Tarborough Press Subscription and Advertising Rates
The Tarborough Press by George Howard is a weekly paper priced at two dollars and fifty cents yearly if paid in advance or true dollars at year end. Monthly rates are twenty four cents. Subscribers may discontinue with notice and arrears. Advertisements under a square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents each subsequent. Court orders and judicial ads cost twenty five percent more. Advertisements must follow the notice requirements or be continued and charged accordingly. Letters to the Elder must be postpaid.
Evans Soothing Syrup for Teething and Children
An 1840 notice extols Dr William Evans s Soothing Syrup as safe and effective for teething distress and convulsions in infants. It cites dramatic relief after gum application, urges early use from four months, warns against counterfeits, and lists agents in New York and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Inns
William Evans
Evans
Hat Woo
Cou
Us Congress Amends Judicial Terms in East Tennessee
Passage of an 1840 act changes court terms for the circuit and district courts in East Tennessee. It authorizes two annual terms in Jackson, adds an April Knoxville term, and adjusts return of process dates and filing deadlines. It repeals a prior section and clarifies liens on real estate and searches by U S court clerks. Approved July 4, 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West Tennessee
Jackson
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Densrica
Congress
Ccircuit Court
Knoxville
Bist Tenesseee
M. T. Hunter
RH. M. Johnson
M. van Buren
Circuit Court
Uniteds States
Supreme Court
Arruoven
Adjournment Power for Circuit Courts Act Provision
The act allows a circuit court to adjourn if no judge attends the session, with pending writs and proceedings carried to the adjourned date. It authorizes the marshal to adjourn, permits special sessions for equity, error, or new trials, and extends writs of error to the Supreme Court under existing regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unifol
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Circuit Court
United States
Sui's
Supreme Court
Mississippi Land Office Move to Grenada Act
An act to remove the Choctahoma land office from Tallahatchie County to Grenada in Yalabusha County Mississippi. It orders registers and receivers to transfer books records and all property within sixty days of passage approved July 4 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chocehuma
Grenada
Mississippi
Senate
Tarse
United States
Congress
Tallahatchie
Yalabusha County
Sail Land Office
Act Extends Bank Charters in District of Columbia
United States Congress enacts continuation of the Union Bank of Georgetown charter provisions to several banks in DC including Farmers and Mechanics Bank Georgetown Bank of the Metropolis Bank of Washington Patriotic Bank of Washington Bank of the Potomac and Farmers Bank of Alexandria with date adjustments to July 1840 and July 1844 as approved by M Van Buren on July 3, 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
America
Congress
Act of Congress
Union Bank of Georgetown
Farmers and Mechanics Bank of
Georgetown
Bank of the Metropolis
Bank of Washington
Patriotic Bank of
Washton
Bank of the Potomac
Farmers Bank of Alexandria
R. M. T. Flunter
William R. King
M. van Buren
Vice President Replies to Democratic State Nomination
The Vice President responds to the Democratic State Convention committee detailing his stance on re election. The letter from Col Johnson presents the formal reply expressing willingness to consider the renomination and outlines key priorities and assurances for the party and public.
Presidential Nomination Letter from 1840 North Carolina
Washington July 17 1840 Henry Fitts and James B Shepard Esqs. receive a message from the Democratic Republican convention of North Carolina announcing my nomination for the presidency. The reply discusses state and national conventions and the value of unity in selecting a candidate. The letter expresses gratitude for the support and reflects on partisan strategy and the importance of national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Fitts
James B. Shepard
North Carolina
U. Presidency
United States
New Carolina
Johnson's Reflections on Liberty and State Sovereignty
Johnson speaks on republican office, citizen rights, and the role of states in guiding policy. He laments abolition agitation, defends the bank system shift to state control, and praises North Carolina's heritage and the shared blessings of liberty under a republic.
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Empire
Sam
North Carolina
Tom
Macon
Liberty
Congress
United States Bank
Madison
Virginia
Be K
Senate
Washington
Rh, M. Johnson
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the Tarborouch Press
George Howard
Doctor Win. Evans
Chatham
York
M. Repmann
Ec Howarn
Tarboro
Russell
Elizabeth City
The
Papantie
Col. Johnson
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