National Prosperity through Iron Chain Bridges
The issue details iron chain bridge construction after James Findley of Fayette County Pennsylvania first introduced the design in 1802. It compares costs with the Schuylkill Bridge, outlines chain and pier requirements, and explains the strength and sinking curve principles for spans up to 500 feet while noting metal cohesion and annealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Findley
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
U. States
Brandywine
Philadelphia Schuylkill
Findley
Very Late From France Brings War News and Delayed Dispatches
The Wasp arrived from L Orient in 33 days with letters and dispatches from Paris. Arm strong warned that no terms would be won with the United States unless war with Britain or guaranteed resistance to British search of American vessels. Reports suggest Austria and France peace talks stalled, with rumors of renewed hostilities and Russia likely to join Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Gustavus
Grandifer
Bar
Liverpool
Bordeaux
Great Britain
Henrietta
Gusttavus
France
Austria
England
New.york
U. States Sloop of War
Wasp
Lieut. Lawrence
L’orient
Lieut
Haswell
Armstrong
Paris
U. States
G. Britain
America
Bonaprte
Vienna
Russia
Bonaparte
Francis
Spanish Minister Threatens Ports If Not Received
Norfolk report on October 30 notes the Spanish Minister declares if not received officially by our government then all Spanish ports will be shut against the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Untimely Death of a Governor in Upper Louisiana
A Nashville paper recalls Meriwether Lewis's death at the Grinder home near the Indian line after a night of drinking and self-inflicted wounds. It notes a deranging illness, a protest to a draft, and hints at valuable papers he spoke of before dying. It also reports on British parliamentary salaries and a War Department supply contract with arms, rifles, swords, and ammunition.
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Nashville
Clarion
Reth
Meriwether Lewis
Upper Louisiana
Washington City
Grinder
George Rose
George Canning
Lord Castlereagh
S. Perceval
Wm. Scott
A. Wellesley
Robert Seymour
John Foster
Ball
E. Post
Secretary of War
Congress
Excellency's Communication on British Policy and State Debts
Long address to the Senate explains British ministerial actions damaging hopes for friendly accommodation with Great Britain. It urges law changes to restore debt payments, fund redemption, and equalize bonds for fractions, plus notes on North Carolina boundary talks and federal state dispute resolutions and embargo proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Carolina
Senate
North Carolina
Major Long
Pennsylvania
Olmstead
United States
Massichusetts
Congress
Maryland
Massachusetts
Virginia
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The
American Watchman
National Prosperity
Hed
Arras
Dieppe
L'Orient
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