Tragic Pulaski Steamboat Disaster Stuns Coastal Waters
Report from Saturday dated 23 1888 details the steamer Pulaski cruising Savannah Charleston and Norfolk when its boiler exploded near Cape Pear. About two hundred people aboard perished or were lost, leaving only 21 passengers and 11 crew surviving. Owner Mr. Lamar of Georgia and his family perished. The incident echoes ancient warnings to avoid water travel when land routes exist.
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Wilmington
Savannah
Charleston
Norfolk
Cape Pear
Pulaski
Lamar
Georgia
Letter to Editor on Biddles British Bank and 1838 politics
Washington June 11th 1838 letter argues Democrats defend people’s rights while Federalists shift to attack the Administration. It accuses Biddle and a British bank faction of manipulating specie payments, undermining resumption, and imposing dictation, urging the public to recognize the bankers’ supposed frauds and influence.
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Washington
Arnold
Biddle
Cowes
British Bank
Marble Palace
New York
Prime
Ward & King
Nick*Biddle
H. Clay
D. Webster
J. Q. Adams
Grand Federal
Bluelight
Abolition Phalanx
Cowel
Pennsylvania Bank of the
United States
Banks and people clash over debt paying plans
A letter argues that banks delay payment while people struggle to meet debts. It challenges Biddle and Philadelphia creditors, questions the fairness of delaying debts, and urges state legislatures to compel banks to act honestly. It calls for Assembly candidates to pledge reform and notes Congress cannot regulate state banks.
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N. Biddle
Philadelphia
Biddle
New York
Congress
Appointments by the President for Iowa Territory and Treasury
Henry Atkinson of North Carolina to be Governor and William B Conway of Pennsylvania to be Secretary of the Territory of Iowa from July 3 next Aaron O Dayton to be Fourth Auditor of the Treasury Department replacing J C Picket as Chargé dAffaires to the Peru Bolivian Confederation deceased James B Thornton referenced in the Globe report
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Senate
Henry Atkinson
North Carolina
William B. Conway
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Aaron O. Dayton
Treasury
Deartment
J C. Picket
Peru
James B. Thornton
J. Globe
Senate vote on Texas annexation resolution in Congress
The Senate tabled Mr Preston's Texas annexation resolution by 21 to 14. The House will not take it up this session. The Foreign Affairs Committee reports there is no current bill to admit Texas or annex it, and recommends discharging the subject to lay papers on the table amid ongoing debate. Meanwhile a preemption bill for settlers on public lands passed 107 to 52.
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Preston
Senate
Texas
House
Dromgoole
Shom
Sundey
United States
Congress
Republic of Texas
House of Representatives
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Treaty Between United States and Texas on Boundary Line
A treaty is made between the United States and Texas to determine the boundary between the two regions. The survey of the line is to begin immediately.
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United States
Texas
New Circular and Deposit Banks Critique Debate
The piece defends Mr Woodbury's new circular limiting banks from accepting notes under five dollars and defends the Treasury Secretary amid attacks regarding discontinued deposit banks that failed to pay specie. It cites the June 23 1856 act regulating public money deposits and bans banks issuing notes under five dollars after July 4, 1836.
United States Prohibits Low Denomination Votes After July Fourth
The text notes the prohibition on issuing any vote or bill of less than five dollars after July 4, 1836, indicating a financial and legal restriction in early U.S. operations requiring larger currency notes.
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United States
May coinage at the Mint sets record figures
Mint Director Patterson reports May coinage totaling 583,052 502,625,043 with 2,229,500 pieces under half dollar. New Orleans Mint began coining on the 7th last month, and all branch mints are now in full operation, as Levi Woodbury receives the notice.
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New Orleans
R. M. Patterson
Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury
Bank of the State of North Carolina Report Summary
The Raleigh Register details a May 1837 to May 1838 balance comparison for the Bank of the State of North Carolina. It notes discounts and bills of exchange fell from 3,462,195 to 2,453,389, notes in circulation dropped from 1,451,510 to 1,029,219, and specie rose from 492,197 to 923,458. The bank signals readiness to resume specie payments alongside anticipated bank resumptions in Philadelphia, Maryland, and Virginia. Directors declare a dividend of 54 percent to be paid after July first, subject to state tax, amid expectations of creditor security and broader financial normalization.
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Bank of the
State of
N. C
Raleigh
D. Cameron
Virginia
Philadelphia
Maryland
Ohio Banks to Resume Specie Payments on July Fourth
The Bank Convention of Ohio agrees that the banks in the state will resume specie payments on July Fourth if Philadelphia New York and Baltimore follow suit by that date.
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Bank Convention
Ohio
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Plan for New Five Million Bank in New York
The Express reports the organization of a new five million bank in New York with completed articles and a fixed president. Directors will number thirty to forty, stock including cash bonds and mortgages, and capital to expand to forty or fifty million to build confidence and credit.
New York Correspondent Reports Improving Southern Funds
The New York correspondent of the National Intelligencer writes that Southern funds are rapidly improving here, noting positive movements and growing financial strength in the region. The brief dispatch signals rising investment and confidence among Southern investors.
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New York
The
National Intelligencer
Banks Move to Influence Resumption of Specie Payments
The Salisbury Car reports that Southern banks gain large credits and Philadelphia banks buy Southern paper under Nicholas Biddle’s influence. The piece questions why Philadelphia banks purchase Southern paper and whether this foresees delaying or pressuring a return to specie payments, noting uncertainty and predicting a short-term outcome.
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Philadelphia
Nicholas Biddle
Salisbury
Means tale from Greens boro Patriot on potato ruse
In Wake County a man who raised sweet potatoes, short of his own crop, bought 10 bushels at 60 cents to sprout them. He buried, sprouted, replanted, then pulled and washed the spuds and sold them in Raleigh at 62.5 cents. The Patriot is accused of a county-focused hoax and potential misdirection.
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Greensboro
Wake
Raleigh
Distress in Lauderdale County Court Burned House
Report from Livingston Alabama notes upheaval as the Lauderdale County Court House burned the night before the Spring Term. The judge sought to hold court elsewhere, the sheriff resigned from coroner duties, and the judge failed to convene court amid many newly begun suits.
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Sumter
Livingston
Ala
Lauderdale County
Missisippi
Coourc
Tts
Incendiadies Target Charleston. City Patrols Urged
In Charleston a daring gang of Incensiadies terrorizes the city with repeated arson attempts. The Mayor calls citizens to patrol duty hoping to curb the wretchs and bring them to justice amid calls for severe punishment. Richard H. White, charged in another case, was acquitted. Homicide reports Butler shooting Williams, who survived about 48 hours.
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Charleston
Butler
Williams
Dinwiddie
Pet
Philadelphia turmoil deepens with two killings
The U S Gazette reports ongoing Philadelphia trouble after a watchman was killed by a possibly insane Black man and a butcher named McCarney was murdered by another man on Saturday. Authorities battled to keep order as riots were feared amid public anger and police efforts.
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Philadelphia
U.S. Gazette
Late May European arrivals and market gloom in New York
The Liverpool packet Cambridge and the Havre packet Louis Philip arrived in New York from their routes on May 16. Reports from English papers show revenue decline and stagnant trade causing money market gloom. Cotton sales were large at good prices early, but demand slackened later. The Biddle Agency reportedly dumped substantial cotton, prompting comment on effects on private enterprise. Continental politics are uneventful.
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Europe
Cambridge
Havre
Louis Philip
New York
Petersburg Market Prices Report June 19 1865
Petersburg market notes list cotton at 10 cents floor 725 to 775 dollars corn wholesale 350 to 375 hog round bacon 11 to 114 ets June 19.
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Petersburg
Jne
Forfolk Market Report From June Weather Prices
Market notes show price ranges for corn and cattle with June 19 listings. Prices recorded include corn around 73 to 75 cents and cattle between 8 and 9 cents per unit, reflecting early market conditions and regional trading.
Washington Market June 9 Prices Show Dip and Variations
Washington Market reports a June 9 snapshot with a new dip to $2.50 and $1.909 in Oly listings, notable $100 and $175 variances, and wartime style shorthand entries indicating price shifts across commodities.
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Washington Market
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