Relief of the States Letter on a national debt plan 1842
Hon. William Cost Johnson writes Col. Charles Carroll detailing support for a state debt relief measure. He proposes issuing government bonds restructured from state debts, redeemable with interest, backed by government revenue and lands, to unite currency stability, reduce specie drain, and restore national credit. He argues against a circulating paper currency and for a mixed metal and convertible paper system.
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William Cost Johnson
Charles Carrol
Maryland
Washington
Congress
Natonal Intelligencer
Tam
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Maine
Missouri
Georgia
National Treasury
Cornstalk Sugar, a New West Field for Ohio
A specimen of sugar from cornstalks near Richmond Waynecola claims high grain quality and profitability. A carpenter built simple machinery, with potential production of 1000 pounds per acre at 4 cents per pound, suggesting a rich future for corn sugar in the West alongside wheat and livestock. Also reports a Newcastle grist mill fire caused by rising tides and a barrel of lime ignition during a storm.
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Pais Teware
Richmond
Waynecola
New Orleans
Ohio
Nile
Ellsworth
Patent Office
Portsmouth
Newcastle N. H
Moral treatment at the Ohio Lunatic Asylum
The Fourth Annual Report details discipline based on kindness, no chains or irons, use of mild restraints only when needed, and emphasizes self control. It outlines amusements, reading, employment, and exercise as core treatments guiding mental recovery, with success in reducing restraints and boosting moral and physical health.
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England
Batedoor
Scioto Valley
South America
Canary
A Bible of Their Own Returns and Gracious Acknowledgments
A historical note praising readers for returning books and the value of owning a personal Bible. The text thanks periodical press contributors and friends for favors and renewed obligations, expressing gratitude for support and guidance from readers and supporters.
Our Parents Honor and Duty to Aged Fathers and Mothers
A moral exhortation urging respect and care for parents across life stages. It praises dutiful children who support their parents, warns against neglect and vice, and counsels kindness, obedience, and generosity to elders.
Sweet Potatoe Coffee Experiment Reported
A Memphis newspaper note details making a potato coffee substitute by slicing and toasting medium sweet potatoes then grinding the dried pieces. The drink is brewed by drip method and described as strong, dark, with cocoa like taste and cheaper than ordinary coffee. Also mentions pension rolls and hog slaughter totals in Cincinnati and Covington and a church etiquette remark.
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Memphis
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Ohio Lunatic Asylum
United States
Michael Haey
Union County
The
Cincinnati Chronicle
Cincinnati
Covington
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