First National Bank of Warren Authorized to Bank
The First National Bank of Warren Rhode Island is authorized to commence banking under the nationalCurrency act approved June 3 1864 Comptroller Hugh McCulloch certifies on September 30 1864 after satisfactory evidence of organization and compliance with act provisions The Warren Bristol County Rhode Island institution meets all requirements to start banking business
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Treasury Department
Office of Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Warren
Bristol
Rhode Island
Congress
Hugh McCulloch
First National Bank of
Hugh McEcolloch
LATHSST Improvement Announcement
A brief notice states AAviNs aligned with a Hoop TL Skirt firm to enable in house production of B&kirts, signaling an expansion of manufacturing capability and product control.
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Aavins
Speak Gently to the Erring Poem
A poem urges kindness to the erring urging readers to withhold harsh judgment. It argues temptation and sin affect all, shares a plea to offer holy words and love to help a fallen brother back toward peace and innocence. The piece reflects on mercy over censure and mutual fallibility.
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Mis'ry
Winter Day Imbued With Silent Snow and Dreamlike Light
A lyrical, archaic meditation on a winter day as snow hushes a landscape. Childlike wonder animates frozen hills, moonlit sills, and silvered branches while nature’s harmony and faint dawn glow emerge through quiet, dreamlike imagery.
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Suun
Dream of the Grave and the Absent Mother
A fragmented poetic reminiscence on a mother’s grave and a son’s memory. The speaker recalls her chaste beauty and whispers of her presence returning at twilight, linking her image to dreams and a fading, luminous memory.
Teeth pulled with no pain in rainy dawn visit
Pat Donnegan, with an aching tooth, trudges through rain to a dentist. The dentist promises painless tooth extraction as Pat bargains for his old hat and protests the claim on the sign. The scene blends comic dialogue with a rough, weathered street tone.
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Pat Donnegan
Murtherin Blackguard
Donnegan
Pat
Oil Time Comes in Quiet Prospect
Fragmentary poem fragment speaks of an oil era approaching with derricks replacing harpoons and a surge of fragrance as wells and whales are alternately referenced. The text intertwines biblical imagery with industrial advance and a wary, humorous tone about future resource pursuits.
Village farce as Paul Ringlewood tumbles into a cellar
Reader follows a comic romance as Paul Ringlewood visits Mary N and her family. A misstep on entering the home lands him in a trap door cellar, wet clothes, and a comical morning exit. The tale ends with a moral on charity and community needs.
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Paul
Sid Mary
Ringlewood
Mary
Paul Ansglewood
Beau Brammell
Dulin
John
Lia
Perenta
Handy
Ia Nee Lens
Paul Ringlewe
The Simple Auncentea Denies Athelam Doctrine
The text argues that Athelam denies polytheism and pantheism, posits two eternal principles, and asserts the existence and eternity of God. It claims God created matter, is omnipotent and omniscient, and that eternal being entails freedom and purposeful order. The author credits Paor Munray.
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Canfester
God
Insanity and deterrence in a London anecdote
In a disciplinary discourse Lord Brougham cites a Tooke anecdote to illustrate threats of punishment for insane individuals. A lunatic bursts into a room waving a knife and targets Lorne Tooke, claiming to end him. Tooke defuses tension by noting a new law about lunatics being hanged, prompting the assailant to flee.
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Social Science Congress
Lord Brougham
Mitiven
Lorne Tooke
Bhimaalf
Blurne Tooke
Horne Tooke
Mudisan
Shiptone Asylum
Orné Touke
Wadman
Clergy Salaries Rise in New England Parishes
A Boston journal notes many parishes have increased clergy salaries or aided resources amid hard times. Donations to bishops and rectors appear, while New England clergymen face higher living costs and stagnant support. The piece calls for broader sympathy and shared burdens.
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St. Thomas
Taunton
Corporation of Calvary‘Church
New York
Coxe
Baston JocraNac
Anya
New England
Sunnysida
Betcoat
Uleo
Mae
Printers Named for Washington City Offices in 163rd Congress
A Washington typographical Society address notes printers chosen for Senate secretary sergeant at arms and other posts. It cites fourteen former Washington mayors who served as printers, listing Alpine Gle Seaton Weightman Frey and Louners among officials who held printer roles.
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Typographical Society At
Washington
United States Senate
Arma
Loure
Ules
Alpine
Gle- Seaton
Weightman
Firee
Luwers
Prayer at Supreme Court Opens with Errant Petition
The Manchester Union reports a prayer by Rev. Mr Thomas at the Supreme Court opening. The pastor asked for blessings on the lawyers and urged truthfulness, noting the need to avoid misleading speech and errors in court. The fragmentary text shows garbled wording and possible transcription errors.
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Manchester
Thomas
Supreme Court
Choa
Declamation on Education as a Guiding Virtue
A youthful declamation praises education as a companion during misfortune and a shield against crime and oppression. It extols learning as a home and abroad beacon guiding virtue, grace, and good government, urged for remembrance in learners.
The shoemaker’s conversion amid Irving's influence tale
A radical shoemaker under Irving’s care resists church society until a pivotal encounter with a visitor, a patent leather talk, and gradual persuasion lead him to attend church, adopt a respectable life, and join the kirk, while his wife remains quiet and wary.
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Irving
Atent
Urviog
Cobler
Thermu
Tia
Hancef
Paseo
Six Years' Changes in One Man James Green of Missouri
Washington letter recounts the fall of James Green a leading US Senator once victorious in the Lecamton debate against Douglas. The piece reflects on his ascent and a drunken public shaming on Pennysylvania Avenue showing how the mighty have fallen.
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Cewrengy
United States Senate
Jamen Green
Meacuri
Lecamton
Douglas
Ming
Washington
Penneys
Innis
The Printer's Story Fragment
The text describes a young man observing, with unclear images of a ring and plate, and a girl who refused him yet smiled at another. Friends recall his plan and departure from home amid confusion, longing, and a chaotic scene as he reflects on his emotions.
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Tom Young Tan
Anecdotes and jokes circulate after election night in Illinois
A dinner recounts a Lincoln anecdote related by the governor. The piece notes an 8 November print origin about Union returns and jubilant majorities. A separate tale recounts a dog attack followed by a quip about punishment after death. A Napoleon quip on Aboukir and a meditation on death conclude the miscellany.
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Andrew
Cndeta
Lincoln
Kia
Harbor line act and other Rhode Island reforms 1864
Rhode Island General Assembly enacts harbor line between Fox Point and India PointRail Road Bridge Providence includes harbor line enforcement penalties and municipal powers. Also provisions on savings bank deposits for married women and minors Dutch Island US jurisdiction and education for disabled veterans' children. Court terms set for Newport Providence Kent and Washington counties.
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Fox Point
India Point
General Assembly
Raf Road Bridge
Provident
Cushing
DelWitt
India
Asid Harbor
Auid
Supreme Court
City of Providence
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