Illinois Victory and National Presidential Contest
The town lit up in celebration over Harrison and Tyler winning Illinois by about five hundred. Indiana shows Harrison leading with 65,276 votes to Van Buren 51,695, total 116,971. The piece notes a turbulent national contest with federal power influencing the outcome and heightened public interest.
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Friends of Equal Rights
Union
Harrison
Tyler
Huzza
Illinois
Tippecanoe
Logansport Herald
Indiana
van Buren
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Trade and politics span a vast river world and reform
The cargo tale from St Louis to New Orleans shows flour, bran, oats, lead, butter, and livestock moving westward while New Orleans trade expands. Editorials praise national unity, the William Henry Harrison convention, and a vision of republican growth amid public discussions of treaties, lands, and Westward population.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
St. Louis Bulletin
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Entrances to London as a Metropolis in 1840
The article surveys major London approaches from the south at Elephant and Castle to the east at Aldgate and Mile End, then north via Islington and the Birmingham Road, and finally the western arc from Hyde Park Corner through Piccadilly. It paints the bustling arrival into a city of wealth, fashion, and immense traffic.
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London
Lonnon
Elephant and Castle
High Street
Borough Road
London Bridge
St. Paul’s
Althe
Southwark
King William Street
White Chapel Road
Island
Mile End
Aldgate Street
Cheapside
Mile Jind
Great North Road
Islington
Birmingham
Idaware Road
Oxford
Holborn
Knightbridge
Hyde Park Corner
Westminister Abbey
Luckingham House
Mall
St. James Park
St. Paul’s Towers
Hyde Park
Green Park
St James Park
Piccadilly
Bnekind
Regent Street
Charing Cross
Charles the Second
Bank
Folborn
Fies
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Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maine
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Virginia
Missouri
Tennessee
Louisiana
Vermont
Mississippi
N. Carolina
Harrisburgh
United States
Willliam tJenay Jamison
Hrnr
Witmian Henry Hannson
Balt, Amer
Bicknell
Army and Navy Chronicle
Russia
Krasnoe Selo
St. Petersburgh
É&C
Hood
Sendworld
Republic
Webster
Imperial Guards
Michael
The
New York American
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