Peru Town Growth and Grogan Affair Headlines
In Peru Indiana the paper notes rapid town growth with emigration to Miami County and mentions a Grogan affair sparking border excitement. A Vermont dispatch claims British soldiers invaded Alburgh, abducted Col. Grogan, and attacked his household with bayonets amid historic tensions.
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McLeod
Grogan
Peru
Union
Miami
Sentinel
Burlington
Vermont
Alburgh
Canada
Col. Grogan
United States
Caldwell’s
Cincinnati Republican
Jacmes Grogan
Michigan
Jones
Montreal
St. Albans
Bristol
Eng
Ted
Our
Republic
Border tensions and political jabs echo across frontier
Philadelphia Chronicle reports ongoing border difficulties with British provocations fueling frontier tensions. The piece notes editorials from Fort Wayne Sentinel and Madisonian praising prudence to maintain peace, while Maine election fallout sparks whig apologies and editorials mocking loco foco rivals.
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Philadelphia Chronicle
Fort Wayne
Maine
J. Wayne Sentinel
Loco Foco
Frontiers Tensions and Health Alarm Rally Across Nations
Reports from Cincinnati and Evansville describe the Ohio River rise hindering navigation to Louisville and a Yellow Fever surge in New Orleans with heavy daily deaths. The piece also recounts the Alburgh Vermont incident and Canadian border tensions, plus political maneuvering around General Cass.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati Gazette
Louisville
Heathh
New Orleans
Evans- Journal
War talk and political notes from the Boston Journal
The piece surveys Anglo American tensions near the Canadian border, calls for neutral enforcement and possible military action, notes President Polk's administration moves, and reports on politics in Washington and Philadelphia including judge and ministerial appointments, economic distress in Britain, and a troop move to Fort Fairfield.
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Atlantic
McLeod
United State
Florida
Col. Worth
Tampa Bay
Poinsett
Thomas M. Petit
District Court
Philadelphia
Congress
Sergeant
Washington
McLean
Col
Grogan
Canada
Richmond
Tyler
Henry Clay
Ingersoll
George Poindexter
Mexico
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Dewcy
Brown
Herkimer Bank
Sandy Hill
Fatimnd Timan Him
Boston Journal
Cavaca
National Intelligencer
Legare
Crittenden
N. Y. American
Chippewa
Prentice
Louisville Journal
Virginia
Newport
R. J
Commodore Perjry
Trinidad
Baltimore
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
England
Philadelphia Gazette
Stephen St. John
Columbig
Hoon County
Hoe
Westminster Abbey
van Neal
Fort Fairfield
Aroostook County
Hancock Barracks
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