Conservative speaker urges unity to save the Union in crisis
A mass meeting in Institute Hall Roxbury heard John S Sleeper and others discuss the Civil War, demanding loyalty to constitutional liberty. Sleeper warned against executive overreach, urged conservatives to unite, support lawful measures, and use the ballot to change men and policy.
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Union
Abraham Lincoln
Atlantic
Rio Grande
St. Croix
Pacific
United States
Free States
Congress
Temple of Liberty
Garrison School
Praetorian
Crittenden
Men of Wisdom
Sener Mg
Sumner
Boutwell
Thaddeus Stevens
Whiting
War Department
Europe
Worcester
Wilson
Massachusetts
Virginia
Kentucky
Calhoun
Diana
Ilaman’s
Washington
White House
Horatio Seymour
State of
New York
George B. McClellan
McClellan
Medi Ceai
Old Cradle of Liberty to Hear Free Speech at Meeting
The Committee announces several speakers who will address the gathering. Gil More's Band from Boston will provide music for the occasion. The event promises declarations of freedom from oppression opposed to the Constitution and people’s liberty, as stated by Moses Bates, chairman.
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Gilmore
Boston
Speech by Capt Sleeper at Roxbury Meeting
The Roxbury meeting last evening featured Capt Sleeper delivering a candid review of public affairs and a firm statement of patriotic conservative principles. His address showcased moral duty and strong character, earning broad respect across community classes.
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Roxbury
Steerer
Capt. Sleeper
Southern desire for peace grows among noncombatants and leaders
The article notes rapid shift toward peace sentiment across the South, including rich and poor, slaveholders and non-slave holders. It cites Mississippi and North Carolina testimony, quotes Richmond observers, and describes loyalty remaining with secession leaders while the people seek reconciliation under the Constitution and the old state governments.
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South
Mississippi
North Carolina
Richmond
United States
Alabama
Fifty Years of Antiquarian Honor at Worcester Society
The American Antiquarian Society held its annual meeting in Worcester to mark the fiftieth anniversary. President Stephen Salisbury presided as legacy—founders Josiah Quincy Levi Lincoln John Green Jenks among survivors. officers elected. library at 32,329 volumes with 3,000 awaiting binder. A commemorative discourse praised half a century of inquiry. a recherche dinner followed with speeches by notable members.
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Third Congressional District
Institute Hall
Roxbury
John S. Sleeper
Congress
Stephen H. Williams
Thomas H. Russill
Boston
J. M. Wightman
Albert Fearing
Isaac Emery
N. B. Shurtleff
George Lunt
Barney Corey
Seldon Crockett
Otis Rich
Loring B. Barnes
Joshua D. Ball
George B. Proctor
Benj. Dean
Stanley Gore
Thomas Leavitt
Calvin Torrey
Eben Jackson
Chas. G. Greene
J. T Ellis
Henry Willis
Wm. H. Hill
C. Cobb
Matthew Fuley
Laban
Beecher
Oliver J. Curtis
Aaron D. Williams
Wm. B. May
Geo. B. Nichols
Paul Willard
Sanford M. Want
Thos. J. Dunbar
A. T. Brownell
Lewis G. Pray
L. Foster Morse
The
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Stephen Salisbury
Josiah Quincy
Levi Lincoln
John Green
Brown University
Jenks
Isaiah Thomas
Thomas L. Winthrop
Edward Everett
Joh Davis
Samuel F. Haven
Dr Jenks
Jared Sparks
Benjamin F. Thomas
Edward Mellen
Nathaniel Payne
Esq
Isaac Davis
Geo. Livermore
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
Chas. Folsom
Ira M. Barton
Pliny Merrick
John P. Bigelow
Joseph Sargent
Edward E. Hale
Charles Deane
Bay State House
Howe
Washburn
Lincoln
Robert C. Winthrop
E. E. Hale
B. F. Thomas
Richard Frothingham
Dr Green
Henry W. Cushman
Annotated note on a novelist’s career and death
The author notes that in 1839 the authoress published at least three novels and that her literary activity continued until 1856 with Fashionable Life in Paris and London. She died at the age of 84.
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Paris
London
Death of Mrs Trollope in Florence News of Novelist’s Passing
From the London Morning Post. Mrs Trollope dies in Florence after retiring there. Born 1779 at Heckfield Hants, daughter of Rev Milton designer of Bristol’s wet dock. She married Thomas Trollope and became famed for America travel writings and social satire.
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London Morning Post
Florence
Milton
Thomas Anthony Trollope
Oxford
New College
Burges
George IV
America
Conflict at Biarritz as Russian and Polish ladies clash
In a fashionable Biarritz scene, a high‑ranked Russian woman struck a French visitor, prompting retaliation and a purge from the Empress’ list. A later letter exploded with detonating powder, burning the Countess Przezdiecka’s head‑dress, amid claims of Russian vengeance. authorities plan to hear the case in Bayonne.
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Poland
Biarritz
London Times
Lemberg
Przezdiecka
Alexander II
London Post
Imperial Guard
St. Petersburg
Bayonne
Emperor slows to reflect as Paris politics revive
The article notes a calm period for the Emperor while Parisian political agitation resumes. It describes his aim to settle the Mexican question before the Chambers open, the Archduke Maximilian’s delay, and the Empress’s voyage to meet her mother in Malaga to curb the Spanish conspiracy supporting Don Juan for Mexico City. Madame de Montijo is to Madrid as survillante to monitor the Spanish party.
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Maximilian
St. Cloud
Spain
Malaga
Don Juan
Mexico
Madame de Montijo
Madrid
Tuileries
Tarbes
M. Fould
M. Prosper Moriimere
Pereire
Credit Mobilier
Banque de France
Bank of Savoy
Savoy
Chambery
Emile Pereire
Baron Sina
France
Mississippi
Tapis
Rothschilds
London
Turin
Amsterdam
Nadar
Champs de Mars
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Geo. B. McClellan
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Emancipation League
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Curran
Fort Sumter
Abolition Party
Gen. McClellan
Henry W. Paine
Cambridge
Thomas F. Plunkett
Pittsfield
F. O. Prince
Winchester
Nathan Clark
Lynn
Theodore H. Sweetser
Lowell
Moses Bates
Plymouth
Faneuil Hall
J. G. Pone
Henry Paine
Theo. H. Mweriser
Linus Child
Geo. Kd. Loring
Geo
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Isaac Davie
Samuel Wells
E. D. Beach
H. J. Gardner
A. D. Brewster
J. B. Lippy
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Johnson
North
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Greeley
Ward Beecher
Cumberland Gap
Grance W. Morean
Oregon
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Salem, O
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Prince
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Ally
the London Times
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Friends of Temperance
Cobden Hotel
Glasgow
American Republic
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Isaac
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Gethsemane
Trent
Canada
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Mr Ward Beecher
Mahomet
Great American Republic
Manchester Guardian
Henry Ward Beecher
Free Trade Hall
Great Britain
Mrs Trollope
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