Internal improvements and party claims stir Indiana debate
A Logansport letter to the Telegraph replies to Jackson Democrat over state debt figures and the 1836 internal improvements bill. The author disputes the $8,000,000 debt claim, cites Fund Commissioners' reports, questions economy under Van Buren, and throws a few pointed questions about legislative waste and reform.
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Indiana Democrat
Nome
Ray
Noble
United States Senate
Loco Foco
Jackson Democrat
Senate
Hoase of Representatives
Wabash
Canal
Improvement Fund
Presidential and local election slate printed in 1836 style
The page lists presidential candidates General William Henry Harrison and John Tyler with region tags Ohio and Virginia. It also names senatorial electors Jonathan Mcarty and Joseph G. Marshall, candidates for Senator and Representative, and local officials including Commissioner Robert Edwards and Coroner Harry Brown. Correspondence note mentions a Farmer of Indiana since 1808 and a late Jefferson item for next week.
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John Tyler
Virginia
Jonathan McArty
Joseph G. Marshall
Indiana
Jefferson
Voice of the People on 1836 election mood in Virginia and states
In this opinion piece readers weigh state results in Connecticut Rhode Island and Virginia favoring Reform and Harrison allies. It asserts Van Buren will fail to win six states while praising Virginia for rejecting loco-focoism and endorsing republican strength and vigor.
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Connecticut
Rhode Island
Virginia
Friends of Garrison
Reform
van Buren
Union
Indianapolis Journal
Baltimore Pilot
Harrison
Battle Ground Convention Will Draw Very Large Attendance
The Indiana Journal notes expectations of a vast Mississippi Valley gathering, claiming the event will be the tallest and broadest ever. It cites public spirited offers of free pasture land and broad local efforts to house and feed delegates, predicting mild weather and ample accommodations for up to fifty thousand attendees.
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Mississippi Valley
Lafayette Free Press
Indiana Journal
Georgia First Gun Harrison Dominates State Process
A Macon letter from April 17 1840 reports strong support for Harrison, predicting a large majority over Judge White. It states nullification is dead in Georgia, predicts a Whig and Tory split, and urges propaganda orders ahead of a June party convention.
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Georgia
Macon
Harrison
White
Garrison
Subscriptions Reach 76000 for Mississippi Methodist College
Seventy six thousand dollars have been received by subscription toward building a Methodist College in Mississippi. Construction will begin as soon as a site is selected.
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Methodist College
Mississippi
Harrison Reform Celebration Meeting in Logansport
Friends of General Harrison in Cass County invite the public to a meeting at the Methodist Meeting House Logansport on May 9 to arrange attendance at the Battle Ground celebration on May 29. Many named local leaders attend in support of the event.
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Friends of
Gen. Harrison
Cass County
Logansport
Battleground
Plan to re organize U S militia into ten districts
The Secretary of War sends to Congress a detailed militia reform plan. It would enroll all free able bodied white male citizens ages twenty to forty five with exceptions, divide them into mass draft active and reserve classes, and form ten districts under presidential control. Troops would be paid and mobilized for drill twice yearly, creating a ready force nearly as strong as regular army.
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UNI Ehd
Secretary of War
House of Representatives
United States
House
Baltimore
Harrison and Van Buren Ideals in Public Power Debate
The document contrasts constitutional limits on executive power with Democratic claims. It argues that the President should restrain control of public money, refrain from influencing elections, limit veto use, avoid arbitrary removals, resist party aims, and keep lawmaking by elected representatives. It also criticizes Van Buren views advocating executive banking, election intermeddling, and spoils politics.
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Congress
Senate
Executive Department
Treasury
Wall
The
Richmond Inquirer
Emigration Toward Arkansas and the Pacific
The Helena Gazette notes a strong emigration tide toward Arkansas with many settlers arriving. It discusses California’s Pacific coast potential and a proposed Gulf of California colony as a step toward establishing a Mexican frontier republic on the Pacific, predicting Anglo American settlements expanding from California toward Oregon.
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Arkansas
Helena Gaztte
Setil
Province of
California
Gulf of California
Pacific
Texas
North
Ameica
Mexico
Great Britain
France
the Gulf
Pacific Coast
Oregon Territory
N. O. Bualletia
Letter from Texas to Austin Gazette confirms Mexican mine tale
A letter dated February 6 1840 from Comanao Tamaulpas to the editor of the Austin Gazette recounts a Texas man named David Crockett held in a Mexican mine near Guad alajara. He asks an American to carry word to his Tennessee family. The message explains his capture at Fort Alamo and transfer to Laredo Monterry and Galadiuja. The writer, WM. C. White, forwards copies for publication and delivery to relatives reach Bastrop or Austin.
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Austins
Texas
Comanao
Tamaulpas
Austin Gazete
Sir Bs
U.S
Mexico
Guad Ljera
Salimas
Tennessee
Filisola
David Crocket
Pennesseee
Poam
Fort Alamo
Bexar
Laredos
Monterry
Moxie
Giadelijua
Wateh Place
Pertege
Monamoras
New Orleans
Potieut
Col
I. J. Wood
Laredo
Sunflower Plant Offers Wide Practical Uses
A Pennsylvania firm reports sunflowers yield oil rivaling almond or olive for table use with one acre producing forty to fifty bushels of seed. Leaves make cigars with pectoral properties, stalks ash to alkali, and flower heads serve as cattle feed while leaves fetch five to fifteen cents per pound. The crop, grown near York and once on 100 acres in North Carolina, shows versatile values beyond fodder.
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Pennsylvania
York
North Carolina
Madisonian
Surgeon Robert McBeath Convicted of Manslaughter
A man named Robert McBeath attempted a surgical operation on David Hunter at St Johns New Brunswick and killed his patient through ignorance. The coroner's jury found him guilty of manslaughter and he was committed for trial.
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Robert McBeath
David Hunter
St. Johns
N.B
Georgia Whigs win mayor and council in Augusta
The State Rights party forms a union with the Wings. In Augusta the Whigs elect their Mayor and nine councilmen out of ten.
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Georgia
Georgias
State Rights Party
Augusta
Whigs
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Harry Brown
Harrison & Reform
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Thos. Jones
Th. Wilson
Nath. Cook
John Dodd
John Green
Job B. Eldridge
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J.P. Berry
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