Local Locofoco Vote Count Sparks Debate in New York
The Experiment boasted a Locofoco majority of 1738 in New York City, but the tally fell to 1567, 328 votes short of last November’s lead. The Evening Post admits disappointment, aiming for a two thousand-plus margin, while a contributor retracts a prior endorsement based on a misread waybill.
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New York
Locofoco
Locoteco
Evening Post
Locofoco Journal of
Ebenezer Warner
Columbus
New York City
Locos of New York mock commemoration and Harrison slander
A contentious editorial denounces a Locos of New York celebration featuring a controversial flag portrayal mocking General Harrison. It condemns British deserter rhetoric, recalls past wartime gratitude, and vows public support for Harrison, mourning the death of Hugh Lawson White in Tennessee.
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Locos
New York
Marvison
Canada
Harrison
Great Britain
York Court Casts Forty Two Electoral Votes for Harrison
New Jersey condemns the party leadership in Congress over its handling of York. The town elections show a continued gain for Harrison and Tyler as districts rally behind the ticket amid political tension and calls for reform.
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York
Harrison
Tyler
New Jersey
Avis
Congress
Flarrison
Seve. Herald
Norwalk expansion bill and local party dispute
The Ohio General Assembly considers extending Norwalk's corporate limits north of Main Street toward Perry's farm and adjoining lands, with rules applying to the expanded area. A Clarkfield Whig letter denounces a Locofoco polemic about local elections, praising Starr and criticizing a Democratic stance and physician rival.
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Norwalk
Huron County
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Main Street
Office Perry
E. Sheldon
E. Penderson
Perry
Thomas J. Buchanan
House of Representatives
William Wlauuguilin
Senate
Harrison and Reform Tippecanoe Club Gathering Ad
A 1840 notice invites supporters of Harrison and Reform from several counties to a log cabin gathering at Bellevue on May 2 at noon with English and German addresses. It calls for unity against office-holders' corruption and notes a second meeting at the White School House in Norwalk on April 30 at six PM led by D. Squires.
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Harrison
Belle- Vue
Tippecanoe Club
Bellevue
Friends of
Harrison and
Reform
Huron
Erie
Sandusky
Seneca
White School House
Actend
D. Squires
Prost
Norwalk
Proclamation for Norwalk Town Officers Election May Day
Proclamation states qualified electors in Norwalk must meet on the first Monday of May at the Court House between 10 AM and noon to elect a Mayor a Recorder five Trustees and an Assessor for the ensuing year. Issued by Horace Saxton Mayor on April 27 1840.
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Norwalk
Horace Saxton
Oko Mikida
Oeluck
C. W. Pag
John Dounce
Said Dounce
A. AE
Milan
Townsend
Stuart's Corners
Medina Road
Jane’s
Wm. Chapin
Death Notice of Mrs Many Slocum in Village
Died in this village on Monday after a lingering illness Mrs Many Slocum aged 3 cent wife of Mr Ebenezer Slocum in the local notice death of Mrs Slocum in the village after long illness to the sorrow of family and friends
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Many Slocun
Ebenezer Slocum
N Y Priges Current Weekly Ed Corrected Prices
Fragmented OCR listing meat and wood prices reads like a market page with items such as beef pork prime and various staves Red Oak White Oak and pipes. The text is garbled but implies a price listing typical of a weekly market update from a New York newspaper.
Weather Tile Recap Past Week
The week featured clear and pleasant days on 21 and 23. Cloudy and rainy conditions occurred on 22 and 26 with a squally spell on 25. Cool temperatures on 27 capped a variable forecast across the period.
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Tves
Administrator’s Sale of Milan Lands in Huron County
Nathan Jenkins as administrator of Asa Sanford’s estate offers at public auction on May 30, 1840, at the Eagle Tavern Milan for multiple parcels in Milan village and surrounding townships. The sale includes Inlet No. 15 and other Inlots totaling acres, several described tracts in sections four and three of townships, and a widow’s dower portion in Milan with dwellings, all per court order.
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Ursuant
Court of Common Pleas
County of Huron
Nathan Jenkins
Asa Sanford
James Sanford
Sophronia Sanford
Eagle Tavern
Milan Village
Milan
Abijah Com
Moody Mears
Sanford
Juron
William Eldridge
Sophronia
James
Giles R. Sanford
Norwalk
Abijah Comstock
Huron River
Inlet No
Rees
Admi
Moody & Eastman
Cyrus Perkins
M.D
J.C. Cheseman
M. D
New York
Benjamin Barrett
Benj. E. Cook
J. P. Williston
Samuel Wells
Northampton
I. G. Tall
Huron
G. Hall
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Hugh Lawson
Tennessee
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Providence
Abel
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Ailany Evening Journal
New-York
Varian
Vax Berex
United States
van Buren
Garxsia
Verian
Cuawmn House
K van Brea
Tammany Hal
Mes
Denid
Bigs
Albis
Empire State
NEA
Clarksfield
Frederick A.wildman
Justus Barnes
Locofeco
Sc. &c
Follawe
Starr
Old Amas
Martin the Great
Clarkspield
Spectator
N. York
Priges Current.ed Weekly
Moon
Eekly Glinatac
Sun
R. Bronson, Esq
J. Sidney Skinner
Robert Brown
Yaklead
Mercer Tract
Wooster
Daniel L. Clark
Bronson
Hartland
Tie
Oraz
Wickham & Preston
Wess
Jas. A. Taxelor
Veater Street
T. J. Barras & Co
Ley
Killball
Roalt & Worcester
Beys
J. B. Varmat
Pearl Sweet
Aost
B. Bost Wick
Tidin
Democrat
Repository
Canton
Weekly Herald
Cleveland
Ohio Star
Ravenna
Chronicle
Warren
E. B. Bostwick
Pearl Street
N. C
Bus Office
FE. Gray
C. W. Page
Garretson
Plower Garden
Long Island
J. Sydney Skinner
Orwalk Drug Store
Eclectic School
W. Chapin
Ray
Miss Beecher
Mansfield
Smith
Mason
Theodore Barer
Norwith
Jairus Kennanes
Kentucky
Florence
Monsseline de Laines
Bishop Lown
Rio
Whyler
Timothy Baker
Duff Green
Baltimore
Ohio State Journal
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Charles Scott
Ohio Spave Journal
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