Relief to Debtors and Bankrupt Law Urged in 1837 Era
An Albany Evening Journal summary argues for immediate bankruptcy relief for debtors amid widespread business collapse, inflation, and bank failures. It condemns executive policies, calls for a general bankrupt law, and urges repeal of imprisonment for debt to ease trade and personal liberty. It notes regional efforts and remarks on finance, navigation, and public notices of the era.
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New York
United States
Congress
Senate
China
Spain
Tallmadge
Uniform Law of Bankruptcy and Abolition Debates
In the Senate discussion on February 14, a petition from New York merchants requests a uniform bankruptcy law. Debates on abolition petitions follow, with Calhoun and Tallmadge clash over petition rights and views on religion, and Webster and Wright defend constitutional rights of petition amid party rhetoric. The exchange highlights sectional tensions between Whigs and Southern factions.
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Baltimore American
Senate
Weight
New York
Congress
Committee
Clay
Jerusalem
Weacher
Calhoun
Mr. Clay
Tallmadge
South Carolina
Great Britain
Brown
North Carolina
North
South
Webster
D. C
N. C
Bynum
Fly
Banks, &c
Wright
Tailmadge
Richard Dike
Dong
Silas Wright
Debate on Sub-Treasury bill and Cumberland Road aid
The House clash over the Sub-Treasury bill with Tallmadge Calhoun and Webster exchanging sharp remarks while Mr. Clay urged national unity. Debate continued past two, including motions on Cumberland Road funding for Ohio Indiana and Illinois and amendments from Pickens Marvin and Barnard. The select printing committee won a further ten days to complete its work as the House adjourned.
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North Carolina
North
New York
Clay
Congress
Good
Calhoun
Webster
Buchanan
National Intelligencer
House OF Representatives
Cumberland Road
Davis
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Terre Haute
Committee of Ways and Means
Casey
War Department
Pickens
Mr. P
Profit
Marvin
Secretary of War
Barnard
Black
Select Committee On Printing
Town Meeting Results Spark Party Shifts in Perrysburgh
The county towns held meetings last Tuesday with Whig momentum in Dayton and Perrysburgh, Perrysburgh reborn under Harrison principles, Whig ticket largely elected though one justice of the peace went to Locofoco. Dayton elected Anson C. Merrill as supervisor and listed officers. Perrysburgh showed a tied supervisor race and mixed results across offices, signaling future contests.
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Dayton
Perrysburgh
Harrison
Manister
Loco Foco
da Yton
Anson C. Merrill
Ralph Johnson
Leman Merrill
William B. Smith
H. J. Markham
John Thatcher
Samuel C. Springer
Z. A. Macomber
Ageorsore
John Pierce
Hozen Whitford
E. B. Nash
Benjam J. Allen
Alfred Twerrick
Hiram Palmer
Seth Field
Zebedee A. Macomber
Oliver C. Babcock
Chester Howe
George C. Babcock
Delos C. Burdick
Wmn
Crandall
Thomas Farnaworth
Daniel C. Amsden
Daniel VU
Amsden
Georges. Hickox
P. B. Crandall
Leander Orr
Perryahucah
Abial Titus
Lester Wood
Reuben Ward
Samuel Starr
Daniel Prosser
John Wells
James Bailey
Reuben Irish
Thos. Wells
John Parsons
David Saunders
H.R. Hunt
Almeron Sprague
Eber M. Pettit
Truman Edwards
Salmon Prentier
Tra C
Ira C. Titus
W. Mull
Harvey P. Blodgett
John Springer
Leander Gardner
Buffalo Free School System Progress Report
The third annual Buffalo Superintendent of Common Schools report shows rapid growth under the Free School System. First week enrollments rise from 179 to 1,292, total public school attendance reaches 2,450 in 1839, and teacher expenses fall by over 60 percent despite larger student numbers. A separate item notes the bridge over the South Branch Cattaraugus at Waverly and a mill-dam being washed away by recent floods.
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Buffalo
Waverly
Thhat
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Nigitas
Albany
South America
D. G. Bailey
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rochester
Woodhouse
Chron
Stephen Burroughs
Three Rivera
Lower Canada
Burroughs
Ele
Coventry
Conn
On. Y. Gaz
Sing Sing Phiony
Board of Inspectors
Golid
Wheeling
Freeman Amd Messemger
WNG
William H. Harrison
Iohn Tyler
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