Boundaries and Physical Features of Kansas Territory
Joseph F. Moffette details Kansas and Nebraska boundaries, westward extent, and the three degree latitude span. He describes topography from Missouri to New Mexico, noting rivers such as the Neosho and Arkansas, timber, grazing lands, and potential for settlement, along with Fort Scott and Osage river valleys and mineral resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Congress
Nebraska
Missouri
New Mexico
Utah Territory
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Polanca
Pike’s Peak
Arkansas
Missouri Line
Osage River
Ozark Mountains
Cumberland Mountains
Mississippi
Missouri River
Territory
Kaw River
Arkansas River
Great Bend
Neosho
Lower
Deac
Bluff
Major Emory
Kearney
Arrid
Bent’s Fort
98Th Meridian
Fremontin
Upper
Coo-cha-top Pass
Green Horn
Lord Scrabble
Bent's Fort
American Fur Company
Bent
Kansas Territory
Bluffs
Fort Smith
Kansas Valley
Union Mission
Council Grove
Kansas River
Osage
Fort Scott
United States
Little Osage
Mahmetah
Mine Creek
Sugar Creek
Pottawattamie Creek
Middle Creek
Bull Creek
Ottawa Creek
Santa Fe
Pattawattamie
Sugar Creeks
Kansas Line
Emigration to Liberia by Indiana Board of Colonization
The Indiana Board of Colonization announces that the American Colonization Society will dispatch a well equipped ship from Baltimore on November 1. Colorful residents of Indiana may emigrate to Liberia with six months support from the state, receiving land upon arrival. Emigrants pay their own trip costs and supply needs, and inquiries may be made to Rev. T. A. Mills. applications should be filed early. Aug. 13, 1855.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Colonization
Indiana
American Colonization Society
Baltimore
Liberia
John McKay
T. A. Mills
Jos. A. Wright
Indianapolis
Death penalty bills push slavery control in Kansas
Kansas Legislature passes laws fixing death for attempts to interfere with or entice away slaves and for importing abolition materials. Commentary questions how far the measure will go to shape slavery in Kansas amid wider war news. The London Morning Post cites a calculated siege outcome at Sevastopol and predicts its fall. The note references the American Catholic press.
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Kansas
Local notices urge work and meeting for laboring men
In Peru 1855 an appeals card invites youth to better employment and calls men to gather at the Brick School House on Friday evening August 31 at seven. It highlights Miss E M McCabe and Mr Jemison as notable figures and notes old customers may attest to their credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. McCabe
Mr. Jemisons
Mr. Jemison
County improvements noted in Miami street work and cost
The street in front of the Robinson House is gravelled and gutters lined with stone at a cost over two hundred dollars, reportedly free to the Corporation. The Corporation pushes grading on other streets with energy. Second Street looks changed. Will there be a County Fair in Miami for 1855. From 1804 to 1856 seems a long stride for our enterprising county.
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Robinson House
Second Street
Miami
Evening Upon the River Bank Poem Signed Youna Dax
A reflective verse from Wabash dated August 19 1855 describes a Sabbath evening by the river. The speaker experiences calm nature scenes tall corn forests and birds while recalling youth and pondering rest as day fades into night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Yonder Forest
Yonder Maple Grove
Hall's Advertisement Promotes Cash Discounts
Hall announces prices reduced to 25 percent this week and cash buyers can purchase goods previously sold for 1.00 at 78 cents. The compositor altered wording, but the gist remains a cash discount sale at the establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Verses and Political Notes in a 19th Century Paper
A mixed page features a playful sixteen year old girl poem praising virtue and charm. It also lists presidential candidates with supporting journals, and reports on Crimean War events with British, French, and Russian updates including Sevastopol, Redan, Malakoff, and troop movements.
American Bible Society In 1854 815 899 Bibles Issued
The American Bible Society reports 9,903,751 Bibles and Testaments issued since its start. In the year ending April 30, 1854, 815,899 were issued with receipts of $394,340. Officers listed include Joseph Hyde and John C Brigham D D. The North Indiana Annual Conference meets Goshen September 14 1854. The Pacific Railroad opened to Hermann Missouri nine miles from St Louis. Detroit Advertiser notes fall potato sale offers rejected at three shillings per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Bible Society
Society
City of
New York
Eighth and
Ninth Streets
Bowery
Third Avenue
Joseph Hyde
John C. Brigham
Joseph Holdich
D. D
James H. Neille
Pacific Railroad
Hermann
Missouri River
St. Louis
Detroit
Mich
Arrival of the Steamship Pacific News From Liverpool
The Pacific arrives at 64 morning after a Liverpool voyage at 10 A.M. Aug. 11. Crimea details are sparse with rumors of bombardment resuming. Gen. Markham may gain command, Duke of Cambridge reluctant, Omar Pasha leads Turks. Baltic fleet nears Revel or Sweaborg. Austria seeks cordial Western ties, Spain may send 25,000 to Allies with France backing Isabella. Further confirmation awaited.
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Pacific
United States Mail
Liverpool
Crimea
Markham
Colin Campbell
Duke of Cambridge
Simpson
Omar Pasha
Asia
Black Sea
Baltic
Nargau
Revel
Sweaborg
Austria
M. M. D’escars
Chapot
Count of Montemolino
Charlist
Spain
Henry V
France
England
Isabella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph F. Moffette
Sevastopol
London Morning Post
Seige
Star and Featheress
National
Jeffersonville
Democrat
Peru
emRy A. Holderman
Edmund Holderman
Editors
Youna Dax
Wabash
M. L
George Law
XN. Y
New York Herald
New Orleans
Millard Fillmore
N.Y
Buffalo Advertiser
Hanover
Spectator
Franklin Tierce
N. Te
Charleston Mercury
Savannah
Georgian
Maine
I*ree Press
Boston Post
Cheshire
N. N
Republican
New York Day Book
Ram Houston
Texas
Concord
N. J
Shawneetown
St. Louis Herald
Chicago Democrat
San Diego
Cal
Herald
Henry A. Wise
Charlotte
Kanawa
Star
W. H. Seward
New York Tribune
New York Times
Albany Evening Journal
Buffalo Express
Debuque
Iowa
Tribune
Garrett Davis
Thibodeaux
Minerva
Georgetown
Edward Bates
Galena
Ind
Advertiser
St. Louis Intelligencer
Joan Bell
Tenn
Orleans
Bulletin
N. Y
Courier and Enquirer
Meredith
Gentry
Tennessee
David R. Atchison
Jefferson City
Examiner
Atchison
K. T
Sovereign
R. M.T. Hunter
Washington Sentinel
J. M. Botts
Trenton
N. H
Free Press
Fernando Wood
Chicago
Ill
Courier
John Black
America
Halifax
Cunard
North Star
Havre
Kamiesch
Paris
Redan
Malakoff
Egypt
Bedowins
London
Germany
Sea of Azoff
Constantinople
Sehamyl
Baltic Sea
Lord Palmerston
U. States
Frances
Cuba
Italy
Lombardy
Venice
China
Tribune of the 25Th
Porte
Asia Minor
Omer
North Indiana
Goshen
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