Lippard's Legends of the Revolution advertised in Plainfield ads
The Plainfield Gazette promotes Lippard's Washington and his Generals in two octavo volumes, priced at one dollar for the text and 150 for a bound edition. The notice touts critical praise, notes origin from the Saturday Courier series, and invites orders with remittance to T B Peterson Philadelphia. It includes a humorous tale of Hezekiah Spaulding and a breakfast scam in an Ohio village as additional reading.
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Lawyer and Witness Sketches of Courtroom Versus School Banter
A column contrasts a cynical criminal lawyer who tests witnesses with a ritual question about state prison exposure and a counter tale where schoolboys feign excuses for smoking. The lawyer’s method, the witty reply Yes sir, and the pupils’ corn excuse, close the humorous sketch.
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Annal Court
Equity
The Most Anxious Moment In A Young Man Life
A sermon on leaving home and facing life tests virtues and consequences. The tale contrasts parental prayers with a risk of dishonor and includes a vivid siege of a nurse’s courage during a nocturnal intruder. A sharp anecdote about a clergyman and a boy ends with a joke about a wheel’s spokes.
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Wowans Devorion
Weechman
Whig Faction Split Over Zachary Taylor Nomination
A 1848 letter from a Philadelphia writer urges Zachary Taylor’s bid, praising his character and independence from party lines. It describes Democratic hopes, Whig division at the Philadelphia convention, Taylor’s nomination as a people’s choice, and a persistent push against party orthodoxy.
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