Riot and shootings shock Fall's Point area amid disorder
Reports describe a violent clash at Fall's Point with Asbany Hughes shot dead and many wounded. arrests occurred as riots spread. A separate House dispute led to threats and a chaotic scene with chairs and desks overturned before the pair were separated. Captain Benjamin arrives with news of the Keying incident near New York. Harlem Railroad Company properties in 42nd Street burned and forty seven horses perished.
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Asbany Hughes
Balla
Fall's Point
Benjamin
New York
Keying
Kelle
Boaton
London
Breme
Yoolumin
Harlem Railroad Company
Dentists and Patent Remedies Advertised in 1840
A 1840 notice announces Dr W. Wells at 104 Eppe atroct offering dental services with chloroform, and a broad sales pitch for Wild Cherry extract and tomatoes as cures. It cites testimonials, lectures by Dr Bonnett, and Peters’ Cough Lozenges, appealing to Maryland readers and supporting medical claims.
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Patowmpiosp
Eppe Atroct
Hrigge & Drury
Haversle
Hartford Co
Miciryland
Fel
Arth W. Fale
Han Bern
Yom
W. Wells
Maryland
Bonnett
Medical College of
Lake Evie
Bennett Anya
Briggs & Naury
Em Bradler
Lange
Francis J. Weeks
Revenant
Clark
Valinyrn
Maloay
Johan Fiek
Yrar Aga
Taol
Seamen Prayer Meeting Concert Set at Local Hall
The monthly Concert of Prayer for Seamen will be held at the UG Evening Meeting Hall after 7 o clock. Sailors are invited to attend as friends gather for the event on Moeonday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seamen's Prayer Meeting
Wetman
Moeoday
The
Friends of
Brighton Market Prices and Beef Cattle Quotes
Market report from Capay dated March 9 1848 notes extensive livestock listings. Beef cattle sheep swine and pork prices alongside wholesale quotes and quality ranges with several per-head and per- hundred weights figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capay
Len Misty
Signe Sun
Engagements in Fall River and Nearby Towns
Smarmeed to North Kings on the eighteenth to wed Jonathan N. Husa of Lowih Kingstown and Blaaberh Pietow from the same place in Fall River. John Ball to Mrs. Hauial Ogden. On the twelfth William M. Alwyod to Geneva Allen daughter of Abraham Allen both of Fall River.
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North Kings Own
Jonathan’ N. Husa
Lowih Kingstown
Blaaberh Pietow
Fall River
John Ball
Hauial Ogden
William M. Alwyod
Geneva
Abraham Allen
Full River
Obituaries Tell of Several Local Losses in Fall River and Baltimore
Notices report deaths in towns including Fall River and Baltimore. Individuals named include Mrs. Susanna Dwelly and Miss Caroline Manchester, ages 29 and 21, with references to family ties and notable figures such as Mrs. Hannah Kitty Chase, widow of a Declaration signer. The records record ages and kinship without graphic detail.
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Allen Waldrow
Prowiledice
Elizabeth
John Westean
Nancy
John Tillinghast
Fall River
Susanna
James R Dwelly
Caroline Manchester
Baltimore
Hannah Kitty ‘Chase
Chase
Marine Journal notes diverse 1848 ship movements
The report lists vessels such as Steamboat Bradford Durfee Brig Rio and bark Marmion sailing from Matanzas Havana and Mobile to Boston Providence and New York. Entries include dates March 11 12 16 17 and 4 14 20 with dispositions like clears at Boston New York and Savannah and remarks on cargoes and voyages with occasional fatalities and positions at sea.
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Bradford Durfee
Borden
Fulliver
Rio
Coggeshall
Matanzas
Molagies
Nuria & Borys
Lett
Briga Lucy
Awwoud
Provitenge
Zelow
Z. Taylor
Henry Atkina
Disch
Wildes P. Walker
Edyound
Philadelphia
Mobile
Boston
Ship Advance
Vergunon
Providence
Sloup Carolus & Lucy
Brightman
Fm Somersett
Sonday
Etopress
Church
New Orleans
the Pass
Wolasses
S W Church
Speke
Sthinst
Lon
Emily B.schroder
Aliny
Attakapas Fir
Baltimore
Excell
Benet
New York
Mds
C. Easterbrooks
Industry
Simmons
Somerset
Paweatuck
Ricketoon
Fall River
Brazillian
Hitchburn
Burden
Helen
Pitman
New Bedford
Janes
Burt
Esther May
Stevens
Cork
Huma
Weeden
Leglwen
Savannah
Bartel
McIntyre
St. Thomas
Perseverance
Johnson
Galveston
Alpha
Bennett
Havana
Maria
Ingraham
Fcr Marmion
Weal
Baha Honda
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Porteamouth
Munro
Warren
Petro Paulowski
Howen
Ware
Fairhaven
Sam Rubertaon
Turner
Khamuschatka
Ceres
Aduns
Mad
Vetter
Splendid
Fordham
Sydney
N Zealand
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Lever
Stighiz
Youngs
Bridgit
Hobart
Town
Hilo
Mechanic
Potter
Newport
Hope
Heath
California
Lahama
Martha
Gifford
Shipping oil and bone cargoes in NW Atlantic routes report
Fragmentary logs from ships at Holmes's Hole Newport and other ports note shipments of whale oil and bones. Vessels include Champion Merry at Edgartown and Navy at Newport with thousands of barrels of oil and bone, plus several vessels reporting no oil after leaving Pacific regions and encounters near Cape Horn and Rio Janeiro.
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Holmes’s Hole
Champion
Merry
Maii
Hs Bove
Edgartown
Virasela
Navy
New Bedford
Newport
Rurotwaga
Trident
Stetson
Canada
Raynard
Fables
Smith
Sandwich Islands
Zealand
Pacific
Itu
Falcon
Kirby
Poeshonias
Couon
H House
Dee
Cape Horn
Midas
Eldrige
Bedford
John Stanton
Peruvian
River Platte
Dat
Dumbarton
Nandy
Mau Mary
Pease
Barcela
Alexander
Jones
Alou
Bark Pleiades
Wareham
Avot de Lath
Parachute
Devell
Conat
Sandwich
Irlande
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