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Columbus Times

Location

Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1841

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Harrison and reform struggles flagged in Georgia and Virginia spine

The Standard of Union reports on Harrison and Reform in Georgia with critique of Central Bank policy, debt relief attempts, and county allotments. It also reprints debates over fugitive slave law between Virginia, New York, and federal interpretation, arguing for strict surrender of escaped criminals and broader state unity.

N. Y Virginia Evening Post New York Union Norfolk Govrnor Seward Campbell Boggs Missouri Europe America Tracy Congress Conare Committee of Five Journal of the Convention Madison Butler Pinckney Wilson Sherman Publc Nemcon Madison Papers Logan Georgia

Forged Dart Letter and Texas Slavery Case Revealed

From the North Carolina Bulletin February 3, an enclosed Hamilton letter to Monroe Edwards outlines a Texas slavery scheme. Before 1836, Edwards and Dart bought about two hundred enslaved people in Havana and landed them in Texas under Edwards. A $35,000 mortgage secured by the slaves prompted a dispute over Dart’s share. Edwards forgedly released his interest, and a forged Dart letter aided the scheme. Forgery carried death penalties in Texas. Edwards faced jail, then bail on an unwarranted charge, fled to Cincinnati, and freed two hundred slaves he never owned, amid burdensome debt.

Menetad Senge New York Ruther Tappan London Lord Brougham British Abolition Society Lord Palmerston Gen. Hamilton United States Great Britain Monroe Edwards Buffalo Commercial Advertiser M’leod Messrs. Brotherton Queenster Buell Lockportland Caroline B. Y. Gon. Ady N. C. Bulletin Texas Christopher Dart Havana Edwards Dart

Meat Eaters Note On Roasting Losses And Diet Figures

A German journal shows beef, mutton, lamb, goose, turkey, duck, and chicken percentages of weight lost when roasted and boiled. It cites English and French daily food estimates, then argues Americans may be better fed. Also reports rare African sheep varieties received by the Boston Society of Natural History from Tripoli.

Boston Society of Natural History D.S. McCauley United States Tripoli Benzari Tripoli Regency Epicures Atlas Range Zoological Society of London

Husband Not Liable for Wife’s Necessaries After Separation

In a Common Pleas case Judge Inglis ruled that a husband who leaves his wife is not liable for her necessaries, while if he drives her out he effectively extends her credit. The jury found for the defendant. Also reported are Philadelphia Anti-Whig resolutions urging stricter banknote laws, denouncing small denomination notes and calling for penalties and publication.

Court of Common Pleas Inglis Anti Whig Party Philadelphia Commonwealth Banke Henry Horn W. L. Hirst B. H. Brewster

Tall voting and travel tales from early America

A Savannah Georgian excerpt recalls a New Hampshire family claimed to have six feet of voters and a Macon family of six brothers, all voting tall in November. It also notes a 1761 stagecoach run from Portesmouth to Boston, likely America’s first stage. Brazil tea cultivation spreads as gold yields US$2 million yearly. Governor General Thompson to proclaim Canadas union with Kingston as capital.

Savannah New Hampshire Van Tippecanoe Tyler Macon Florida Journal John Stavers Pitt Tavern Pitt Street Court Street Boston Ipswich Charlestown Ferry Charlestown America Union of the New York Herald Thompson Kingston Ud Proviggey Snd Qatar Sackett’s Rae

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