Pork Market Notice from Local Papers
A report from Cincinnati Gazette and Brookville American notes a Virginia driven hogs sale of 1426 head for slaughter near the north suburbs, with prices $450 to $475. Packing pork begins in the area around $4 37.4 per hundred, similar to Lawrenceburg and Cincinnati, while corn is plentiful and stock hogs scarce.
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I Cincinnati Gazette
Brookville American
Tierre
Haute Courier
Bro’t| Lover
Kentucky
Lawrenceburgh
Cincinnati
Brootville Am
Central Canal to Lake Michigan via Peru Plan Outlined
A proposal favors ending the Central Canal at Peru as the most practical point and describes a feasible route from Peru to Lake Michigan with feeds, locks, and aqueducts. The plan, supported by S Holman and family, cites lower costs, greater durability, and strong statewide benefits, with a forecasted completion as part of a larger Indiana canal system.
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Lake Michigan
Wabash
Peru
Indiana
S. Holman
William
W.S. Hobert
Rochester
U.S
Eel River
Tippecanoe
Mud Lake
Tippecanoe River
Salt River
Erie and Michigan Canal
Indiana Assembly Debates Elections and Oratory Anecdotes
The 1840 Indiana assembly records a session with Speaker Samuel Judah elected, Read opposition noted, and candidates discussed for state officers. A separate sermon by Rowland Hill is recalled for earnestness, including a tale of a gravel pit accident and a quip about Noah’s ark.
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Indianapolis
Messrs
Banks & Scott
Samuel Judah
Hagan
Bennet
Fulton
Andrew Hotchkiss
Judah
O. Ki
Rowland Hill
Wotton
Raisling
Indian Treaty at Forks of the Wabash Purchases Miami Lands
The Miami Nation agreed to sell about 500000 acres of their remaining lands in Indiana for roughly 1.10 dollars per acre and will move west within five years. The deal, assisted by Indian agents and others, is expected to gain government ratification and end the payee drunkenness and crime at tribal payments. Major lands lie in Miami and Cass counties, near Fort Wayne.
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Wabash
Miami
Cass
Wayne Times
Election verdict upholds republican principles and term limits
The piece reports a decisive public verdict against Mr. Van Buren and his administration, endorsing Washington Jefferson and Madison era ideals. It asserts a one term President, House appointment of the treasury secretary, limited executive power over laws and the purse, and citizen control of government. It mentions currency stability and critiques of idle political opposition.
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van Buren
Iis
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Secretary of the Treasury
House of Representatives
Congress
Western Emigration Describes Surge Toward Western Lands
The piece notes a rising tide of migration across 1840 toward the West. Wagon trains fill prairie routes as families move from the East to states like Missouri Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin. Ohio serves as a launch point while the Upper Mississippi nears its western frontier and speculation grows about settlement beyond the Rockies and into the Columbia Basin.
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the Gazette
Peru
Indiana
Harrison
van Buren
Connecticut
Ohio
Maryland
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maine
Pennsylvania
New York
Georgia
Kentucky
Delaware
Massachusetts
Michigan
Virginia
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Louisiana
Vermont
Mississippi
N. Carolina
Arkansas
Alabama
South Carolina
Prairies
Iowa
Wisconsin
Upper
Rocky Mountains
Columbia
New England
L. Courier
Lecture of John Quincy Adams Opens Lyceum Season
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes the Lyceum season start with John Quincy Adams delivering a two hour lecture at the Tabernacle. The audience, despite bad weather, filled the hall as Adams extolled man’s rise from hunter to civilized life and the progress of society from pastoral to agricultural and urban stages.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Lyceum
Joan Quincy Adams
Tabernacle
Boston Transcript
Lie
Moral reform and the lecture on conjugal life
A summary of a lecture by Mr Adams praising monogamy and chastity as divine truth, contrasted with worldly theories. The report notes the eloquent delivery and the audience’s reaction as the speaker argues the conjugal bond strengthens society and aligns with scripture. Also includes humorous quips about jury tampering by smoking, a graveyard beer tale, a joke about lucifer matches, and a political forecast referencing General Harrison.
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Adams
Land Sales Change for Canal Lands in Ohio
The sales of alternate sections of land along the Wabash and Erie Canal in Ohio are moved to Lima on February 15 and Bucyrus on February 22. The note mentions Latter Day Saints, with about 200 sailing from Liverpool to settle in Michigan and about 2000 planned to emigrate in the spring to the same region.
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Wabash and Erie Canal
Maumee Valley
Ohio
Lima
Bucyrus
Litter Day Saints
Liverpool
Michigan
Weekly Ledger
New York Custom House Completes Marble Structure
The New York Custom House is finished measuring 200 feet long and 90 feet wide with a portico at both ends supported by eight Doric columns each. The building uses marble for floors and roof with cast iron doors and sashes and no wood anywhere.
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New York Custom House
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Lake Michi
Executive
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Locos
Natchez
Joana Favento
Austria
Buchanan
Constellation
W. O. Pic
Old Kentucky
Scorch
Incledon
Paul
Charles
Noah
Electon
John Q. Adams
Court of General Sessions
Lucifer
Berren Times
Baltimore Republican
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