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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1850

Page

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Pleasant House in Chilson Place auction sale notice

Volume XXXVII catalogs auctions for Pleasant House at 2 Chilson Place on Oct 3 at noon. The three story brick dwelling with modern conveniences, cellar, kitchen, 4 bedrooms, attics, and furnace is described as well repaired and assessable for inspection. Also offered private sale items include Cypress avenue property, two Windsor Co farms totaling 400 acres, a 560 acre Virginia farm near Fredericksburg, and a 14,000 square foot lot on Harrison Avenue between Dedham and Malden streets.

Chilson Place Toimo No 80 Cypress Avenue Central Square Windsor Kennebec Co Augusta Hallowell Gardiner Boston Virginia Fredericksburg Harrison Avenue Dedham Malden Streets

Mutual Life Insurance Company notes and Board of Finance list

Board of Finance officials and Boston connections plus a notice from the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Includes capital details, dividend declaration, payment options, and agent contacts in Boston and New York. Names: Franklin Haven, Thomas Thatcher, Reuel Williams, John I. Palmer, Moses Taylor, Lawrence Trimble, Alsop & Chauncy, Robt. G. Shaw, David Henshaw, William Sturgis, Charles Sumner, Henry Crocker, Cabot & Porter, Benjamin Perkins, Thomas B. Curtis, Edward C. Bates & Co., Gardiner Hubbard, Henry Wainwright, Little, Alden & Co., George Denny, Daniel Satford, Charles Scudder.

Board of Finance Franklin Haven Pres’t Merchants’ Bank Boston Thomas Thatcher Reuel Williams Pres’ T Kennebec Railroad THE Mutual Life Insurance Company New York Joseph B. Collins T. Isaac Abbatt Sec’y Brooklyn United States Washington Street Benj. Perkins Board of Reference Thomas B. Curtis State Street Edward C. Bates

Stocks Rise and Fall on Boston and Maine Rail Move

Boston and Maine Railroad shares edge up after Boston and Worcester v Cheshire Canema developments. Analysts cite market jitters, potential merger impact, and regional freight shifts shaping early trading.

Vermont Mre Stark Mills Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad New England Worsted Co South Waves Railroad Fitcht Road Peterboro and Shirley Kennebec and Portland Railroad Connecticut and Passumsto Rail Great Falls Manor Concord Railroad Jeannes York Mill Boston Aoa Worcester Railroad Dorchester and Milton Branch Michigan Central Vermont and Massachusetts Reading Sloyd Cheshire Michigan Central Railroad Leon Chearnery Vermont Central Boston and Maine Railroad Boston and Worcester Cheshire

Willis Life Here and There reviewed in The Times

A literary notice praising N P Willis Life Here and There especially its prose style and language. The piece notes the book collects Willis's observations of life and manners across periods and mentions favorite pieces Blanche Carroll and Pedlar Karl.

N. P. Willis New York Baker & Scribner Boston Ticknor, Reed & Fields Willis Blanche Carroll Karl

Hippo in a New Character and Other Punch Items

In No 477, Mr Briggs begins a fishing trip with family, then a boat mishap shows his overreliance on skill. A grotesque hippopotamus statue in a Strand shop earns censure, while Punch debunks a false railway rumor and notes King Leopold’s return visit. Royal and literary items, social scenes at Star and Garter, and wit on copyright clash fill a bustling page.

Briggs Hippopotamus Zoological Gardens Strand Duke of Wellington Grosvernor Gate Atélier Punch Lord Brougham Leopold Queen Victoria Victoria Star and Garter Richmond Dysart Arms Petersham Hall of the Star and Garter Jonathan John Bull New York Boston United States St. Lawrence Gulf of Mexico International Great Britain Washington Irving Murray Mellville Cooper Bentley England Messrs Murray Water Washington Irvings Prescotts Coopers Melvilles America Ostend Jenny Lind Frankfort Lyons Louis Napoleon Lycree Sec

Command at Bunker Hill in Swett's History Reply

Frothingham argues the command question is a historical issue best settled by primary authorities. He cites Ward Prescott Thatcher Scammons and Prescott letters to show Prescott acted under no single general officer, while Swett distorts or omits key passages to support a Massachusetts command theory.

Battle OF Bunker Hill Frothingham S. Swett Richard Frothingham, JR Boston General Putnam Warren Pomeroy Prescott M. Swett General Ward William Prescott Peter Tratcher John Martin John Chester Swett Putnam Thatchers Ward Scamman Peter Thatcher Committee of Safety Worcester Thatcher Adams Massachusetts Chelsea Connecticut Charlestown Connecticut Courant Brewer Gardner Parker, &c Heath John Adams Chelsea Place Great Britain Scammons Scammans New England Chronicle James Scammans Colonel Scammans Burchell J. Thatcher Judge Tudor Col. Scammons Martin Gordon Col. Prescott James Thatcher John Pitts Judge Prescott

Benton Declares for Resignation Amid Missouri Vote

The St. Louis Times argues Col Benton should resign his U S senate seat after a May 1849 pledge. Missouri election results show Whig 30 340, Democratic 23 943, Benton 18 235, producing a broad two to one majority against him when combining parties or against his faction. He could be replaced in 1851 without much sacrifice.

Benton St. Louis Times Missouri Col. Benton U.S. Senate Congress Democratic Party Maine Free Soil Free Soilers Fessenden Pike Boston Atlas Fuller Washington John Appleton New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts Albany Argus Empire

Senate Concurrence on Suppression of DC Slave Trade

The senate bill to suppress the slave trade in the District of Columbia passed the House with 124 yeas to 47. The broader series on Texas boundary New Mexico Utah California and fugitive slave measures was completed with favorable votes in both chambers. The editor predicts pacification and broad newspaper and public approval despite lingering sectional strife.

Senate District of Columbia House Yeas Texas New Mexico Territorial California N. Y. Jour. Com

Texan Reflections on Boundary Bill and Texas Rights

Newport, Sept 18 1860. A Texan abroad reports unfriendly notices from Rhode Island about the boundary bill and Texas rights to New Mexico. He notes the Rhode Island governor editorial attack but says the Texas legislature merely adjourned and left acceptance to the people.

Newport New Mexico Texas Rhode Island Providence Journal of Pacific Bell Howard Sabine Nueces Tennessee Missouri Indiana Illinois Alabama Kentucky Mississippi Louisiana Georgia New York New England South Carolina Pennsylvania Massachusetts TNC Shane Senate Rusk General Rusk Rhody Confederacy Ards Allyeh

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