President Grant's Message to Congress 1873
The message reviews a turbulent year with prosperity, a financial crisis, and foreign relations. It covers Vienna Exposition, coolie trade suppression, Geneva Award funds, boundary treaties, expatriation laws, Spain relations after the Virginius incident, and proposed constitutional amendments and budget concerns. It emphasizes navy readiness and currency stability.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Government Architecture Reports and Fire Loss Analysis
Supervising Architect Mullet urges added funds for St Paul and Chicago site growth and new Pittsburg and Toledo buildings, notes unreliable progress at St Louis, and calls for note printing and Battery access. He critiques eight hour laws and urges fair pay. Fire losses rise with carelessness, rapid growth, weak enforcement, and hazards from steam, matches, distillates, and petroleum. The piece links high premiums to underwriter risk and urges preventive reforms.
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Washington
Mullet
Custom House
St. Paul
Adams Street
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Toledo
Nashville
Tenn
Covington
Evansville
Ind
Littleck
Ark
Marine Hospitalroperty
Etroit
Mich
Treasury Department
Department
City of
New York
Detroit
Mullett
N. Y. Tribune
Europe
Labor system pays mechanics more than superintendents
The text notes that many mechanics, under the current structure, earn more than foremen and master mechanics and even exceed the superintendent of work, while the latter receives no extra pay for additional labor.
Goethe Fairly Beaten By Yankee Visitor
An American student matched Goethe’s crabby mood with humor. During a visit, Goethe refused eye contact and sat silent in the parlor. The Yankee walked around with a candle, paid a florin for the show, and the two then enjoyed a lively social chat.
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Goethe
Seward Medal Awarded to George F Robinson
George F Robinson received the Seward Medal awarded by Congress in 1871 for saving Secretary Seward during an 1865 assassination attempt. The United States Mint produced the medal in Philadelphia at a cost of 1400 dollars, depicting Seward in bed with Payne at his side ready to strike.
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Congress
Vienna
United States
Patent Office
Europe
Tribunal of Arbitration
Geneva
Treasury
Secretary of State
Alabama
Shenandoah
Melbourne
Great Britain
Germany
Lake of the Woods
Italy
Count Conti
Mexico
Washington
Texas
Egypt
Republic of Santo Domingo
Aes
New York
Santiago de Cuba
Senate
Cuba
Spain
Secretary of the Navy
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
Hudson
Mississippi Rivera
West
Seaboard
Amazon
Madeira
Bolivia
WAR Department
Secretary of War
Academy
Army
Ordnance Department
Caribbean
General Treasury
United States Ocean Mail
Sweden
Norway
Belgium
Canada
New Foundland
Japan
France
Linvite
United States Postal Savings Depositories
Utah
Supreme Court of the United States
Clinton
Englebrecht
Legislative Assembly
Departments of State
Wer
Court of Claims
Southern Claims Commission
Department of Justice
Department OF the Interior
Indian ‘Territory
Indian Territory
Kansas
Arkansas
Rocky Mountains
Secretary ‘of the Interior
Commissioner of Patents
General Land Office
Agricultural College
Russia
Interior
Navy
Secretary of the Interior
City OF
Board of Public Works
District of Columbia
Hamilton Fish
Don Jose Polo de Barnabee
Virginius
Sickies
Polo
Senate of the
Harsazuton Fiss
Jose Poto Pe Barnabee
Seward
Washington Chronicle
George F. Robinson
Secretary Seward
Payne
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Mr. Soward
Payna
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Foreign Relations
Austria
Brazil
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China
Court OF Alien Claim
Denmark
Nange Free State
Ecunor
Postal Commissions
Postmaster General
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Madrid
Porto Rico
Madid
Havana
March of Ideas
Atilla Pon i
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Staes
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National Banke
Asueripad
Navy Department
Post Office Department
Pensions
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Executive
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U.S. Grant
Executive Mansion
Architect Mullet
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