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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1842
Page
1
The Tarboroush Press offers weekly publication at Tino Dollara and Fifty cents per year paid in advance or Three Half Dollars at year end. Monthly rates apply for shorter terms. Advertisements under a square cost One Dollar initial, with 25 cents for each continuation. Longer ads scale proportionally. court orders and trial ads 25 percent higher. Letters to the editor must be posted.
Tarboro July 8 1842 correspondence from the Committee of Correspondence asks for a copy of Wintram F Dancy’s Oration delivered on the 4th for publication in the Tarboro Press. Dancy responds that the speech is long and will be trimmed to fit, placing the remainder at the committee’s disposal.
An orator extols the 1774 Continental Congress, the birth of American liberty, and Virginia’s pivotal role. He traces the move from colonial grievances to independence, praises Washington as a moral exemplar, and recalls Col. Irwin’s sacrifice. The speech analyzes the weaknesses of the Articles and celebrates unity, liberty, and state rights shaping the fledgling republic.
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