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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1843

Page

2

Harvard Overseers elect first noncongregational clergyman

The Board of Overseers of Harvard met in the Senate chamber to ballot for the vacancy caused by Dr Channing s death. Rev Ho sea Ballou received 38 votes to 12 for Putnam 8 for Ide 1 for Blagden 2 for Perry 1 for Upham 2 for Lothrop with 64 votes cast, Ballou declared elected minus die adjournment. Ballou becomes the first clergyman not from the Congregational denomination on the board.

Harvard University Senate Channing Alvah Crocker Asa Lincoln Rodney A. Miller Worcester Hosea Baliou George Putnam Jacob Ide George W. Blagden Gardner B. Perry Charles W. Upham K. Lothrop Ballou Pierce Board of Overseers

Ward not listed as Harvard overseer in state register

The Hon. Artemas Ward does not appear among Harvard University overseers in the State Register this year. It is stated that before the last November election he sent in a resignation to the secretary of the board and, after the election, withdrew it. The secretary had provided the editor with a members list before Ward acted.

Artemas Ward State Harvard University Register Ward Neers Kkanrhewes Chelsea Beston East Boston

Meeting Against Corn Laws Called by Anti-Corn Law League

The Boston Atlas cites the London Herald describing a proposed meeting of the anti corn law association. The report calls the league a ruffian crew and accuses its members of scoundrelism, a label the Tories use for liberals, akin to how conservatives and whigs label the democracy.

Boston Atlas London Herald Anti-Corn Law Association England

Democratic Legislative Convention agenda and arrests at Boston meeting

The Democratic Legislative Convention organized in the House of Representatives chose Frederick Robinson as president and named vice presidents and secretaries. Resolutions supported suffrage allies in Rhode Island and meeting Governor Dorr. committees were appointed to carry out these actions. Also reported: Webster’s house robbed of plate including a $1500 vase, a fire near the treasury, and political maneuvers over cabinet posts and resignations. The navy chief clerk Mr Sims suffered a palsy and prognosis is poor.

Senate Bayard Congress Crittenden House United States Great Britain John Tyler House of Admartives Frederick Robinson John Spurr Geo. Hood James Russell Edward P. Little F.R. Gourgas Henry W. Cushman Messrs Wright Perkins Bristol Tarbell Allen Abbott and Perkins Thomas Leonard Church Boutwell Boston Messrs Abbott Plunkett Ward Slade Spencer Treasury Porter Tyler Forward Pennsylvania Patton Denmark McLean Navy Department Sims

Legislature Advances Multiple Bills and Elects Militia General

In a session the Senate advanced bills to annex Roxbury to Brookline and to alter court term dates for Middlesex, plus approving an Orphans' Home charter amendment. It elected Brigadier General Orison Underwood to lead the third militia division after a tight ballot, and passed resolutions on Berkshire county buildings and school libraries while adjourning after 1 PM.

Browne Essex Committee On Justus Willard Perkins Pi H Towns Roxbury Brookline Abbott Elisha Huntington Lowell Court of Common Pleas Middlesex County Committee On the Judiciary Mr Abbott New Bedford Orphans’ Home Ward Commonwealth Attorney General Solicitors General Hood Committee On Banks and Banking Griswold Senate Lowell Irish Benevolent Society D. B. Baldwin First Congregational Society Dudley Adams Bank Maor Hammond Howe Isley and Hartwell Savary Berkshire Wright New England Fire and Marine Insurance Company Jacob Perkins Richardson

Salaries Debate Ends With Adjournment After Fierce Vote

A Massachusetts House session features heated debate over salaries for public officers, a motion for the previous question, and a narrow adjournment after a controversial vote on judges and governor pay. Names of many members appear as the rollCall reveals partisan divides and protests from opponents.

Bigelow New York Wakefield Oakham Kinnicott Thomas Park Boston Committee On Elections P.Q White Taunton P. Q Messrs Park Gray Wales Supreme Court Yeas Surroux Nays Adams Blake Blodget Brooks Dillaway Dwight Fowle Gibbons Greele Greene Holbrook Howes Leavitt Lincoln McAllister Means Montgomery Palfrey E. Palmer J. A. Palmer Parrott Pettes Preston Stevenson Thaxter Tolman Wellington Wheeler Wiggins Ilsley Essex Osgood Abbott Prince Stickney Burnham Day Saunders Brimblecom Houghton Long Buckman Hewes Tappan Lindsey Ramsdell Cooper Foster Marshall Moody Morrill Newhall Cook Peabody King Chapman Wheatland Andrew Ward Chamberlain Cummings Mipplesex Harrington Eames Stone T. Greene Baldwin Sawyer Sanborn Kittredge Wright Hildreth Parkhurst Hemmenway Boutwell Whitney A. Leland Muzzy Hardy Douglas Hill Rice Gregg Tarbell Bryant Robinson Moore Livingston Sceva Peck Grout Russell Chandler Bingham Hapgood Travis Danning Hathaway N. E. Fisher Barrett Jones Bancroft Cotton Conversé Flagg Washburn Burrage Tidd Gale Conant Goulding Parker Albee C. T. Fisher Legg C. Taft Ireson Brown Greenwood Kinnicutt Willard Hampshire Yeas—Ingram Elder Taylor Franxhain Yveas Cushman Arms Stewart Priest Bascomb Nims Lathrop Himes Smith Allen Howard Reed Haskins Taft Iags Bez Ee Ag Tpichens Wadsworth Farnum Branch Young Strickland Richmond Abbey Cudworth McIntyre Warner Sweet Torrey Joyner Whitcomb Ball Hyde Kellogg Wells Spencer Norroux Crooks Morrison Endicott Dane Scott Hunt Gregory Richards Talbott Pratt Kendall Ellis Ford Loud Mason Walley Tucker Jackson Bristol Veas Wil Tower Bartlett Little Shurtleff Hitchcock Sherman Bagnall Fogg Vinal Gay Lewis Kingman Bradford Meigs Burgess Barnstablee Hinckley Handy Collins Higgins Kenney I. Paine Freeman Nye S. A. Paine Hale Dukes

Shakspearean Baldness and Defrauded Washington

The column wittily compares a bald headed man to Shylock, notes Greenoughs Washington defrauded by chiselling, and likens Satan to a pawnbroker for unredeemed goods. Military news records Lt Enos Turner elected captain of Boston Artillery after Davis resignation, with promotions and anniversary. Also brief notes on the Braintree comet seen in Newark and theater plans at Concert Hall. Mr Clay departs New Orleans for up river. tax, medicine, and literary items follow.

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