Pension List Injustice In Naval Widows And Wounded Officers
The article critiques a navy pension list, detailing generous sums to widows of admirals and captains while wounded officers and others receive far less. It argues parliamentary influence drives pensions, contrasts sinecures with naval pay, and condemns perceived government favoritism toward officers’ families. It cites figures for several names and compares costs to large sinecures, questioning justice and policy.
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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 Message From The King Read
The Chancellor of the Exchequer read a royal message urging measures to defend against enemy moves and emergency actions. The message was referred to the committee of supply for May 27. Reports from German papers note Empress Maria Louisa receiving a plain gold box containing the Emperor Napoleon's payment acknowledgment for Austria's large overdue bill.
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House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Groner R
Commons
Committee of Supply
Maria Louisa
Vienna
Paris
Napoleon
Austria
Explorer Donald N Kenzie Sets Sail for New Trade Route
Montreal report states on Thursday Donald N Kenzie left La Chine with W P Hunt and sixteen crew in a single canoe bound for the North West Coast to establish a new trading post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Donald N.kenzie
la Chine
W. P. Hunt
Harmony Society Settlement in Butler County PA Chronicle
A lengthy transcription from the Mirror recounts the Harmony society of German émigrés who settled near Zemnople in Butler County Pennsylvania in the early 1800s. It details land purchases, town planning, mills, distilleries, trades, and growing membership—from 20 families in 1804 to about 780 people and 1600 acres cleared by 1810. It lists numerous trades and the annual production values, including whiskey and grain, highlighting the community’s rapid development and industrious character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 July 4 article in New York by the Typographical Society praises Benjamin Franklin and print arts. It urges printers to uphold liberty, denounces oppressors, and warns violators will face disciplinary action within the guild.
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New York
Benjamin Franklin
Columbia
South Americ
Vixen Captain’s Regret and War Band Plans In New York
A bitter remark on the Vixen captain’s duty leads to public censure. The New York Tammany Society plans a War Band of 3 4000 members, ready for conflict as a peace time motto. Maryland governor Wright named county clerk. Birmingham sees potato price protests and riots with several jailed. Boston newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezquirer
Tammany Society of
New-York
Baltimore Papere
Cure for the Dysentery from Native Remedy Report
An 1804 letter notes that Oneida Indians treated dysentery with decoctions of Blackberry root which cured all who used it. August 1804. An 1810 New Orleans letter claims West Florida settlers around Baton Rouge and Bayou Sarah plan independence on July 4 seeking U S protection.
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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
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Washington
London
Bonaparte
Pinkney
Armstrong
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
Birmingham
Boston
James V. A. Anderson
New Orlean
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