Washington and Beverly Robinson Love Trial at West Point
A 1756 tale from a New York home recounts Colonel George Washington visiting Beverly Robinson at a Hudson River estate near West Point. Washington’s courtship of Mary Phillipse ends in rejection, while political loyalties and wartime enmities estrange once close friends and families.
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Beverly Robinson
New York
Hudson River
West Point
Robinson
Zeph
Washington
Mr. Robinson
Mary
Mr. R
Mary Phillipse
Phillipse
Three Lessons for Children Obedience Diligence and Truth
A 19th century reflection cites a mother of Washington teaching three virtues to her son obedience, diligence, and truth. She urges early instruction with constant practice to maintain character, noting play and work can build diligence while truth remains essential and unnegotiable. She warns against parental deceit.
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Washington
Thoughts and Maxims from Rev H Hooker on Mind and Conduct
The text argues possession is bondage and true wealth comes from restraint. A great mind endures others scrutiny, yields to irony without losing dignity, and acts beyond lesser minds. Action fuels the soul, imagination with intellect tests greatness, and family literacy affects children. Rural advice urges cleanliness to avoid winter chapping.
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Rev. H. Hooker
Chloroform praised as novel anesthetic in Britain
The article reports on chloroform or perchloride of formyle, a new anesthetic discovered by Souberain and Leibig and tested by J G Simpson. It notes simpler administration, faster effect, less odor, and less required quantity than ether, with early British medical use and cautions against indiscriminate use. It also mentions a London Atheneum notice and a London Lancet report of operations using the agent at several hospitals.
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J. G. Simpson
Edinburgh
Prof. Simpson
London Atheneum
Souberain
Leibig
Simpson
Great Britain
London
Liston
University College Hospital
Mr. Lawrence
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Wakley
Royal Free Hospital
Mr. Satumn
St. George’s Hospital
Robinson
London Sun
Fran
Materia Medica
Remedies for a Cold Emphasize Simple Living
The article argues most colds resolve on their own in days and endorses simple care: water-gruel or sparse meals, moderate warmth, perspiration, and light purgatives. It dismisses extreme diets or dubious cures like intoxication, cold baths, or crowded stew rooms, favoring a starvation approach. For cough relief, linseed, quince seeds, or gum arabic in water are recommended over syrups.
Dangerous counterfeit gold eagles alarm banks
The Journal of Commerce reports a highly accurate counterfeit gold eagle that fools standard tests. A sample sliced open showed a silver interior, with gold valued at 1.25 dollars, suggesting large profits for the maker. The ring of the coins differs from genuine pieces, prompting calls to file-test coins to ensure safety.
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Journal of Commerce
Scientific American
Sudden Death Of Three Year Old In Town
Janss P. Martin son of Ross and Eliza Manny aged three years five months and 15 days died after a fall while playing with another child. He struck his head on a tree and never spoke again. A rupture of a blood vessel is suspected. The child was buried yesterday in Greenville.
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Janss P. Martin
Ross
Eliza Manny
James
Greenville Banner
Exercise in the Open Air for Health and Digestion
The article argues that moderate outdoor exercise is essential for health, aiding oxygen supply and digestion. It explains that sedentary life impedes heart and arterial function, causing venous congestion in organs such as the brain, lungs, and liver, and that regular muscular activity improves arterial blood and reduces venous blood, promoting health and strength. It references Smith's Fruits and Farinacea.
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Smith
Horrors or Intemperance Report on New York Vice
A published temperance ad cites police statistics for May 1846 to May 1847 in New York. It lists 7453 drunkenness arrests, 5484 drunkenness with dis orderly conduct, 316 street fights, 2206 larcenies to fund drinking, 36 attempts to kill, 53 threats, 34 highway robberies, 1258 vagrancy, and 81 203 lodging the houseless, totaling 49 805 with high annual costs.
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N. York Temperance Society
Far West Boarding Costs Show Cheap Living
Dan Marble explains a landlady’s scheme in a Western boarding house offering board without lodging for fifty cents a week. Meals vary little with dried apples at breakfast warm water at dinner and swelling bread or supper as the sole fare.
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Cueso Boarpinc
Far West
Dan Marble
The
Enquirer
Mother killed by drunken son in almshouse
Sarah Farrell aged 30 died at the Almshouse from wounds after an assault by her son Owen Farrell. The son had been jailed for drunkenness earlier. He came home intoxicated, kicked a chair causing the kettle to spill on her, she lingered about a week. The incident was reported by the Weston Journal.
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Robinson
George
Washington
Mr. Robinson
United States
General Taylor
Old Whitey
New Orleans
Ile
Monterey
Buena Vista
Sarah Farrell
Owen Farrell
Owen
House of Correction
Joh
Weston Journal
A Gentie Hintz Observes Trade Signs and Ads
A Gentie Hintz notes in the Louisville Courier that one country dealer follows door signs while a hundred seek trading directions from newspaper advertisements, and the remark is endorsed.
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Gentie Hintz
Louisville Courier
Mehemit Ali Hosts Grand Dinner for European Consuls
The aged ruler of Egypt, Mehemit Ali, entertained European consuls in Alexandria on the 12th with a grand dinner at the Rasselteer palace. The Russian consul attended with his wife, and guests included Turkish officials. A lavish 30-cover spread featured European style service and aroused much sociable chatter. Pipes were circulated to guests and even to the ladies, who varied in whether they smoked.
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Mehemit Ali
Alexandria
Egypt
Rasselsteer
Paris
In and out of Place
Talleyrand warned that putting men in proper positions is key to government. The piece laments misplacements such as sending criminals to Congress or placing suitable judges on the bench. It notes college graduates who cannot write clear English or spell well despite their degrees.
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Talleyrand
Congress
Wise caution urged in weighing propositions and evidence
A Watts quote urges constant watch against dogmatic spirit and advises testing every proposition from all sides before assent. The Cincinnati Commercial notes 82 000 hogs transported from Oct 1 to Jan 17 via Walnut Street ferry, with market value possibly 506 000 to 690 000, highlighting Ferry business impact.
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Watts
Kentucky
Gcieinnati
Walnut Street
Obituary of Henry Sanacoe Wyandott Chief in West Jersey
Henry Sanacoe, distinguished Chief of the Wyandott Nation, died at his residence in West Jersey Wyandott Territory Upper Missouri on January 5 in the 61st year of his age. His remains were interred in the burying ground of the new church with mourning. The chief was well known in Ohio for his leadership and influence.
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Ohio
Henry Sanacoe
West Jersey
Wyandott
Territory
Upper
Missouri
Deata
Dearnarrer Interment Rumor Highlights Death Myths
A Charlestown rumor suggests a woman was buried after an apparent death by starvation. The body later revealed signs of recovery before death, prompting calls for stricter checks to avoid hastily interring those not truly dead.
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Dearnarrer
Charlestown
Mass
Old Trial Charge and Widow by Absence Cite
An English court recently ruled that a husband’s four year absence from his wife could render her a widow. The charge noted difficulties with counsel witnesses and parties, highlighting the era’s judicial rhetoric.
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