Wardens elected for Poor of the county in 3 years
The article notes the election of Benjamin Batts James Ellinor Benjamin D Buttle Willie Atkinson Jesse Mercer Joab P Pitt and Jacob Barnes as Wardens of the Poor for the county for the next three years. It also reports the death of John Sherrod of Hamilton Martin County found near a road fork after a gig accident leaving a wife and several children. He had accumulated property but recently drank heavily.
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Tfon
Messrs
Benjamin Batts
James Ellinor
Benjamin D. Buttle
Willie Atkinson
Jesse Mercer
Joab P. Pitt
Jacob 5. Barnes
John Sherrod
Hamilton
Martin County
Williamston
Tarborough
Demise of President Harrison and Tyler’s Accession
From the Globe an extra reports President Harrison’s death and notes Vice President Tyler’s succession. The National Intelligencer provides official notices while commentary cites illness from agitation, public pressure, and political stress, describing rapid deterioration and the President’s final months and the political dismissals that followed.
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Harrison
Tyler
National Intelligencer
Diss N
Commerce
Gouge
The
Treasury
Durin General Harrison
Elysaphiorides
Tyler Faces a Choice Under Virginia School Principles
The article argues President Tyler must choose between embracing Virginia school principles or yielding to Clay’s aggressive agenda. It warns of a purge against Democrats and questions whether secrecy will define government policy. It notes Tyler’s stance against a National Bank, debt, tariffs, and internal improvements, urging independence to gain broad support.
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Harrison
Tyler
Messrs
Clay
Webster
National Bank
North
Mr. Clay
Cesar
Funeral of President Harrison Draws Vast Toll in Washington
The April 7 page reports Harrison's funeral with grand pomp in Washington. Uniformed troops from Baltimore Philadelphia and the District paraded with bands while citizens filled Pennsylvania Avenue. Black drapery crowded windows cannons fired and bells rang as the body was interred amid a solemn procession. The piece also criticizes Federalist claims of a forty million national debt used to justify a new national bank and funding system.
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Washington
Harrison
Baltimore
Philadelphia
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Globe
Federalists Now Seizing Destiny Warned By Speaker
The piece accuses the Federalist faction of engineering a heavy debt burden. It asserts that the arch Federalist Mr Barnard of New York presents a formal account in the House to show a plan to saddle forty million dollars on the nation. The text implies the extra session is chosen to push this risk.
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House of Representatives
Barnard
New York
The New President John Tyler Takes Oath in 1841
The extraordinary dispatch brought John Tyler to Williamsburg and he arrived in the city at 5 AM. By noon he met with all departmental heads except the Navy secretary and requested they remain in their current posts as he assumes leadership. He expressed sympathy for President Harrison's death and sworn to preserve protect and defend the Constitution. JOIN TYLER. April 6, 1841.
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Williamsburg
John Tyler
United States
Brown’s
Secretary of the Navy
Harrison
The
Tyler
Domestic Manufactures at Battle Brothers Cotton Factory
The Maleigh Register praises Battle & Brothers Tar River Cotton Factory for a fine specimen of cotton twine and sewing thread produced locally with machinery built by a North Carolinian. It urges merchants to buy home made goods to reduce reliance on distant markets and strengthen domestic industry.
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Battle & Brothers
Tar River
London Liverpool March News Sparks US Britain Tension
From Europe to New York the British Queen carried reports on McLeod and the Bank of Pennsylvania stoppage. London Times notes ten sail of the line ordered to America to pressure the McLeod verdict. War talk grows as Paris funds fall and Eastern Question shifts.
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Europe
London
Liverpool
New York
England
Pickens
McLeod
United Stats Bank of Pennsylvania
London Times
Syria
America
Fox
John Bull
United States
Great Britain
Halifax
London Atlas
Paris
China
Egypt
Dutton
Market prices and commodities report note Washington market
Washington Market details April corn wholesale at 175 per 2. Macon sides 9 to 10 cents. hams 12 cents. Naval stores new dip 180, old 175. Scrape 70 cents. War 3100. Shad 8 to 9 cents, herrings cut 400, whole 250 to 300. Pork 450 to 500. Rep.
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Washington
Macon
List of Letters and Names in Philips PherebyJ Miss Pender
A dense roster of individuals and place names appears, listing numerous persons including Philips PherebyJ, Miss Pender, Joshua Col Ruffin, John Rice, Thomas Adams, Henry Andrews, Gray, Archer, P W Rey Mercer, John Bennett, Mark Re, Irby Moore, Elijah Braswell, Robert R Moore, Sarah Braswell, Willie, and many others along with addresses and miscellaneous titles. The fragment reads like a community or court registry of names and initials, interspersed with street references and marginal notes, including Miss Barnes, George Parker Weeks Bragg, and multiple entries ending with imagery such as tissue and dates.
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Adams Henry Andrews Gray
Ee Archer
Rey Mercer
John Bennett
Mark Re
Buntin
Irby Moore
Elijah Braswell
Robert R
Moore Sarah Braswell
Willie
Miss Barnes
George Parker Weeks
Bragg Thomas Bell
Frederick Battle James
Braddy
Lradley
Willie Bryan
Joseph Bullock
Justin Barlow
Clark
Cherry
Carter John Cain
Elisha Clerk
Daniel John H Elliot
Elijah
Everitt
Kenneth Stedman
John Exum
Southerland
Missilinor
James Thigpen
Gowen
John
Wilbur RJ
Garrett Joseph J Weddell James
Peter R Williams
Col Hart R D
Co Hiamonds
Ewan Houze
Ben J Hloward Wilson Ives
Samuel Wills
Judkins
Reb
Wilkinson Joshua Knight
Jesse C Wilkins Diueilla
Redmond
P.M
Will Sell or Lease Broad Farm Tracts in Nashville NC 1840
Notice of sale or lease for years of several real estate tracts along Swit Creek and Sappony Creek near Nashville North Carolina. Properties include 870 acres with dwelling, 100 acres low ground, orchards and timber. 730 acres with dwelling, orchard. 50 acres low ground. 200 acres on Sappony Creek. plus town lots in Nashville with a large two story house of 15 rooms and 13 fireplaces and extensive outbuildings. Jay Lewis and T. Drake provide terms, with viewing required before purchase.
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Swit Creek
Haltaxto Haleigh
Ithardston
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Sappony Creek
Jay Lewis
Nashville
T- MO. T. Drake
Sen
N. C
Peters Vegetable Pills Praised as Widely Used Cure
Advert in March 1841 extols Peters Vegetable Pills as a universal remedy. It cites cured individuals, argues safety and mild action, and promotes the pills as a scientific, universally praised substance available nationwide from Post office and Printing. It warns against other cures and emphasizes health as a divine blessing.
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Ihiy
Dr. Peters
Petel
Peters
Pillsart Post Office
Yup Qi
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Tarboro
Recky Mowat
Simon
Wade
Bala
Eral
Augustin I Whitemead
General Post Office
Knight D&ic Little
Philips Pherebyj
Miss Pender Joshua Col Ruffin John Rice Thomas
Ruth Margaret Miss Smith Thomas
Shephard
George M Sharpe
Col
Staton
Mary L
Shellington
Stukes
Nancy Miss Staton
E Savage William Sikes & Edwards
Stewart John P
Manning Uriah
Votice
Coho
North Curgina
George W. Killebrew
Adar
Garren
Sally
Henry W Garrett
Cony House
Jane Norrteer
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