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Bradford Street
Bristol
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A meditation on parental prayers and marital concerns about salvation. The author urges husbands wives and parents to endure suffering and pray for loved ones as they seek heavenly salvation. The text questions certainty about who saves whom and emphasizes constant prayer amid grief and hardship.
Colonization gains noted in Liberia report and visits
The 1855 Massachusetts Colonization Society report describes progress in Liberia with rising agriculture and trade. It highlights coffee and sugar farming on St. Pauls River, a freed slave’s success in farming, and infrastructure improvements at Sinau and Cape Palmas. It warns against extravagance and notes orderly churches and thriving Sabbath schools.
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Africa
United States
Washington
Jefferson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Tom
Webster
Massachusetts Colonization Society
Tracy
Liberia
J. B. Pinney
New York Colonization Society
Snowden
Republic
Sinou
Bassa
St. Paul's
John M' Donough
New Orleans
American Colonization Society
Pinney
Bussa
St. John’s River
Seymour
Hartford
Mr. Pinney
Jackson
Kentucky
Baltimore
Mr. Jackson
Episcopal Church
Harper
Cape Palmas
Monrovia
France
Augustus Washington
N. Y. Tribune
Ford McGill
James
The Mill Privilege, or How Mr Tatnell Overreached
Two millwrights Farnsworth and Ridgley with Simon Winthrop discover a river bayou ideal for a mill. Tatnall tries to force terms but is outmaneuvered when Winthrop joins with the others. The venture builds a village, with saw and grist mills, a store, school, and church, leaving Tatnall ruined and dead to envy.
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Tatnall
Providence
Simon Winthrop
Winthrop
Small-Wrights
Tatnall’s
Farnsworth
Tatoail’s
Mr. Tatnall
Mr. Winthrop
Mr.Tatnall
Messrs
Farnsworth & Ridgley
Patnall
John Tatnall
Simon Winsthrop
Farnsworth, Ridgley & Winthrop
Mesers
Farnsworth, Ridgely & Winthrop
John Tatnell
John T'atoall
Sally Mander Safe Tale From Mock Newspaper Cartoon
Mrs Partington exclaims Sally Mander is safe inviting questions about her deeds. Ike guesses she is Jerry Mander’s sister in a playful exchange. A father quizzes a boy who lists wordplay phrases and a humorous reference to an Erie Railroad forum engineer.
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Sally Mander
Mrs. Partington
Isaac
Ike
Jerry
Jerry Mander
Erie
Rock of Ages and the Physician in Duty
The piece contrasts relying on the Rock of Ages with a warning on self reliance and pride. It extols the physician’s perilous yet noble duty amid disease and danger, and notes Boston firemen plan a grand muster on August 25 in New England.
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Boston
New England
Sleeping in Meeting at Westminister Church
An incident from a Congregational Church in Westminister, a sermon paused by heat, a preacher inviting a choir to sing Coronation to rouse the audience, and the audience rising in a refreshed chorus. A prison exchange and quips about nuisances and a barometer remark appear in the same report.
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Westminister
Lynn
Slander Witness Testimony Now Before Judge
A witness in a slander case was ordered to repeat exact words before the judge. He finally addressed the court with a provocative rhyme prompting the judge to direct him to the jury. A stockbroker married a wealthy widow and claimed wealth outweighed looks in appeal.
The Difference Between Eye Pleasing and Heart Desired
A concise aphorism contrasts beauty that pleases the eye with virtue that wins the heart. It notes the first is a jewel while the second is a treasure, implying deeper value in character over appearance.
Now girls urged to marry soon amid dire warnings
Mrs Partington scolds her nieces warning they must marry quickly to avoid disaster as news of vast dispatch traffic and a looming danger for widows is noted. The scene shifts as she hurries to fix her cap in the mirror.
Justice Hope Dims as Trial Sparks Split Defense
A fragment from a courtroom dialogue shows a defendant pleading for justice while counsel notes two men opposing a hanging, signaling a divided legal stance and uncertain outcome in the case.
Fragmentary quote on constitution and cheapening life
Mrs Partington comments on provisions of the Constitution noting relief is welcome and that efforts to reduce the cost of living would benefit all. The peculiar phrasing suggests a satirical or dialectic newspaper voice.
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I. Corinthians
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Boston Daily Advertiser
Sylvanus Cobb, JR
David
Timothy
Almira
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