Franklin Conner and Alabama politics in 1859 dispatch
The volume notes 113 matriculates at Franklin College with actual attendance not specified. Davi Cropton of Tuskegee nominated as Democratic congressional candidate for Alabama’s Third District by Auburn convention. Market commentary from the Mark Lane Express discusses wheat price trends, war rumors, and European and American crop prospects with emphasis on corn, cattle feed, and price parity between Alexandria and London.
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Franklin Conner
Davi Cropton
Tuskegee
Alabama
Auburn
Mark Lane
England
London
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Sicily
Alexandria
Circle wandering on fogbound prairies and alarms in New York
A correspondent discusses reports of traveling in circles when lost, noting that circles occur on foggy prairies and calm days, with references to frontier experience and lessons for woodsmen. The text also covers forgery at Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, New York news, and various notes on weather, ships, and insurrections.
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Gulf Prairies
Cincinnati Gazette
James N. Dubois
Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company
L'Hommedieu
Dubois
L’hommedieu
F. H. Short
Lafayette Bank
Michigan University
Harvard
Hamilton College
Professor Gessner Harrison Reported Alive
The Péersburg Express quotes confirmation that Professor Gessner Harrison of the University of Virginia is alive and in good health, correcting earlier death rumors. A contemporary error led to the mistaken report.
Hog Cholera Cured by Dry Lot Method
Georgia hog disease spread from Tennessee and Kentucky fatalities. Dr James G Whatley of Upson county lost many head last year and this year. He sealed stock in a dry lot for three weeks without water. sick hogs recovered and the disease was eradicated. Neighbors report similar success.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
West
Georgia
James G Whatley
Upson County
Atlanta
Charleston Market Quiet With No Buyers Reported
News from Charleston Cuarteston May 12 notes a quiet market with no sales. Arrival of steamship Persia from New York on May 11 is recorded along with distant war dispatches and market updates from London and Savannah. Prices and activity in cotton flour and grain are given for multiple ports.
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Charleston Market
Cuareston
New York
Persia
Liverpool
Galway
London
Ticino
Times
Austria
Napoleon
England
France
Russia
Turin
Wanderer
Savannah
United States District Court
Cuarteston
New Orleans
Marseilles
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Aguna Duke
Ciapparal
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Encounger
Daniel Davis
Ocean Spray
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Crossman
Lockhart
Texas
Africa
Jencoff
Madonna
Memphis Bulletin
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas
Washington
Jamaica
Kingston
Westmoreland
Ja Mar
Second West India (African) Regiment
Port Royal
Custom House
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Custom House
Custom-House
New York Custom-House
Augusta
William M. Hight
Hight & McMurphy
American Foundry
Georgia Railroad
Thomson
A. Bleakley
Keroline Oil & Lamps
Sg& Mustin’s
Ap2
Mustin
China
Detreet
Telegraph
Tuscany
Alps
Mount
Denis
Genoa
Algeria
Italy
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Paris
Liverpool Exchange
Roberts
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Savannau
de Soto
Mcintosh and
Reynolds Streets
General Commission
United States
M. W. Woodruff
Jan
Jani
SM. Singer
I. M. Singer, & CO
Broad Street
Adams’ Express
Globe
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Broad
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C. B. Day
John A. Christian
Chalmer's Gallery
Sanford
James Clarke
Warren Brock
Josiah Sibley & Sons
Penman
My Commercial Academy
Bank of Augusta
WM. M. Pelot
Acts
J. A. Broome & CO
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WM. M. Potter
Blakely
Early County
Dundee
McCord, Horton & Walton
McCord, Morton & Walton
Engel & Wolfe
John Rappold
Corner Bread & Centrests
Great Britain
Canada
Job Moses
Rochester
N. Y
Haviland, Chichester & Co
Seut
Honespate Co
Lern W. Fower
Wistar
Betsey Perrin
A. Strong
Honesdale
Sera W. Fowre & Co
Washington-street
Boston
Joan A. Christian
P.S
J. A. Bacon & Co
L. D. Forp
Augusta Medical College
Josefh Jones
J. A. Bacon &C
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Sprars & Esaut
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N. Parker Willis
P. L. G. Cooke
2Nd Dragoons
J B. Jones
Lincoln Phelps
Lincoln
H. A. Bomberger
D. D
John Allan Quinton
H. Tyng
T. H. Tanner
M. D.F.L
Richards & Sun
Estes & Clark
Ugar
Porto Rico
B&c
Warren Block
Josiah Siblex & Sons
Iquors & Cigars
Josiah Sibley
Thos. P. Stovall & CO
JAS. G. Bailie & Bro
Estes « Clark
Ningar & Coffee
Fair and
Rio Coffee
My2 Wilcox, Hand & Ansley
S. C. Mustin
Augusta Hotel
Apps
Mustin’s
the Montour Co
Thos, P. Stovall & CO
Hervsey
Olu
Hersey's
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Woodhead
Ra Amattaro
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Chas W. Hersey
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