Early United States act on currency and public money duties
The act mandates payments by disbursing officers in lawful currency or drafts, with penalties for violations. It requires Treasury regulations to prevent drafts from circulating as money, sets salaries for receivers general of public money in New York Charleston and St Louis, and authorizes land payments receipts nontransferable. Funding for sites and offices in Charleston and St Louis is appropriated to 10000 dollars for construction under Treasury direction.
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Public Service
Pope Department
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
New York
Charleston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New Orleans
South Carolina
Missouri
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Funding and Offices Provisions in 1840 Treasury Act
The act details building plans for receiver-general rooms in Charleston and potential use of the Charleston customs house with secure vaults. It authorizes payments from unallocated Treasury funds for authorized expenses and repeals conflicting prior acts. Signed by President Martin Van Buren and leaders Hunter and Johnson on July 4, 1840.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Charleston
United States
R. M. T. Hunter
House of Representatives
RH. M. Johnson
Senate
M. van Buren
Independent Treasury Act Explained Amid Debate
The article defends the Independent Treasury bill as a simple measure for collecting keeping transferring and disbursing public revenue. It rejects criticism from Federal Whigs who label it a Government Bank and argues opposition stems from bank interests seeking government funds for profit.
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Treasury
Petersburg Market Report Shows Price Gains
In Petersburg we found business thriving and staple prices improving. Cotton rose about four cents per pound to 84 to 94 cents, Bacon advanced one to fourteen cents, and Flour rose to a dollar per barrel. Since the Independent Treasury bill passage the public mind is calmer about money and trade is resuming its normal activity.
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Petersburg
Treasury
Van Buren Re-Election Seen as Key to Stability
All banks in South Carolina and the District of Columbia have resumed specie payments while North Carolina and Virginia banks may do so after Maryland and Pennsylvania. The piece argues re-election of Martin Van Buren in November will dispel panics, restore confidence, and ease housing transitions from log cabins to comfortable homes.
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South Carolina
District of Columbia
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Martin van Buren
Election Returns Show Southern Governor Races Shift
A 1840 1836 party gubernatorial contest tally lists Saunders and Morehead versus Spaight and Dudley with Dudley’s 5007 majority noted. In Beaufort Hyde and Hyde votes align, while Pitt Nash Franklin Granville Warren totals mirror Whig and Republican lines. State polls declare Saunders 363 Morehead 846, with Selby re-elected sheriff and Moye Foreman Joiner leading statewide Republican contests.
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Messrs. Saunders and Morehead
Messrs. Spaight
Dudley
Sam’s. Mor
D. Spa’t. Dud’y.Edgecombe
Jil
Pitt
Beaufort
Washington
Hyde
Nash
Franklin
Granville
Warren
Pitt County
Moye
Senate
John L. Foreman
John Joiner
A. Moye
Macon Moye
Commons
Foreman
Joiner
John Spiers
Marshall Dickinson
B M. Selby
Morehead
Leaufort
Selby
Tippe and the Log Cabins on Salt River in Political Satire
In a biting broadside from the Takboro' Press the speaker likens Old Tippe to a steamboat gliding on Salt River under cider fuel, while deriding urban log cabins and party elites. The piece mocks politicians as rustic caricatures, rails against burdens on workers, and scolds city leaders for ostentation amid rural poverty.
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Tippe
Salt River
Chesapeake
Katire
Union
Raleid
Mum
Wippecanoe
Nick Biddle
A Poor Man Calls for Van Buren Against British Whigs
A polemic urges rural workers to reject Morrison and British influence, warning of a planned national bank and monarchy. The writer exhorts yeomen to rally for Van Buren, Jackson’s ally, claiming liberty and republican order depend on their votes in November.
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Republic
William Henry Harrison
General Munn
van Buren
Liberty
Jackson
Appointment of United States Attorney for North Carolina
William Henry Haywood Jroseq of its city is appointed United States Attorney for the District of North Carolina in place of James B Shepard Esq who has resigned.
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William Henry Haywood, Jr
United States
District of North Carolina
James B. Shepard
ofMuleigh
Banks Resume Specie Payments in South Carolina
Banks in South Carolina have resumed specie payments, signaling a notable financial shift amid debates over the Sub-Treasury bill. The report contrasts this move with broader national discussions and mentions the Old Dominion ports in passing.
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South Carolina
Old Dominion
Washington Market Prices and Commodities Listing
Market pricing for corn bacon sides and hams with cents per pound. Naval stores and related goods listed with price ranges and units. Cotton corn lard and other staples shown with quoted values and market locations.
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Washington
Mourning Poem for A. C. K. By a Friend and Schoolfellow
A friend writes of honest purpose and deep respect for the departed A. C. K. The verse laments a short life and fading hopes while praising friendship and courage to endure sorrow. It speaks of heaven's will, the vale of tears, and the effort to find comfort in memory and virtue.
Eternal Rest for a Virtuous Friend at North Carolina
A poetic elegy from the University of North Carolina dated July 16th 1310 laments the death of a virtuous friend. It extols his industrious character sociable virtues and calm peaceful nature urging that his memory live in enduring verse. The writer pledges a timeless tribute despite worldly corruption.
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University of N
TarnHORY memory inscription speaks of exile and death
The poem laments a man who fled persecution to seek asylum in a distant land and happiness, but fell to disease ending his mortal career. A dear friend and relative are left behind. Dated Tarboro July 27, 1840, it mourns the premature exit from life.
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Eusion
Philo
Tarboro
Preacher CP Elder & Harrison Schedule at Kehokee Circuit
CP Elder and Harrison are billed to preach at Kehokee meeting house across multiple days in August. Services listed include Concho on Monday, Cros Roads on Tuesday, Conetoe on Wednesday, Gum Swamp on Thursday, Tarboro on Friday, with August 22 and 23 at Lawrence's Com. The notice outlines a regional itinerant preaching tour through several local communities.
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CP Elder
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Farmers
Takboro’ Press
Rchants
Hartford
William H. Morrison
Ohio
U. S
American Republic
Great Britain
Wen
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A. C.K
Tarnoro’ Press
the Tarnhory'’ Press
Jovices
Tarborough
Coat House
Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Round Company
Louis D. Ivilson
Shoccy
Angus
Solomon TL Brady
WM. Norfleet
Azcob
Jacob
Edgecombe
Cherry
Dicken
Doct. Powell's
Peter Evans
Egypt
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