The Little Village Love Trial in Napoleonic War
In 1811 1812 amid combat with the British in Spain a French trumpeter Antoine seeks Therese's hand while Therese curses him then yields after a brutal winter campaign. The narrator watches the two endure hardship rescue Lebat and Antoine, both die in snow and battle, while Therese reforms after grief.
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Normandy
Spain
Austerlitz
Auberge
Talavera
Marellerie
Granymede
Legion d' Honneur
Poland
Egypt
Danvers
Paris
Antoine
Essling
Therese
Monsieur
Lebat
Parbley
L.den’s
Theresa
Rec
France
Empire
Bar Lb
Russia
Pere Lebat
Old Lebat
Marguerite
Lane Fa
Fillmore's Daughter Teaches at Buffalo Free School
A note in the Buffalo free school record identifies President Fillmore's daughter as one of the teachers. The entry highlights her role within the local education initiative and places her among the faculty serving the city's public students.
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Fillmore
Buffalo Free Schools
Horace Greeley on Watertown Steam Engine Invention
A Greeley letter to the New York Tribune notes a Watertown steam engine by Loard & Bradford. He praises its capacity and forecasts machinery replacing manual labor, including press work, within five years as steam usage expands and portable engines proliferate.
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Fredoniax Press
8. Wilson
Kintep
George M.swigert
Dayton & Springfield
Dayton
Ohio
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Watertown
Loard & Bradford
New York Delegation and Omnibus Cabinet Moves
Special Dispatch reports the New York delegation aligning with the president's Omnibus plan. Sixteen will follow the president, while the omnibus prospects rise as Delaware and Pennsylvania Whigs consult. New York figures Hunt, Marshall Roberts, and Hiram Ketchum are present, with Ketchum backing Webster and Maxwell departed.
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New York Tribune
Washinetox
Texas
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Randall
Meredith
Controller Hunt
Marshall O. Roberts
Hiram Ketchum
Webster
Maxwell
Not so BAD AFTER ALL in the Pittsburgh Visitor
The Pittsburgh Visitor edited by Mrs. Swisshelm rebuts the charge of being a man hater. She praises the opposite sex, recounts business ties with men, and notes respect for manhood despite a bustling newsroom and claims of depravity. She affirms reverence for her brother on earth.
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Pittsburgh
Swisshelm
Cuba and the Slave Trade In Cuban ports cited
A New Orleans letter to the Delta reports two slave ship cargoes reaching Mariel and Cardenas in May. About 1,760 enslaved people were landed, with Captain General receiving about 78,000 dollars from the sales at roughly 50 dollars per person. The piece notes the trade as a chief revenue source for the Cuban authorities and cites efforts to evade English and American patrols.
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Cuba
New Orleans
Delta
Mariel
Cardenas
Youthful Sucker Drinks Mint Julep in Luxury
In Sunbury American prose, a young man indulges in a julep amid mint leaves. The scene shows him savoring the drink with evident pleasure as a brown rose rests nearby, highlighting opulent leisure described in period tone.
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Sunbury American
Bennett's Marine Life Buoy for Steamboats
Description of a zinc octagonal life buoy with eight compartments and two water proof boxes for fog signals and provisions. Exterior loop holes hold a stow cord life line. Designed to sustain six persons in the water.
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Aw Bennett
Marine Life Buoy
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Steubenville
Fom
Bipor Journal
Thumpeter
Antoine Pale
Lehat
Poriege
Beresuia
Parbleu
Fawtry
Prestident Fillumore
New York
Buffalo
Marrnburgh
Locotuco
Wade
Irop
Iron Workers of
Locotoco
Thorpe
Ph. 1 Evening Bulletin
Nuw
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Ion
Magnus
Mexnic
Zachary Taylor
United States
Orange County
A. C
Union
Virginia
Gracchi
Republic
New England
North
West
Cavaliers
Vilgrims
Pacific
Patrick Kenry
Jercherson
Marshal
Lee
Madison
Monroe
Oetsin
Wasamooro
England
Richard Taylor
Washington
Trenton
Daniel Boon
Romulus
Kentucky
Col. Taylor
Chesapeake
Taylor
Jefferson
Young Republic
Maine
Great Lake
Mississippi
Lecumseh
Ort Harrison
Wabash
Col. Russel
Florida
Okee-cho-kee
South
Voyune
City of Mexico
Ate
San Luis
Morelia
Zaca
Mexico
Palma
Leperos
Cho City
Pato Acro
Resaca ‘de la Parma
Monterey
Buena Vista
Senate
Rome
Victoris
Greece
Geo. W. Evans
Macon
Geo
PEN and Scissors
Cincinnati
Sartain
Serain
Rascal
A. M. Y. Beach
The
New York Sun
Lehigh Bank
H. M. Webber
Brussels
Chevalier
Salt Lake
Corps of
United States’ Engineers
Bank
Miss Gold
New York Penitentiary
Rhode Island
Santa Anna
Carthagena
Lowell, Ill
Cin. Com
New Mexico
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Louisiana
Indiana
Illinois
Memphis
Tenn
Soga
Sons of Temperance
Canada
Boston Post
Desert
Herman
St. Louie
Prof. Webster
Boston Mail
Committee of the Council
Dr. Webster
New Jersey
Doane
Brethern
God
Father
Jesus Christ
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