Decatur Advertisements and California News Bits
Fragmented notices from Decatur Illinois featuring lawyers and physicians in the 1850s, business ads for general stores and paint services, plus dense California items about Fremont and Republican conventions, with scattered political letters, mining reports, and public notices. The compilation preserves names like Shepherd, Diller, McBride, Elwood, and G. Gorin among others, alongside accounts of elections and conjectures on slavery, railroads, and empire plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Republican Convention
Fathers of the Republic
John C. Fremont
William L. Dayton
Fremont
Railroad
Congress
Atlantic States
California
P. T. Herbert
Weller
Lotte Creex
Banamichi
Chironiclé
Jacinto Padilla
John Tyler
A. metala
Smith
Tyler
Mr. Smith
marcos
marco
Sonora
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A. Smith
Winvis
B. & M. McCLURE
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Wolf's
G. F. Wessels
Boots
Lou
Lowther
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Post
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Decator
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Courtlome
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GM. Wood & Co
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B. W. MOOITE
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Clewed & Co
David Prince
Joergonrilte
Ills
J. R. GORIN
Ulinoia Land Company
Revarey & Co
Philadelphia
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New York
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H. T. Miron
Pittsfield
Lilsdeoatar
Marysville Herald
Fillmore
Donelson
Wilmore
Albany
Sacramento State Journal
San Francisco
Sacramento
San Jose
Marysville
B. GRAY
JEALER
East Main tnt
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Chige
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Masonic Mall
Jane
Zaleon ELWOOD & KANE
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Danyer
Herber
Denyer
Herbert
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Francisco
Hox
P. T. Hensert
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House of Represtatives
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Carolina Times
Maine
Kansas
Nebraska
Douglas
Jacksonville
JacknoxvILLE
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Chicago Democratic Press
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Free State
Kangas
Phillips
William
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Mr. Douglas
Pierce
Richardson
Buchanan
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Breckinridge
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Fred. Douglas
Col. Fremont
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Chicago
G. A. Smith
Groves Wasitmotoy
Thomas JErrenson
dawgs Mavison
Vesuvius
Etna
Fremonteres
Judge Emerson
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Buchaniors
JOHN DAVIS
Dayton
Long Creek
Jefferson
Chase
Howell
Spaight
Read
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Herald
Frede
Messrs
Mesara
Strickland
Upson
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Evening Post
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Aaron Burr
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Richmond’ Hnquirer
South
Wiseacre
Quattlebumn
Washington City
Pierre
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Sebastopol
Virginia
Brooks
England
Seward, Hale
Beecher
Banks
Alton
Courier
Bissell
Wood
A. Lincoln
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Virginiate Republican Convention
Hancock
Brook
Marshall
Pennsylvania
J. Juppuns
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Georgia
New York Times
Douglas Jerrold
elique
London
Punch
America
Benjamin Franklin
Jerrold
Augusta
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sraintora
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Byi
Jersey
consin
Hidhie
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Jones
Tenneseeg
House of Representatives
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Democratic party
Senate
Fillmors
Evor Fremont
Hamlin
Foot
Vermont
Sumner
Massachusetts
Fish
Wade
James
Rhode Island
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Connecticut
Thomson
New Jersey
Broadhead
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Delaware
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Wiscon
Adams
Mississippi
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Dixon
Indiana
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Spain
Mexico
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