English as a Bourbon relic and slave issue in 1880
The piece rails against William H. English as a relic of old Democratic slavery doctrine. It cites his 1850s resolutions proposing slave state divisions and fugitive slave protections, argues he would push pro slavery policies as vice president, and notes a hostile 1880 political gathering with disturbances near Farley Spear & Co. and police concerns.
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Burlington
Hawkeye
William H. English
Pierce
Buchanan
Congress
Nebraska
Kansas
South
Committee of Thirty Three
United States
Territories
English
Calhoun
Minglish
Senate
Democratic Party
Beginning Early at Montgomery Republican Ratification Meet
Washington dispatch notes the Montgomery ratification meeting ended in chaos as Democrats fired a shotgun and attacked speakers with rotten eggs. The Montgomery Advertiser portrays the event as led by colored radicals explaining Garfield’s nominees and shouting amid gas and disruption.
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Farley, Spear & Co
Farley, Spear &Co
Montgomery
Chicago
Washington
New York Times
Alabama
Public Square
Garfield
Court House
A Little English Story From Indiana Politics
The Indianapolis Journal shares a humorous tale about W H English, then a Democratic vice presidential candidate, and his father Major Elisha G English. In Scott County they raised funds for a church and the son added “and son” to his father’s name when he saw the thirty five dollar subscription. The story is presented as true and well attested.
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Indianapolis Journal
W.H. English
Scott County
Indiana
Lexington
Elisha G. English
W. H. English
Garfield Back Pay Received by Treasury in 1873
A Treasury Department letter to H Downy Iowa dated June 22 1940 states James A Garfield deposited 4548 to the Treasurer of the United States on April 22 1873 for retroactive salary increase. The funds were covered into the Treasury by Miscellaneous Covering Warrant No 704 second quarter 1873 and cannot be drawn except by an act of Congress.
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Treasury Dept
Wallington D. C
H. Downy
Des Moines
Iowa
Janes A. Garfield
Treasury
The
United States
James A. Garfield
Congress
Oakes Ames
Garfield
Ames
Old Man Afraid of the People in Canal Circle Home
The Indianapolis Journal notes Mr English, former president of the First National Bank, kept a heavily barred sleeping room on the Circle. He locked himself in at night to shield against bank robbers, a habit intensified during the 1877 workingmen's strike.
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Indianapolis
From Garfield’s Former Captain
Jersey City June 19 1880 Jonathan Myers captain and owner of canal boats recalls Garfield as a driver for him on the Ohio Canal from 1849 to 1848 and predicts voting for Garfield for President once more.
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Clyde
N. J
H. Clarke
Jonathan Myers
General Garfield
Jersey City
Ohio Canal
James A. Garfield
United States
Jonathan Myses
Garfield Nomination Sparks Democratic Response
The New York Tribune notes Garfield's nomination on June 8 and the Democratic campaign against him entering its second week. It observes that the nominee was viewed as a decent man by some Democrats, though partisan press varies in stance.
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New York Tribune
Garfield
Ames Accounts Show Conflicting Claims Over Garfield Payment
The testimony details Andrew Ames and Oakes Ames disputes over payments linked to Garfield and the Credit Mobilier stock. Alleged cash balances and stock dividends clash with sworn statements, revealing inconsistencies in who received funds and when.
Oakes Ames memory and business habits cited in testimony
The cross examination shows Ames admitting poor memory and a loose record keeping habit. He describes a pocket memorandum and lists of names used to show payments and 60 percent dividends. The oral testimony against Garfield rests on contradictions with no solid facts.
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Oakes Ames
Allison
Dubuque
Mayeh
Falk
Garfield
Washington
Ames
Congress
Hancock’s record boosts Confederate support for 1868 bid
Cincinnati Gazette argues General Hancock drew solid South backing for the 1868 presidential nomination due to his actions in Louisiana and Texas after the Civil War. It credits his military and civil orders, including removing reformists and tolerating rebel governance, as pivotal to Southern sympathy and Senate-party influence.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Hancock
Louisiana
Texas
Cincinnati
Alabama
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Seymour
National Union
General Hancock
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
South
Sheridan
South-west District
Fore
Lousiana
Gen. Sheridan
Grant
Hanecock
New Orleans
William Baker
Arthur Gastinet
Supreme Court
Gastinet
Atlantic
New York
Strange Californian Stranger Seeks Board at Detroit Hotel
A middle aged man with an old grip sack visited a Congress street boarding house yesterday forenoon and offered extravagant references. He boasted of ties to Senator Smith General Sherman Judge Collins and other figures while trying to secure room and board claiming urgent business in Detroit. The exchange revealed a confident caller weaving improbable connections and urging trust.
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Detroit
Senator Smith
Smith
General Sherman
Sherman
Washington
Judge Collins
Buffalo
Suspecting landlady foils traveler’s grand scheme in Detroit
A tall tale unfolds as a stranger seeks lodgings and bank plans in Detroit. He boasts of a $50,000 business stake and a governor’s silver gift, but the landlady demands local references and heightens suspicion. The con man departs for a hotel, leaving behind a scant impression and a cheap pun on a penny restaurant.
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Woodward Avenue
Conneticut
Detroit
Sadly Romantic Story in Slavery Era Revelations
Chicago June 29 A faded romance from slavery days ends with the death of Minnie Andrews once Minnie Mink a daughter of Toronto magnate James Mink His father offered 330 000 to any white man to wed his daughter She was sold into slavery in Richmond and later escaped returning home to a ruined life dying at forty five
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Chicago
Minnie Andrews
Mink
School Street
James Mink
Toronto
Canada
Dominion
James Andrews
Richmond
The Emperor's Tree at Pekin
The article recounts a sacred tree planted by Chuntche near Pekin in the Tanche-ssu temple. It holds that the dynasty endures while the tree lives and saplings sprout from the root to honor each new emperor. The current sapling is described as vigorous and flourishing.
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Pekin
Chuntche
China
Tanche-ssu
Military Etiquette at Hancock Headquarters
A Civil War telegraph operator recalls Hancock’s strict official etiquette in spring 1864. In a sultry May afternoon at the Army of the Potomac’s Wilderness campaign tents, Hancock handed a dispatch to the orderly. The orderly passed it to the operator, who then received the paper for transmission, gaining lifelong respect for the General’s ceremony.
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Baltimore
Hancock
Army of the Potomac
War Department
Washington
American clocks find ready market in Shanghai
Consul General Denny in Shanghai reports that an American clock maker's agent sold all 400 to 500 sample clock cases in four days and could have moved 1500 to 1600 more. He sees a large open field for American manufacturers to capture China’s clock trade with concerted effort.
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Denny
United States
Shanghai
Department of State
China
Sufferings of a Surveying Party on the Pecos
Major R. J. Lawrence and the Texas and Pacific surveying corps endured days of extreme thirst in the White Sands hills. They reached the Pecos river with many stock and wagons abandoned. Some men were crazed by thirst and drank animal blood. many were nearly blind and would have perished without the leaders' bravery.
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R. J. Lawrence
Texas and Pacific Railroad
White Sands Hills
Pecos River
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Transac
Credit Mobilier
Philip
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Seo Tavl
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Cific Railroad
Poland
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