The Sailor Hero Harry Adams in a Turbulent Tale
In a vivid personal account from the Journal of an American Naval Officer a young sailor named Harry Adams recounts his troubled family background in New Hampshire and Cambridge. He details a stern father, a timid sister Pauline, and a planned crime driven by jealousy after learning of an English suitor Henry Alford.
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Patsy Sawyer
Providence
Miss Patsy
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Myself
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Boston
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Ledbury
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Sorrowful reminiscence of a haunted deed and despair
Adams speaks of a murder scene and its lasting torment. He recalls a violent act, a sister’s cry, and blood on his hands, then describes joining a ship to forget the horror. The memory lingers as he confesses lifelong sorrow and patience in a sickly climate voyage.
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Atrong
Adams
Commander Mackensie on the Somers Mutiny Defense Letter
An excerpt from R H Dana argues that opinions on the Somers mutiny depend on seeing the vessel. It contrasts the Somers brig with larger ships, noting its defenceless layout, officers without guards, and the crew of ninety with conspirators. It discusses what actions officers must take to prevent piracy and the duty to execute when necessary.
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North Carolina
Somers
Mirly
Iinto
Irons
Dear vs Deer capture leads sisters to subdue wild deer
Two young women sight a deer marching from Bureau Timber to Lost Grove. They pursue with two small dogs, spare its bloodied ears, rope and herd it to a fence, tie it, and attempt to dispatch it with an axe before their brother arrives to intervene.
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Illinois Free Tragger
Bureau Timber
Lost Grove
A Southern Wastrel and Other Tidbits From Papers
A Cincinnati Morning Star anecdote tells of a polished southern youth who spent a fortune on drink and debauchery, even begging a doctor to “look at” his throat after a costly last year’s grog bill. Other items note temperance societies forming in Missouri, Maryland, and Virginia, a new type setting machine under development in Troy, hemp processing for white paper, Tunis abolishing slavery, editorials on common misconceptions, a coffee shortage in Peoria, and the Valley Forge iron steamer being raised after sinking in the Mississippi.
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Peoria Register
Valley Forge
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