Cochran's Multichambered Rifle Shown At Fair
John Webster Cochran of Enfield New Hampshire unveils a nonrecoiling multichamber rifle at the American Institute Fair in Niblo's Garden. The article traces his youthful invention career in Europe and America, notes tests before the Turkish Sultan and a bear-hunt, and states a $300,000 U.S. patent sale to New York trustees with Springfield MA manufacture and Army interest.
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New York Evening Star
Cochran
New Hampshire
American Institute
Niblo’s Garden
Patent Office
Enfield
John Webster Cochran
France
England
Louis Phillipe
William the
Sublime Porte
Constantinople
Grands Vigier
Peru
Tarache
Eropean
Bosphorus
Haji Pacha
Hali
Mr. C
America
West
Fulton
Perkins
War Department
Niblo Garden
Moose Mountains
Niblo’s
United States
Richard & Richardson
South Street
Springfield
Massachusetts
Col
Bomford
Ordnance Department
U. S. Army
Georgia Legislature Correspondence of the Constitutionalist
In Millepcevinie on Dec 15 the Senate passed the Ocmulgee Bank of Macon with $500000 capital, rejecting the increase to $1,000,000, and the Newnan bank bill was reconsidered. The House debated reconsidering a court for error corrections and Burns resolutions while a Senate committee proposed a Tennessee river railway survey and funding. Governor Milledgeville withheld signature from Merchants Insurance and Trust Company bills, citing insufficient protections and duration clauses for two incorporated firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeas
Burns
Senate
Mitchell
Baldwins
Tennessee Line
Chattahoochee River
Athens
Milledgeville
Forsyth
Columbus
Bett
Tennessee
Georgia
Tennessee River
Rossville
Geonata
Merchants Insurance and Trust Company
Macon
Insurance and ‘Trust Company of
Chattahoochee
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Thas
Merchants Insurance and ‘Trust Company of
Insurance and ‘Trust Company
Mitteperville
Bank of St. Mary’s
Flint and Chattahoochee
Walker
Lookout Mountain
Coffee
Houston
Marion
Epps
Kosciusko
Georgia legislative notes on courts and rail line
Correspondent reports in Mitrenceville and Mitteperville on Georgia bills. House debate on the Supreme Court and railroad measures, salary cuts for judges, and alterations to the state's railroad plan. Senate passage and amendments detail funding, routes near Rossville and Athens to Madison, Milledgeville, and Columbus.
Fire and political discourse mix in 1836 South Carolina report
The article describes a large fire at the City Post Office complex with locked doors hindering access and valuable papers saved by clerks and citizens. It also includes Gov. McDuffie and Gov. Butler inaugurations with reflections on unity, sovereignty, and militia readiness, plus a note on Santa Anna’s release and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fice Department
City Post Office
General Post Office
Patent Post Office
Wise
Columbia
Gov. McDuffie
South Carolina
Gov. Butler
Senate
House of Representatives
S. Carolina
Washington
Fragmentary note on time frame of six to twelve months
The readable fragment references a timeline of six to twelve months. No additional details or context are provided to identify the subject, event, or responsible entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wms Fletcher
Columbia County
Peter Knox
John Watts
Mulford Marsh
Abner E. Holliday
Matthew Jones
Adm
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William Schley
Mitrencevillle
House
Supreme Court
McAllister
Friends of
Medical Society of Georgia
Miurpcevine
Cuthbert
McDonald
Cone
Baxter
Union Party
Warner
Berrien
Madison
Spasahepeee
Augusta
Court of Common Pleas
Baltimore Chronicle
General Post
Patents Office
Louisville
Dr. N. B. Cloud
Burke County
D. L. Holliday
Court of Ondinary
Richmond County
Wm. Bryson
Daniel
Henry
Josephine
Jim
Jesse
Harper
Bryson
Admr
Savannah
James Primrose
Ostler, &c
G. B. Marshall
R. Mary Primrose
Waynesborough Hotel
Beesides
Wid
Charles Cavenah
Michael Wiggins
Wit
Lary’s Pond
Marbury Street
M. J. Wood
Jas. Burroughs
Court House
Waynesborough
Hale, Dick
Martha
Arthur Bell
John Reddick
H. V. Mulkey
Thomas Burke
Inferior Court
Columbia Court House
Louisa Jane Walker
Gabriel
Betty
Tucinda
Moses
Mary Walker
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