Remembering Edward Everett and Civil War era views
A tribute extols Edward Everett as a model of public service in roles from Greek professor to secretary of state and minister to England. The piece praises his patriotism during the Civil War, his election votes for Lincoln, and Massachusetts’ honor in his memory, followed by Rhode Island and national updates including a Gibraltar lighthouse and wartime politics.
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Washington
Edward Everett
Providence
Brattle Great Unitarian Society
Harvard University
Congress
Commonwealth
Fillmore
Court of St. James
State Department
England
Jia
Tennessee
Savannah
Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts
Seele
Mouser
Post Office Vestibule Gatherings Troubled Town
Local affairs recount a year of nightly crowds in the Post Office vestibule, mainly youths of both sexes, who caused noise and pushing. Complaints led the Postmaster to close outside doors and admit no one until mail delivery. A town council constable was deployed to restore order and quiet has returned amid cold evenings.
Resolutions on the Death of Anthon C. Taft at Colburn Lyceum
At a December 24 1864 Colburn Lyceum meeting the group mourned Anthon C Taft an active member. They honor his sacrifice for his country and extend sympathy to his family church and state normal school teacher and pastor. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to his family pastor Rhode Island State Normal School and the OVA Wesene LVIUUTL MyoCcuU and published in Barston Puests.
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General Assembly
Senate
Lapham
Committee On Education
House
House of Representatives
Sheffield
Congress of the
United States
Blodgett
Assembly
Finance
Ilia Excellency
Lelaw Ile Anid
Rhode Island
Executive Department of the State
AB Chad.sey
James Y. Smith
Ormcs
State of
Providence
Chadsey
Lis
James Y Swith
James Y Smith
Hl. Neide
V. R.C
Chadley
War Department
Colburn Lyceum
Anthon C. Taft
Rhode Island State Normal School
OVA Wesene
Barston Puests
Boston lecturer Gilmore recalls visit to rebel capital Jeff Davis
On Thursday evening James R. Gilmore of Boston delivered an engaging account of his recent visit to the rebel capital and interview with Jeff Davis. The eighth and final lecture of the course will be given by Cal Wigginson on the following Thursday evening.
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James R. Gilmore, Esq
Boston
Jeff Davis
Cal T WW Wigginson
Providence item recalls Rhode Island officers in Wilmington raid
A Providence paper notes two Rhode Island Toland officers linked to the Wilmington expedition and mentions Acting Ensign Walter Pearce of this town serving aboard the USS Now Ironsides, a vessel involved in the Fort Fisher action.
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Providence
Wilmington
Oqur
Fort Fisher
Walter Pearce
Ironsides
Patented Gas Regulator Burners Promising Big Savings
The agent for Brookeeper's self acting Gas Regulator and Burner toured town last week claiming a thirty percent gas saving while matching light output of common burners. The units allegedly adapt automatically to gas pressure, keeping consumption stable despite pressure changes. Also noted is the U S Naval Academy Newport register listing midshipmen merit in the fourth class, with Benjamin F. Tilley scoring eighteen and no demerit for the year.
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Brookeeper
United States Naval Academy
Newport
Benjamin F. Tilley
Benjamin Tilley
Miscarried Mail to Mather and Co Advertising Agents
Frustrated letters directed to Mather and Co Advertising Agents in New York raise questions about mail delivery. The writer hints at a possible citywide humbug and promises further details later. The fragment suggests ongoing postal or communication issues and scrutiny of the New York mail system.
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Mather & Co
Broadway
New York
Whiston Delights Town Hall Crowd with Olio of Oddities
J. W. Whiston, the humorist, presented his Olio of Oddities at Town Hall on a cold Monday evening. Audiences laughed despite the chill as he delivered sharp local hits and masterful delineations. A nearby estate on Constitution Street shows major improvements including tree felling, building removal, and repair of house and fences once owned by the late John Manchester.
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Ee J. W. Whiston
Town Hall
Constitution Atreat
John Manchester
Snowstorm Deluges locality with blinding speed
Reports from residents reveal February snowstorm with unusually rapid snowfall. The storm lasted about an hour, leaving visibility poor and prompting strong impressions from those who endured it. Single copies of the Phoenix are available at Borges and Easterbrooks stores for the library fundraiser.
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J. N Borges
G. W. Easterbrooks
Donations to Soldiers' Friend Society 1864 65
Records gifts from December 1864 to January 20 1865 to the Soldiers' Friend Society listing donors and items such as money, vegetables, bed quilts, linen, stockings, shirts, gowns and tobacco. Forwarded to Christian Commission January 17 with a large box of supplies. C M Shepard Secretary and Treasurer.
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C. M. Shepard
Sec’y
End of Import Tax on News Print Urged by Washington Chronicle
An able correspondent argues against duties on news print, saying a tax that raises no revenue and raises paper costs harms the public and presses. He notes prices rose sharply since the war, killing hundreds of papers and forcing reductions or suspensions. The piece cites decades of price data across principal cities from 1862 to 1864.
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Washington Chronicle
San Jacinto
Bahama Banks
Boston
Blair
Richmond
Jeff Davis
Chase
Supreme Court of the United States
Virginia
Jasmin
New York City
London
Internal Revenue
Pin Hidden in Fish Triggers Painful Illness
Mr Wm L Hopkins of South Baltimore suffers six months of breast pains and agony. Doctors fail to diagnose the disease. A few days ago a pin pierced his left thigh and was found corroded. He recalls swallowing the pin while eating a fish around the time his illness began.
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Wm L Hopkins
Baltimore
Agricultural Report Predicts Strong Wheat Rye and Barley Yields
The Washington Agricultural Report notes despite labor shortages in Western states that sowing of wheat rye and barley has continued. Favorable weather has extended farm labor time and aided crop growth, with a spring outlook for unchanged staple yields barring frost.
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Washington
Severe European Winter Stops Rail Travel Across France
Letters from Bordeaux report the Seine and Loire frozen solid. A railway train was halted by snow at Floure and others along the line. Two extra locomotives from Narbonne tried to rescue the stuck trains but were blocked by three feet of snow. Narbonne garrison aided passengers and provisions were sent from the town to relieve them.
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Europe
Seine
Loire
Bordeaux
Floure
Wdll
Narbonne
L Ztguan
Profitable cotton crop raised near Vicksburg by Mp J A Packard
Galena planter Mp J A Packard yielded 165 bales of cotton on a plantation near Vicksburg. The crop was ginned baled and shipped to New York. At current prices the crop is worth about seventy five thousand dollars and the net profit is around forty thousand dollars. Local notes credit Packard with a successful year.
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Mp J A Packard
Galena
Tiina
Vicksburg
New York
Hue
Confederacy
United States
Confederate States
Great Britain
Encyclical attacks radical ideas and civil governance
Pope Pius IX condemns progress of radical ideas and immoral literature in a world church address. The report surveys war era issues including cotton tonnage estimates, large Confederate bales, and wartime economic strains.
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Pope Pius IX
Bas
Capture of Fort Fisher by Union Forces
Official dispatch from January 1865 reports Fort Fisher seized by Union assault led by Gen Amen and supporting units with Marine and Navy aid. About 1800 prisoners, including Gen Whiting and Col Lamb, and heavy casualties noted. 1200 prisoners already counted and possession established by 10 p.m. Fort Fisher and surrounding works occupied, with official commends to officers and troops. Edward Stanton confirms the events and casualties.
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Fort Fisher
Washineton
Diz
New York
U S. Fpasces
Fupgrat Poistr
Forteme Monro
J . Rawlings
Amen
24Th Army Corps
Navy
Flest
Curtis
Ames
Whiting
Col Lamb
Alfrep Terry
Pierarch
Terry
Wilmington
I U Fe
Capt Breeze
Carte
Lerr
Porter
Federal Point
Whitney
Curtin
Bell
J. W Moore
Cul Lyman
Cal Pennybecker
Cuan
Edwin M. Stanton
Secretary of War
The Arrest of Senator Foote During Civil War
Mrs Foote fled the Confederacy from Richmond aided by a pen port. Senator Foote followed without authority to view her safe crossing of the Potomac. An order from Secretary of War Sedden led to Foote’s arrest in Domfrias and return to Richmond. He resigned his rebel Congress seat citing habeas corpus suspension and laws against rights and liberties.
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Senator Foote
Fifth Regiment December Muster Rolls Reported
Returns from the Fifth Regiment show 10 officers and 271 men present, 13 officers and 124 men absent. Aggregate count amounts to 442.
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Ifth
Mauran
Testimonial Subscription from Gen Grant for Gen Sherman
Grant expresses sincere appreciation by subscribing 500 to a Sherman testimonial funded as an Ohio homestead. The message likens a man to a shipbound traveler guided by providence and the vessel's course.
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Grant
Sherman
Ohio
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