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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1850

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Rank in Army and Navy meeting ordered by War Department

An order from the War Department calls Gen Winfield Scott Gen Jesup Gen Wool Col Crane Surgeon Moore Paymaster Hunter Lieut Col Scott recorder to meet in Washington on October 15. They will deliberate the house resolve of July 18 and confer with naval officers on rules and regulations to be established by law as to rank in the Army and Navy.

Navy Yard J. S. Gwynne Commodore Downes Navy Army War Department Winfield Scott Jesup Wool Crane Moore Hunter Col Scott Washington House Naval Officers

Nathan Roberts Ready Reckoner Timber and Surface Tables

Complete set of tables showing cubical contents of timber stone boxes and other shapes plus superficial contents of beards planks beams and scantling with explanations and usage directions by Nathan Roberts Lumber Inspector for City of New York for sale by Oliver Holman Stationer 124 State Street ry8

Nathan Roberts City of New York Oliver Holman State St

Jenny Lind Tribute of Mercy and Song

A pitying seraph departs heaven to earth to aid the poor with mercies and angelic song. The poem lauds Jenny Lind as a benevolent figure whose benevolence and music touch the wavering, transforming hearts and guiding wanderers toward heaven. A second verse hails the English poem presented to Lind and asks nature and Atlantic waves to cradle her on her voyage.

Heaven Earth Jenny Lind le Jenny Lind Song

Command at Bunker Hill by Colonel Prescott Reconsidered

Review of Richard Frothingham Jr. and William Prescott's roles at Bunker Hill. Explains Prescott commanded the detachment to fortify Breed's Hill, directed engineers, and coordinated with Ward. Examines disputed moments with Putnam and Warren. Concludes no clear change of command occurred before the British landing.

Battle OF Bunker Hill Frothingham Swett Richard Frothingham, JR

Prescott at Bunker Hill A Deliberate Defense by Colonial Officers

The article reconstructs the 1775 Bunker Hill actions focusing on Colonel Prescott who ordered Knowlton to leave the fort and oppose the enemy while Stark Reed and Putnam reinforced the rail fence breastwork. It notes the separate commands at Breed's Hill and rail fence, praises Prescott’s independent leadership, and laments the need for a monument to his memory.

Ter John Chester Connecticut Charlestown Bunker Hill Breed’s Hill Massachusetts New Hampshire Moulton’s Point Howe Prescott Chester Mystic River Samuel Gray Thomas Knowlton General Putnam Knowlton Stark Reed Putnam Lieut. Page Boston Felton & Parker Pomeroy McClary Major Stark General Dearborn Bunker Mill Hampshire Committee of Safety Wilkinson Col. Robinson Woods Walker Chelmsford Heath Eliot James Thatcher John Pitts Peter Thatcher William Tudor Bancroft Samuel Adams Cambridge William Prescott City of New York Gates Burgoyne Pepperell

Tennyson Takes Wife a Greater Love than Petrarch

London papers say Alfred Tennyson has married, claiming he has done more for love than Petrarch and more for friendship beside. The remark highlights the poet’s domestic step as a notable achievement in literary circles.

London Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Petrarch

Democratic Nominations for Governor See Union I t Must Be Preserved

A fragment from a 1850 newspaper notes Democratic nominations for governor with a slogan The Union I t must be preserved. The brief item appears among election notices from October 1 1850. It lists party lines and candidate emphasis without full names or places.

Democratic conventions set in October across districts

The Democratic State Central Committee meets at the Reading Room at noon on Wednesday October 2. District conventions at Warner's Northampton October 8, Concord October 7, Springfield October 16, South Andover October 9, Salem October 1, Concord October 7, Worcester October 10, Pittsfield October 10. Berkshire senatorial convention also in Pittsfield October 10.

Vermont Central Railroad Stark Mills Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad New England Worsted Co Oeiares South Fitchburg Railroa Pabocenes and Shirley Railroad Kennebec and Portland Campecticut and Passumsic Railroad Great Faille Manuf. Co Concord Railroad State Bank Stance York Mills Boston and Worcester Railroad Coa Dorchester and Milton Branch Michigan Central Railroad Democratic State Central Committee Democratic Reading Room Warner’s Hotel Northampton Town Hall Springfield E. S. Merrill’s South Andover Congress Essex County Salem Concord Worcester County Worcester Firrx Pittsfield Berkshire County

Democratic Unity Lifted In New York Convention

The Syracuse convention saw Democrats unite behind a Baltimore platform, set aside Buffalo patterns, and rally for principle and victory. Horatio N. Serovk, a longtime Democrat and former New York assembly speaker, is presented as a strong governor candidate valued for his straight, conciliatory course. The canal commissioner John C. Mathes emerges as a notable party figure.

Samoxo E. Cuvarcn J Appeals Craftes Benton William P. Anois Free Soil Democratic Party Great Democratic Party of New York Syracuse Baltimore Empire State Tribune Seward Democracy of Union National Party Tompkinses Buffalo Horatio N. Serovk New York Assembly Ca‘nal Joan C. MatHes

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