After the gold and gilding, simplicity leads home
The text rails against luxury and fashion in a modern age, urging women to craft home beauty through taste and steady virtue. It contrasts Parisian display with English simplicity, praising homes built with oak, thoughtful art, and practical adornment over opulent, costly furnishings. It cites Abbotsford and Hamilton as models of restrained elegance.
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New York Daily
New Times
Romina Mp
Oure
Cotaiges
Wallstreet
Angelina
Drs. Bobaril Belino
Paris
Ponius
Abbotsford
Walter Scott
Genoa
Lake Country
England
Hamilton
Duke of Gordon
Greece
Sind
Rome
France
Giants in a Giant Land The Monroe era rallying cry
A May 20 1827 piece in Suwee City Ohio rails against European pomp praising American frugality and self government. It extols New York merchants and contrasts feudal inheritance with America’s destiny guided by Providence. The author portrays Americans as giants in a rapidly changing world foretelling Plymouth Rock becoming a historic beacon.
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Pew
New York
Arr&toornay
Europe
Plymouth
Palatine Hill
Romulus
London as World Capital Beyond Rome in A Londoner View
The piece extols London as the world capital surpassing Rome, Paris, and even New York in power, culture, and freedom. It lauds England, English law, and insular security, noting police restraint, citizen obedience, and the nation’s prosperity. The observer imagines a brighter future under a freer, wiser governance.
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Bogliahiman
Romig
Rome
Thames
Tiber
London
Pics
Paris
New York
Scotland
England
New England
Pol
Italy
Europe
Englands
Old England
Main
Canadas
First Steam Boat on the Hudson and Fulton Letter
A dramatic excerpt from an 1807 era letter by Robert Fulton extols the steamship's triumphs and torpedo defense potential, praising the liberty of the seas and American progress. The Albany Register notes the first passenger steamboat success between New York and Albany, describing swift passage and public curiosity.
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Fulton
Phim
Sun World
Mississippi
Missouri
America
Rowsar Porron
Albany
Bomt
Nox
Apefcom
My. Pultap
York
New York
Tarrptown
Nee
Clermont
Sto¢tock
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Rena
Hve Han
Jolla
Lake Superior
Lala
Blac
Maumee Express
Suwee City
Ohio
the Thames
Marin
Londin
Tom
Grodipinus
Puoyren
Davi
Isla
Bato
Detroit
Hocky
Qorre
Fincastle
Annne
Heath
Mia
Apollo
Aurelia
Sun
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