08 May 1841
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Newspaper
Logansport Telegraph
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1841
Page
1
Two dollars in advance two dollars and fifty cents within six months and three dollars after six months. In all cases the subscription will be considered due after six months. Job work and advertising be paid in advance.
A weathered seaman Tucker delivers Harrison's final letter to Collector Curtis, recounting the general's kindness and dinner invitation. Harrison wrote of care for old friends, and Tucker recalls his voyage from Alexandria to New York, ending with gratitude and a public appointment. Washington, 26th March, 1841.
A Rochester New Genesee Farmer excerpt offers practical questions for farmers. It urges ready supplies of wood for next summer and winter, secured chips for fuel, well maintained tools, and a plan to avoid borrowing gear. It also stresses order with a place for everything and regular tool painting.
The Indiana Journal reports the State Bank began issuing small notes on the 20th. Twos feature a female figure at a water mill with two beside, Fulton portrait, and horn of plenty with grain. Ones show a blacksmith shop interior with Columbus and a female at a tablet, all forming the number one.
A heartless man aboard a steamboat as it left Wheeling declared he viewed the President's death as a public briefing. The remark stunned passengers and was followed by a period of deep silence.
Washington reports the new administration under President Tyler is solid with notable support from Whigs and even opposition unlikely to oppose firmly. News notes Mrs Harrison and family at the White House, Tyler at Brown's Hotel, and cabinet meetings at the State Department amid lingering illness in General Harrison's grandsons. A day of national mourning is proposed and welcomed by citizens across creeds.
The Philadelphia Ledger reprints Nicholas Biddle’s account to John M. Clayton defending Bank of the United States cotton dealings. He states the bank never owned a bale of cotton and outlines 1837 actions to fund New York bond relief by directing production shipments and mounting South based domestic bills through agents Revan and Humphreys.
A London bank operation involved purchasing and shipping Southern produce to France and England, repaid by sterling bills, with profits kept from none due to charter limits. The deal, run from 1837 to 1838, aimed to stabilize debt, boost bank note circulation, and protect the bank and country from credit collapse.
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