California glimpsed through a 1848 officer’s letter
An officer’s extract from April 19 1848 describes Upper California as quiet with garrisons at La Paz and San Jose. It notes large open plains unsuitable for crops, potential irrigation, rich minerals including quicksilver, silver, gold and copper, and predicts San Francisco Bay as the coast’s commercial hub. Monterey is noted as a growing town. weather and climate are summarized with coastal warmth and interior heat in summer. The text concludes with a Wisconsin political note supporting Cass and Butler as Democratic standard bearers.
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California
Mostaery
Cataroama
Upper California
la Paz
San Jose
Gulf
Cape
Forbes
Wias
Calfornia
Bay
San Francisco
Monterey
Buffalo convention urges abolitionism in federal policy
The Barnburners platform called for federal action to end slavery where Congress can legislate and to prohibit its expansion in new territories. It declares no more slave states or territories and supports free institutions for settlers in Oregon New Mexico and California amid opposition to the slave power. It labels Martin Van Buren as apostate for previously supporting federal power to regulate slavery.
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New World
Oregon
New Memec
Californa
Pytat
Columbia
Martin van Buren
Congress
Tig “Avery
Caion
G. C. Vaughn
Igyais
Calton
Vaughn
G. OC
Bulfalo
Man Street
Wholsate
Seta
Brine and Courtroom Aide Sparks Legal Controversy
A New York paper reports a bribe scandal involving a late court case, a lawyer, and an alleged scheme to influence a judge. The piece hints at a narrow, contested outcome and calls for investigative reporting from newsroom staff.
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New York
Sander
Northern face of Gen Taylor framed in 19th century politics
The Pittsburgh Gazette prints a Thomas Ewing letter praising Gen Taylor and warning that Cass would veto tariffs improvements and free territory policies. The New York Tribune lauds Delaware delegates Goodwin and Cutter for backing Taylor and condemns rival critics as opportunists.
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Pittsburgh Gazette
Thomas Ewing
Ohio
Wm. H. Johnston
Congress
Taylor
Cass
Gen
New York Tribune
Meers. Goodwin
Cutter
Goodein
Asj
Dover
CN. BL Gazette
Portrait in His Pocket Mocked by Old Farmer
A lawyer sits for a portrait in a favored pose with one hand in his pocket. Friends and clients praise the likeness while an old farmer dissenters, claiming the hand in the pocket makes it not him. The farmer quips that if the other hand were in someone else's pocket it would resemble him again.
Paylor Repudiated in Michigan
The Taylor Club of Laning Michigan repudiates Gen Taylor and backs Van Buren and Adams after the Buffalo Convention news. Daniel R. Tilden travels in Michigan arranging terms of abandoning Taylor and transferring forces to Buffalo nominees. Ohio mirrors similar repudiation signs.
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van Buren
Adams
Daniel R. Tilden
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Gen
Taylor
Ohio
Statesman
A Buenos Aires Bone Trade Tale of Fortune
A poor Frenchwoman in Buenos Ayres, twelve years ago, devised a scheme from discarded slaughterhouse bones. She boiled and skimmed to sell bone fat at markets, growing her business as profits rose. Four years ago she expanded, renting space and hiring teams to collect bones from carts, turning waste into a thriving enterprise.
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Bomdromen
Montevideo
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