Gazette of Liberty and Canada notice and appeals
The notice discusses Mackenzie’s Gazette, its public printing in Rochester, subscription plans, and prices. It defends the editor against accusations, urges continued support for liberty and Canadian causes, and outlines agent arrangements and financial notes. The editor promotes perseverance, warns of assaults by Britain, and calls readers to uphold the publication.
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Glen
France
Ireland
Canada
Ranger
St. Lawrence
Prescott
Short Hills
Lower Canada
Windsor
Jon Paie
Mwhengie i
Niagara
Lille
Friends of Liberty
Cana
Matkenzie
England
Rom Caydn
Wall
Alt
Amer
Te Gazeta
Bert
Edin
WL. MacKenzie
Maine
The Camel Thief and the Beys Horse
A tale from Minieh recounts a thief who dons a Beys clothes by a night fire and steals a horse. The Bey promises return of horse and value if the thief yields the loot within two days. The rogue delivers the clothes, the Bey honors the promise, but the pursuit ends as gunfire fails to stop him and the horse vanishes.
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Rosmen
Minieh
Tom
Finati
Grim account of brutal military torture in colonial barracks
A graphic 18th or 19th century narrative describes a merciless torture scene at a military outpost. Elijah Huykins of the 62d Company faces a brutal lash routine and branding while spectators cope with fear, bayonets, and a harsh system that disposes a once free man to a hospital ward.
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Ward'rowe
Montreal
Rathenrmark
Americas
Wootwich
Domitian
Elijah Huykins
62D Company
Arcross
Printing Office Rules From the Past Frightful Folly
A satirical notice mocks curious visitors to a printing office who meddle with type cases and the press. It cites Dr. Franklin in verse caution to avoid damage while urging respect for the craft and its tools. The piece includes humorous warnings about touching types and the printing press with playful antiquated phrasing.
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Franklin
How do Poor Men Live
The Corn Jaws is a misnomer for what is generally signified by them. A poor family earns a shilling a day and spends most on food. They pay at least three pence to landowners who shape laws. Pot bread and all food are taxed for landowner benefit. Dutch butter sells at 10d per pound with 25 percent import duty.
Free Trade Debate and Tariff Reforms Stir Public Opinion
An 19th century column argues for free trade and criticizes duties on meat and dairy. It links proposed ham and butter taxes to higher prices, noting potential imports from Belgium Holland and France could lower costs. The piece connects tariff ideas to broader taxes on soap and tallow, urging reduction of import duties to ease living costs.
Desertion punishments and slave smuggling fears in Texas and Cuba
Telegrams from Texas warn of schemes to smuggle enslaved people from Cuba by landing on the Sabine River and crossing into Texas as U.S. authorities bolster Col. Green’s force to counter the practice. Reports also note political unrest, debt figures for the new republic, and general quiet with hopeful treaties with Indians as crops look promising.
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Texas
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Cuba
Sabine
United States
Houston
New Republic
Col. Green
Fredericksburg
Halifax
Wirhat
Chartres
Guayaquil
Journal of Commerce
Gamarra
Lina
Callan
Santa Cruz
Samarang
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