Washington Estate Life Assembled In His Presidency
Ninety three years after his death a Washington biographer sketches how George Washington managed his Philadelphia estate. He kept exact records for 500 slaves, farms, fences, and crops while supplying hundreds of dependents. He supervised mills, fishing stations, and clothing from London, reading weekly reports, and issuing precise orders to overseers. He deplored slavery yet fortified orderly, productive operations and strict discipline among workers. Inaugural attire and contemporaries’ dress at Federal Hall mirror the era.
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Washington
Washington Row
Philadelphia
James Parton
Potomac
London
Liza
Betty Davis
Sone
Doll
Ditcher Charles
Wili
Carter Ben
England
Congress
Independence Hall and the Declaration’s Birth Era
A historical account recalls Independence Hall on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia and the 1776 Declaration of Independence. It covers the Second Continental Congress meeting, George Washington’s appointment, the July 4 vote, and the uniting of thirteen states into a new nation.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Independence Hall
United States
Second
Continental Congress
Lexington
Concord
Congress
George Washington
Virginia
Boston
Bunker Hill
Howe
New York Harbor
John Hancock
Franklin
Washington
England
Baud
Great Britain
Tam
Richard Henry Lee
John Miains
Massachusetts
John Adams
Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman
Connecticut
Robert R. Livingston
New York
Jefferson
Strength in Union A St Bernard joins curbside dog fight
A St Bernard at 8th and Shipley streets in Wilmington engaged two curs in a quarrel. The St Bernard and the rival dogs fought until reinforcements arrived from Whiteman's livery stable. Three collies and another large dog joined the fray and then returned to the stable.
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8Th
Shipley Streets
Wilmington
Del
Whiteman
St. Bernard
Market Street
First Case Fateful for James Butler and His Father
Louisville story notes James Butler in his first practice case in a Justice's court. His father Edward Butler was subpoenaed as a witness, leading to a nervous cross examination where the elder Butler's answers undermined the case. Also mentions 122 accidental railroad deaths in California in 1891.
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James Butler
Louisville Courier-Journal
Edward Butler
St. Louis
Christ on the Plain A Talmage Sermon Call
Dr. Talmage urges Christ on the level not on the mountaintop, opposing clerical pride and creedal tinkering. He cites Jesus’s compassion for bereavement and sickness, arguing pardon is immediate and accessible to all who seek it here and now.
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Dr. Talmage
Christ
Mount of Olives
Mount of Beatitudes
Mount Moriah
Calvary
Mount of Ascension
Princeton
Union Seminary
Allerthany Seminary
Danville Seminary
Joseph
Heaven
Herod
Charles Guiteau
T. de Witt Talmage
Samson
Reyurke
David
Absalom
Absolom
Genessareth
God
Jesus
Sebastopol
Gordon
Mont Blanc
Italy
Milan
Vienna
Gambling House Dread and a Deacon’s Calm Tale
A rambler fears paralysis and many expect to die from shocks. A cane user in a gambling den is seen as bad luck for the house. Deacon Jones, amid evening prayers, hears a gunshot, jumps, then notes the shot may or may not have killed prey but ruined his own.
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Pittsburgh
Deacon Jones
Deacon
Boston Transcript
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Farmer
Wis Parnis
Gen. Washington
Federal Hall
Liverng=ton
Burmah
A. J. Gordon
London Times
Pouzereff
Warsaw
Winter
Gourko
California
Talmage
Talmare’s Creed
Christian
Mis
Jairus
The
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