Independent Whig Agitation and Harrison Support Across States
A 1840 letter from Major J Downing discusses the presidential race, urging reform, economy, and a national administration beyond party lines. Reports recount Harrison backers flocking to his banner, with multiple counties shifting from Van Buren to Old Tip and pledging support to a unified, merit-based governance.
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Jorrenson
Fathera
Loco Foco
Patrick Co. Va
Harrison
de Jiorme Brooks
Wheeling
van Suren
James Parker
Middlesex
Mr. Schencks
Somerset
Congress
N. Jersey
Old Tip
Mason 20
Iolders Party
Short Creek
Harrison Co
People’s
Spoils
Jefferson Co
Ashtabula Co. O
Crisis rhetoric stirs voters before the presidential race
A Madisonian quote likens crisis to 1776 and asks if farmers mechanics and merchants would sacrifice their livelihoods to resist oppression. It notes threats from Tory press over echoed policies and frames the election as a contest between placeman greed and people’s hope amid a Van Buren majority in the House and contest for offices.
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the Express
Ohio
New York
Gen
Harrison
White House
Cabinet
Washington
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Agate
Tip
Enuf
Gineral
Wien
Buren
House of Representatives
Indiana
Wayne County
Greenville
Foco
House of Representaives
Lo Fiest Rene
Vere
Peru
Broadway
D. R. Bearss
WM. B. Nicoles
R. Cornwall
Miami County
Crime in Dublin 1839 Arrest Statistics Highlight Education Link
The Dublin police arrested 45,682 people in 1839, including 26,553 men and 10,189 women. Among them 19,236 were drunk, with 12,199 men and 7,037 women. Of the males 10,150 and females 4,146 could not read or write, underscoring the link between literacy and crime and the value of education.
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Dublin
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