Convict road work in Missouri shows success and limits
Report from Jefferson City outlines a test of leasing selected state penitentiary convicts to counties for road work. About 20 inmates labored near Westphalia on the Westphalia Linn road with eight hours daily, under light guard, fed and housed better than typical, showing discipline and no escapes while selected for good records.
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Jefferson City
Treat
Missouri
Westphalia- Linn
Wiage County
Westphalia
Alobe
The True Story Behind Fourth of July 1776
An in depth look at how the declaration of Independence was drafted and debated in late June to early July 1776. It explains Lee’s resolution, Jefferson’s authorship, and the wary votes that led to the eventual adoption. It notes July 4 as the date celebrated while detailing the signing debates and subsequent distribution of copies printed by Mary Katharine Goddard.
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Carter M. Buford
el Junketing
Senate
Hays
Treasury
Supreme Court
Carkers
Gordon
Harker
Dewi
Morton
Buford
Gardner Land Bank
Noah Simpson
Lewis County
A. T Edmondson
State Labor Bureau
Fred D. Gardner
St. Louis
Friends of the
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Jefferson
Congress
United States
New Land
George Washington
England
Franklin
Great Britain
National Assembly
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
John Adams
Ume
Lee
John Hancock
Bat Jefferson
Vengeance of
Independence
Americas Coloniete
Dot Hancock
Thompson
Journal Entry
Jeferson Himse
Republic
General Assemblies
Continental Army
Hancock
Thompeos
New Republic
Mary Katharine Goddard
Frieadside
Baltimore
Our Republic
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Charles G. Revelle
Frank Blake
Kansas City
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Dake
Marwick, Mitchell, Peal & Co
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Bline Bradvest
Kansas City Life Insurance Com
A. L. Reeves
Department
Iin
Hugh Stephens Printing Company
Reynolds County
Marwick, Mitchell, Peat & Co
State Treasury
The
Louie Kaness
Capitol Commission
New State House
Robert Campbell
Capitol
Sovvenor
Brown
Battle Creek
John M. Brown
Mid.orest
St. Louisans
Charles Vallette
Capitol Corner
Aukvasse
Chicago & Alton
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Fruriin
Lnzelentien
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