North American Bridgehead Notice From 1840 Swanton
A late 1840 Swanton North American items column notes the death of Bishop Jean Jacques Lever of Montreal and commentary on colonial politics. It reports receipts from readers including Andrew N. Buell and others, plus Europe news from London and the United States about Persia Turkey and China Britain relations, and noted parliamentary motions on pensions and dockyard hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Jean Jacques Lever
House of Assembly
Oee
Europe
New-York
United States
London
Persia
Turkey
France
Chive
N. Y
Devonport Qt
Darham Tel
Poulett Thoman
Cranda
China
London Sis
Bombay
Canton
Liberty and Courage in An American Patriot's Call
An 1840s letter to the editor laments tyranny and praises liberty, invoking Washington, Lafayette, and Canadian martyrs. It urges vigor, sacrifice, and steadfast resolve to maintain freedom, imagining a future where canals and Liberty flourish in North America. Annette, Swanton, April 1849.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mookiod
Waslington
Lafayette
Great-Britain
Powe
Sons of Freedom
Washington
Koskinsco
Watres
Canada pledge for power cited in U S Senate debate
In a recent U S Senate discussion McCullough called Canada a pledge for power and urged leveraging United States resources. The President faced criticism from Feytvh and Iridh papers for alleged bias toward the injured, with indignant border Canalians cited by Bells Life in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
MrcCulloun
Canada
Mackensie
Feyytivh
Iridh
Bells Life In
London
Emancipation and Draft Rumors Stir British and American Voice
A chaotic mix of emancipation rhetoric and wartime policy runs through this antiquated sheet. Reports state Britain’s use of African captives in the West Indies regiments alongside talk of a U S draught of one hundred thousand men with New York supplying 18 000. Debates rage over British philanthropy and the fate of enslaved people now pressed into service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnt West India Regiment
New York
Richmond
Witis
Virginia
Lor
van Beverly Dabary
Muriter
Thom Atria
Sayes
Rotigern
Jurge Shelby
Jones
Rusk
Benjamin W. Green
Milla
Habeas Corpus
Mercantileject
John Hempel
Uie
Dabney
Fredericksburg
Jlrena
Ferry at Swanton Falls and Cart Draw Rates
Fragmentary OCR describes a ferry at Swanton Falls with inland rates for wagons and carts drawn by animals. It mentions cost per head with counts of animals and a list of terms, dated 1840 in Apollo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrarts
Dinos
Mesas, Hoty & Cos
Swanton
Wite Kamar
Otebook
America
Belf Price
Swanton Falls
Gered Bens
Weber
Bach
Eve
Apollo
Kitridge's Celebrated Ointment Advertised by Dr Bangs
An 1810 sale notice touts Kitridge's Celebrated Ointment for white swellings scrofula and general blood disorders. Dr Bangs of Stanbridge L C offers the remedy with directions to take 1 to 8 spoonfuls daily and assures a quick permanent cure even when other treatments fail. Also available at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitridge
Thas
L. €. Moore
North Troy
Tista Carrite
J. Bolt
Cleere
Joan FE. Bangs
Stanbridge L. C
List of Agents and Masters by State and Towns
A roster of agents and masters across Vermont New Hampshire New York and Wisconsin aligned with a cause invites all friendly poets to serve as agents. Names include J A Vail Troy Vt K S Orn Dr L C Moore Nathaniel Perking Cambridge Dr Brush Rev J Baker Hiram Bostwick etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Montpelier
J. A. Vail
Troy
K. S. Orn
North Tray
L. C. Moore
Canaan
Nathaniel Perking
Cambridge
Brush
Jeffersonville
J. Baker
Fairfield
H. Soule & Gort
Brigham East Fairfield
Hiram Bostwick
Franklin
Eri Jerome
East Berkshere
Butler
Alburgh
Tabor
Sewell
North Hero
Col
H. Wadsworth
Dr. G. Whitney
Moretons
R. G. Buckley
Calais
A. George
Middlesex
Horace Snow
P. M. Roxbury
John M. Spalding
Waitsfield
Geo. D. Rice Barre
Lewis Lucas
Ira—Hiram Fish
P. M. Hichford
A. W. Sears
P. M. Bakersfield
Perry
Mila—L. Perry
P. M. Plattsburgh
Franqois Danis
J. A. Soblle
Joseph di Ausable
Joseph Davignon
Moira
Henry N. Bickford
N.Y
John Ryan
Greenwich
Buffalo
Charles Drotet
Eaq
Rochester
W. L. Mackenzie
Selina
E.resmus Stone
P. M. Hopkinton
John Goodell
Glenn's Falls
Heman K. Hopkins
Niem
SUL. Co
S.M. Phelpa
Mw . Thompkins Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas
Boonville, N
Andrew N. Buell
A. N
Boonville
Charles A. Seymour
Burlington, Vt
George W. Baker
South Hero
J. W. Little
Shoreham
Albany
Roo Cocmty
East Montpelier
Vitalo
The
North Americea
Annette
Cuba
Hoppo
Petyr Dales
Axon van Dunt
Pyrmont
Principality of
Waldeck
Rippey
Kingdom of
Sante Take
Marylind
Paris
Philadelphia
Macca Koure
Caroline Almanack
American Freeman's Chronicle
North American
Swanton, Vt
Lindam
Pairheld
Janet
Gorm
Tod
Joseph Rowdish
North Fairfield
Tho Aghvorihers
Grand Tole
Joas Maunen
Vad
Laing
Weld
Pirpore
Kewasants
Alburgt
Jotap
Robert Ransom
Thomas Mott
H.B. Farrar
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