Genteel Dwellings and Auction of Carriages in Boston
Mortgagee sale announces a grand auction of valuable carriages and harnesses at the Carriage Depository on Union Street and Hay Market Square. Also listing numerous horse models, inclining portraits, buckskin horses, driving outfits, and a genteel Bowdoin street dwelling with 12 rooms and modern conveniences. Public sale details given by agents Porter & Co. Also notices of estate sales in South Boston and Newton.
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NAVY
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Joseph Smith
Union Street
Haymarket Square
Bazaar
Newport
Prince
Concord
Ises
Bowdoin Street
Temple
PO Watts
Esq
Court Street
State Street
Boston
Joseph Pealee
Seventh Street
Swain
Jenkins
Boardman
Permivashi WM
B Dokk
Inauguration of Franklin Statue in Boston
Hon Robert C Winthrop delivers a reverent oration honoring Benjamin Franklin on the anniversary of Boston, recounting Franklin’s rise from a Boston apprentice to philosopher, printer, statesman, diplomat, and philanthropist. The speech lauds his scientific feats, political leadership, foreign service, and enduring legacy, including his devotion to public benevolence and to Boston apprentices.
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Robert C. Winthrop
Boston
New England
United States
Legion of Honor
George Brownell
Union
Hanover Streets
Queen Street
Court Street
Blackbeard
New England Courant
Benjamin Franllin
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
United States of America
France
Pennsylvania
Benjamin
Dr Baird
London
North America
Johnson
Addison
St. Patrick’s
St. Paul’s
Richard Saunders
Solomon
Richard
Mechanics
Bowdoins
Chauncys
Pole
Thunderer
St. Petersburg
Everett
Arago
Natural History
Holland
Madeira
Hume
England
America
Humphrey Davy
Purfleet
Royal Academy
Faculty of Medicine
Mesmer
General Assembly of
Corporation of
State
Albany
Great Britain
Sraddock
British North America
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Assembly
Continental Congress
Committee of Safety
British Commons
British Council
Paris
Cicero
Archias
Reece
Republic
Washington
John Adams
John Jay
Great Brotherhood of Nations
Sweden
Prussia
Congress of Peace
Congress
Cotton Mather
Sparks
Anti-Slavery Society of Pennsylvania
Franklin remembered by Boston in grand unveiling tribute
A Boston oration honors Benjamin Franklin, recounting his lifelong ties to his birthplace and his burial city. The speaker praises Franklin’s philanthropy, public service, and enduring legacy with monuments, libraries, and a Mount Auburn shaft. Washington’s admiration and Franklin’s lessons to youth are highlighted.
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Cooper
Boston
Sam’s Mather
England
Bome
Pemberton
Willard
Subscription Library
Mount Auburn
Franklin
Thomas Dowse
New England
Galileo
Copernicus
Kepler
Washington
George Washington
Richard
Ireland seen improving despite universal potato blight
Quaker correspondent John Lamb reports from a tour of northwestern counties that Ireland is recovering with better clothing and feeding, improved cultivation, and fewer paupers. He notes potato disease widespread though not yet devastative, and oats and wheat crops promising near or above 1854 levels. The hue and cry against roadside weeds is already taking effect.
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Ireland
John Lamb
Belfast
Circular on mixed French schools stirs religious backlash
The Bishop of Arras-Monsignor Parisis condemns mixed Catholic Protestant schools in France used by English patrons. He seeks to force Catholic doctrine on all pupils, threatens excommunication of directors and a ban on the schools, urging pastors to remove Catholic children from them. John Bull responds with criticism.
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Arras
Monsignor
Parisis
France
John Bull
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Edward Riddle
Boston Horse and Carriage Mart
Bavaar
Georgia
Morgan and Messenger
Swanton
T. C. Parker
John B. Baker
J. KK. Porter & CO
West Newton
Sprague & Tappan
Centra Street
John Flemiing
Cambridge Street
Charies Street
BY &. Bec
Federal Street
Loring & Phillips
Orrick
Pears Street
M. M. Sanders & CO
Pearl Street
the Capitol
Bowditch
American
la Place
Massachusetts
John Winthrop
James Otis
Joseph Story
Avulso
Aureus
Daniel Webster
Warren
Benj. Franklin
Courts of Justice
Ezekiel Cheever
Free School
Nathaniel Williams
Thomas Carlyle
Ecton
Northamptonshire
Old England
Milk Street
Old South
Sam
American Post Office
Commissioners For
Indian Affairs
Committee of Correspondence
Cambridge
Continental Army
Canada
Thomas Jefferson
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
John Hancock
Nestor
National Assembly
Builders of Babel
St. Asaph
Paine
Royal Society
Godfrey Copley
Wolfe
Quebec
New Jersey
Massachusetts Assembly
House of Commons
Privy Council Chamber
Chatham
House of Lords
Europe
Boyles
Newtons
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