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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1841
Page
3
J C Poitier Esqr is not a candidate for Warden as requested in the notice. The proclamation reiterates that Poitier will not stand in the upcoming election and provides details on the official stance for Georgetown proceedings.
Reports from Philadelphia note the United States Bank of Pennsylvania suspends specie payments on the fourth, amid doubts on solvency and calls for debt assumptions. Washington debates extra sessions, tariff reform, land policy, and state debt, with party caucuses signaling sharp divisions as banking fears ripple to South Carolina and England.
Washington reporting on February 4 notes growing dissension in the Whig ranks over the Treasury Note bill. Virginia conservative James Graciano breaks with leaders, while Daniel Adams delivers a fiery anti slavery and anti southern tirade accusing Wise and other southern Whigs of opposing free discussion and petition rights.
Baltimore correspondence reports General Harrison arriving by open carriage at Pratt street depot and entering Barnum's City Hotel amid a vast, cheering crowd. He paused to acknowledge the welcome, accepting a congratulatory address from C F Mayer before addressing the assemblage.
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