Congressional powers over disabilities and public debts
The text states Congress may remove disabilities by two thirds vote in each House. It asserts the validity of the US public debt, including pensions and bounties for suppressing insurrection, shall not be questioned. It prohibits the United States or any state from paying debts incurred to aid insurrection or for slave emancipation losses, declaring such debts illegal and void.
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Congress
United States
United Sates
Maine Election Victory by a Large Union Majority
The Maine election produced an overwhelming Union victory with a reported majority exceeding twenty five thousand. Every Congressional District and county was carried, with all State Senators and most House members elected, defeating Copperhead efforts aided by the National Administration. J G Blaine chairs the Union State Committee.
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Chicago Tribune
Aes State Central Com
Augusta
House of Representatives
Copperheads
Maine
Northwest
J.G. Blaine
Union State Com
A Reforming Tour as Johnson Guides Nation
A satirical dispatch recounts Johnson, Seward, and Beecher on a Western tour to rally support for a policy of central power. It follows reviews of receptions in Albany Skenactady Rome Lockport and Detroit, noting protests and petitions for post offices, and the President’s fluctuating reception and comic misfires.
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Whch
Detroit
Michigan
Washington
Andreo Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Seward
Beecher
Hevin P. M
Thev
Heven
John‘son
Randall
Doolittle
Sind
Lincoln
Calkerlatin
Jong
Philadelphia
Sam
Hevin
Bull Run
New York
Ngo Oth
Albany
Fenton
Albany In Disgust. Skenactady
Sum Won
Skenaktedy
Urica
Douglas
Legislador
Cleveland
Neo Orleans
Memnis
Grant
noDe
Farragut
Andrea
Fremont
Toledo
Hisself Agin
Parlor visit ends with a moral on manners and truth
A man entertained by a girl with cake and a parlor visit leaves after a girl reveals how behavior affects guests. The incident ends with a caution to parents about keeping children from the parlor when strangers visit. Also notes maple tree insect infestation in Stratford, Connecticut.
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Berg
Freeport Markets Tuesday Sept 11 1866
Market prices list for wheat oats corn barley and rye with multiple grades. Includes butter beef hides veal cheese eggs and pork values. Corrected weekly by White Rowell & Co Wisconsin and Michigan Lumber Yard Freeport Illinois. An advertisement for Phalon Night Blooming Cereus perfume follows.
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N.Y
White Rowell & Co
Wisconsin
Michigan
Brewster House
Freeport
Illinois
Bible Advocacy Spreads Through Freeport Retailer
Louis F. Burrell of Freeport urges promotion of Bible education in family and schools. He cites ministers and editors should align with scripture, praising the Bible as radical yet right for guiding life and national salvation.
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America
James W. Alexander
Beecher
Greeley
God
One Choice to Serve the Lord in Faith and Duty
A speaker declares unwavering commitment to serving the Lord despite political temptations. The piece notes farm goods for sale at 116 Stephenson Street including corn, sugar, barrels of apples, cider vinegar, churns, tubs, and pails.
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Stephenson Street
Unclaimed Letters at Freeport Post Office Illinois 1866
List of unclaimed correspondence remaining at the Freeport Illinois post office dated September 11 1866 includes names such as Macune Mora John Mey Huldah Montgomery David Eyer Thos P Morton Azro Preston Isaac Pierce Lavina Patten and many others with various initials and middle names. The document records received letters awaiting pickup and does not indicate destinations or statuses beyond unclaimed.
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Freeport
State of Illinois
Macune
M Mora
John Mey
Huldah
M Montgomery
David Eyer Thos
P Morton Azro
Preston Isaac Pierce Lavina J Patten
Russell Isaac T Rogers
Carey Russell
H Sneavely
John W Shuburn
FA Sage
Enen Tyler Eliza Troy J
W Taft Myron JL
Tardy
Trowbridge T Vernattle
Lusely
Walpole
R Wise
Thos O
Wilson
Mary
Mrs Wakefield
Caroline Wise
Frederick ‘Wood
Jane Wideman John William Jennie Wakefield
Amanda Wood
G Wise
Eric Willson Chase Weaver
Lorenzo
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Toledo Blade
ASBY
Mr. Nasby
Nasaty
P.M
Stratford
Connecticut
Andes
Eden Vales
Phalon
Louis F. Burrell
Yankee Nations
Addams Lavina Agness
Amny Baldwin & Stom Bouck
Henry Baldwin
Billings Birch
Brady Patrick Burns
Peter
Carmichael J
Dustin WP
Decoolf
Frantz
Freeman Almir
Grover George Gibbonds
Edward Geockley
Benjamin Garrison
E Hall C
Hallo
Hibbard
Heckard Fannie Hancock
Elizate Herbruck
Fred Harman
Lucy
Kimball Lawrence Kinne
AJ Lapp
Susan Lapp
Leah Learning
Mark J
Lincoln Jennie McAllister
Madden Thos Mead Levi A
Lorillard
Fire Insurance Company
OF New York
Lorillard Fire Insurnce Company
Freeport and Vicinity
A. P. Long
Portland
West
Chicago
Wright
Zegler & Hoebel
Toys &c
Stephenson ST
Freefort, Ill
Mr. Kuntz
Itr
W.G. Wing & CO
Monroe Street
Aken
Fred Watson
Ermont Merinos
Vermont
Tates
Vis
Hammond
le Obiry
Col
Anthany
Castleton
Wintebawe
Murry Hill
Monsey
Rockland Co
Wheeler & Wilson's
Grover & Baker
Ceseu
Everett Assembly Rooms
Olub RA
Wren 900
Csvvepernenin AB
J.J. Adams
Nassau St
Zaston
Danaville
New York City
Auiginburg
City Satpleton
Wis
Crescent
Tag
Western Union Railroad Co
Racine
Western Union Railroad Company
Conany
W. V. Baker
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