Medals Requested for Capt Stewart and Hornet Officers
The Senate and House resolve that the President present gold and silver medals to Captain Charles Stewart and the officers and crew of the frigate Confluitu for gallantry and service in capturing the British warships Crane and Levant. Also a resolution to present medals to Captain James Biddle and officers of the sloop Hornet for bravery in the capture of the British sloop Manchester, with a gold and silver award to commissioned officers.
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Stewart
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Charles Stewart
Levant
The
of Representatives
N Gaillard
Tomereeway
James Madison
James
Biddle
James Biddle
Hornet
Pension enactment for Revolutionary War veterans named
An act increases pensions for Robert White Jacob Wrighter John Young and John Cramperley. It grants monthly pensions with start dates in 1815 1816 for injuries from Fort Eric Little York French River St Lawrence and war actions. Also repeals duties on certain grids manufactured in the United States and related reforms with remissions for prior fines and duties.
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Robert White
Jacob Wrighter
John Young
John Cramperley
Senate
House of Muhresen
United States of America
Congress
Reading
Vermont
Fort
Eric
Jacob Tighter
Trenton
New Jersey
Little York
Upper Canada
Bolton
Massachusetts
St. Lawrence
John Cramper
Beverly
Great Britain
Eveby
Robert Ite
Jacob Wreighter
Ohn Cramperley
United
House of
Stars
Aorica
Bern
Act to discharge Jonathan Rogers junior imprisoned for debt
The act authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to discharge Jonathan Rogers junior of Waterford Connecticut from imprisonment in New Haven for a debt owed to the United States. It preserves that any future property acquired remains liable for the judgment and execution. Approved February 22, 1816.
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Connecticut
Jonathan Rogers
United States
Horrors of Carthagena Letter From Amador to Don Francisco
A 1816 correspondence from Don Juan de Dios Amador, former governor of Carthagena, describes famine, evacuations, and shipboard robberies during escape from the port. He notes family losses, imprisonments in Carthagena, and emigrants aboard vessels like Drummond and Hope, with executions and a grim tally of deaths at sea.
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Don Juan de Dios Amador
Carthagena
Francisco Carcia del Fierro
N. Orleans
Wo Brothers
Auion
General Bermudes
Trinidad de Cuba
India-Libre
Negro-Head
Fstrella
Providence
Schr
Drummond
Garcia de Toledo
Louisiana
Juan DE Bors Amapor
Foreign News Recap From London Paris and Berlin
A Liverpool-bound convoy arrives with cargoes as European dispatches reach New York. Reports from London discuss Danning joining the Cabinet and Prince Leopold's visit, while Berlin hints at constitutional aims. Paris covers church negotiations, Vienna dispatches, and military moves amid Napoleonic fallout.
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New York
Liverpool
Nestor
Sterling
Pacific
Brown
Ann Maria
Waite
Hibernia
Graham
Mercantile Advertiser
London
Lloyd’s
Danning
Prince Leopold
Saxe Cobourg
Princess Chaplotté
Dover
Clarendon Hotel
Ship Inn
Lord Castlereagh
Prince Regent
Brighton
Brussels
Berlin
Napoleon at Longwood House Observed by St Helena Visitors
From St Helena Loxton February 15 reports Bonaparte has moved to Longwood on the island interior after earlier residence at Balcomb’s. Captain Mackay and Sir George Cockburn oversee strict custody as Minden lies off shore with two sloops watching and guards in place. Bonaparte appears in good health and grateful for improvements to his dwelling.
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Loxton
Minden
Mackay
Portsmouth
East Indies
St. Helena
Bonaparte
Bence
Mr. Balcomb
Longwood
George Cockburn
Glover
Decrees Reinstating Secretaries and Reshaping Spanish Cabinet
From the Madrid Gazette Extraordinaire January 17 1816 the King orders the reinstatement of Don Papro Cevantos as first Secretary of State and Dispatch following unfounded discharge. Other decrees discharge Tomas Moyano and adjust Treasury and Grace and Justice posts while appointing Manuel Lopez Aranjo and Jose Vazquez Figuera, with Luis Salazan’s resignation accepted. A royal warning condemns abuses of confidence and informs officials that informers must appear before tribunals.
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Madrid
Don Papro Cevantos
Spain
Don Papro Crvanos
Don Josef [Barra
Treasury
Don Manuel Lopez Aranjo
Dor Tomas Moyano
Grace & Justice
Don Luis Salazan
Navy
Felipe “Gonzalez Vallejo
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Peetu
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Seaker
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Armover
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Kingston
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Inlaw
Junon
Joseph
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Pepita
Foreign News
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Glasgow
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
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Tarn
Hamburg
Parma
Maria Louisa
Milan
Florence
Italy
Heidelberg
University of Heidleburg
Palatine
Vatican
Count Parr
Prince Schwartzenberg
Vation
Asseni
Newcastle
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