Devens recalled for heroism in Sims case and Civil War career
A retrospective sketches General Devens, detailing his role in delivering Thomas Sims as a fugitive slave, his bid to fund Sims' freedom, and his later rise through Massachusetts legal and political ranks. It chronicles his Civil War service, wounds at Ball’s Bluff, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and his ascent to Supreme Judicial Court, Attorney General, and national prominence.
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Devens
Boston
United States
District of
Massachusetts
Thomas Sims
Sims
Lydia Maria Child
Maener
Worcester
George F. Hoar
Rifles
Fifteenth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Two Ears
Ball’s Luff
Peninsula
Fair Oake
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Twenty-fourth Corps
Richmond
Averner
Charleston
South Carolina
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Bunker ‘Hill
Justice Devens
Ehe
Supreme Bench
Atpur Sener
Hayes
Musetts
Justice Boyle
Long
Judge Devens Social Life And Club Ties In Boston
Judge Devens maintained a quiet social round at Ashburton Place and through dinners at his club won wide affection. A dignified courtly gentleman with cordiality and high mindedness his social reach extended to the Loyal Legion the Wednesday and Thursday Clubs and the Massachusetts Historical Society. He left Somerset Club upon moving to Seacon Street and resided in Worcester after severing his partnership with Senator G F Hoar while remaining active in Union Club circles.
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Judge Devens
Somerset Club
Worcester
G. F. Hoar
Ashburton Place
Union Club
Washington
Loyal Legion
Boston
Wednesday Club
Massachusetts Historical Society
Obituary: John Mason Tilford Dies at 75 Founder of Park and Wilford
John Mason Tilford, a founder of the New York grocery house Park & Wilford, died yesterday aged seventy five. Born in 1845, Tilford helped build a prominent U S retail firm and was noted in family and trade circles. The report also references distant notices from London and Asia Minor as part of the era’s global news.
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John Mason Tilford
New York
Park
Senate Begs For Early Vote On Silver Coinage Bill
In Washington on January 7 the Senate moved to fix a vote time on the financial bill and amendments, with Mr Stewart proposing 4 PM Friday. Debates touched on free silver and speculation, as Mr Daniel argued silver would unite factions and curb speculators, while Mr Frye and Mr Plumb weighed economic impacts and the bill’s past effects.
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New York
Congress
United States
Plumb
Hiscock
Stewart
Teller
Mr. Hiscock
Europe
East
Mrr. Stewart
Sawyer
Mr. Edmunds
Mr. Stewart
Senate
Washington
Cockrell
J. Daniel
Morrill
Daniel
Jacob
Rachel
Frye
Bank of England
Weather Indications Forecast for Northeast States
The Weather Indications from Washington on Jan 7-8 p m forecast until 8 p m Thursday. In Maine New Hampshire and Vermont fair with northerly winds and slight temp changes. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut expect fair Thursday with snow Friday and northerly winds with steady temperatures. Eastern New York: fair Thursday then snow Thursday night or Friday with winds shifting to northeasterly and steady temperatures.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Post's Forecast and Weather Synopsis for New England
The center of high pressure remains over the northern lakes bringing northerly winds and fair skies with little temperature change across New England. A low in the Southwest triggers rains toward Friday, with increasing cloudiness and northeast winds, and snow by evening in the south, later reaching the north. Northwest winds persist along the coast from the lower lakes to Hatteras as high pressure dominates the coast.
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POST
New England
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Michigan
Ste. Marie
Halifax
Lower Lakes
Hatteras
Wilmington
N.C
Jacksonville
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Galveston
Shreveport
Fort Smith
el Paso
Memphis
Fort Sill
Dodge City
Dakota
Fort Buford
N. C
Green Bay
Chicago
Northfield
Block Island
Boston
Clerk Jewatt's roll of the Granite State in Connecticut Legislature
Dispatch reports a tense New Hampshire legislative organization with police guarding doors and a contested roll of members. Republicans push for control while Democrats resist. Sanborn wins Speaker in a split House. McLane leads Senate, Tuttle declared Governor-elect amid ongoing party tensions and anticipated challenges to seating.
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Concorp
N. H
fSineran
Jewett
Concord Police
House of Representatives
James F. Briggs
Isaac L. Heath
C. A. Sulloway
H. D. Upton
Manchester
J. J. Bell
Exeter
J. H. Gallinger
Concord
Frank G. Clarke
Peterboro
New Hampshire
Weare
Meredith
Chatham
Langdon
Sharon
Windsor
Harry Bingham
Bingham
Arthur L. Hodsdon
Ossipes
Henry B. Quincy
Lake Village
Hiram A. Tuttle
Charles H
Connecticut Muddle: Legislature Organizes Amid Technical Hurdles
In Hartford on January 7, both Senate and House convened. Senate elected Read of Bridgeport as president pro tem and named Republican caucus nominees. House faced seating disputes delaying organization but ultimately chose A. M. Paige as Speaker. An official canvass request from Democrats was refused until the General Assembly organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felker
Somersworth
Senate
Hartrorp
Conn
Read of
Bridgeport
Dem
House
A. M. Paige
Baking Powder Rising in Popularity Across Kitchens
The Baking Powder gaining wide popularity as households discuss its benefits. People note its versatility in recipes and ease of use, signaling a shift in pantry staples and cooking habits.
Maine Legislature Opens With Party Nominations
The Maine Legislature organized with Republican and Democratic caucuses nominating leaders. In Augusta the Senate elected C. F. Libby as president and K. M. Dunbar as secretary, while the House chose A. P. Wiswell as Speaker and W. S. Colton as clerk. Both chambers adjourned to tomorrow at 10 am.
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Luzon
KB. Morris
J. W
J. J. Phelan
M. H. Sanger
N. Staub
House
Senate
O. H. Platt
Avausta
Maine
Burleigh
C. F. Libby
K. M. Dunbar
Nicholas Fessenden
Fort Fairfield
Charles E. Littlefield
Rockland
Henry Sprague
Auburn
George L
Morton
Augusta
D. Leavitt
Eastport
P. J. Larrabee
Portland
Shipping News Briefs From New England Ports
Shipping men and coastal traders are urged to subscribe to the Post for the latest reports from the ocean world. Arrivals include Steamer Parkmore from London with cargo to William Johnston & Co, Steamer Siberian to Glasgow with 21 steerage passengers, and multiple coastal tugs towing barges. Coastwise and foreign vessels, sailings, and harbor positions are listed with arrivals, clearances, and movements along with weather notes at Highland Light and Provincetown.
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New England
Parkmore
Hawksett
London
William Johnston & Co
Cape Sable
Siberian
Isr
Park
Glasgow
H & A Allan
Georgian
Trant
Liverpool
Mise
Thayer & Lincoln
Herman Winter
Nickerson
New York
Indian
Philadelphia
Maverick
Cabell
Penobscot
Ingraham
Winterport
Forest City
Snowman
Portland
City of Gloucester
L’rector
Gloucester
Storm King
Smith
Laurens
Norfolk
Ocean King
Cantain
Nay-Aug
Rathbun
Musconetcong
van Wart
Hoboken
Jmdsey Pray
Merlin
Binghamton, Brown
Scranton
Houghtalling
Georgetown
Pei
Lrinceport
Slocomb
Bridgewater
Stewart
Haina
Souris
Eva Stewart
W D
Richard
Parks
Alberton
Pet
Volunteer
Creasor
St John
Lostonian
Fry
Thayers& Lincoln
Water Witch
Moore
Port-au- Prince
Green
Knaeber & Co
Juno
Crafts
Hatheway & Co
Riverdale
Urquhart
Same
Essex
Taylor
Baaltimore
AM Graham
HF Dimock
Berry
H M Whitney
Spartan
Crowe
Ornatus
Sarah Hill
Rockport
Laura T Chester
Antelope
Leonado
Sullivan
George W Jewett
D Prince
Hattie
Deer Isle
T Drisko
Coral Meader
Winslow Morse
Weymouth
Mass
Fred Jackson
Tay
Ich Driska
Drisko
Highland Light
Sunset Wind
Standard
J R Teel
Harvey W Anderson
Hopatong
Pohatong
Chatham
Santuit
Seth Low
Joshua Lovett
Pottsville
Lancaster
Hercules
Herald
William Slater
Provincetown
Race Point
Confluence
Rebecca Vrowell
Boston
Juletrae
Buenos Ayres
Ella
Rosario
Deadlock in Nebraska Legislature over state officer returns
In Lincoln on January 7, a stalemate arose between the Senate and House over canvassing state officer returns. The Independent/Alliance party contests the Democratic governor and other Republican officers, seeking to avoid official announcements and seat contestants instead. Lieutenant Governor Hicklejohn, a Republican, says duty is to declare the majority winners, with any contest to follow after announcement.
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House
Senate
Lincoln
Neb
Independent
Alliance Party
Hicklejohn
Atlantic Charters and Cargoes Set From East Coast Ports
New York and Portland ship listings show bark Rainbow and bark Unanima bound for Rio de Janeiro with lumber cargoes priced at 15 dollars and 1450 dollars respectively. Governor Robie chartered from Calcutta to New York at 550 dollars, with other vessels including Charles A Sparks guilding Point a Pitre and St Pierre and ships carrying cooperage, coal, and lumber to Havana and Matanzas, featuring routes from Mobile, Hoboken, and Philadelphia.
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New York
Rainbow
Brunswick
Rio Janeiro
Madura
Pensacola
Portland
Governor Robie
Calcutta
Charles A Sparks
Point-a- Pitre
St Pierre
Mart
Cooperage
Carrie E Look
Mobile
Cette
Northern Empire
Knowlton
Leghor Curacoa
Dee
G B_ Lockhart
Cuba
Achorn
Fernandina
Curacoa
Sheridan
Celia F. Arey
Demera Berar
Phineas W Sprague
Strong
Portlan
New Yorguayra
Sallie
New Origins
Prina Willem II
Caribbean
New Orleans
Montevideo
Nanna
Paulsen
Matanzas
Odin
Gohde
Haya
Halifax
ARA
Finance
Bad Reaper News
St Thomas
Rio
Greenlands
Wm F Green & Son
Barter
Isaiah K Stetson
Trask
New
Louis DU Seat
Exie
Pearce
Tale Bay
CGH
Lunos
Tybee
Baltimore
Dorchester
Howes
Boston
Sehs
Henry & Little
Benjamin Fabens
London
Samuel Dillaway
Smith
de 7Th
Carrie A Norton
Bath
Massasoit
Alice B Phillips
Clarissa Radcliffe
Norfolk
Serapis
Newport News
Hopeton
Fort de France
Geestemunde
Lepanto
Antwerp
Lero
Rotterdam
Midlothian
Port Antonio
Jam
Harriet
Karlin
Shaw
Savannah
Saml
Thorpe
Fearee
Twilight
Predmore
Julia A Rollins
Kiehne
Charles A Campbell
Oston
Wm _ Crane
Campanero
Henry Sutton
Annie Bliss
Anna Kranz
Bootybay
the Post
Arian G
Maggie Willetts
St John
Valetta
Fardie
Loston
Mabel Purdy
Bishop
Eric Foster
Harper
Abana
Harris
Genesta
Reid
Modena
Gale
Lottie B. Scott
Providence
Port
George W Collins
Gordon
Sullivan
Addie McFadden
Clark
Calais
William Todd
Wood
Fall River
Harry Prescott Gilmore
M & Milton
Rumrill
Port Spain
Coosaw
Marburg
Fillabury
Port Royal
Cape Henry
Neptune
Hill
Cienfuegos
Fortress Monroe
Victoria
Philadelphia
Galveston
Rebecca
Lamdin
Diggins
George Ball
Anderson
Tuspan
Hyannis
Fannie & Fay
John Paul
Odiorne
Marjorie
J Hanson
Portsmouth
BR Birch
Anther
Salem
Jacksonville
Nettie Langdon
Roas
St Domingo
Marblehead
Sarah E Ward
Ward
Belfast
Millbridge
Ella Clifton
Joe
E C Allen
Given
Philadelpia
John H Tingue
Burdge
Glenwood
Etelred
Jamaica
Beaconsfield
Havre
Bratten
Vera Cruz
Susie H. Davidson
Haiey
Charleston
Sheepscot
Maverick
Indian
Hercules
Newburyport
Centipede
Westernland
Bothnia
Liverpool
Utopia
Mediterranean
Hudson
Saratoga
Havana
Columbia
Cuvier
St Lucia
Santa Clara
Fuller
Hiogo
Byg
Longmire
Port Liberty
Alfred Keen
Greeley
Amboy
Rockland
Imma
Littlejohn
South Amboy
Albert W Smith
Berry
J B Carrington
Bridgeport
New Bedford
Jan G
Ann Lewis
Lewis
N H Skinner
Titus
Gen Torbet
Graham
Fisher’s Island
Mary Riley
Warren
Demerara
Carrie Belle
Mclean
Maggie Willets
St Joan
Hemerson
Elia May
Jane
Hattie
Sanborn
Fajardo
Nellie F Sawyer
Willard
Block Island
Eva May
Newport
Carrie Walker
Starkey
Aries
Pequot
Stickney
Gov H M Hoyt
Mary H Rice
Wentworth
Annie E Webb
Bennett
Nellie E Newbury
Southard
John E Penrose
Young Brothers
Senator Cameron Renominated in Harrisburg Caucus
Harrisburg Penn January seventh Renominated by the Republican caucus Senator Cameron faces renomination this afternoon in a party meeting noting strong support and strategic backing for the incumbent senator.
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Cameron
Hargeispurg
Penn
Republican Caucus
Interclub bowling results from Norfolk and Newton clubs
In Norfolk last evening Casino bowling team defeated Boston Athletic Club by sixty two pins in Amateur Interclub League action. In Newton, Newtons beat Chelsea Review Club by four hundred fourteen pins at the Newton Clubhouse with Brown and Tapley standout for Newtons and Gould excelling for Chelsea.
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Casinos
Boston Athletic
Newtons
Chelsea
Norfolk House
Boston Athletic Club
Athletic Club
Casino
Newton
Chelsea Review Club
Gould
Brown
Tapley
Follett
Eeeneeerserveee Brown
Pee Tenner
Ewes
Vage
Hamplton
Cerneeseeee
Abe
Scannell
Wyeth
Carrnoth Cosewee
Batley
Rockbarra native captains 93 ton vessel from Boston 1871
Ald and a six man crew aboard the 93.19 ton ship built in Boston in 1871, insured by Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance. Captain McDonald’s brother, commander of the sh W W Rice, disappeared after a trip to Ice Wad. Fishing arrivals include E A Wayland 1600 bbis herring from Fortune Bay, Gertie E Foster 1400, Landseer 1300, Commonwealth 1000, Senator Salisbury 425,000 frozen herring. Ethel from Georges 10,000. Iris, Ella F Long and Robert J Edwards from Fortune Bay 1700 bbls. William M. Gaffney from Prince Edward Island.
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Ald
Rockbarra
Pei
Boston
Gloucester Matual Fishing Insurance Company
McDonald
Rice
Icewad Ae Spring
Sha E
Wayland
Fortune Bay
Gertie E Foster
Landseer
Commonwealth
Lauisbury
Ethel
Georges
Alice
Hawkes
Iris
Ella F Long
Robert J Edwards
William M. Gaffney
Prince Edward Island
Notice to Mariners signals changes in River and Gulf stations
The rivers and Gulf of St Lawrence signal stations see semaphores replaced by flags, with several stations discontinued including Riviere du Lonp and Brandy Pots. A new main establishment forms on St Pauls Island after laying a Cape Breton to St Pauls Island cable. Several island stations on Sable Island are connected by telephone. The note includes ship reports from Alvin Rathbun on Nay Ang, Petit Codiac, and others, detailing losses, dockings, and ice-related actions across New England and Atlantic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of St Lawrence
Riviere du Lonp
Brandy Pots
Etang du Nord
Magdalen Islands
Great Bird Rock
Great Grosse Lale
Meat Cove
Cape Breton Island
St Paul’s Island
St Paul's Island
Quebec
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Alvin Rathbun
Nay Ang
Boston
Patrick Morrison
Vineyard Haven
Queenstown
Ire
Liverpool
Hillsboro
New Bedford
Patriot
Maracaibo
Pasque Island
Machias
S B Jones
Trafton
Mary Bartlett
Mansur
Oakes
Machiasport
Josie
Barnstable
Ringdove
Crocker
Philadelphia
Hibernian
East Light
Bahia
Cyprus
New York
Shangae
Hull
Halifax
Sama
Shelburne
Schoonecuh
Canso
Bonnibel
Sydney
Burying Island
Lunenburg
Bala Rock Shoal
Sanda
San Francisco
William le Labour
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Eenera
London
Spain
Scilly Islands
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Agra
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Bunker Hill Monument Association
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General Meade
General Grant
Union ‘Club
Army of the
Ovens
BY Dingley and
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Herbert
Alabama
Dingley
Great Britain
Ingley
Dockery
Missouri
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Farquhar
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Pacific Mail
West
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George Gould
Wall Street
R. Dockery
Blaine
Jewatt
Tuttle
OF the
Granite State
Morris
Goodell
Jacob H. Gallinger
E. B
Franklin
John McLane
Milford
Charles A. Sinclair
Connecticuy
Buu Gay
Peo- Po C
Albany
Shipping News
Port OF
Nebraska
Stubbenhuk
Ger
Hamburg
Bahia Blanca
M J Foley
Redenheiser
Gardiff
Wm Gordon
McKellar
Bristol
Colombo
Eskasoni
Burchall
Akyab
FOWEY
Madre-e-Figli
Ital
Santiago
Geerdes
Carthaginian
St Johns
Lynwood
Rosa
Caranf
Maceio
C C Sweeney
Hayfor
Santos
Melbourne
Sabled Navy
Harvester
Schwaner
Newcastle
Nsw
Marseilles
Burgundy
Bracadaile
Peebles
Palermo
Pocasset
Peppino
Cafiero
William D Duissey
Fortune
Placentia Bays
Garoish
Nfy
T Langsford & Son
Pins McDon
OWEN
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Hayden
Eeeenes Eves
Es Bartlett
Bates Azre
An . Wailey
An Blake
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