Mormon Conflict in Daviess County Missouri
Reports detail Mormon bands in Daviess and nearby counties numbering up to 500 fighting men vowing to resist eviction, with armed confrontations near Wright's home and warrants for Joseph Smith and Lyman Wright. Richmond meeting drafts resolutions urging enforcement of state law as tensions rise and possible bloodshed looms.
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Missouri
Daviess County
Daviess
Hve
Ader
Warra
Jo Smith
Wright
Ray County
Smith
Caldwell County
Lhe Western Star
Liberty
Sydney Rigdon
Star
Jawa
Richmond
Emigrants to this State from Canada and more
Reports from the United States describe Canadian emigrants heading to Illinois and the Far West, with thousands traveling aboard steamers like the William and the Thunitton Express. The writings discuss immigration, patriotism, and the expectation that many will become citizens. Additional items note a Boston prisoner’s harsh sentence for theft, a peevish judicial remark, and comments on Cherokee removal and political alignments in Tennessee.
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Trish
State of
Illinois
Congress
Sangamo Jour
Thunitton
U. C
Sips
Ulingis
Lower Canada
Toronto Mirror
William
Canada
Ulinois
Navy attack prompts calls for accountability and inquiry
A long editorial from the Army and Navy Chronicle condemns a virulent attack on the Navy by an official editor and questions official sanction. The National Intelligencer asks who behind the anonymous charges is harming the Navy’s honor. The piece urges disclosure and defense of national defense.
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Navy
Army and Navy Chronicle
National Intelligencer
Secretary of the Navy
Skuderer
State Bank of Illinois pressed by prejudice in federal policy
The General Government favors western banks with influence and harms the State Bank of Illinois. The Treasury Department withholds depository status, forcing Illinois funds to Missouri banks. The drain curtails discounts and circulation, risking higher prices for produce and general business in Illinois.
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Bank of Missouri
Missouri
Springfield Journal
Secretary of the Treasury
State Bank of Illinois
Bank of Illinois
Illinois Bank
Bank of
Ilinois
Trees and memory mingle in rural reflections and risk
In Prairie Beacon and other items, a mix of rural wisdom on planting trees, the benefits of orchards, and the role of trees in climate and soil health is paired with musings on ballroom scenes and youth. The text also reports on Morus Multicaulis silk farming economics, a Canton duel resulting in serious injuries, and a Calhoun kinship note related to Congress.
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Torres
Ulysses
Bond
Prairie Beacon
Philadelphia Courier
Canton
Messra Dickins
Drane
Mitchell Calhoun
Calhoun
John ‘Calhoun
Congress
San Jour
The Great Eclipse of 1688 and Local Anecdotes
A collection of period remarks describes a stately man in creaking boots, a grievous wagon accident on a Yankee girl, and a note on the 1688 eclipse about to be observed. It mentions the Smithsonian bequest of roughly half a million dollars and proposals to invest in state stocks at five percent. Also notes rumors that Napoleon’s remains will move to the Vendome pillar in Paris.
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Oaera
Kentucky
Kenucky Gazette
Peter
Samuel HH. Hopkins
Boston
Sam
Jeffries
Alabama
Old Point
Vincenes
Lieut
Wilkes
Relief
Long
Peacock
Hudson
Porpoise
Ringgold
Schr
Flying Fish
Nnox
Reid
N. W
Munrov
Cape Henry
Louisville
Thomas Phillips
St. Louis
Clement Farconer
Maryland
Green Mountains
Esculapius
St. Com. Bul
Secretary of the Treasury
James Smithson
Eny
London
Washington
Congress
Napoleon
Vendome
Paris
State OF Illinois
Adama
Ilinois
Ores
John F. Battell
George R. Crooks
Joseph Kelly
Adams Circuit Court
Rouse
Quincy
Tte
Calumbua
Jamen Hull
Sylvanus Hecox
M. Woods
Browning & Bushnell
Illinoe
County of
Adama Gircuit
Jones W. Tiarton
Horace T. Henry
Holden
A. Dd. Lris
Aaid ‘Circuit Court
Tye
Brown Marca
C. M. Woods
William A. Grimgiaw
Pike
Illnois
Pittefield
Jacl Murpole
Wal A. Grimshaw
Pulice
Pike Co
LE Aie Tf
Moses Block
Susan Block
Simon Block
John Jaden
Abbe
Abbe Block
Mosca Kelly
Louies
Louisa Block
Zalma Block
William Smart
Rachel
Rachel Block
William Melnight
Zipporah
Zipporah Block
John Juden Junior
Vira Block
Rebecca Block
Rubsega Covington
Susa
Pittffeld
Clement Lippincott
Levi Kintman
Parvin Poulin
Enid
James Davis
PitteBold
Pike County
Ilingis
Pitt
Hancock County
Carthage
Mercer County
New Boston
Fulton
Ilabge
Peoria
Panay
Public appeal for protection after night attacks in Quincy
SARAIL M. CAUGLIN appeals to Quincy citizens to aid and shield her and her children from lawless night assaults. She describes masked assailants breaking into her home with an armed party, assaulting a police officer, and stealing valuables, while demanding witnesses verify the facts and justice prevail.
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Quincy
Sarail M. Cauglin
Whipney-W Cutler Marriage in New Haven Aug 5
In New Haven Connecticut on August 5 a marriage was solemnized by the Rev Py Croswell uniting Mr DG Whipney of this place and Mrs Mary Ann Cutler formerly of New Haven.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Faust
Py. Croswell
DG. Whipney
Mary Ann Cutler
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Irene
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J. B. Mathews
Messrs. Rogers and
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Honorable County Commissioners
I. O. Woodruff
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Prest
Sec’y
Niagara Courier
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St. James
Lovejoy
Pulaski
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Henry Cray
Shelbyville
Bedford County
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Bedford
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Iowa
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Teche
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Major Noth
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Rand
State of Missouri
Clark County
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Hampshire GA Street
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Hampshire Street
Joan B. Young
Qeathers
C. Rogers
Solomon Copawall
C.rogers
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Ifip
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Minois
Quinsy
George Smith
Willing & Johnston
WM. A. Grimshaw
Heigs
Linois
John Sappington
Leya
F. &G. A. Miller
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