Rhode Island Registration Act Provisions and Penalties
The act outlines duties for clerks, clergy, physicians, undertakers, and Friends society members to record births marriages and deaths with strict monthly or other deadlines. It sets forms, fees, penalties, and the requirement to preserve records in town offices and provide copies for legal proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Img
Rhode
Secretary of State
Society of Friends
Orown
William R. Watson
Secry
Thanksgiving observance and fiscal caution in 19th century essay
The piece urges Thursday observance of Thanksgiving and praises piety while lamenting pestilence and drought. It critiques extravagance and speculation in commerce, warns that land booms and high interest harm the economy, and calls for frugality, alms, and a return to steady, honest business practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Jesus Christ
Two Sources of National Distress and Call for Reform
The passage blames two main causes extravagance and speculation for financial strain across public and private sectors. It notes government and private overspending, waste in military and diplomacy, lavish living, and consumer excess as factors driving bank failures and market turmoil. It urges action over regret and to seek remedies to avert repudiation and further debt.
Court notes on November term and local events
The Court of Common Pleas opened with Judge Shearman in town. Grand jury leads and several railroad land damage appeals were postponed. A defendant was sent to Reform School for four years. Acquittals and guilty verdicts on liquor law complaints occurred. Naturalization acts granted. no civil jury trials. The Sabbath School exhibition at Methodist Church aims to raise funds to replenish the school library with local musicians and Prof. H. P. Pierce on harmonium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Shearman
Providence, Warren and Bristol
Alfred Bosworth
Michael Macleroy
Reform School
State
Gilbert Macumber
Charles Turner
N.S. Greene
Bridget D. Wyer
Justice Court
Catharine Burns
Sonvar Scnoo
Methodist E
Methodist Church
H. P. Pierce
Paris
E. Tourjee
Fall River
Praiseworthy Objects Attract Large Concourse
A sizable crowd gathers as numerous praiseworthy objects are displayed, drawing attention and interest. The event promises widespread appreciation and notable engagement from attendees.
Citizens plan winter public lectures by noted figures
Warren residents propose a winter lecture course featuring prominent speakers such as Rev Dr Magoon Oliver Wendell Holmes Horace Greeley Wendell Phillips and others urging swift arrangements to secure these leaders for the town. The notice questions whether the town will host such lectures and stresses timely action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Magoon
New York
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Horace Greeley
Wendell Phillips
Patent Coal Hod With Dust Dampers Gains Notice
A local inventor received a patent for an improved Coal Hod featuring a double bottom and front with perforated lining to vent dust. Dust collects in the back chamber and is poured out via a top orifice after use. The patentee plans wholesale production and promises a price near that of the common hod.
Peterson's Magazine offers capital improvements for 1855
Great improvements will be made in Peterson's Magazine for 1855 with nine hundred pages per year each issue including a steel engraving a colored fashion plate and twenty to forty wood engravings. Mrs Ann S Stephens editor and writer of Fashion and Famine leads a strong female author lineup. Priced at 2.00 a year with club rates 5 copies for 7.50 8 copies for 10.00 and premiums for club organizers. Specimens available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
West
Peterson
Magazins
Ann
Stephens
Duartes J. Peterson
Chesnut Street
Philadelphia
Murder of Leet in Sailors Boarding House Angers Harbor
The Boston Herald reports Alexander Leet, brother of Capt. J A Leet, was killed in Jack Butcher's sailors boarding house at 302 North Street. James Hawkins and Late Hicks fought Leet after an argument over a Daniel Webster mate, Leet defended himself, Hawkins struck with a pitcher, Leet left to wash the blood but Hawkins returned and followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leet
Boston Herald
J. A. Leet
Alexander Leet
Jack Butcher
North Street
James Hawkins
William B. ‘Tarleton
Harbor Police
John E. Thayer
Constitution Wharf
Butchers
Darby Kelley
Hicks
Liverpool
New York
Daniel Webster
Hawkins
Stabbing leads to arrest after harbor area death
In a harbor district incident, Leet was stabbed and died minutes later after Hawkins struck him with a knife. Hawkins and Hicks, both Irish born, were captured with evidence including the weapon. coroners will investigate while witnesses describe a grudge and self defense claims. The deceased, a Nova Scotia native and former Staffordshire crewman, is unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Hawkins
Butcher
Capt
Tarleton
Brasier
Harbor
Hicks
Hanover Street
Smith
Newfoundland
Train
Nova Scotia
Trish
Dublin
New York
Liverpool
President to reconstruct Cabinet early next year
Washington reports on unquestioned authority that the President plans a Cabinet reshuffle around mid January. Marey to resign. Campbell and Guthrie to depart. Breckenridge named Attorney General. Cushing to State. Dobbin to Treasury. Buchanan to return home in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Marey
Messrs
Campbell
Guthrie
Breckenridge
Kenetucky
Cushing
State Department
Dobbin
Treasury Department
Soule
Belmont
Seymour
N. Y
Bank Robbery at Windham Bank Nets $21000 in Loot
A night raid on the Windham Bank saw a sleeping clerk bound gagged and hidden as three men looted the safe. They escaped with $13 000 in bank bills $2000 from other banks and 7000 in specie plus a gold pen. Names linked to the arrest include Henry J Wilson John Jones and Peter M Crandall. Police say the recovered sum is 21500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bown Bountry
Windham
Sit
Hartford Road
Pisfield
Norwich
Joan
Wyndham Bank
Henry J Wilson
John Jones
Peter M. Crandall
Boston
Hoboken Man Hangs After Striking Hole In Old Floor
In Hoboken New Jersey a man climbed a stool to look through a hole in an old building floor. The stool tipped and he hung by the neck until he died, ending his sufferings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken
New Jersey
Great clipper ship undergoes deck reduction in New York
The celebrated clipper Great built by Mr McKay of Boston has its water edge deck burned away in New York and is reduced by one deck. The vessel features Forbes fittings and various modifications and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
Boston
New York
San Francisco
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!