Baltimore Whig parade banners honor Harrison in May 1840
The Baltimore city delegation leads a Whig procession with banners for Religious Toleration and Public Liberty, a Log Cabin float, and a Banner reading Tip Tyler and the Tariff. Delegations from Maryland counties and states follow, with banners for Laurel Factory, Old St Marys, and the Union. A fatal assault on a marcher and calls for order mark the event.
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Baltimore City
St. Mary's
Old St. Mary’s
Lord Baltimore
Old Tippecanoe
Tip
Laurel Factory
Prince George’s County
Maryland
Sisco
A.C. Smith
Allegheny
Cumberland
Morrison Liberty and the Constitution in Public Service
A compact note citing the phrase "the Presidential term the integrity of the public servants the safety of the public money and the general good of the people" as a guiding reference. Reflects 19th century debates on constitutional fidelity and governance.
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Morrison
Liberty
Whig Convention at Baltimore Spurs Reform Drive
Readers are invited to peruse the Young Men's Whig National Convention at Baltimore. About 25,000 attended representing all states with banners. The piece contrasts Whig unity and resolve to resist office-holders, calling for reform and criticizing the Brown’s Hotel Democrat meeting and alleged federal influence in elections. It includes Jeffersonian references and critiques of Buckingham’s postmaster role in Norwalk.
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Howard St
Waughlin
A. H. Greenfield
Laughlin
Federal Hill
Baltimore
United States
Maine
Georgia
Continental Congress
NEM. Com
Matty
Madisonian
Senator Grundy
Globe
Governor Hill
N. Hampshire
General Dix
New York
Burke
Felix Grundy
United States Senate
Federal
Isaac Hill
Cincinnati
Loco Force
Congress
Sheldon McKnight
Michigan
Detroit
Thomas Jefferson
van Buren
Brown's Hotel
John Buckingham
Jefferson
Democratic Party
Buckingham
Billingsgate
Iit
Menu
Worwalk
Norwalk
Alan
Brown's
Hiram K. Steele
Steele
Brass pan legend sparks quirky street chant
In a playful street performance, Are Farchmert leads a brass pan parade. Stranger directs the crowd with rhythmic calls while others interject with improvised lines. The scene blends music with spontaneous wordplay.
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District OF Columbia
Virginia
Old Dominion
Stanley
South-Carolina
Sons of
South Georgia
Harrison
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
Rome
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Senate
Clay
Ohio
Republic
Hamilton County
Ohio River
Landing
North Bend
Muskingum
Fort Meigs
Proctor
Louisiana
Indiana
Buffalo
Mississippi
Illinois
Alabama
Union
Republican Committee
City
Washington
Young Men’s Committee
Central Democratic Tippecanoe Club
Central Whig Committee
States
Democratic Tippecanoe Clubs
Harrison Associations
Executive Committee of Seventy Six
Missouri
Arkansas
Twelfth Ward
Thompson
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Harris
Flector
Wolwalk
Thomas Corwen
Warren County
John. Mumford
N. York
John I. de Graff
Henry Vail
Dutee J. Pearce
Rancom H. Gillett
S. Medary
Phineas Allen
U.S
John Brown Francis
Rhode Island
George &. Patterson
Port of Huron
Erie
Huton
Huron
New Haven
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