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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1843

Page

2

Washington and the Union Anniversary Editorial

The Boston Post exhorts readers to honor Washington and the American Union and heed Farewell Address warnings against efforts to weaken national unity. It warns against anti American zeal and champions fidelity to the father of his country and the republic.

Washington National Union Ninetron The Union George Washington American Union

Mr Collins Praised for Defiance in Massachusetts Vote

The Atlas and Mobile Register report Mr Collins faced Whig accusations of treason for refusing to back a flawed plan. They claim his stand protected popular rights as Marcus Morton led early returns for governor, with Morton favored by the Senate on high votes.

Collins Benedict Arnold Marcus Morton John Davis Morton House of Representatives Senate Sewell Whig Party State House Oak Hall Jordan Gordon Illinois General Assembly Plutz Henry Russell England New York Massachusetts Austin Secretary of the Navy Daily Advertiser

Calls to subject insurance firms and recover disputed funds

The piece criticizes the Massachusetts Hospital and Life Insurance Company for lax reporting and unanswered questions about its finances and influence. It urges enforcing law on powerful entities and notes Maine’s legislature urging federal action to secure a disputed territory fund shared by Maine and Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Hospital and Life Insurance Company Life and Trust Company Nicol New York Maine United States New Brunswick Massachusetts Great Britain

Death of prominent Nashville merchant Robert Woods

The death of Robert Woods, member of the firm Yeatman Woods & Co., Nashville, is announced in local papers.

Mr Woods Robert Woods Yeatman, Woods & Co Nashville

House Debates Tariff Complaints and State Debt Questions

The House adopted a resolution calling on the President for correspondence with foreign ministers alleging tariff violations of treaties. Debates covered Secretary of Treasury notes on Jonathan Roberts, committee referrals, Fulton claim, Swartwout sureties, and Territory bills. The Senate debated state debt assumptions, delaying action to December, with McDuffie opposing such schemes.

McKeon State Department Jonathan Roberts Tolland Wise Committee On Philip Renault Illinois Robert Fulton Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Swartwout New York House Senate Rives Barrow Conrad Louisiana McDuffie WN. Y

Row at the Chinese Saloon over payment dispute

The Philadelphia Chinese Saloon saw a clash between Mr Seguin and the concert committee over fees. They offered 75 dollars for a performance that the committee had initially set at 175. After audience intervention, the show continued amid a ten minute uproar, with behind the scenes settlement unknown.

Seguin Philadelphia

Western Railroad finances and Arkansas flood report

The article details the Western Railroad annual report with interest and income figures, sinking fund status, asset values, and notable costs including embankment, bridge, and tunnel work. It also reports a destructive Arkansas freshet with the Red River flood overtaking towns, wrecking farms, and causing loss of life and property along Lanesport, Rowland, and Jonesborough.

Albany Hudson Road Richmond Swamp Connecticut River Lowell Company Jonah Arkansas Red River Fulton Hunter Lanesport Rowland Jonesborough McKinney

Melodeon Benefit for J E Murdoch Opens Tonight

The Lyceum Elocution Class presents a complimentary entertainment for Mr Murdoch at the Melodeon featuring Mrs Maeder Messrs Tasistro Johnson and Maeder and other leading declaimers. Tickets urged and early attendance advised as the event opens with an original poem reading by the author. Trouble among the Millerites centers on temple work funding and predictions of end times with factions arguing over completion. Reading men question if the world’s end arrives soon while followers demand fulfilment of prophecies.

J. E. Murdoch Lyceum Murdoch Maeder Tasistro, Johnson Himes

Honors to the Memory of Isaac Hull

Washington orders sparked thirteen guns from warships while Boston citizens fired sixty nine guns at intervals before the State House. A public subscription is planned to fund a naval monument at Mount Auburn in memory of the Constitution’s commander.

Isaac Hull Washington Boston State House Mount Auburn Constitution

Massachusetts Senate Passes Insurance and Railway Measures

The 1843 session reports a broad push on mutual insurance and corporate charters. Debates over profit retention vs. policyholder control shaped amendments to the Equitable Safety Insurance and two new mutual companies. Committees advanced bills, while other measures addressed banks, towns, and public works.

Senate Nantucket Dickinson Timothy Smith Amherst Abbott Lowell Samuel Meserve Perkins Plymouth Thomas Washburn Wareham Bristol Edward S. Wilcox Gray State Lunatic Hospital Davis Worcester Eliot James C. Odiorne Spot Pond Aqueduct Company Hammond Committee On Towns Jeremiah Spotford Erastus King Ebenezer Wheelright Reuben Nickerson, Jr George B. Standish Charlestown Wm. Hunnewell Probate and Chancery Gardner R. Eastman Griswold Hood Equitable Safety Insurance Company Mutual Marine Insurance Company New Betford Wright Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company Boston Banks and Banking Ocean Bank Newburyport Hampshire Secretary of State War Department United States Messrs Davis Upton Ward Plunkitt Noah Gibson Kilby Bank Danvers Fall River Iron Works James G. Greene East Bridgewater Bank Commercial Bank of Boston Merchants’ Bank Fall River Bank Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike Corporation Adam W. Thaxter Jacob’ Hall Newton Universalist Eleazar Jones Strong Lawson Kingsbury Jonathan Bangs Springfield Congress Military Academy West Point Messrs Wright, Perkins Williston Estabrook

Debate in 1840 Elections Committee Over Shed Seat

The chamber discussed voting rights on Mr Shed’s contested seat with ruling and appeals. The majority report declared the election void and the house adjourned after ordering pay due to Shed and tabling further actions.

Chapman Salem Thomas Jamison Nims Greenfield Ambrose Ames Alpheus F. Stone Mr Foster Newburyport Samuel Shaw Mr Tucker Roxbury James Russell Winthrop Bank Kinnicutt Worcester Probate Supreme Judicial Court Tarbell Pepperell Senate Messrs Thomas Charlestown Allen Northfield Whitmarsh Seekonk Messrs Gray, Stevenson Gibbens Boston Colby New Bedford Burlington Abner Shed Committee On Elections Messrs Russell Thomas Shed Col. Thomas House Messrs Allen Northfed Whit Marsh Sceva Townsend Messrs Park Toppan Wales

Publication of Retrenchment Report Sparks House Debate

The Post's House Reporter clarifies that the Retrenchment Committee report was published at the paper's request to study its contents during House business. He explains no prior agreement with Tarbell or Courier colleagues, and states the decision to publish came only after six o'clock Friday evening.

Post House of Representatives Committee On Courier John P. Tarbell Tarbell Mr Tarbell the Courier The the Post Havre New Orleans Mobile Bahia Brazil U. States Carolina St. Domingo Havana Laguayra Martinique Iavana, &c East India Mecca W. I Eliza Thornton Nestor Campeachy Hamburg Spain London Paris New York Boston Cowes Europe United States

Calamity at the Well Claims Two Lives in Quincy

Two men Fletcher and Grover of Quincy were killed while blasting a well for Mr John Parker. A canister of powder caused a blast when struck, tearing Grover’s head and leaving Fletcher badly broken and disfigured. Parker looked on as both men died, families left to mourn.

Jce Calhoun Norfolk Andrew Jackson Allen Prince Street New York Prieur New Orleans Norfolk Beacon Old Point Ordnance Department Fletcher Grover Quincy John Parker Parker Bay State

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