Stark biography and battles from the American Revolution
General John Stark emerges as a central figure in the era from the Lake George campaigns to the Bennington victory. The article recounts his rugged leadership at Bennington, Bunker's Hill, and Trenton, his conflicts over command, and his later retirement after a long career highlighted by loyal New Hampshire support and a Monument in Westminster Abbey.
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John Stark
Spark
Stark
M. Edward Everett
Boston Courier
N. Hampshire
London
New Sampshire
St. Francis
John
Crown Point
Baronian
Fort Ed
New
Rogers
Rangers
Luke
Acresce
Litios
Fort William Henry
St. Patrick’s Day
Canada
Massachusetts
America
Ticonderoga
Lake George
Lord Howe
General Court of
Westminster Abbey
Howe
Elizabeth Page
Dunbarton
Medford
Bunker's Hill
Gage
Trenton
Ife
New Hampshire
Washington
Burgoyne
Vermont
John Langdon
Portsmouth
American Fur Company and its Vast Outfit in the West
The American Fur Company has operated for eight years under J. J. Astor, employing over a thousand in two branches at St. Louis and Mackinaw. It ships provisioning and hides via steamboats to the Oregon country, with a principal post 1800 miles above the Missouri. In 1831 a trip yielded nine thousand buffalo lungs. furs include fox species, bears, wolves, otters, minks, panthers and more. a great competitor is unnamed.
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Williamston
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
New Jersey
S. E. Posi
J.J. Astor
Western Department
St. Louis
Northern
Mackinaw
Missouri
Mississippi
Oregon
Rocky Mountains
Columbia
Oregon Mountains
Missouri River
Thiey
American Fur Company
Reappearance of the Locusts in May Seen Likely
The article warns that immense locust swarms may reappear in May, noting a 17 year cycle with past appearances in 1817 and earlier years. It explains locust life cycle from eggs to larval stages, their herbivorous diet, and the damage they cause to salt marshes and crops when they gather in clouds and devastate vegetation.
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New
Eng
Wonderful Case of a Worm Found in Roxbury
A visitor to Roxbury reports a worm over 30 feet long removed from a young man. The white creature had joints, a lancet point head, flat body and strong contractions causing intense pain. The patient, about 26, claims it has troubled him since infancy. doctors hold hope for life. Dr. Stewart invites curiosity to view the specimen, preserved in spirits.
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Roxbury
Stewart
Llenow
Tife
Dr. Stewart
Governor appoints three to Wa bash and Erie Canal land survey
Ohio Governor names Abraham Shane of Tuscarawas County William Blackburn of Columbiana County and Robert B Millstein of Butler County to act as Commissioners to locate and establish the canal line under the act passed in the last legislative session The arrangement from Indiana and Ohio gives Ohio 250 000 acres to aid the canal with land donated from unsold U S lands between Fort Meigh on the Miami of the Lake and the canal corridor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Abraham Shane
Tuscarawaa County
William Blackburn
Columbiana County
Robert B. Millstein
Butler County
Wabash and Erie Canal
United States
Fort Meigh
Miami
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Preston
Schuyler
Northern Department
Congress
Alampshire
Baron Reichel
Col. Baum
Bennington
Col. Gregg
Baum
Nichols
Herrick
Molly Stark
Massachusetts Senate
Board of War
Merrimac
Vitor General Stark
Silliman’s Journal
Eaton
John Ball
Dartmouth College
State of
New York
Mississippi River
Northampton
Greenfield
Pacific
Montreal
Fort Vancouver
Society of Gentleman
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson’s Bay
Senate
Indian Department
Webster
Ontario County
N. Y
Clay
York County
Wilkins
Poindexter
Chouse of Representatives
Duncan
Illinois
Committee of Ways and Means
National Intelligencer
Bank of the
House of Representatives
Treasury
Bank of the United States
Bicknell’s
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