Public lands and coastal commerce acts of 1811 debated
The document details multiple acts from 1811 including river and territorial road and land management across Mississippi Territory and Ohio Canton. It notes appropriations for enforcement, relocation of land offices to Nashville and Canton, and supervision of public land sales by the register and receiver of public monies. It also covers disposal of unsettled lands and compensation for distressed mariners.
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Nasoville
Tennesse
Canton
Ohio
Pearl River
Senateland House of Representatives
U.S. of America
Congress
United States
Missippi
Nashville
Keskathia
Illinois
Land sales authorized in Tennessee and Indiana Territory
Congress authorizes commissioners on November 14 1809 to select land for Pulaski in Giles county Tennessee and another tract for the Indiana Territory seat. Upon partial payment a patent is issued in trust for the Giles County cemetery, with sale terms aligned to public lands.
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Congress
Faid
B. Varnum
House of Representatives
Geo. Clinton
U. S
Senate
Tennessee
Indiana
U. S. of America
Pulakki
Giles
Palafi Sagaforesaid
Indiona
United States
Banishments to Siberia and a Fatal Impalement on Board
London reports that Bonaparte, with Alexander's permission, has sent over 60 French reformers to Kamchatka in 15 months. A gruesome accident aboard the Menelanus left a sailor impaled on a bayonet after a fall from the main top, killing him instantly.
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London
Bonaparte
Cayenne
Alexander
Siberia
Kamtchatka
Amnesty Policy and Deportation Push Across Departments
Paris reports the Director General of the Conscription states no amnesty for insubordination to laws. Refractory deserters and their receivers will be pursued strictly. Movable light troops to be deployed in all departments to prevent escape. Also notes an audience with the Diplomatic Corps and a new Foreign Minister appointment.
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Paris
Marble Bed Discovered Near Newhaven on New York Turnpike
A new marble bed near Newhaven Connecticut five miles from town on the New York turnpike could rival Italian marble. Specimens are richly colored and durable, with acres of marble found at multiple sites within two to three miles of the discovery. The deposit lies near Milford harbor facilitating transport to many U.S. regions. Mr Baldwin of Yale College has leased the farm and aims for profit.
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New York
Millford Harbor
Uniteds States
Baldwin
Yale College
Trident Arrives at Quarantine After 26 Days From Greenock
The Trident under Capt Forman reached the quarantine ground after a 26 day voyage from Greenock with 84 passengers. London reports note dispatches to governments about Anglo American tensions with France and hints at strategic moves in Portugal and Spain tied to Wellington and Ney. Additional items include insurrections in Aurich and Paris, and commercial news from Heligoland and St Petersburg.
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Trident
Forman
Greenock
Wellington Despatches From Cadiz Chronicle French Retreat
Cadiz papers up to April 24 report Wellington’s forces defeating French detachments in April skirmishes. British divisions repulsed the enemy at Sabugal, then pursued into Portugal forcing retreat. Catalonia and Almeida see heavy fighting and French losses. Wellington’s HQ at Villamueva de Leon. Blake’s expedition landed at Huelva April 18 with troops around ninety. Olivencia besieged as allied forces advance.
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Lord Wellington
Spencer
Marshal Beresford
Zifea
Mortier
Zafra
Almeida
Prtugal
Lout
En Jem
Martena
Salamanca
Placentia
Ney
Arres
Valadolid
Jin
Burgos
Bayonne
Plymouth
Portugal
Maliena
Cindid Rodrigo
Fort Conception
Cadiz
Lisson
Badajos
Prussia
Bremen
Magdeburgh
Roslin
King
Mir.meleiro
Regnier
Sabagul
Maffena
Catalonia
Maureia
Villamueva
de Leon—Beresford
Santa Marta
Seville
Blake
Cadi Miche
Huelva
Nihetys
Olivencia
Wtmye
Bonaparte Speech Advocates Trade War Debate in Commerce Chamber
The speech urges U S government aid to a continental state, favors peace but warns of enduring losses to protect commerce. Bonaparte predicts English naval victories followed by ultimate French success, urging self sufficiency and expanded shipbuilding while urging merchants to accept limited manufacturing gains.
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Bonapartes
Chamber of Commerce
U. States
St. Domingo
England
Faye (Hoy
Rot
France
Rhames
Machanis
Times
Siege resumes at Capiz as Spanish forces reel
Marshal Soule returns with reinforcements near Matagorda fort as bombardment increases. Spanish mortars from Seville shell the city while a bridge disaster at Santi Petri drowns hundreds. English officers face harsh critique amid calls for regiment changes and looming decisive actions.
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Capiz
Soule
Matagorda
Seville
Santi Petri
Boston
Colonial import restrictions list and permitted goods
The document notes 19th December declaration designating colonial imports and prohibitions. It states few articles can be brought from the United States such as tobacco, rice, rum, and hides, while other items like grain, fish, provisions, salt are allowed but rarely shipped to Sweden. It lists permitted exportable entrepôt goods including cotton, sugar, coffee, cocoa, indigo, cochineal, peppers, and various luxury goods.
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U States
Sweden
Letter from New York correspondent June 5 reports market activity
The New York letter to a London correspondent dated June 5 notes no late English news until May and Greenock on June 6. Cotton trades advance with large speculative purchases at higher prices. Reports of upcoming France Russia troop movements suggest possible market activity, but the mercantile body remains weak for major exertions.
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New-York
England
London
Greenock
France
Russia
Charleston City
Arrival in 20 days from England sparks Nonimportation talk
A Parlamaquoddy gentleman and a Halifax observer report an English arrival in twenty days with accounts of British hostility to the Nonimportation Law and seizure of American vessels, as noted before Palladium on May 3.
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Parlamaquoddy
Halifax
Englan
Lisbon Letter Notes US Vessels and Lisbon Peace Tidings
A Lisbon letter dated April 25 describes twenty five ships from the United States in the harbor last week and reports Captain Day of the Ganges returning to Philadelphia after a quick passage from Lisbon. It mentions illuminations in Lisbon and official word of a peace between Great Britain and Russia.
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Lisbon
United States
Day
Philadelphia
Greatain
Ruffia
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