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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1846

Page

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Thompson announces auctioneer services from old State House

N A Thompson states he has moved to the Old Common Council Room above Whitmarsh Smith on State Street and will continue as an auctioneer. He offers public sales of stocks and real estate and house furniture with private contract options, promising personal attention to properties in the city and vicinity.

Wood's Hole Gen Buzzard’s Bay Elizabeth Islands Martha’s Vine Gav Head Cape Page Vineyard Sound Boston Fac Snoseriber Businew Webster & Oo North Market Street Joan Webster Scollay Old State House Old Common Council Room Messrs Whitmarsh & Smith State Street Ab N. A. Thompson NHE Court Tremont Streets N. A. Thompson & Co Booss, &c Austin Coolidge Muir and Devonshire Streets Superior City Cambridgeport Pearl Street John H. Shedd Geo Cummings Ward Jackson Grove Street May Street Hudson Street Curve Street North Malden Iil North Meiden Farnsworth Bostom and Maine Railroad Spot Pond Haymarket Square Prospect Street Broadway Thomas Gould Friend Street

Childhood Reverie Across Time in Cuba 1846

A poetic reflection from Cuba dated April 14 1846 recalls childhood hours and faded joys. The speaker contemplates memory as a dreamlike bridge between past innocence and uncertain future, noting memory's hopeful glow amid present gloom. The verse moves through scenes of sunshine and shadow and questions the path of humanity.

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Reader praises Bancroft history in Boston Courier

A correspondent lauds Michael Bancroft’s three volume history of the United States in terms borrowed from English scholars. He cites praise from M c Cullagh and others, urging Bancroft to complete the national work without delay and noting the Atlantic gap has closed morally.

Boston Courier Bancroft Courier Quincy Graham United States England M’cullagh Tacitus Herodotus Napier Rapin Echard America Europe Atlantic Ocean

City salaries raised and duties set by common council

In Thursday's common council meeting salaries were increased for the city solicitor to 2500, messenger to 900, board of engineers clerk to 500, enginemen to 80, with 2000 more appropriated for assessors apart from salaries. An order defined the city solicitor’s duties. the office is vacant after John Pickering’s resignation. Statements by absent members on a superintendent of common schools vote were recorded, listing who would have voted yes or no. Other notes include water-commissioner election soon, Gen Lincoln trip to Nahant, Harvard president Edward Everett's inauguration, and various political items from New York and Canada.

Board of Engineers John Pickering Boston Manchester Union New York Appleton Evening Post Daily Advertiser Henry Lee Congress Committees of Ways and Means Peter T. Homer Charles River Cambridge Bay Warren Bridge Brookline Mill-Dam Prison Point Bridge Boston and Maine Railroad Company East Cambridge Charlestown Mystic Boston Harbor Charles and Mystic Warren Independence Cunard Navy Yard East Boston Bird Island Fort Point Channel

National Exhibitions and Civil Notices in 1846

A broad summary of varied items includes social wits from the land and city, notes on public discourse about John Tyer’s secret service fund, and a Miller era world end scare. It mentions a Boston labeled anti smoking view, McKenzie's harsh critique, a Beallsville near miss robbery, and a traveling missionary colporteur story. The piece also describes fair planning in Washington with cargo packaging guidelines and a Turnbull led exhibition. It closes with signatures and an April 11 1846 date.

Senate debates on finance committee report and mint bills

The Senate discussed when the sub treasury bill might be reported and possible amendments to the House bill, noting the warehouse and branch mint bills have priority. The Smithsonian fund bill was scrutinized in the House, proposing a twelve member board and new governance, with supporters and opponents debating the bequest use and government authority.

Senate Webster Committee On Finance House Lewis New York Charleston Treasury Speight Jarnagin Tennessee Secret Service Fund C. J. Ingersoll House of Representatives State Department Westcott Breese Turney J. M. Clayton Smithsonian Institute Fund Smithsonian Institution United States Washington National Institute Congress Owen G. W. Jones Jones J. R. Ingersoll McConnell Staunton Smithson Lawrence N. York

National Fair Circular for Manufactures and Mechanic Arts

A call to interested manufacturers and those in the mechanic arts to note a circular issued by the committee of arrangements for the National Fair at Washington. The notice invites participation and outlines forthcoming steps for showcasing skills and innovations.

Washington Washington City

Homer letter defends tariff reform aims and British trade view

Peter T Homer responds to disparaging labels used by opponents of tariff reform. He explains his trip to England and Washington, saying his goal was to show how freer exchange of agricultural and other products with cheap British manufactures could benefit the nation, not to aid Manchester manufacturers.

Manchester England Washington Great Britain Peter T. Homer Evening Post Washington Union Manchester Manufacturers P. T. Homer

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