Print towns and war talks stir political tensions
Fragmentary notes from a Washington letter writer and various editors discuss Secretary Chase and cabinet retirements, wartime currency plans, and calls for national unity. Mentions James Gallatin, Jobo A fix, and Mint details on demand notes, along with civil liberties, Garrison’s moderation, and military leadership changes.
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Washington
Enya
Cameron
Mendelaintracton
War Department
the Treasury
James Gallatin
Jobo A
Fix
New York
Bie Place
New City Prison for War Prisoners at Lake Erie
A new war prisoner receptacle is planned at Bull’a Tyland on Lake Erie near Sandusky Ohio. The facility covers about three hundred acres with sixty acres loaned by the government and will include stores, officers quarters, a soldier barracks, and a hospital building. The enclosure rises to a fifteen acre yard with high plank board walls and sentry posts, aiming to hold prisoners with exercise space and a flag plateau. The first occupants are expected by February.
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Bull'aTyland
Lake Erie
Reidunce
Sanduaky Bay
Sandusky
Ohio
Lts
Gentry
Mocammuda
Nepablican Nominees Named for Local Elections
Fragmentary OCR lists Nepablican members proposing Fr. M. Stile for Reporting Clerk and J M Rukenbrod editor of Balow Columbiens Consig for Revelling Chork, with G W Hoge as Clerk and David Kee Bay among other names. text is garbled and location details unclear.
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Nepablican
Chia Bonate
Fr. M. Stile
Vilttee
Irontin Rapieter
JM. Rukenbrod
Letter from the Guthries in Cave Whewirrs Ky
A long letter from Guthries reports camp life in Cave Whewirrs Kentucky with notes on regimental formations, weather, tents, and shortages. It mentions Colonel Hexen commanding a brigade, the Forty first and Thirty sixth regiments, and the Grays, plus camp hardships and a recent discharge of orders on blankets and sutler sales amidst a brutal march climate. The piece also covers a drunken picket incident, two-sided sharp quarrels, and a Baltimore Sum financial dispatch on Treasury notes, tariffs, and gold movement, ending with weather and political notes from various counties.
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Cave
Virginia
Ganecala
Hexen
Pontengion
Bert
Chad
Wealmont
Cmp
Twenty-fourth Ohio
Bit
Ame
Errerts
Washington cabinet changes and Fremont links in Civil War era
Washington correspondent discusses cabinet retirements and power shifts aimed at quelling feuds among Premont Cameron Blair and Fremont allies. Mentions Colfax replacing Blair, interior and adjutant general retirements, and Fremont’s rising influence amid debates on emancipation policy. Notes distress in Bowling Green and Richmond whisky profits.
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Brooklyn
Comerca
Premont
Cameron
Allen
Conserva
Bisir
Clair
Fort Sumter
Jemmnens
Rich Lacomb
Rcott
Blairs
Fremont
Iit
Chin
Nccess
Lse
Jolot
Colfax
Blair
Smith
Interior Department
Welles
Ctla
Smth
Hicks
Maryland
Etheridge
Tennereee
Thomain
Wit
Scott
Bish
Thomas
Lyon
Springfield
Joint Committee
Cooper
War Department
Haa
Burglary Plea and Trial Notes From Early Iowa Court
Court records report Cook pleading guilty to burglary with a five year penitentiary sentence. Jury disagreed and were discharged in a barony case. Trials noted include a February note on a contract change and a separate matter about a president’s message. Several names and committee minutes appear, along with seed distribution details from the United States Patent Office and garden society discussions.
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Hebver
J. H. James
United Siaiva Patent Office
Bovilly Ton Rt
Sprotsburg
Sureth
Cranch
Patent Office
Cai
Uuathe Council
Meath
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Mount Auburn Institute For Young Ladies
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