Grace Church Corner Stone Ceremony and Parish Notes
Providence transcript reports Grace Church in Rhode Island planning a red stone edifice 200 feet high at the northeast corner, with a 77 by 147 foot footprint. The article lists a long archive box contents and quotes a church address sermon by Bishop Hanshaw on religious toleration amid a large crowd, mostly ladies, and details on charitable and devotional materials. It also contains a moral anecdote about safeguarding virtue from a female servant and a pastor’s remarks on missionary work.
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Providence
Grace Church
Hanshaw
Church of Roma
A. Grace Clareh
New England
Grace Chiurel
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Rhode
United States of America
Rhode Island
Mncwpal
House of Bishops
Board of Seasions
Board of Missions
Sword's
Edwrah
Moore
Providence Almanas
Grace Churchi
War as a Moral Evil and Its Consequences
The passage argues that war is a profound moral evil, inflaming crime and destroying divine law. It cites Channing and Dr. Chalmers to claim war reverses virtue, fuels violence, and burdens survivors with revenge, turning the world into a theater of human infamy and suffering. It also notes a farm report on seed potatoes resisting disease when treated unusually.
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Channing
Ehrick
Earth
Hell
Christian Hy
Dr. Chalmers
Whaling Ship Scurvy Cure Report From Sag Harbor
A Sag Harbor informant relays a whaling ship incident in which crew afflicted with scurvy near the Sandwich Islands used whale meat warmed on deck as a bandage like treatment. The man recovered quickly, while others worsened until a port was reached. The note urges sharing this experience as potentially valuable knowledge.
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WaaLeman
Sagharbor
Sandwich Islands
Too Lite
N. B. Register
Peace Renonstaance and Hay ra Debate Sparks Government Address
Fragmentary report notes a debate between Recerrioy or Peace Renonstaance and Hay ra at 10 London Peace Society on civil communications in Hay. The address to government, signed by English figures, drew strong but ludicrous and conciliatory reaction. Twelve thousand copies were printed for distribution across the Republic.
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Hay Ra
London Peace Society
Hay
England
Republic
Work and pride in the Portland Tribune call to idle youths
A Portland Tribune plea urges eight or more unemployed young men to abandon pride and seek honest labor. It argues farming or woodwork beats dependence on relatives, cites a self made neighbor who started a sawmill, and warns against loafing, calling for industrious, steady work to gain independence.
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Tie
de Parr
Portland
Trilune
Relics of St Patrick Shown to Curious Visitor
A traveller briefly visiting a convent asked about two old skulls shown by a priest. The priest said the larger skull was St Patrick’s and the smaller belonged to the same saint as a boy, prompting the visitor’s rapt response.
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St. Patrick
Intensestino Experiments And Curious Anecdotes From 19th Century Notes
A collage of curiosities including elder stalk flower experiments, a Scotsman graveyard wanderer and notable familial ties to American fortune and European nobility. It also recounts Caxton's first English press at Westminster and a quip about London plague, plus a dog with no punctuation and a hatless Sunday man.
Destruction of the Gaspee documented with survivor account
A detailed report from Lt. W. Duddingston recounts the attack on the schooner Gaspee by armed men at Namquit Narragansett River. He was wounded as the ship burned, and captors ferried prisoners ashore before the vessel’s destruction. Admiral Montagu and Gov. Wanton discuss the incident and call for pursuit and punishment of the perpetrators.
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Oor Rinnen
Duddingston
Montagu
Dicklinton
Pawroxer
Pawtuxet
Providence
Tai
W. Duddingston
Admiral Montagu
Wanton
Boston
Newroat
Ruppe Setaxn
Gaapeo
W. Duchin Tou
Faran
Namquit
Narragansett River
Wa. Duddingston
Sessions
Thin Colony
Duddingeton
Duddingaston
Duddingstwun
Duddingaton
Council
House of Deputies
South Kingstown
Newport
Great Britain
Iast
Massachunette Bay
Linneey
Beaver
Liewtenany Duddingston
Court of Vice Admiralty
Wald
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Lawley
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Thames
Furthli
Tim Pullicker
Brokuen
Fowler
Nus
Satan
Jeanine
J. Willivema
Eden
Callad
John Adama
Congress
House of Representatives
Johnson
J.alno
Ees Geil
Scorr
Montattry
America
Baltimore
Marchioness
Wellesley
Jerome Bonaparte
Moncieur Sorruier
Scotland
Duke of Wellington
Queen
Westphalia
Pinter
Napoleon
Westminister
Caxton
Thomas Milling
Abbott
Breghte
London
Hon WM
RB Staples
Basulosey
Earl of Hillsborough
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