Co-Operative Stove Making At Rathbone Lard Co
Rathbone Lard and Co of Albany proposes partial cooperation for the coming year. Wages stay the same, no strikes or lockouts, no discrimination, and a shop committee to handle grievances. Ten percent of wages is withheld until year end to ensure compliance. forfeiture applies if a strike occurs, or the firm faces a lock-out.
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Rathbone, Lard & Co
Albany
N. Y
Springfield Republican
Vicksburg
United States
Earth
Castle Thunder
Silver Dollar: A plea for bi metals and coinage policy
Cleveland O. argues for reopening silver coinage to its $4,000,000 limit and using silver to meet federal obligations. He contends bi metals stabilize gold and silver, reduce international cotton and wool treaty needs, and urges the United States to measure coin obligations in silver to empower the people.
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Europe
United States
Cleveland, O
DARING AND SUFFERING Civil War episode recounted by a participant
A first person Civil War memoir fragment describes foraging for pigs, making weapons from a strap and stone, and crossing a river with a mate. The narrator recalls a mountain crossing, rough weather, and camp life including scavenged corn and a river crossing mishap while pursuing a retreat.
Escape and homeward return of captured Union raiders
The narrative recounts an arduous 47 day escape through mountain camps and hostiles, aided by sympathetic civilians, leading to union lines and exchange. After loosing fear and hunger, the men reach Washington, receive rations, and recount meeting Lincoln and sharing their harrowing odyssey with officials and clergy.
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Cleveland
Union
Tennessee River
Porter
Wollam
Mussel Shoals
Corinth
Mississippi
Dorsey
Hawkins
Bragg
Kentucky
Ust
Tennessee
Wood
Wilson
Chattahoochee River
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
War Department
Atlanta
United States Army
Confederacy
Richmond
Libby
Castle Thunder
James River
Washington
Fales
Ohio
J. C. Wetmore
Interview with Stanton and Lincoln after wartime escape
The party meets Secretary of War Stanton in Washington where he honors Parrott with a medal and a promise of education and a $100 from the secret service fund. Lincoln receives the group in a plain office, notes luck with battles, and grants sixty day furloughs with transport home.
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Washington
Staunton
Ohio
Wetmore
Hitchcock
Sigel
Stall
Stanton
Lon
Steubenville
South
Gen. Mitchel
Parrott
West Point
Congress
Secret Service Fund
Todd
Smithsonian Institution
Abraham Lincoln
War Office
Lincoln
Smithsonian
Cey
Great Guard
Sing
Lin
Union Party
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Andrews
Georgia
William Pittenger
War Publishing Co
Brown
Chis
Hiwassee
North Carolina
Rrows
Knight
Jacob Parrott
B. H. Mason
Rebal
Petersburg
City Point
Maine
Secretary Stanton
President Lincoln
White House
Buffum
Baptist Church
Mason
Swim
Joseph Holt
J.C. Wetmore
Ohio Military Agency
Holt
Justice Callan
Gen. Buell
Army and Navy Gazette
Secretary of War
William Bensinger
William Reddick
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