United States and Britain Dispute Over Oregon Country Boundaries
The account traces the long dispute over the Oregon country from early posts at Astoria through the 1818 transfer to Fort George, the 1818 treaty and 1827 renewal, and the 1840s negotiations seeking a north south boundary along the forty-ninth parallel. It notes American claims based on discovery, exploration, and the Florida Treaty, while Britain asserts exclusive Northwest Coast rights tied to 1790 conventions, with both sides renewing offers and counteroffers, including proposals to divide along the Columbia and exploitation by Russia, Mexico, and British interests. It also describes current U S settlement patterns, trade limits, and the role of missions shaping colonial presence.
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Ned
Fort George
United States
Ghent
North West Company
Columbia
London
North
America
Great Britain
Lake of the Woods
Uuecht
Lake Superior
Florida
Spain
South America
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Gray
Lewis and Clarke
Louisiana
France
Northwest
U. States
Strait of Foes
Rusia
Russia
Russian American Company
Siten
North West Archipelago
Baranoff
British Northwest Company
British Justices of the Peace
Mexico
Multonomah
Wallamet
Wallah
New Eingland
British and Canadian political shifts and fortification debate
London dispatch notes ministers may dissolve parliament on the sad April. Lord John Russell leads the ecclesiastical duties bill while the Canadian Clergy Reserves clash prompts an anti federal resolution. Juffian Horsey counsels Chartists to arm themselves and prepare. Benton fortification project urged as safeguard against Atlantic threats. US stance on border fortifications and Maine’s Fish River area linked to renewed British threat.
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London Standard
House of Commons
John Russell
Canterbury
York
London
Exeter
Canada
Signs of the Times From the Mirror of Parliament
In the Aug 26 Commons session DIsnagna presents a petition from London merchants and shipowners demanding an inquiry into alleged criminality by the Foreign Minister over the Boundary Dispute with the United States. The report cites related dispatches, troop movements, and patriotic rhetoric from recent provincial papers and Governor Fairfield’s militia address.
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House of Commons
London
Pew Eral
North Americas
South Association
Galveston Reports Confederate and Federal Troop Movements
A Galveston dispatch describes the Rio Grande clash between Centralists and Federalists, noting heavy losses and claims of a Federalist retreat not as dire as feared. It states that rumors of a Texas invasion are unfounded and that Texian defense preparations are expanding while volunteers and arms gather along the frontier.
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New York
Wright
New Orleans
Galveston
Galveston Daily Courier
Lorain
Rio Grande
Austio
San Antonio
Victora
Texas
Victoria
Austin
Acrosa
Telegraph steamer and Canada union bill items in Mackenzie's Gazette
From Mackenzie's Gazette we learn the Telegraph steamer on Lake Ontario is taken for U S national defense. The Diamond, Vale's new weekly, aims to collect merchants debts by law and promotes free trade. Thompson's Union Bill for Canada would require 2500 acres to qualify a representative. In Quebec a court punishes two Americans for desertion. Reports mention 1000 men to Fort Nisgara and a North American fleet with 9 ships, 19 sloops, and 5496 men.
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Mackenzie
Lake Ontario
United States
Vale
New
Jon Russell
Powlett
Thompson
Canada
Criminal
Quebec
James Fisher
Gerant Welsh
Maine
Nisgara
Amethas
Fort Nis
Fara
North American
West India
North American editorial on republican government and liberty
The piece argues the imperative of the people’s will to sustain sovereignty and liberty within a republican system. It questions whether government by the people can endure amid monarchist or anti-democratic pressures, noting editorial issues due to Mr. Thomas and errors in the week’s edition.
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Phil Fee
Solemon
Thomas
Letter urging Toren inhabitants to resist the Crown
A historical letter argues allegiance to the English crown is optional if oppressed, urging inhabitants of the Eastern Toren ship L. Dean Couxrermen to consider a revolution as virtuous. It contends the crown’s three estates, the queen’s rights, and habeas corpus have been violated, urging stealthy preparation and eventual rebellion to restore constitutional rights.
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Mentor
Eastern
Torenship
Dean Couxrermen
Breaty
Crown
Mark
England
Overibrowa
Queeen
Victoria
Untitled fragmentary crime note with unclear details
An incomplete text fragment describes a man killed by knife in an unclear setting. The note mentions a police report, a possible suspect or witnesses, and a watchman. Details are garbled and identities are not clearly recoverable from the snippet.
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Juffian Horsey
Ayr
Glasgow Herald
Catalonia
Eaperne
Morneen
Abiel-Kader
Africa
New World
Ma. Benton
Senate
Benton
Missouri
Atlantic
Jackson
Washington
John
Fox
U.S
Holton
Fish River
Fort Fairfield
Signs of the Times
Boston Post
St. Johns City
New Brunswick
69Th Regiment
Frederickton
Bac
Haliax
Madawaska
Rivierdy Loup
Woodstock Times
Arestock
St. George
Fairfield
Swanton
Isa
Ely
Ion Pein
Nad di Vite Kopre
Balan
Eve Lalg
Raeh
Mann
Reliefs
Bably
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