Two Weddings and Joy After War in Our Village
After peace returns, General Washington celebrates with the Spencer and Har r ia families as Ambrose Spencer Julia Harris and Henry Fletcher Jane Spencer wed. Washington negotiates prisoner exchanges and Fletcher survives, revived from captivity, sharing in the village’s glad tidings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spencer
Ambrose
Julia
Henry Fletcher
Ambrose Spencer
Julia Harria
Jane Spencer
Fletcher
Jane
Cholera Activity Across Cities Reported in 1849 Dispatches
Reports from Rahway Campen New York Cincinnati Privapecexia and St Louis detail cholera cases and deaths as of early July 1849. Sanitary committees note rising new cases 46 deaths in a 24 hour span and a total toll reaching 1163 for the year. News also states political notes with Gen. Joan A. Quinnam named Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayors Office
New York
Sanitary Committee
The
Board of Health
Joan A. Quinnam
Mississippi
Obituary notices from New York and Plainfield area
In this place on the third inst Amelia E Cow aged 18 died in New York on Thursday last from consumption, wife of Josiah J Dutcher tinman formerly of Plainfield At Stony Hill Joshua Seaman aged about 60 years died on Monday July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia E. Cow
New York
Josiah J. Dutcher
Plainfield
Stony Hill
Joshua Seaman
Plainfield Market Prices Noted for Week
Gazette lists current corrected weekly prices for staple goods including flour wheat corn oats rye potatoes butter hams lard and eggs with per ewt and per dozen figures. Prices show modest changes and reflect market conditions in Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Plainfield Pricees Current
the Gazette
Unclear list of names from historical fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows numerous personal names including Adams Thomas Ayers Tittsworth Barton Beekman Beker Baldwin Nathaniel Byrne De Coufmann Mager Crane Coddington Codington Colthar Killroy Pell Powell Pound and others without a clear event or context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coufmann
Mager Crane
James Coddington
J C
Codington
Colthar
John 2
Dr Pearson Carminative Balsam Endorsed for Aches
An old advertisement touts Dr Pearson's Carminative Balsam as a top remedy for dysentery cholera morbus and summer complaint. It notes it suits travellers and infants and cites Mrs A M Sandford of New York praising its effectiveness for summer illnesses and fretful infants. The ad lists wholesale and retail sale at 14th Street Philadelphia with agents in New York and broader distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearsons
Haveing
A. Pearson
M.D. U S. Navy
S K Leedem
M. D. Champlain Co
Ohio
Cedwallader
U.S. Navy
A M Sandford
New York
A. M Sastorn
East Broadway
N. Y
S.A. Pearson
14Th Street
Philadelphis
J. R. Swallow
General Cone
Folwast
United States
Canadas
West Indies
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oly
Rahway
Campen
Crivcinnatti
St. Louis
A Adams Thomas
Ayers & Tittsworth
Leveridge Cornt’s
Long John M McCord
J W McDonald Willliam Madden
Henry G Esq Moore Isaac
Mallison James J
Jos E Eayres
John L Eakin
Robert
Frazee
Mary Fisher
Tabitha G Garwood
Gimble Curtis H Hill
N Halsey Stephes
Kershner
Killroy Haigh
Lynch Jno
Thomas Lew
Pell Mary Jane Powell
William Pound
Adolphus Stebbins Whimpson Wmperring
James Shotwell
M Eppences
Caroline B
Barry
Verity Isabela
Wooden Richard Watson
James H Waldren
Reuben Or
Wm Frasure Willet
Louis Wormes
IS Craig, P. M
Ford & Batswolds
Cortlandt Street
West ST. New York
Thomas J. Ford, Willam L. Raynolds
Joseph Annin
Front St
Marble Manufactory
Market Street
Newark
New Jersey
Elizabethtown
N. J
Bethtown
Elizabethport
Joe el
KRASB & G@s
Ber
Scotch Plains
Union Farts
James Ross
William JS Moor
Mahlon Smalley
Isaac L Smalley
Basking Ridge
New Depot
John Lutz
Collect Hall
Rail Road
Satirseilles
E. Kirkpatrick
Bristol
Gay
Townsend
Wright
Plainfield, N. J
Tron, Steel, and Metals
Baird Wis
Mulberry Streets
Sanderson, Brothers & Co
Naylor & Co
Parker Mills
Lazer, Perkins & Co’s
Griffin
Hill’s
Wrights
Armitages
Wright’s
Massy
Fourth Street
Heath & Dunning
J. B. Brown
Pisinfield
Broad ST. Seaton
Broad St
William St
Franklin Hall
Seaton’s
P. S
Prarson
Atienza
Pearson
DR. Pearson
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