Stranger in a strange land seeks funds and passage home
A letter describes a voyage from Liverpool to New York aboard the Tay, with delays and hardships. The writer details quarantine at Staten Island, loss of a hat, and lodging with Mr Hearn and Arnold & Hearn. He requests funds, notes health and intention to return once finances allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Boston
New York
Staten Island
Llostary
Arnold & Hearn
Jane
Ifvarn
Josevil
Rail Road Scheme Targets Buffalo and New York Growth
An Ontario Ohio frontier rail plan links Sandusky Lake Erie to Dayton on the Miami Canal in a 153 mile route to the Mississippi valley. The project promises to unite New York and Ohio, boost internal commerce, and position Buffalo as a key western depot while noting favorable low construction costs and stock subscriptions to be opened. The piece also describes engineering details on the Mad River line, competition with Schenectady routes, and remarks on Buffalo progress and harbour works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Mad River
Lake Erie
Springfield
Ohio
Springheld
Sandusky City
Dayton
Miami Canal
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Mississippi
New York
Schenectady
Ulica
Bellefontaine
Logan County
U.S
Ihim
G. Phillips
Gen. Vance
Urbana
Judge Mills
Connecticut
Union
Sandusky
New Orleans
Utica and
Buffalo Journal
Erie Canal
Ienry Clay
Erie
Huron
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Great West
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
Montreal
Oswego
Albany
State of
Sandusky Erty
Cholera and Mormon Tensions From 19th Century Missouri Dispatch
A Missouri correspondence reports widespread cholera, deaths at a ferry and aboard the S B Yellow Stone, and tension with Mormon settlers at Jackson City. It notes anti Mormon actions, bank debates in Congress, locust tree farming on Long Island, and Governor Lumpkin’s handling of imprisoned missionaries amid state rights debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
N.Y
Jackson City
Proclamation and Liberty Amid Jacksonian Times
The piece argues that a dangerous proclamation to free imprisoned missionaries was driven by fear of President Jackson and political pressure from Albany. It claims the act reveals moral weakness in state leadership and notes Frederick proclamations have influenced multiple regions, including Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lumpkin
Albany
Jackson
Phat
Norwalk to Erie Road Prospects and Local Nominating Notices
From Norwalk and Berlin dated August 1833, reports on the Niagara and Lake Erie Rail Road prospects, praise New York interest, and expect connectivity to Sandusky. Local notices announce candidates for county offices including Joseph Otis and Abijah Wyse, with William Spaulding and John Buckingham named for sheriff and commissioner roles. County surveyor Winniaw Kruney withdraws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Messrs. Preston & Co
Joseph Otis
Ivron
Trial of Antoine Le Blanc Began in Morristown N J
The Le Blanc murder trial for the Saura family was to start yesterday in Morristown New Jersey. Other items note editor J Snelling leaving the New Mexico Galaxy after financial losses. A petrified snakes discovery near Cumberland Maryland is described and preserved. The Philadelphia Sentinel reports banks to receive government deposits on current terms. Amos Kendall, government agent for Bank stications, has retired.
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Antoine le Blanc
Saura
Morristown
N. J
J. Snelling
N. M.galaxy
Galaxy
Philadelphia Sentinel
U. S
Cumberland
Boston Transcript
Amos Kendall
Government Fir Bank
Areved
Vast Mirror of 1832 News From New York and Beyond
A wide collection notes ships from Europe with moderate winds, cholera reports in Livingston and Cincinnati, a Boston copperplate arrest for fraud using a Jackson signature, and a Louisville paper on cholera. It mentions Mount Vesuvius activity, a West Chester court sentence, a North York editor’s rent demand, Blackstone mill wages, and slade’s Turkey travel tale. References to sugar spirits, Galena cholera, and local civic plans appear alongside varied crime, weather, and public notices.
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New York
Europe
Atlantic
John Raynall
Congy
Copenhagen
Court of Oyer and Terminer
West Chester
Hannah Hall
W. B. Wilson
Boston
Mr Cross
Nyhant Bank
Andrew Jackson
Jack Downing
Col. Drayton
Caroling
Philadelphia
Louisville
Livingston County
Salem
Ptolemy
Babylon
Mount
Vesuvious
John F. Lane
U. S. Army
Indiana Statesman
N. York
Blackstone
R. J
Colwell
Wave
British West Indies
W. Vridges
Rockbridge County
P. P. Quinby
Beast
Nantucket Inquirer
Baltimore
England
Scotland
Ireland
Galena
Dodge
Charleston Southern Patriot
James Buchanan
Russia
Louisiana
Slade
Turky
Cincinnati
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Webb
Courier and Inquirer
Buffalo City
Isaac 8. Smith
Buffalo Creek
Fake Erie
Smith
Wae
Gratiot
Engineer Corps
U. States
South Carolina
Charleston
Col
William Drayton
Congress
Carolina
Sutton
N. Y
United States Bank
Commercial Herald of Philadelphia
United States
N. ¥. Spee
Duane
Bank of
Long Island
Norwalk
Messrs. Prnsroy & Co
Abijah Yvies
Huron County
Messrs. Prustoy & Co
William C. Spaulding
New London
Western Intelligencer
Jotn Buckingham
Winniaw Kruney, Esq
Portland
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