida
Baton Rouge
Bayou Sarah
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Story
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Cote
Gottenburg
Hamburg
Rostock
Globe Office
Banda
Soho
Catherine Street
Strand
Rath Light Dragoons
Hyde Park Corner
St. Patrick’s
God Save the King
14Th Light Dragoons
Bloomsbury
Tower
Sir Francis Burdett
Piccadilly
Ime Mense
Lisbon
Massena
Portugal
Morlaix
Roth Inft
Woodworth
Wright
Ernor
Maryland
Limes
James V. A. Anderson
New Orlean
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