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Parlete Tome On Home As A Place Of Love And Rest
Poem reflecting on home as a sanctuary of love and comfort. It explores home as a resting place for wanderers, a beacon for the absent, and the wife’s domain where peace and friendship reign. The verse frames home as the source of joy and virtue, blessed by a deeply loved partner.
Moral obligations of man to woman and to man
An audience note from the New York Sunday Mercury recounts a reply letter from a congregationalist preacher. The message explores the moral duties of men to women and women to men, urging protection, respect, and courageous, honorable treatment, while acknowledging feminine resilience and social tension.
The Moral Roles of Husband and Wife in Song and Sermon
A mid sermon or homily extols marital duties with ironic rustic humor. It urges wives to love and protect their husbands, cherish the home, and remain faithful, while calling for mutual love and sympathy as essential bonds, ending with a devotional appeal and pledge. The speaker notes the high, possibly ironic, expectations placed on marriage and moral conduct.
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Hymen
Heaven
Hell
Harry
Sarah
Dow, Jr
Bank Bubble in France history recounted for Whig financiers
The July Aunt’s Merchant’s Magazine outlines the Bank Bubble in France or the Mississippi scheme. It claims over 500000 people fell from wealth to want due to bank note depreciation and stock collapse. It cites private fortunes merged to create ministerial estates and notes the Chantilly grounds saved by Duke of Bourbon with speculations. An Englishman named Gage is described as amassing a vast fortune amid the era's financial upheavals.
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France
Mississippi
Biddle
Chantilly
Duke of Bourbon
Europe
Gage
Wealth and misery in the twilight of royal excess
The text recalls Corum of Continental etiquette and a three million pound bid to Poland for a crown, amid a France where grand palaces and pagan towers stood near starving laborers. It reflects on Madame du Barri, Princess Elizabeth, Louis XV’s court, and the Mississippi scheme’s founder, as Lavie’s fall and Venetian retreat expose the human cost behind pomp.
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Poland
Louis XV
Madame du Barri
Elizabeth
Mississippi
Venice
Earl of Hay
Lavw
France
Perilous Escape From Kilauea Lava Lake
Dr Judd of Honolulu accompanying the Exploring Squadron in Hawaii narrowly escaped death while collecting lava samples. He entered a small chimney of Kilauea, a lava jet erupted over his head, forcing a perilous ascent. One native ally aided him as heat blistered both. they fled as the lake overflowed with liquid lava.
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Judd
Honolulu
Exploring Squadron
Hawaii
Kilauea
Great Lake
Excitement in Apalachicola Over Slave Smuggling Plot
In Apalachicola Florida excitement rose after the exposure of a plan to smuggle four or five local slaves aboard a vessel at the bay. Citizens learned of the bid to hide them at sea under false pretenses and prevent their return. Authorities investigated the scheme and warned residents to be vigilant against further attempts.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Passage to New York Plan Exposed by Slave Girl
A white man sought to ship a slave girl to New York using a ransom scheme aboard a vessel in port. A 12 year old slave girl revealed the plot as she was moved by lighter along the bay. the captain detained her at port while investigators began, and the other vessel carrying Abolitionists sailed away.
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New York
Charleston Patriot
Dying words of a New Brunswick murderer`
A Saturday Courier reprints Peter Robinson’s reported last words blaming his upbringing for his crime. It notes he was allowed leisure rather than work as a boy, leading to a condemned end for murder of Suydam and urges parents to discipline children.
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Peter Robinson
New Brunswick
Suydam
Min
Robinson
Saturday Courier
Escape attempt thwarted aboard schooner bound for Boston
A enslaved person owned by a Peters burg Virginia gentleman tried to flee to the North aboard a schooner heading to Boston. The escape was discovered, the schooner pursued and overtaken, and the slave found secreted on board. The vessel was permitted to continue its voyage.
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Tlempled
Petersburg
Boston
Ald
Oldest Republic on Earth: San Marino Sketch Explains Liberty
A letter by G. W. Irving, Esq., portrays San Marino as a 1400-year-old republic nestled between the Appennines, Po, and Adriatic. Covering about 40 miles and some 7000 residents, it is governed by a Captain Regent and a 66-member representative body. The piece notes light taxes, thriving farms, and a peaceful, moral society. Napoléon once sent a friendship embassy, and Americans are warmly welcomed, with locals aware of U.S. institutions and maintaining a library rich in American works.
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American Quarterly Review
G. W. Irving
San Marino
Italy
Appennines
Adriatic
Bonaparte
Tts
Irving
America
Difference between Raw Corn and Corn Meal for Hogs
An experiment by an American Farmer compares raw corn with cooked corn meal given to two groups of pigs. Pigs fed fourteen pounds of raw corn daily gained seventeen pounds in sixteen days, while pigs fed seven pounds of cooked corn meal daily gained twenty four pounds. The study claims a fifty percent feed saving and better weight gain with meal.
Fanny Ellsler Tour Grosses Revealed
Reports state dancer Fanny Ellsler earned over sixty five thousand dollars on her southern tour. Question arises on per app earnings as venues and engagements varied widely. Calculations suggest substantial income per appearance but exact figures are not publicly specified.
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Fanny Ellsler
Fatal Poisoning Case Report From Baton Rouge Gazette
The Baton Rouge Gazette of the 22nd reports a fatal poisoning incident where about thirty Black individuals were poisoned after drinking water from a well containing a copper pipe. The article notes the cause likely involved contamination from the pipe.
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Baton Rogue Gazette
Fatalities Report From Engine Incident Revealed
A report describes an engine incident where three enslaved workers suffered fatal injuries. The piece notes that three of the men have died from the grave effects, with the event attributed to the engine’s malfunction.
Shocking Death at Loughton Mass Plowing Accident
A correspondent recounts a fatal accident at Loughton Massachusetts on Wednesday the 9th. Nathan Drake and his brother Deacon Ebenezer Drake were plowing with two yoke of oxen when a chain around a boy’s body caused a chain reaction. Aaron and Nelson Drake, both about 12, were entangled and dragged as the oxen charged. Nelson died from broken neck and chest injuries after being thrown and crushed near a fence. His father witnessed the tragedy and carried him to his brother’s house.
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Zion
Loughton
Mass
Nathan Drake
Dea
Mbenezer Drake
Aaron
Nelson
Protestant clergymen plan Sabbath meetings in Baltimore streets
The Protestant clergymen of Baltimore resolve to promote Christianity by holding Sabbath afternoon gatherings at 5 o'clock in public spaces across the city and surrounding areas. Several appointments have been set at major points in the city and vicinity.
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Baltimore
Passenger Mr Charles W Dayton sails with Great Western
Among the passengers aboard the Great Western recently voyaging from New York is Mr Charles W Dayton. He is said to have gone to bring Samuel Swartwout, now reported to be residing in London in penury.
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Great Western
New York
Charles W. Dayton
Samuel Swartwout
London
Penury
Miracle on the Capitol Roof Rescue
A Richmond Star report describes a roof fall near the Capitol where a worker slipped on copper, dangled 80 feet above ground by a gutter, and was saved by ropes. He lost grip on descent but escaped with injuries minimal through prompt rescue.
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Richmond Star
Capitol
Salt as a preventive for wheat weevils
A note from exchange papers claims salt can protect wheat from weevils. It advises mixing a pint of salt per barrel of wheat and placing grain in salt barrels to deter pests. Sprinkling four to five quarts of salt per hundred sheaves in stacks is said to shield the crop and improve straw for cattle feed.
Young Bride Reunites Bridegroom in Dedham Jail
The New York Sun reports a young woman in Dedham Massachusetts arrived at the jail with a town clerk marriage loan certificate and requested a legal ceremony to wed a debtor confined there. The ceremony completed, the groom was freed within an hour as his debt was fully paid, celebrated as marrying to advantage.
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New York Sun
Dedham
Mass
Remedy for Kicking Cows
A hedge or tight ord worn over the loins before the udder is said to促 milk yield and prevent kicking. The old remedy appears in a short note describing the device and its claimed effects on cows in dairy herds.
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