Rail power compares steam with horse transport in 19th century study
An 1830s note explains horse and steam locomotive efficiency on rails, sizing load capacity and fuel use. It contrasts horse carriage limits with locomotive output, estimating one engine equaling thousands of horses for ton miles and detailing coke consumption and daily work.
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erate
London
Biringham
Birmingham
Liverpool
Manchester and
Lardner
South Carolina Threats and Convention Call Stir State Politics
A November note discusses a state convention plan to form a new legislature like the current one, and warns of dangers from Union and Nullifier factions. Governor Hamilton’s message condemns tariffs, calls for a convention, and blasts disloyalty to the state, threatening severe penalties for opposition.
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SOUTIL CAROLINA
South Carolina
Bramilton
Columbia
Henry Deas
senate
Henry L. Pinckney
house of representatives
Hamilton
Seabrook
Warren
Manning
Butler
Campbell
Reid
Patterson
Preston
Noble
R. B. Smith
Player
Holmes
Dunkin
Mrvin
M’Cord
M’Willie
Cohen
Potts
Maxwell
Colin
Cogent
Union party
Col. Drayton
United States
Columbia Telescope
Charleston Union party
U. States
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Carolina
Calves Reveal Harsh Realities of Farm Cattle Care
On farms calves demand constant care and disease prevention with limited escape from routine remedies. The author notes that no livestock segment tests farmer vigilance more than young cattle and underscores hard work behind steady herds.
Indian land cession earns praise from Washington Globe
Washington Globe congratulates the nation on the end of the Indian war and notes a treaty with the Winnebagoes. The agreement transfers lands south of the Wisconsin and east of the Mississippi, about 4,600,000 acres, described as fertile, well watered, and favorable for farming.
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Old
Genesee
Lake Ontario
United States
Montreal
Quebec
New York
sry
Washington Globe
Scott
Reynolds
Winnebagoes
Ouisconsin
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Huron Reflector
Matthew M’Kelvey
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Abijah Ives
cenwich
Varney Pearce
wesburgh
George A. Knight
P. M. ar Creek
Richard Salisbury
Iksfield
Sreith Starr
tire man
Justin Sherman
renee
George A. Boalt
therst
Elipharet Redington
yria
Ozias Long
dredge
David
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Genesee Farmer
American Farmer
Baltimore
Barnitz
York
Tie
Chester county
middle states
England
Ottawa
theorth
Lake Erie
sea board
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