Roads and clerical pay under 1806 act cited by Congress
This excerpt details Secretary of the Treasury duties on clerk hire after the Philadelphia office move, public office relocations costs, and road openings from Georgia to New Orleans and through Indian territorial lands. It authorizes limited funding up to twenty eight thousand dollars to cover expenditures beyond current appropriations and repeals the 1799 act on clerk compensation. President Jefferson approves the measures on April 21, 1806.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Georgia
Athens
New Orleans
Missssippi
Ohio
Grenville
Nashville
Tennessee
Natchez
Mississippi Territory
Nath.j. Macon
House of Representatives
Smith
Senate
Jefferson
Edicts of Napoleon Establish Italian Kingdom Foundations
A Paris paper lists decrees uniting Venetian territories to the Kingdom of Italy from May, fixes core laws like the Napoleonic Code and coinage, and outlines duchies and fiefs, hereditary investitures, revenue allocations, and a French army funded by the imperial treasury. It details named provinces and the plan for military and fiscal structures.
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Germany
Presburgh
Italy
Dalmatia
Sfria
Frioul
Cadore
Belluna
Conegliano
Trevisy
Feltri
Baffano
Vicenza
Padua
Rogigo
Kingdom of
Napoleon I Edicts on Italian Borders and Succession
The decree from Napoleon at the Tuileries dated 30 March 1806 redraws Italy's boundaries. It states six year terms for certain determinations, excludes Mafia, Carrara, and Gaufagnana from the kingdom from 1 May next, and designates the presumptive heir as prince of Venice._signed by Cambacérès and Marét.
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Kingdom of
Italy
Europe
Mafia
Kingdom of Italy
Venice
the 'Thuilleries
Napoleon
Empire
Cambaceres
H. B. Maret
Swedish Chamber Debates King Aid Against French Privateers
In Stockholm a chamber meeting read a royal letter requesting funds to fit out ships for Sweden to defend against French privateers. Members described Sweden’s miseries from its alliance with England and unanimously decided no funds would be granted to the King.
Massacre Report From Cape Francois In May
Captain Dodge aboard the Mary Ann reports a massacre of white residents at Cape Francois on May 16 and 15 after many were ordered to a fort. The 150 survivors were strangled in their beds and their bodies mangled before plunder. Desfalines rule is noted as the context for the atrocity.
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Dodge
Mary ‘Ann
Cape Francois
Desfalines
Cape
Banks and population figures in 1805 United States
In his annual Statistical Table Mr. S Blodget junior lists 72 banks in the US in 1805 with circulating bank notes of 15 million dollars. He records 18 thousand metal currency, 5 million 156 thousand free persons, 1 million 24 thousand slaves, total pop 6 million 180 thousand, militia 1 million 100 thousand, navy 24 vessels with 574 guns and 66 thousand seamen.
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S. Blodget
United States
Rebel chief's Letters Spark Mutiny Aboard Ship
Private letters from Dublin report Wicklow rebel chief and followers shipped to Botany Bay mutinying at sea and steering the vessel toward the Brazils on June 27. The Refian Squadron commander announces a strict blockade of Adriatic coasts controlled by the French. Count Lewenheim pledges defense of Hanoverian territory along the Ribe. London papers note renewed Austria France hostilities.
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Dublin
Wier
Adriatic
Gustavus Lewenheim
Ribe
Austria
France
London
Tax on income in England details peerage estates
The article lists first class taxpayers under the new income tax with large sums from Jamaica estates and English peerage. It names Mr Beckfordy and numerous dukes marquises and lords with annual net incomes ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands of pounds.
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Mr. Beckfordy
Jamaica
Deke
Northumberland
Dukes of Bedford
Marlborough
Buccleugh
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Portland
Duke of Richmond
Marquis of Donegal
Marquis of Buckingham
Marquis of
Abercorn
Marquis of Bath
Marquis of Lansdown
Lord Lonsdale
Lord Fitzwilliam
Lord Derby
Lord Egremont
News and notices from the Schiedam Mercury report
A pasted fragment from the Schiedam Mercury aboard the Cornelia details European diplomatic moves from Vienna to Bavaria and general political commentary. It notes Talleyrand’s nephew’s voyage, Bavarian peace efforts, Wellesley accusations in Parliament, Massachusetts politics, a Boston Halifax intelligence update, and a new tin plate working machine by Dedham inventors Calvin Whiting and Eli Parsons.
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Calvin Whiting
Eli Parsons
Dedham
Sweney Remanded On Wythe Poisoning Charge
George W Sweney appeared before the examining court in this city on a charge of poisoning his great uncle George Wythe and a servant boy. He was remanded to jail for trial before the district court to be held in September.
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George W. Sweney
George Wythe
Ing. Argus
Board Bridge at Sober Promoted by Directors for Public Use
An eight month old wooden board bridge at Sober on the Hud son branch pike is praised as cheap simple and durable. Richard Robotham designed it a 72 foot arch built for 500 dollars with 17% feet of pine board and 796 lbs nails. Directors urge adoption of the plan and appoint Robotham to supervise future works. Obituary notices from Paris Thurlow Holt Sunderland Southampton and England accompany the report.
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Republicar
Massachusetts
Strong
san@ion
Campbellton
Caroli
Harry
Collier
J. Collier
Drez Pd. Pace
Sober
Ternpike
Hudson
Richard Reobothag
Huadsen
Philo Nicholls
Prigayy
Paris
Perranpd
Department of the Meuse
Legion of Honor
Thurlow
Eng
Catex
Holt
Joan Gerrrity
Farmer
Sunderland
Mary Farrier
Southampton
Jean Tucker
Asherman
England
Hyng Paxter
Alderman Skinner
Legislative adjourns extra session with militia appointments
Louisville July 1 report states the state legislature adjourned its extra session on Thursday. It lists promotions and appointments within the militia including Brigadier Generals Mischell and Floyd and Colonel Abraham Jackson, with a commission of lottery assign. Named officials Edwin Mounger and others are listed as commissioners.
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Louisville
David Bradie Mischell
Fiit
Ger
Fatics Jackson
John Floyd
Efa
Fir
David DB. Michell
Abraham Jackson
Solomon Wood
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New.york
Washington City
Charleston
Schiedam Mercury
Cornelia
Porter
Rotterdam
ScuigpaMy
M. de Talleyrand
Auf
Vienna
Reffians
Cattaro
Ragusa
Munich
Petersburg
Alexander
Bararia
Wurtemburg
Proslia
Milan
Paul
House of Commons
Wellesly
Bergary
Marquis of Wellesley
East India Company
India
Marquis Cornwallis
Marquis Wellesley
House of Comment
Boston
Halifax
John and
Francis
Bordeaux
St. Louis
Pitfiysgh
Pike
Chronicle Printing Office
Reynold
R. Cresswell
Fuly
Balancr. Board Bridge
Edwin Mounger
Eteazer Early
George R.clayton
David Emanuel
John Resheford
Arthur Fart
John Bodiwicl
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