Remarkable Civil War Bridge Burning Expedition
A detailed retelling of J. J. Andrews and Ohio regiments plotting to burn Confederate bridges from Chattanooga to Huntsville. The attempt began at Big Shanty, Georgia, with a daring engine theft and rail cutting while pursued by Federal forces. Twenty three men set out, eight were executed, eight escaped, five were exchanged, and two remained in Marietta.
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Philadelphia Weekly Times
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J. J. Andrews
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O. M. Mitchell
Andrews
Jasper
Tenn
University Place
Cattle Creek
James Clopper
Lincoln
Pond Gap
Kentucky
Clepper
Clopper
Confederacy
Memphis
Tennesse River
Twitchell
Big Shanty
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Virginia’s Old Stove Becomes Historic Capitol Relic
In Richmond the Virginia State Capitol houses the Old Stove once used to warm the House of Burgesses. Manufactured in England by Buzaglo in 1770 it heated Williamsburg and later Richmond legislative halls for over a century. It then stood in the Capitol rotunda as a sacred Virginia relic.
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Scribner
Virginia State Capitol
Richmond
England
Buzaglo
Lord Botetourt
Colony of
Virginia
House of Burgesses
Williamsburg
Capitol
Augustus Montague
Constantinople
Burlington Hawk
Iowa
West Troy
Parody of human flaws in nature’s grand view
A whimsical passage playfully argues that beauty, virtue, and order fail to guarantee flawlessness. It lists common human foibles from freckles on the fairest to absent shirt buttons on the kindest, suggesting even the smartest scholars and wittiest authors err, while cosmic events prove imperfect harmony.
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Earth
Honor and the Scottish bond of debt in old Highlands
A tale contrasts Highland honor with changing times as a loan and a receipt test the old code. A farmer Sandy argues a note can bind heirs after death, while Mr Stewart questions trust in paper versus neighborly word and fear of God. The story shows the shift from personal honor to written obligations.
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Highlands
Scotland
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Sandy
A Curious Prophecy Foretold on Newport Piazza
On a Newport piazza before Mr. Greeley’s defeat Chief Justice Chase and a famed conversationalist echoed a Bavaria hermit’s prophecy printed in Allgemeine Zeitung circa 1857. It forecasts 1876 7 wars Spain Portugal Italy Belgium Holland likely a partition of France with Paris as Ile de France and future disarmament. The piece warns of a new European conflict if France acts against Prussia and notes the Pope’s ill health and Eastern tensions.
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Newport
Chase
Bavaria
Allgemeine Zeitung
Paris
France
Prussia
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Ile de France
Junker
Europe
Probate Court Of Van Wert Notices Of Guardian And Estate Accounts
Several probate accounts are filed in Van Wert County Ohio for settlement. Administrators and executors include P A Scott Clarence W Scott B B Morris Samuel Foster Ty Kensler John P Morris John Wagner William Wright and guardians Daniel Fortney Jacob Bienz Lydia Stripe J Conrad Haberman Timothy Hateh Abraham Calhoun and others. Hearings set for Monday July 23 1877 before Probate Judge A W Baker with notices dated June 22 1877.
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Ohio
P. A.scott
Clarence W. Scott
Isaac C. Scott
B. B. Morris
George Wade
Samuel Foster
Catharine Dean
Ty. C. Kensler
Daniel Perharmous
John P. Morris
Rachel Annis Ramsey
John Wagner
John Miller
William Wright
George W. McDonald
Daniel Fortney
Eda F
William B
John A. Hartzog
Jacob Bienz
John A. Ahriman
Elizabeth Ahriman
Lydia Stripe
Frank Stripe
Conrad Haberman
Rosannah M
John F. M. Hibling
Timothy Hateh
Vileta P
Emma B. Thomas
Abraham Calhoun
Miles B
Mary A. Calhoun
van Wert
A.W. Baker
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Sixth Ave
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Defiance Road
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Old Country
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F. F. Weed
Adelia R. Grayam
Lansing, Mich
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Finlay Shoe & Leather CO
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Toledo
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Weed Sewing Machine Co
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Norice
Ieee Aan Tea
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Indiana
G. C. Graham & Co
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