Maid of the Mountain Faces Choice of Marquis or Nun
Louisa, the rustic American Maid of the Mountain, is courted by the wealthy Marquis de M. while Madame de Aubigny pressures her toward a grand match. Louisa weighs honor and freedom against rank, with letters, guardians, and a looming marriage forcing hard choices and a perilous promise of arrangements in France and America.
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Drews
Tony
Gue
Asche
Madame de Aubigny
America
Ani
Marquis de M
Cerain
Edo
Trouisa
Adlenath
Lowhen
Alec
France
Louies
Orleans
Louisa
Father Paul
Rome
Daya
Paris
Glenn
Madame de, Aubighy
Lovina
Mademoiselle
Lowiva
Marie
Loviea
Louisa Hasily
Sitle
Ninery
Year End Reflections and Local Notices in Amistol
A 1648 year end editorial from Amistol reflects on a changing nation, praising peace and economic recovery while urging prudence for Congress and spiritual duty. It notes a new state voyage under a fresh constitution and leader, with gratitude for bread and favorable commerce, and calls for unity, health, and responsibility in the coming year. Also announced is the Courthouse Probate Court monthly meeting next Monday at 2 PM and an update on the unresolved Monday night assault, promising justice.
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Mi‘ting
Congress
Providence Assembly to Convene for Lengthy Session
The General Assembly will convene in Providence on Monday with much business ahead. Key topics include the New Digest of the State Laws by Judge Staples and a hospital for the insane, plus a report on public schools by Mr Barnard. The session is expected to be lengthy and deserves attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Staples
Barnard
Christmas Day at St Michaels Church Observed by Sunday School
On Christmas Day the St Michaels parish held solemn exercises by the Sabbath School with vocal music, prayers, and a nativity lesson led by the rector. After the service, Rev Osborn hosted about a hundred visitors, gifting tea and meals, followed by a charity collection for missions. Over two hundred Sunday School members attended, with many children in the pews and galleries.
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St. Michael’s Church
Walla
Nlo Gxarcisas
W. R. Osbor
Portote
St. Michael's
Guehen
Christ
Saehoshom
Femele Siparintendant
Episcopal Church
St. George's Church
New York
Bunday School of
Almanac and lectures feature in Bristol enterprise notes
The piece reviews Dickinson's Boston almanac for 1844 with business directories and remarks on its value and elegant embossing. It also covers a lecture by Hon. Alfred Bosworth on Martin Law, postage reduction appeals, and public documents from Henry Cranston. Community efforts for fire relief are noted, along with town election procedures and early 1849 civic updates. Two new woolen factories rise in the village, including a stone five story mill by Baron S. Doty.
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Boston
S. N. Dickinson
Dickinson
Baron S. Doty
Haskall & Co
Ogdensburgh
Repud
Senate and House You-Know-What on Compromise Act and Petitions
The Senate debated McDuffie’s bill to restore the Compromise act reducing duties from 30 to 25 percent and then 10 20 percent by 1844, with confirmations of Clarke and a New Orleans postmaster amid a short executive session. In the House, petitions, receptions, and rule debates dominated, including dissents over slavery, Texas annexation, and constitutional amendments, as the chamber adjourned after a busy day.
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Senate
Committee On Finance
Mathew
Clair Clarke
Auchor
New Orleans
Isaac Hill
Gordon
Henry A. Wiseie
France
House of
D&c
Committee On Commerce
Barnard
New York
Mississippi
Io Senate
State Department
Woodbridge
Win
Johnson
House
Yarrow
2D Regimental Dragoons
Jacko
Red River
United Stnes
House of Representatives
Houston
Jeave
Bidlack
MeAdvis
N.Y
Cove Johnson
Ar. Adnaie
Congress
Thompson
Adame
Texas
Illinois
United States
Haralson
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Che Phenen
Cour
Washington
Bank of Bristol
Henry ¥. Cranston
Post Office Department
Fall River
Providence Journal
Nlvo
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