Letter praising the Freeport Journal as a popular Illinois home paper
A sample letter from readers across the country praises the Journal for universal satisfaction and quality reporting. The note notes subscriber growth and commitment to a top state home paper. It includes a 1867 date and a subscription renewal offer with a pledge to support the Republican cause in 1868.
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Coluntry
Illinois
Freeport Journal
Jas
McCain
L, Heisz
GAR Officers Elected At Special G A R Meeting
At a special G A R gathering last Saturday evening officers were chosen Gen 8 D Atkins district and post commander Capt Wm Polk deputy district post commander J N Prouty adjutant Capt Wm Young quartermaster Capt Geo A Dickey officer of the day The order aims to aid wounded and disabled comrades and their families and plans a monument to county fallen heroes Delegates Gen Dornblazer and Gen Atkins were elected to the Springfield convention with Gen A leaving for the state capital Gen Atkins invites all members to a follow up meeting next Saturday at his office
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D. Atkins
Wm. Polk
J. N. Prouty
Wm. Young
Geo. A. Dickey
Grant Club urged for General Grant in New York
At a Union League Club meeting in New York City on December 7 the resolution urged a large turnout for a Grant Club in Stephenson County and backed General Grant as the Republican presidential candidate praising his patriotism judgment and ability to restore the Union. The note closes by stating the postal rate for letters between Britain and the United States is now twelve cents, reduced by half on the first of the month.
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Union League Club of New York
Charles P. Kirkland
Mast
West
Stephenson Co
Grant Club
Union League Club
City of
New York
General Grant
Great Union Party
Great Britain
United States
Montgomery County
Mississippi
Missouri
Missouri River
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Iowa
Meit
Jones‘burg
High ’Hill
Florence
Montgomery City
Wellesville
Middletown
Danville
North Missouri R. R
Illinois
Iown
Wisconsin
Virginia
Kentucky
New Hampshire Republicans endorse Grant and reconstruction
The New Hampshire Republican state convention met on June 18 and adopted resolutions backing General Grant for the next presidency, supporting Reconstruction, denouncing repudiation, and urging the national debt be paid in good faith. It also urged that taxes on government securities be paid to states in proportion to troops furnished in the late war. The convention spoke against purchasing foreign territory until peace and loyalty are restored across current territories.
Hercules of the American Congress Washburne Praised
The Norwalk Gazette from Washington extols Elihu B. Washburne of Illinois as a stalwart defender against Treasury waste. The tribute hails him as a friend of Grant, a champion of pure, economical legislation, and savior of millions from lavish appropriations.
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Norwalk
Minois Washburne
Consolidation Talks Move Express Firms Toward Agreement
A formal board signed by presidents of Adams Express American Express United States Express and Merchants Union Express announces a non consolidation pact to avoid duplicate trunk lines. It details territory sharing, a uniform tariff, expense reduction, and a joint committee to supervise cost savings with effect January 1 1868. Addressed to the public the notice advocates the plan’s expected public benefit.
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Adams
American
United States
Merchants’Union Express
William B. Dinsmore
Adams Express Co
Henry Wells
American Ex. Co
Dantford N. Barney
U. S. Express Co
Enmore P. Ross
Merchants’ Union Exp. Co
Missouri as a land of resources and climate for immigrants
From Ellsville Missouri, a reader extols the state's vast resources, climate and transport links, arguing Missouri's potential attracts immigrants despite its Civil War slave history. The correspondent highlights coal and timber, stone and marble quarries, metals, glass sands, and agricultural yields, noting Missouri’s fit with Northern cereals and Southern cotton and tobacco, with a temperate climate.
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Ellsville
Montgomery Co
Missouri
Freeport Journal
Marple
Europe
Aes
Thy
Grant Family Soldier From Ohio to Civil War General
Ulysses Sidney Grant born April 27 1822 Mount Pleasant Ohio. Family moved to Georgetown Brown County. Cadet at West Point 1889, graduated 1848, brevet Second Lieutenant. Fought in Mexican War from Palo Alto to Chapultepec, promoted on field, entered City of Mexico, later led in Oregon. Muster officer 1861, colonel of Twenty first Illinois Volunteers, then Brigadier General by Lincoln, commanded District of Cairo.
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Badueah
Jet
Thompson
Green Vill
Belmont
Tennessee
Foote
Fort Donélaon
Donelson
Corinth
Pittsburgh
Army of the Tennessee
Memphis
Holly Springs
Department of Tennessee
Vicksburg
Loos
New Orleans
Mississippi
Chattanooga
Missionary Ridge
Look- Out Mountain
Bragg
Washington
Army of Potomac
Rapidan
the Wilderness
Pamunkey
James
Richmond
Petersburg
Seige
Five Forks
Lee
United States
Isoli
Hid
Ulysses Sidney Grant
Mount Pleasant
Clermont County
Ohio
Georgetown
Brown County
West Point
T. L. Harner
Missouri
Taylor
Mexico
Palo Alto
Monterey
Scott
Vera Cruz
Molino de Rey
Galena
Leather House
Grant & Son
Yates
Illinois
Springfield
Lincoln
Cairo
A Card From Mr Epviror on a Bradley Divorce Case
A local letter details a dispute with A D Meacham over testimony in the Bradley divorce case. The writer recounts witnessing, subpoenas, and conflicting affidavits, asserting Mrs Bradley's presence in the city and at Meacham’s office on dates she claimed not to be present, challenging Meacham’s impeachment strategy and defending his own sworn testimony.
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Mr. Epviror
A. D. Meacham
Pennsylvania
Cedarville
Diemer
Greene & Shuler
Shuler
Flint T
Teonelus
Bradley
Herb
Meacham
Messrs
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