Lundy Lane Battle Eyed by Old Warrior Memoir
A vivid 1814 Lundy’s Lane encounter described by a veteran narrator. The piece recounts General Scott’s brigade, Ripley and Hindman actions, the British assault under Drummond, a storm on the battery, brutal hand to hand fighting, heavy casualties, and reflections on memory, graves, and legacy. The narrative blends battlefield detail with somber tribute and literary asides.
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Scott— Ripley — Miller
Havig
Scott
Brown
Lundy's Lane
Ripley
Riall
Towson
Leavenworth
Hindman
Porter
Drummond
Ceramy
Jesup
Miller
Scott i
Maj
Ripley Atlaeth
Winter leisure as self education for industrious youth
The piece urges industrious youth to use winter evenings for reading and study, arguing self tuition builds lasting knowledge and character. Citing Franklin, Cicero, and Henry Clay, it stresses reading across fields from farming to commerce to government, claiming pleasure and social value come from study and self improvement.
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Franklins
Shermans
Rittenhouses
Bowditches
Watts
Fergusone
Simpsons
England
United States
Cicero
Rome
Louisville Journal
Tragic love tale of sea captain and dying fiancée
A year before, a young sea captain left for a voyage to China with his betrothed, a sixteen year old girl. He sent letters filled with devotion while she grew weak from consumption. Soon after his return, he finds her gravely ill and dying, and she passes away, leaving him to mourn as a hero’s farewell echoes.
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Hitele
New England
Pup
Deacon No
Ching
Charles Wallace
Paradise
Silk farming urged for US farmers benefits and feasibility
The text lists reasons urging Americans, especially farmers, to grow silk. It argues silk imports are heavy, the nation has suitable resources and mulberry stock, skill is easy to acquire, land is ample, capital needs are low, and silk offers reliable sales and crop certainty. It frames silk as a practical relief from imports and a broadly accessible enterprise.
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United States
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Deacon No. 2
Peai
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Albany Journal
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Senate
Sully
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