The Thirteen Votes Wager A Strange Town Tale
A Granite State man named Martyn faces ridicule after paying for votes with thirteen ballots. A tavern wager turns into a comic scene as a stranger repeats thirteen votes to provoke him, ending in a brawl and a quick exit. Courtly commentary follows on other Brockville gun seizure actions and loyalist authorities.
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Granite State
Martyn
Wattie Martyn
Mr. Martyn
Pierce Shafton
Waiter Scott
Hts
Fpr
Boston
Smith
New England
Mr. Smith
Stone
Marlyn
Stentor
Martin
Outrage Reported Over American Schooner Seizure
An Oswego citizen recounts the Brockville seizure of the American schooner G. S. Weeks bound for Oswego with 90 tons of cargo. The COL Fraser action, including detaining the master and looting cargo, sparked U.S. protest led by Col. Worth aboard the U. S. steamer Oneida.
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Oswego
Brockville
N. Y. Commercial
United States
Lake Ontario
G. S. Weeks
Col. Fraser
Brookville
Morristown
Ogdensburgh
Fraser
Col. Worth
U.S
U. S
Oneida
Col. F
Worth
Dutch American Treaty Governs Trade and Vessels
A January Washington treaty between Holland and the United States provides for equal duties on goods imported or exported in Dutch or American bottoms. It forbids special premiums between ports, ensures national vessel rates, and extends consular equality and aid in shipwrecks. The pact lasts ten years and renews unless objections arise.
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Holland
United States
Washington
U. States
End of the Florida War Reported in May 4 Bulletin
The N C Commercial Bulletin reports from the St Augustine News that preliminaries of a peace treaty with the Seminoles have begun. Gen Macomb orders kindness to enemy POWs and food supplies at military posts as the war nears closure. The Indians are said to reserve land rights, signaling a potential surrender by whites in defeat.
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N. C. Commercial Bulletin
Florida
St. Augustine
Macomb
Everglades
Cincinnati
England
Egyptian Wives and Public Land Sale Highlight 19th Century
An essay notes ancient Egyptian marital power with wives as lords and husbands pledging obedience to wives. It also reports Milwaukie land district selling 425,500 acres in the largest US public land sale, totaling $567,339 with about 95 percent bought by settlers at minimum government price.
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Milwaukie Land District
United States
Lutherans Buy Land in Missouri for College Project
Seven hundred Lutherans recently arrived from Europe in Missouri have purchased ten thousand acres in Perry county along the Mississippi. They establish a library of twenty thousand volumes and intend founding a college at the site.
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Missouri
Europe
Perry County
Mississippi
Free Banking Growth in New York State
The New York Whig reports that after the General Banking Law 43 banking associations formed depositing state stocks worth 2 137 090 bonds and mortgages 851 316. State security nearly doubles bills issued as of April 30 with new and expanded institutions since.
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New York Whig
Cincinnatti Whig
Rail Road Company Directors Report Costs by Line
The late report lists sundry rail line costs including Boston and Worcester 37,000 Boston and Providence 42,000 Norwich and Worcester 22,000 Western Rail Road 34,000 New Jersey line 45,000 Camden and Amboy 40,000 Columbia and Philadelphia 40,600 Alleghany and Portage 45,000 Albany and Schenectady 61,000 Utica and Schenectady 19,000 Stonington 52,000 Hartford and New Haven about 20,000 Housatonic about 15,090.
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Housatonic
Boston & Worcester
Boston
Providence
Norwich
Worcester
Western Rail Road
New Jersey
Camden
Amboy
Columbia
Philadelphia
Alleghany
Portage
Albany
Shhenectady
Utica
Stonington
Hartford
N. Haven
Eastern Rail Road Proposal From Boston To Bangor
The go ahead principle drives Massachusetts toward an Eastern Rail Road linking Boston to Bangor to move passengers and freight 200 miles in ten hours. The project is about one tenth finished with fisheries and manufactures on the line in Massachusetts valued at 16,566,000 in 1837, with additional output from Middlesex and other New York counties.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Bangor
Middlesex
N. Y. San
European Politics and the Path to Peace in an Era
The piece compares English Chartists and French Republicans, weighing reform zeal against practical outcomes. It notes differing liberty ideals among nations, highlights Europe's improved overall relations, and states that Britain’s actions in India and Circassian affairs have curbed Russia, while Northeast boundary issues fade as the world aims for peace.
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England
France
Europe
Holland
Belgium
Indus
Russia
State of Mississippi Judgments and Bank Turmoil in 1839 Letter
A letter from Brannon in May 1839 laments Mississippi’s judiciary disorder, sheriff and bank conflicts, and Brandon Bank paper flooding courts. It notes bonds quashed or delayed, poor collection prospects, and calls for firm officers to enforce laws. Also reports Navy School at Sea aboard the Ohio with 54 pupil apprentices under Lt. Gansevoort.
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Brannon
Mississippi
Brandon Bank
Brandon
Naval School
U.S
Ohio
Gansevoort
United States
Newark
A Season in Lapland Calender of a Siberian Year
A passage describes rapid plant growth in Lapland and Siberia, noting snow melts on June 23 and snow returns August 18, with full growth by July 17 and flowering by July 25. It claims plants complete their life cycle from emergence to seed ripening in about one month, compressing spring summer and autumn into 56 days.
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Lapland
Yankee shoe lore sparks East Coast debate
The passage quotes a Boston Transcript story about a Negro in the South wearing Yankee made brogans for hours. A shopkeeper and Cuffee joke about the origin and ripeness of shoes, with a Picayune frame illustrating regional humor on footwear misperceptions.
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Lynn
Boston Transcript
Massa
Cuffee
Cuff
Picayune
Blistering Method Said Adopted by French
The piece claims the French have adopted a new rapid and less painful blistering technique using a wet paper and a hot smoothing iron, replacing steam methods.
Lawful Revenge and a Newing ton Wife
A Newington Connecticut gentleman, devout and cautious of wealth, married a difficult wife to test attachment. She learned his motive and, seeking revenge, transformed into a cheerful and dutiful spouse, insisting she would not be a packhorse to carry him to heaven.
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Newington
Weathersfield
Conn
Asphaltum on Bourbon Street Warps in Heat
A New Orleans advert notes extreme heat softening the street surface, leaving hoof and wagon imprints. It distinguishes the material from mineral asphaltum and suggests a thicker coating of bitumen or boiling to stiffen. The Nat Intel commentary explains true asphalt remains hard under sun.
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Bourbon Street
N. Orleans
France
England
Intel
American Vespucci Invitation to a Houston visit
The Houston Inteligenger editor flirts with a visiting lady promising a corner of Texas land in a new republic and says many rich bachelors await her to marry, not just dance. The piece blends satire with flirtation about matrimony and Hymen as fiddler.
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The
Houston Inteligenger
Texas
Republic
Hymen
Maple Sugar Season Brings Rich Profits in Ohio
The Sandusky Whig reports that Ohio maple sugar yields have been unusually profitable this season with the county producing well over one hundred tons of purity and beauty. The piece urges preserving and cultivating the maple groves to boost saccharine treasures alongside sugar beets.
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Ohio
Havana
Richest Endowments of the Mind Quoted Virtues
A philosophical reflection declares temptance prudence and fortitude as the richest mental endowments. It asserts prudence is universal and part of all virtues, and without it fortitude loses its name and nature.
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Boston Mercantile Journal
Kingston
Traveller
Henry Frizauveau
J. E. Small, Esq
Egypt
United States States
Mason
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Indiana
Finois
Michigan
Arkansas
Free Banking
Iee
N. O. Bulletin
New Orleans
School AT Sea
Vespucci
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