Providence Militia to Escort Sheridan Visit
General Orders announce a Providence city committee plan to extend hospitality to Major General Sheridan during his October 29 visit. Brigadier General Horace Daniels will command the escort with regimental officers reporting October 22 at Providence. transportation and a collation are arranged for participating troops.
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Horace Daniels
Providence
Pheridan
R. T
J. Lippitt Snow
Horace Daniela
Olney Arnold
R. 1 Militia
AH. Urrrerimp
Suez Canal progress and European reactions in 1869
The article reviews the hoped for 1869 completion of the Suez Canal, noting Port Said as the northern start and heavy dredging power. It discusses costs about eighty million dollars, land sales income, and English opposition and strategic interests in Egypt, plus evolving South reconstruction efforts and mobilization for state constitutions.
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Africa
de Lyerseps
Otober
Port Said
M. Dio Lyesseps
England
Abyssinia
Harpe
Ord Palmerston
Bngland
Bonanza
Egypt
Turkey
Arisng
Frepth
Asia
France
Algeria
Promoting Republican Unity Across Sections Amid War Debates
A political essay argues for restoration of the Union on justice and freedom, noting Southern influence and Northern misperceptions. It advocates conviction over coercion to win rebellion states back to Republican principles.
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Republican Party
Nephrite Varieties Noted in Smithfield Limestone Quarries
Massachusetts Assayer Jackson reports to the Boston Journal that a nephrite variety is abundant in the limestone quarries of Smithfield Rhode Island and named in honor of chemist Bowen. He notes nephrite as a light green mineral often mottled with white and stylishly cut by lapidaries.
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Paris
Siberia
Jackson
Massachusetts
Boston Journal
Smithfield
BR. Y
Dana
Bowenste
Bowen
R. I
Gold discoveries in Colorado and slow state statistics
Tug Denver News reports new gold finds in Colorado and notes vast sums assessed for Providence men. Illinois fair exhibits large circumference Priefteg twelve inches. Vanderbilt's income cited at 34000 daily. Diamonds washed out in Amador County by miners. Peter Lorizparp dies at Garatoga aged well. Senator Sumner begins West lecturing on Are we a Nation. Indianapolis to Vincennes railway project named. US Jewry reaches 355000 with seventy seven synagogues. Lucy Srong elected U S President at Missouri fair. Official Pennsylvania returns show Democratic majority of 744. Concerted reminiscences include New Orleans colored men from Jackson's defense. Beecher remarks on Sunday boots and weekday reputation. Mary Davis dies in Reteraburg Virginia. Oyster kegs shipped from Fair Haven. Lixvoorx admitted to Chicago bar. Buffalo cattle market day noted. A Brattleborough mother mourns a daughter age eighty. John RB Bartlett among City of Baltimore passengers. Ohio editor estimates grasshoppers at 4262615000 posing vast mile-long lines.
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Priefteg
Illinois
Commoport
Vanderbilt
Amador County
California
Peter Lorizparp
Tabasco
Garatoga
Buffalo Express
Brattleborough
Aone
Europe
Baltimore
John RB. Bartlett
Rhode Island
Ohio
Sheridan to Visit Bristol in Honor of War Hero
Our town will welcome General William Sherman and Governor Burnside on a Bristol visit aboard the Bristol from New York. A public reception is planned on the Common after a morning procession through Tope Hope and State streets, with guards, decorations, and a possible Town Hall gathering if weather turns stormy.
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Sherman
Bris+ TOL
Sheridan
Burnside
Bristol
New York
Richmond
Hope Street
Virginia
General Sheridan
Lewis Richmond
Tope Street
Union Street
Hope
State Streets
State, Hope
Franklin
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association Building Fund report 1847 notes
Documentary fragment recounts library catalogue costs and staff changes, prayer meetings, lectures, and fundraising events for the Bristol Y M C A in 1847 The report covers donations subscriptions builds fund transfers and shows efforts to increase reading room resources and organize Sunday lectures despite mixed financial results.
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Evening Press
R. L
C. B. Perry
Church Journal
Church Monthly
C. H. Spooner
Watchman & Reflector
Messrs
Spooner
Church
Doringh and Taylor
Building Fund
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Grortious
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Cape Cod
Albany
McClellan
Persia
London
United States
Rock Island
Iowa
John McCue
North Bridgewater
Old Colony and
Newport
Tug Denver
Colorado
Wy Seexator Sumner
Grex Buounsxgme
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Tvery
Lucy Srong
Missouri
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New Orleans
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Reteraburg
Fair Haven
Conn
Roxzerr T. Lixvoorx
Chicago
Town Hall
Ita
Randall
Calorado
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William J. Miller
Library Committee
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Providence Association
Baptist
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Harpers
Atlantic
Charles Dana Gibson
LeBaron Bradford
William D. Skinner
William B. Spooner
Samuel W. Church
Charlee H. R. Doringh
William RB. Taylor
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association Building Fund
Viz
Chas. Sherry, Jr
Daily N. ¥. Herald
Daily Herald
C. A. Greene
Wm. J. Miller
Rev. C P. Osborne
C.J. E. Fates
D. A Pierce
A. P. Balch
J WN Burgess
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Wm. EF. Fates
Geo. W. Munro
Mra
Robert Lay
Hon. Wom. Sprague
Theodore P. Rogert
Hugh N. Camp
Robert Rogers
Edward K. Glezen
Catholic Congregational Society
Edward K Glesen
Twydien G. Chaffin
Miss Stackpole
Boston
Frank Molten
Charten Sueerr, Jr
James Andem
Benjamin Greenwood
George H. Burgess
Charles Salstain
George A. Arnold
David A. Pierce
Dr. Shepard
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R. S. Andrews
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Wm H. Spooner
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Committee On Prayer
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Henry R Cooke
Charles H. Spooner
James P. Pierce
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M.C. A. Library
Francis Tiffany
Mra. Brownell
Charles Sherry
J. Miller
N. Warren
William Bell
Lewis F. Waldron
C. P. Osborne
Thomas G. Holmes
Sarah Bradford
Geo
W. Easterbrooks
Wilfred Munro
John Turner
Jon. Lewis Richmond
Edward V. Bronson
Geo. L. Locke
T.J Griffin, Jr
T. A. Jenckes
M. C
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M. C. Association
James E. French
B. Fand
C. Sherry, Jr
Ole
C. Sherry, Sr
W. T. C. Wardwell
E. S. Babbitt
Jas. E. French
H. Harlan
J. F. Mauro
Geo. Tilley
Francis Peck
Amer Cyclopedia
Hale
W. J Miller
Rev. Osborne
C.J Fales
D A. Piere
A. P. Bacon
J. N. Barflea
Greenwood
W. Fales
Hon. Wsprague
Theo. P Rogert H. N. Camp
Robin Rogers
Mies Stackpole
Beaton
Mesara
Chaffin
Glezen
Moulton
L.wings
Savings Bank
B. Fund
Charles Sherry, Jr
Treaswrer
Treaserer
M.C. Association
Ane
U. S
Institution For
Hale Remington
Fall River
Act. Ltd. Amt
Amt
Rice & Campbell’s
Market Square
Wateven
Phalon
N. Y. Dispatch
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