Remembrance and ruin in the fall of Henry St Clair
A narrator recalls Henry St Clair his former friendship and noble promise and the decline into infidelity drunkenness and crime. St Clair confesses his guilt in a fatal seduction and the death of his betrothed and ends in ruin. The piece closes with clergy political cautions and a Pittsfield machine fusion note.
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Delirum
Henry St. Clair
St. Clairt
St. Clair
Bam
Oman
Mysel
Biel
Pittsfield
Dr Franklin's Legacy and Corn Cob Feeding Factoids
A colonial era note details Dr Franklin's will leaving £1000 to Boston youths under 25 who serve as apprentices with good character and five percent interest. It also notes corn cobs extend cattle feed value, and ends with a livery stable joke about making horses.
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Franklin
Boston
Hemp Dressing Machine Promises High Quality Flax Output
An 1820s hemp and flax machine promotion announces Barnum and Stevenson’s device to farmers in Huron and nearby counties. It offers payment per ton for well cured hemp and promises superior dressing, with certificates from New York legislators and prominent manufacturers endorsing its efficiency and quality.
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Huron
Sandusky
Everson
Gage
Portland
Robert Wilcox
New- York
Jonathan Deer
Benjamin
Fassett
Leonard Darby
Campaines. N
Barnum and Stephenson
Jonathan Dorr
B. S. Fassett
Leoxarp Darsy
Europe
America
Bette
Barnum & Stevenson
ScHagniicoxe
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Henry St. Cair
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Lanquet Hall
Yeo Wei
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Dlessea
Cate
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Allston
Roger Allston
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Claire
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Clereymen
Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania University
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New York
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Chenango
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Niagara
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Wash. & War
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Ohio
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Carlisle
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Ene Bank
Bridgeport
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Didilver Lake
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Meek
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Middletown
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New-Seaton
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Delaware
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York
Wilmn. & Brand
Kingston
Une
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Bus. P.S
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St. Croix
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Teneriffe
A. Bargath
Rise Field
Norwalk
Turon County
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Canton
Stark Co. Ohio
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