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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1854

Page

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Valley of the Amazon and a critique of quarantine practices

A correspondent argues the Amazon headwaters offer limited economic value and decries Peru and Ecuador borders as sparsely populated. He condemns lenient governance, praises strict religious rites on All Saints Day, and attacks Para quarantine abuses including fines, land access denial, and useless letter fumigation.

Zon West Indies Africa Peru Ecuador Bolivia Atlantic Ocean Medina Amazon Ortes Para Durance Henrico Salem United

Notable names listed for committee positions

BOAI Josefh Tremevis and tengamin W Greene are joined by James K Hosmer David F Robinson Junius Catlin Harvey Seymour and Erwin D Morgan in a group of potential appointees. The fragment hints at a civic or organizational roster with multiple individuals named in sequence.

Boai Josefh Tremevis Tengamin W. Greene James K. Hosmer David F. Robinson Junius Catlin Harvey Seymour Erwin D. Morgan

The New Steam Fire Engine Ode

A humorous verse from Cincinnati praising the steam fire engine as a grand, water powered destroyer of flames. The poem teases the old hand pumps, lauds the steam apparatus, and humorously emphasizes its superiority and noise while noting its usefulness to insurance interests and urban firefighting.

M.toy Kly

Sketches of Places and People Abroad by William Wells Brown

A traveler’s memoir of Brown’s France and England voyage, detailing his self taught background as a former slave and later role as a delegate at the 1849 Paris Peace Conference. The piece reflects on travel, observer tips, and Maine riverine trips as a citizen reporter notes local ports Searsport Bucksport and Frankfort with vivid portraits of people and places.

London Millen Parkish Joseph Barrabbas St Petre Mary Galilee Siddons Thos Lawrence Caroline—Johnson England Ireland Scotland Bolton Calcutta Europe Walter Cornell U Mills Milton Consis Old Colony India Spy Epicures Gentlemen of Taste William Wells Brown Boston John P. Jewett & Co France Brown Paris Place Vendome Elihu Burritt Massachusetts New England Wendall Phillips James Freeman Clarke Marie Antoinette Lamartine Jane Gray Shakspeare John Bull Montgomery Bulwer Clay and Webster United States Punch Waterloo Bridge Perfide Albion Généreux Dion Russia M. Soyer Tager Layard Syrie

Market Quiet as Dust Beckons Skimmed Trade in Boston Post

The San Francisco stock market was very quiet with no important transactions. Dust was not offering freely on Nov 8, and fewer miners left for the Atlantic states due to higher steamship fares. Choice lots commanded 17 40 017 45. Interest rates appeared to have slackened.

Nauta Peru W. D. Miller Dewey Para United States England John W. Huston Whitmore Naura Amazon Barra Amazon Company San Paulo Ris Negro Madeira Purus St. Gibbon Rio Negro Monarcha Chacras Republic Brazil West Indies New York Sterling Exchange Wall Street West California Philadelphia Baltimore Express the Tribune Erie Europe France Great Britain Bank of England Stock Exchange Continent Egypt Crimea Australia The Boston Providence Copper Falls Toltec Isle Royale Pittsburg Minnesota Forest Phoenix Bay State Mills New York Economist Albany Register Watervliet Lacy Pacific Lowell Bay State Company Bay State London Roy the American Institute Watervliet Company Empire State Granite San Francisco Atlantic States

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