Letter from Joseph Napoleon to Marshal Clauzel on Napoleon's memory
The May 26 1840 London letter to Marshal Clauzel recounts Napoleon Bonaparte’s wealth and memorial acts. It details millions in state drafts and gold given to allies, burial and transfer plans, and the signer’s pledge to honor the empire with substantial pledges to imperial guards and debt replacement. The writer expresses enduring friendship and hope for a future meeting in another world.
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London
Courier Des Etats Unis
Evening Signal
Marshall Clauzel
Marshall
Perregaux
House of Laffitte
Malmaison
Rochefort
America
Clary
House of Lafitte
Imperial Guards
Napoleon
The Late Election Across States Voters Lean to Harrison
The article reports August election results by state with Harrison leading in Missouri Alabama and Kentucky while Whigs gain North Carolina and Indiana shows narrow Van Buren support. It notes electoral votes for Vans state and predicts Harrison gains in November. Indiana Journal.
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Missouri
Alinois
Loco Oco
Alabama
L. F
North Carolina
Vans
van Buren
Gen
Harrison
Kentucky
Indiana
Harrison and
Kntorm
Indiana Journal
Jefferson Circular Extract on Elections and Removal
A fragment from a circular by Thomas Jefferson to office-holders, written after his rise to the Presidency. It argues that future interference in elections by General Government officers should be deemed a cause of removal, as elective remedy would be smoothed over by vast patronage.
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Locofoco
Jefferson
Extravagant Furniture Spending Under Van Buren Criticized
The Democratic Herald accuses President Van Buren of overspending public funds on furniture for the President's house. It notes that from March 4, 1837, to the next Congress there was no committee and claims fourteen thousand dollars was spent to adjoin the palace under his direct direction, without authority, contrasting it with Jefferson Madison and Jackson.
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Mexico Revolt Support Stirs Federalists in Capital
A Mexico City letter from the New Orleans Bulletin notes favorable views toward the Federalists after the revolt began. The city populace and many foreigners joined the revolt and captured the citadel, with several generals taken prisoner amid distrust among leaders. Buncomb County North Carolina backs the Whig Governor candidate Howard by 514 votes, while Parke County Indiana backs Bigger by 252.
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Samouet C. Sample
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Union College
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