Homestead Bill Proposes 160 Acres for Settlers
The bill passed the House seeks to grant one hundred sixty acres of public lands to qualified settlers free of cost. It outlines eligibility for free entry by free white heads of families or those 21+, set terms on five-year residency, inheritance, and entry limits, and preserves land from debt satisfaction. It also allows non citizens to participate with intent to become citizens and regulates entry patterns across alternate quarter sections.
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House of Representatives
United States
Ladies Fair and Abolition Meeting Report
Notices from Baraboo about a Ladies Benevolent Association fair on April 19 at J. H. Davis’s house with ten cent admission and seven o clock doors. A sprawling Abolition Mass Meeting in Slulk County debates resolutions, delegates, and support for anti slave law convention in Milwaukee. Judge Larrabee appears favored in circuit race with multiple county results cited. The Immigrant Agency bill in New York is vetoed and agency restored.
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Ladies 'Benevolent Association
Baraboo
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E. A. Wate
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Apri
Sook County
Cowles
Robert Jackson
Alvin Brown
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Cochran
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M. Clark
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Rose
Prairie du Sre
Alvin Hand
Cunrad Schneider
Janelle Standard
Hubbell
Orden
County Board and arrest in fugitive slave case
List of county supervisors by district names and initials follows. Ankest Chas Watkins of Milwaukee arrested for aiding slave Glover to escape with $2000 bail posted for July term at Madison. Six arrests total: three in Racine Clement Wright Waterman and three in Milwaukee Booth Messenger Watkins. House and Senate debate over six first class screw frigates passes amid war spirit.
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Chas
I. Watkins
Milwaukee
Bee
Glover
U.S. Supreme Cour
Madison
Dane County
Wisconsin
Racine
Clement
Wright
Waterman
Booth
Messenger
Senate
Cal
Benton Tade
Russia seeks American loans to fuel war and shipbuilding
A Russian diplomat writes to the American consul in London explaining Russia’s need for funds and suggesting America could loan money not in cash but in ships and seaborne assets to sustain the war against Britain. The piece cites banking notes, legislative items, and local notices as context.
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Wussia
Wisconsin
Russia
Maeland
Prance
America
George Sanders
London
Fetter
New York
England
Irussia
France
Legislature Adjourns After Contentious Session
The Legislature adjourned on Monday at 7 o’clock with few actions in the Assembly and a mainly ceremonial parting. Lt Governor Lewis delivered an eloquent farewell. the Senate passed necessary bills. Report notes mixed success, praises Hoan’s valedictory, and calls for future refinement of policy, especially on the Maine Law. The Land Grant memorial is commended for countering monopolist claims and urging federal action.
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Argus &Dein
Senate
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Lord’s
Maine
Syise
Netion
Congress
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Tenneses
Alabama
Wecliim Ag
Balked by Baltic and Black Sea tensions unfold
April reports describe naval movements as Allied fleets near the Black Sea while Russia proclaims martial law in St Petersburg and Warsaw. Czarist actions, Turkish fears, and diplomatic notes from London smooth a tense frontier climate amid ongoing war talk and financial strain.
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