Downing Letters From Concord and Politics on Bank Money
Letters from Mas. Jack Downing and Major Downing in 1833 discuss President cruising policy, tensions over the Bank of the United States, and political maneuvering with Van Buren. The tone mixes humor with critique as they warn of bank control, urge caution with funds, and reference Amos Kindle and Washington matters.
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llecandria
Columby
Concord
Randolph
Gina al
Major Downing
Joshua
Downing
Mas
JACK DOWNING
Rip
Amos
Washington
U. States
Biddle
Cineral
Treasury
Gineral
York
New Orleans
St. Louis
Mobile
Buffalo
east
Congress
Calhoun
Georgia
Gingrid
Saratogue
Van Buren
plaguy
Isaac Hill
Cass
J. DOWNING
Downinville
Austin family in Texas described as fertile promised land
The autumn 1831 journey of Mrs Mary Austin Ebelly to Texas is recounted. She returned to publish a stately volume praising the country’s beauty and bounty, noting perpetual summer climate, abundant soil, large yields of sweet potatoes, rich timberlands, and a hospitable, contented settler community free of envy or political strife.
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agricultural society
New York
New England
Boston
Lynn
Deerfield
Connecticut
Col. Wilson
Massachusetts agricultural society
Genesee
Mary Austin Ebelly
President Ffolly
Transylvanian University
Texas
Aragoria
Urazos
Austins Colony
fay
Treaty with Waplus Negotiated by Neapolitan King
The Salem Commercial Advertiser deems a copy of a treaty between the United States and His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies. It aims to settle depredations on American commerce by Murat during 1809 1810 and 1812 with sequestrations confiscations and damages. The king agrees to pay two million Neapolitan ducats to the United States.
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United States
Kingdom of
Naples
WAPLUS
Salem Commercial Advertiser
Ameria
Kingdom
Two
Sivilies
Arnett
the Two Sicilies
Murat
A New Mode of Roguery On Albany Boat
On an Albany riverboat a clever theft occurred when a stranger accepted a letter containing money for safe delivery. A well dressed youth overheard the address and pretended to be the intended recipient, then slipped away with the letter. The owner and a friend later attempted to recover it, but the rogue vanished.
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France
New York Agricultural Society
N. York
lan
Li. C. Meadowbanks
Albany
Lup
Morrows of War in Wilna Hospitals and Ruined Lands
Describes wartime horrors after the French retreat from Mostow. About 17,000 dead and dying in Wilna hospitals. Bodies used to repair structures, piled in the Great Convent. Frozen figures show last moments. Civilians gather around burning ruins, eating burnt bodies, while horses suffer mangled bodies.
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Wilna
aledes
nous
Mostow
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Laan au
New York Daily Advertiser
AMOS KINDLE
Newngland
Dwight
Connecticut river
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