Blank forms offered for sale at Dover office
An 19th century advertisement promotes a large assortment of legal blanks and forms sold at the Dover office. It lists commitments, writs, recognizances, subpoenas, warrants, and debt forms with fixed prices, notes mail and railroad delivery, and invites Justices of the Peace and others to order blank stationery. The ad emphasizes reasonable terms and careful printing on foolscap paper.
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LE Repbeter
Dover
Farmers’ Bank
Seaford
U.S
Wilmington
Quartermaster's Department
Quartermasters’ Department
Medals for Franklin search expeditions urged by 1858 act
A congressional resolution authorizes officers and men in the United States expeditions to recover Sir John Franklin to accept medals sent by Great Britain. The long Kansas statehood act details admission terms, land grants for schools and a state university, and voting procedures.
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Pullic
Sir John Franklin
Great Briain
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Great Britain
United States
Territory of
Kansas
Board of Commissioners
Sandown
The Doctor's Illfated Marriage to Minerva Hall
A widowed physician with two children marries Miss Minerva Hall in hopes of wealth and security. He soon confronts a harsh, joyless home life, escalating debt, and a strained marriage. His firstborn Amy asks if the new mother will stay, revealing neglect for his children and the emotional cost of his choice.
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Mr. Winthrop
Minerva Hall
Annie Suntington
Annie
Amy
Cross
Duns
Minerva
Miss Hall
Gil
Harry
Paps
Amy Darling
Pape
Contingent reporting rule for future sessions
The document states Congress shall report to both Houses at the start of the next session and prohibits contracts except in pressing emergencies. It emphasizes that no future contracts shall be made unless a pressing exigency exists.
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Treasury Building
California
Post Office Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Georgetown
Utah Territory
Treasury
Accounting Officers of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Fundi Ag
Committee On Accounts
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
War and Navy Departments
Congress
Shell
Howaea
All's for the best in cheerful guidance
A poem urging cheer and faith, declaring that trouble and sorrow are friend in disguise. It urges courage, Providence, and trust as guidance, praising steadfastness, hope, and happiness despite danger.
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JOB Printing Office
Loockkeman and
King Streets
Del
Isaac C. Pearson
Cheseborough & Pearson
Ciheese Andra Provisions
Water St
Piladelphia
J. Primrose
Ormerly
Second and
Pine Streets
Pine St
Philadelphia
J. T. Bealds
Market Street
Delaware
Carlton B. Boire & CO
Whlesale
J.C. Bird
R. W. Reynolds
Henry Todd
A.J. Taylor
John K. Jarvis
John B. Penington
Thomas Jefferson
Tienry
Randall
Jefferson
Amaluce
J.T. Weald
Marker
Wiltgington del
Avrsonrry
The
Lecompton
Ser
Nate
General Land Office
Sid Stare
Unio
Congress of the United States
Terriory
State of
House of of Representatives
John C. Rives
House
Quartermaster’s Department
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
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