Wisconsin Territory seeks to extend plank road to Madison
The act authorizes the Lisbon and Milwaukee Plank Road Company to locate and build a plank road from Watertown to Madison, continuing an existing line from Milwaukee and Lisbon. It outlines land purchases, jury inquest for damages, stock terms, director powers, tolls after milestones, and legal changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Madison
Lisbon and
Milwaukee Plank Road Company
Legislative Assembly
Liston and Milwaukee Plank Road Company
Seal Company
Milwaukee
Lisbon
Water‘town
Loytesson
Therapf
Caid
Wisconsin
Madison, Watertown and Milwaukee Plank Road Company
Board of Directors
Patch Words and French Revolutions in a 1848 Letter
A 1848 dispatch from Rock River Pilot includes German satire on a German gentleman, analysis of the French Revolution of 1848, and notes on treaty ratification. It quotes A HB letter, mentions the Republic in France, and reports temperance and campus notices from Wisconsin newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrrwames
Faiern Bulane
A. HB
Rock River
Saphir
Gentlemar
Mexico
Preble
United States
France
Paris
Republic
Louis Philippe
Rot de Francaise
M. du Pont
la Martine
Gen. Bugeand
Ledra Rollin
M. Garmes i
Europe
Love For The Dead Mr Borror
An essay on mourning and memory describing the enduring value of the dead in our hearts. It argues grief honors the departed, contrasts sorrow with reminiscence, and urges simple lasting monuments matching the deceased nature and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Borror
Notes by the Way and Peace Reflections in 1848
Letters discuss La Maurise as a key figure in France and advocate for burial site improvements. A second item mocks a traveler’s “notes by the way” tour near Madison and Azatlan, critiquing his distant aerial observations and travels through Cottage Grove Milford and Crawfish passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azratan
Madison
Cottage Grove
Leake Mills
Millford
Aztalan
Milford
Rohar
France
England
Austria
Russia
Pius
la Marvin
Louis Paimers
Town Meeting Opposes Watertown Tax for Bridge
March 25 1848 Watertown residents protest a proposed $800 tax to fund a bridge across the Ruck River at Watertown village. Resolution denounces the tax as imposed without consent and vows to oppose public support for those responsible. Also notes foreign policy commentary and civil reforms from Paris and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson
Watertown
John D. Gifford
Willian Vickell
O. Gifford
E. D. Thompson
F. McQuivey
0. Gifford
Pickett
Gregor
Ocean Sion
Scientific American
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Lisconsin
Galena
Jeffersonian
United States Supreme Court
Lexington
Long Island
Tr Ata
Planter's
Jefferson
MLB
Witniame
Timorar Kauix
Hazel Moonng
F. Fox
J. T. Barray
J.C. Gallway
Aakan Streiter
Otvorr Cuzney
W. J. Britan
Gro
Craxpark
Jonathan Craven
Ebenezer Cole
H. B. Hawley
Olcott Cheney
C. HY. Danels
J. D. Reynolds
Amos Steck
Wm. Nelson
John Richards
B. B. Reynolds
Barritt Coon
T. J. Kelley
G. W. Cranda
Dodge
Oak Grove
Communications
Sven Weasslngs
Happy
Watertown Temperance Society
Methodist Church
Waukesha Academy
Winer
W. L. Beam
Cambria
Buffalo
Louisville
Ra "Gorzixon
Simeon Mills
J. Tarkin
Isrrxesox County
Fater Seaburg
George
Dom
Daniel Dobve
Hotaries
Walter A. Bealy
Milamukee
Wargaz
Sazo
Washington
Patel
Wircansia
New French Republic
la Maurise
Ele
Elis
Louis
E. RD
Aztlan
Fmpue
Free Action
Sonderbund
Switzerland
M de Lamarthe
Cicero
Fian
Tonia
Count Mote
Thiers
Barrot
Odillon Barrot
Parke de Nemours
Console
John Russel
New York Assembly
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