Act to promote navy efficiency and wagon road funding
Fragmented text covers 1855 act on naval promotions and retirements, then 1857 public laws authorizing wagon roads from Fort Kearney via South Pass to California, El Paso to Fort Yuma, and Fort Defiance to the Colorado River. includes brief moral snippets and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Kearney
South Pass
Rocky Mountains
Great Salt Lake Valley
California
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Nebraska
Honey Lake
Secretary of the Interior
Fort Ridgely
el Paso
Rio Grande
Fort Yuma
Gila River
Fort Defiance
New Mexico
Colorado River
Mohava River
April Bank Day Chaos in the Country Town
In the week before April first a country bank sees a frantic rush as loans are settled and new ones opened. On the morning, carriages fill hotels and streets while crowds press the bank door and clerks race to process checks and notes under heightened activity. The scene portrays the year’s peak financial pressure concentrated into a few hours.
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Dearborns
Rune
Vere
The Unruly Bank Day of the Supernumerary Clerk
A chaotic bank day unfolds as an unhappy clerk, emboldened by gossip and mischief, manages the crowd and the last clearance. Tellers endure delays and miscounts while the clerk flees at closing, amid a comic choral reading from the Song of the Bank. The room empties, accounts balance, and April ends in a tense, bureaucratic blur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viank
Great Freshet in the Delaware Leaves Widespread Loss
A severe freshet on the Delaware and Lehigh rivers caused extensive property damage over Saturday and Sunday. High water, floating logs, and breaking rafts disrupted towns, bridges, and fences, with several rafts and pieces of driftwood carried away. The May 4 1857 report notes immense losses to Inmermen and others along the rivers.
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Delaware
Lehigh
Faston
Ross
Eddy
Michael Butz
James McKeen
South Easton
Doster
Bethlehem
Easton
Ting
Delaware Bridge
Messrs
Trusman & Bennet
Eastonian
Cannon's Ferry
J. Cannon
Nanticoke
Kent
Baltimore
Norfolk
J. C. Nigholson
High Street
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Naval Board
Bet
Han Hi Tuen
Marshall
Gov. Giles
Virginia
Patrick Henry
Palau
Gira
Wenry
Paralcg Henri
Cobb
Willison
Milford
Milford Church
Tsay
Charles Draper
Dover
Cuba
Island
Operaon
L. H. Trook
Michigan
Lewis Cans
Mercantile
Wilmington
J. Cowgill & Son
Del
P.R
N.O
Imperial
Hyson Powebong
Souchong
Kingsford
Colgate
Oswego
O. Hoyt
Allen & Noel Pomeroy
Port
Malaga
Lisbon
Monsen
Acand. J
Cow Gill
Bye
E. M. Bye
U. L. Herring
Market St
Heidrick & Norning
Second St
Vine
Philadelphia
Mercer St
Norris
Wereas Military Bounty
George H. Wickman
Baltimore Md
General Land Office
Commissioners of Pensions
James Marsh
Sussex County
Janto
Geo. W.S. Nicholson
Eldridge
H. H. Eldridge
Strawberry St
Chestnut
Strawberry
Second Street
Rye
Samuel Powel
South Second Street
West Side
Pine
Wated
North Second Street
Ward
North Second St
Foré
Booth
U.S. Mint
James C. Booth
Race Street
Fourth
Joseph FE. Hover
Aplily
Imny
Richards & Miller
Lone Agerts
South Front Street
E. van Meter
S. E
Sixth E
Arch Streets
Pouapeppara
WM. R. Gilpin & CO
Commision Merchanta
Philad
Wil
Balt
R. R. Depot
Commission Merchants
S. W. Corner Broad and
Prime Sts
Philad’a
R.R. Depot
New Wall Paper Warehouse
Burton & Laning
Arch Street
Sixth
Ernhard Calman
North Fourth Street
Cherry & Race
Upper Side
Japan
A. B. Martyn
Plaistow
N. H
Wees
Lockerman Street
Delaware Railroad
Governor’s Avenue
New
Division Streets
John H. Bateman
Jangotf Dover
Tie
Drawbridge
Broadkiln Creek
Delaware Bay
R. Paynter
S. A. Paynter
Jeb Dry Goods
Eoe
Kellel . Brown
Piuladel— Phila
du Stella
Palm du Thibet
Tisreges
Ktin
Boy
Grambroonsy Cour
Dameals
North
LEY & Brown
Street
Tieman
Paris
Dawn Met
Whire van Gibbsboro
James Cowgill & Sox
Jas. Browns
Pennsylvania
Gale
Peter Griffee
OTT & DE Haven
Tumden
New Jersey
Nipwe
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