Stranger in Vernon Whie village and Atlantic slave rumors
An American traveler meets a rough local youth near New Salem while recounting a curious encounter in Vermont. The piece then shifts to alarming chatter about Atlantic slave traders, a pirate slaver packet bound for New Orleans and Havana, and reports of captured white girls sold to African chiefs.
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Pion
Mercury
Ors
Massachusetts
Green Mountains
Vernon
New Salem
Jonathan
Hoskin
Beyant
Pordlunk
Africa
New Orleans
Havana
Havanna
Matanzas
Rey
Madame Rumor
Anecdotes From History and Oddities About Papal Encounters
A fragment discusses a shipyard or steamship project and a historical tale of Sir Thomas Boleyn and his dog at a Papal audience. It notes a rash gesture by the Pope and the dog biting the Pope, provoking laughter and later the English break with papal authority. The passage references Henry VII, Anne Boleyn, and Catherine of Aragon as context for the divorce dispute and England’s split from Rome.
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England
Rome
Henry VII
Thomas Boleyn
Clement the
Anna Boleyn
Wiltshire
Catharine of
Europe
Clement
Earl of Wiltshire
Biets
The Dinners of Richelieu and a Vengeful Cardinal
An old Normandy officer recalls dinners at the Chateau de Ruel when Cardinal Richelieu hosted a secret executioner and victim for intimate executions. The tale ends with Richelieu's death and the executioners leaving no trace, followed by a note on newspaper etiquette from the Boston Courier.
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Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu
France
Normandy
Paris
Chateau de Ruel
Honout
Neuilly
Ruel
Po Ruel
Pam
Lare
Sant
Boy Wanted Advertisement Brings Unusual Return
A northern merchant placed an ad reading Boy Wanted. The next day a band box appeared on his door with the note How will this one answer. Inside lay a fat, chubby specimen of the advertised item wrapped in warm flannel.
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New York
San
New York Sun
Great Western Steam Ship Company
Bristol
Tara Wronad
Wade
Aline Stern
Sories
Sirener
Boston Courier
Williams
Common Pleas
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