Railroads sixty years ago stunned by Livingston letter
The letter from Robert Fulton’s brother-in-law, dated March 1, 1811, records Chancellor Livingston’s doubts about railway travel. He warned rail cars would need double tracks, iron walls, heavy framing, and costly safeguards to prevent collisions, arguing canals would remain cheaper and more convenient. The piece also mirrors contemporary quips about reputation and a London water-shortage forecast with Welsh dam plans.
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Virginia
Washington Patriot
An 1871 Vulture of Southern Tax Tyranny and Woes
A lengthy extract reviews American women travelers, then quotes editorials on Reconstruction, taxation, and political strife. It notes South Carolina taxes, confiscation fears, and Radical rule, contrasting Northern and Southern views, with Washington letters on governance and virtue. It includes reflections on Washington and old-country virtue.
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General Assembly
California Puneral On Tejuna Mountain Inhumane Camp Scene
A Los Angeles Star report describes a bleak Mexican frontier funeral found near a jacal by a bluff. A man and woman carry a plank with a dead old man on a rough bier to a shallow grave dug with a shovel. A sapless, nearly improvised burial is recorded before a distant horizon of poverty. A second item notes hog improvement by introducing purebred boars from related lines.
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