Quiet tombs and elegiac musings on loss and mind
A long, archaic prose-poem laments lost love and a mother asleep with her infant, then shifts to a discussion of female neglect of physical exercise and its link to premature death. It cites Lucretia and Jivereha A. Davidson, warning that intellectual gifts require bodily discipline to sustain life and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jivereha A. Davidson
Lucretia
Jovely Laveretia
Kirk White
Huntington
Thatcher
Wincher
Power of Intellect and Notable Mind Moments From History
An 18th century tale recalls Lord Shaftesbury dining with a nobleman to discuss the propriety of marrying his housekeeper, prompting blunt wit about conversational risks. It also retells Turenne and Conde facing a Spanish siege, and the dramatic courthouse scene where Judge Samuel Chase personally escorted rioters to jail, showcasing how close observation of human minds guides power and success.
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Niles
ceksy Register
Pennsylvania
Maysvile road
billy
sion
curians
val. ala
Wolf
SHERREK
United States
senate
haus
Wolfis sight
vanin
house
sp legisature
tl of representatives
eof
Virginia
Maryland
amin
supreme court
Jackeson
pat ville roar
gov. Wolf
Penneylon
Great Britain
commonwealth
house of commons
oahall
Frange
Spain
France
Jackson
Maysville road
Fen. Jackson
COS
hose
Shaftesbury
Cardinal de Stetz
Turenne
oxtalay
uip
Conde
tikong das
Chase
Baltimore
Judge Chase
Samuel Chase
Colonization letter praises Ashmun and Montserado visit
The excerpted letter from Captain Woodside recounts returning to Montserado from Philadelphia in November and detailing visits to Caldwell and King Bromly. He notes Caldwell's beauty and soil, praises Ashmun for guiding the colony, and recalls a lengthy talk with King Tromley about trade and Ashmun’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American colonization society
Washington
earbark
Norfolk
New York
Philadelphia society
Baltimore
Woodside
Montserado
Philadelphia
Africa
Caldwell
King Bromly
Ashman
Tromley
Ashnin
Ashmun
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HERALD
PREDERICK TOWN HERALD
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Joseph and
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Verry Hillary
Lin
New-Town
hich
Samuel C. Wings
John Dudiderar
PRAME
Jake
R. POTTS
Fredericktown
RANAWAY
Hopewell
Fauquier county
ELIAS
lothes
kersey
ELIAS B. MARTIN
Frederick County
Melchair Hoare
Fayette Co. O
NICHOLAS MERSELL
oteda'tp
Johnson
ise
4LSO
P. TORMEY
Frederick
Queen Anne
Anne Arundel county
TOM
TOM RIDEOUT
Sim
allie
Koffer
Pam
Edmonson
ILONARD IGLEHART
James Whiffing
Samuel Pf. Simmons
Frederick town
Baltimore and Ohio
HENRY WAYMAN
orphans court
Catherine Bentz
JOAN BENTZ
Beda'r
Market street
Frederick County Bank
RICH. POTTS
e. &e. Pebruary
London
slinder
NAPOLEON
Amiens
Lord Whitworth
Floreat
Thailand
Rome
Tuscany
Moniteur
Euerope
Paris
iaverpoal Albion
ORANGE FARM
Sorri
daga
Mit
Elliott’s Mills
Ellicott’s Mills
Oliver Viaduct
Frederick turnpike
Rock
Patapsco
Elicotts Milla
COLONIZATION sociETY
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