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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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