State Convention Called by Citizens of Philadelphia
The Citizens of Philadelphia and counties allied to the Peoples party invite delegates equal to General Assembly representation to a convention at Harrisburg on July 81th 1859 to nominate Auditor General and Surveyor General candidates for the next October election. Henry M. Fuller chairman William B. Mann secretary.
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THE
Warren Mail
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
People’s Party
General Assembly
Harrispite
Henry M. Fuller
Wu. B. Mann
Pennsylvania Democracy and Its 1856 Fraud Exposed
The author denounces the Pennsylvania Democracy as corrupt, citing 1856 frauds over Free Kansas and Popular Sovereignty. It argues the party’s leaders betrayed principles, split into factions by 1859, and faces punishment as anti slavery and nationalist values reclaim the government.
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Pennsylvania
James Buchanan
Kansas
Cincinnati
Jenses and
Florences
Buchanan
Franklin Pierece
New York
Federal Arch
Bully
Uriah Heap
Packer
Douglas, Forrer & Co
New Dodge
North
State Convention Call and Political Movements
The State Convention is set for Harrisburg on June 8 to nominate an Auditor General and a Surveyor General. Delegates from Butler County urged John M. Sullivan for Auditor General, praising his integrity and experience. The issue notes shifting party dynamics, press changes, and upcoming elections.
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John M. Sullivan
Commonwealth
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
The Sickles Trial Illustrated in Washington Today
The piece notes ongoing coverage of the Sickles trial in Washington with on the spot illustrations. It hints at sensational depictions including breakfast, a view from the Club room, and a Derringer scene, tied to vindicating wounded honor amid racial slurs.
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Sickles
Washington
Let the homestead be sacred from the grasp of creditors
A plea argues that forcing families from their homes harms children and binds poverty. It contends laws should protect a debtor’s dwelling as sacred shelter, preventing creditors from seizing homes except in fraud or extreme extravagance, and urge wider access to secure freehold land for the poor.
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Senate
Atlantic
Pacific
Commonwealth
New Goods Arrive as Davis & Co. Spring Stock Expands
A. F. Davis & Co. announces a spring influx of new goods. Call to view items not yet catalogued. The Legislature adjourned on the 4th with members sending valuable documents. The Steamboat Venango carried flour pork and more, paying up to five dollars for Maltese cats. Samuel Grandin's store in Tidio ute was robbed of 300 to 400 dollars, with Charles Williams suspected though uncertain.
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Aa. F. Davis & Co
Gay
Venango
Pittsburg
Samuel Grandin
Tidioute
Charles Williams
Warren Mail
The
Ledger
the Ledger
Barbour House
Hackney House
Sugar Grove
Warren Co
William J. Markham
Durnham
Nottingham Shire
England
Edith Clemments
Petersborough
D. M. Williams
Warren
New York
Stranahan & Randall
Prices and commodities in New York markets 1859
Market listing from April 19 1859 showing flour wheat buckwheat pork and produce prices. Includes superfine flour Western and State grades Western red and white wheat oats corn and potatoes with various per unit figures and quick reference guide WHAT MAKES A BUSHEL listing.
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New York
Jersey
Ohio
Names and positions in 1800s U S government list
A fragmentary roster lists Lewis Cass and other officials with titles tied to the State Treasury Interior Navy and Justice departments. It names John B. Floyd Jeremiah S Black Roger B. Taney James McLean John Catron Samuel Nelson Nathan Clifford and others, plus regional senators and court salaries.
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Lewis Cass
Michigan
State
Ae Gh Cobb
The
Treasury
J. Thompson
Miss
Interior
Isaac Tancey
Conn
Navy
John B. Floyd
Jeremiah S. Black
Joseph Hall
Eyes
Roger B. Taney
James McLean
Ohio
James M. Wayne
John Catron
Tenn
Peter V. Daniel
John A. Campbell
Ala
Samuel Nelson
N. York
Robert C. Grier
Nathan Clifford
Maine
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State Convention
Harrisburg
Richardson L. Wright
John Rowe
Auphror Guxerat
Butler County
Washington Union
Gen. Bowman
Phelan
New York City
Secreter
Detroit
New York Central
N. Y. and
Erie
Buffalo
Powelton Grounds
Ladies’ Dime Society
First Presbyterian Church
J. W. Douglass
Washington Court House
Mr. Ould
Sickles House
Frontview
Mrs. Sickles
Bridget
Mr. Sickles
Mr. Walker
Mr. Key
Congress
15Th Street
Stanton
Carlisle
Scofield
Home Matters
A. Huidekoper
Sociable
C. ¢. Wetmore
Mite Society
D. Hall
Gor
F. B. Guthrie, Esq
March Court
Mr. Curtis
North River
Fay
A. W. Smith
Jamestown
Sugar Grove House
John I. Willson
Jamestown Journal
Democrat
Journal
Franklin
Echo
Godey
Enigma
South Carolina
Texas
New York Market
Pine Grove
Samuel Howe
Bradford
Glade
Mary Jane Chapman
Moses P. Chapman
Curtis and Guthrie
Warren, Warren Co
Warren, McKean, Potter and Elk
C. B. Curtis
F. B. Guthrie
Hunter & Waters
Fredonia
Dunkirk
D. J. Cook
P Phillips
Curtis’ Saw Mill
Eee
Forney’s
Pleasant Township
Nicholas Gotal
Pleasant Tp
Diggins
Pike’s Peak
Austin & Tomlinson
Plains
California
D. B. Jagger
City Buildings
South Levee
St. Louis
Pike's Peak
J. A. Mormiaow
Warren Mail Directory
U. 8S
J. C. Breckinridge
Steee Salary Ice
Ington
U.S. Senate
John C. Breckinrpper
Kentucky
Alabama
Louisiana
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Judah P. Benjamin
Clement C. Clay, Jr
John Slidell
Arkansas
William K. Sebastian
Robert W. Johnson
William M. Gwin
David C. Broderick
Connecticut
Lafayette S. Foster
James Dixon
Delaware
Willard Saulisbury
James A. Bayard
Florida
Stephen M. Mallory
David L. Yulee
Georgia
Alfred Iverson
Robert Toombs
Indiana
Graham N. Fitch
Jesse D. Bright
Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas
Lyman Trumbull
Iowa
James W. Grimes
James Harlan
Lazarus W. Powell
John J. Crittenden
North Carolina
Thomas Bragg
Thomas L. Clingman
George E. Pugh
Benjamin F. Wade
William Bigler
Simon Cameron
Rhode Island
Henry B. AnthOny
James F. Simmons
Wm. Pitt Fessenden
Hannibal Hamlin
Massachusetts
Henry Wilson
Charles Sumner
Maryland
James A. Pearce
Anthony Kennedy
K. S. Bingham
Zachariah Chandler
Minnesota
Henry M. Rice
Mississippi
Albert G. Brown
Jefferson Davis
Missouri
James L. Green
Truston Pork
New Hampshire
John P. Hale
Daniel Clark
William H. Seward
Preston King
New Jersey
John C. Ten Eyck
John R. Thomson
Tennessee
A. P. Nicholson
Andrew Johnson
J. W. Hemphill
Matt Ward
Vermont
Jacob Colamer
Solomon Foot
Virginia
James M. Mason
Robert M
T. Hunter
James Chestnut
Charles Durkee
James H. Hammond
James KR. Doolittle
Oregon
Wisconsin
Joseph Lane
State Government
William F. Packer
Lycoming County
Albert Packer
State Department
Wm. M. Hiester
Berks County
H. L. Diffenbach
Clinton County
John A. Tunis
B. F. Chandler
Richard Hogeland
A. V. Higgins
B. F. Irwin
Attorney General's Department
John C. Knox
Tioga County
George W. Knox
School Department
Henry C. Hickok
Union County
George W. Crabb
James G. Sample
Auditor General's Office
Jack Fry, Jr
Montgomery County
William Q. Wallace
Charles Conner
W. Bailey
Thomas M. Mellhenny
J. B. Hutchinson
Carroll McLean
D. R. Reynolds
Land Department
Franklin County
Thomas T. Relirer
Samuel Slemmer
Wim
D. Earnest
J. M. Cooper
T. N. Brooks
C. W. Dummick
James A. Johnson
Treasury Department
Henry 8. Morgan
Lancaster County
William D. Boas
Randall McLaughlin
George J. Bolton
Samuel Brentzer
Warren County
Supreme Court
W. H. Lowry
Geo. W. Woodward
Seeees Wm, Strong
James Thompson
John M. Read
John Galbraith
Eric
David Lerickson
Meadville
James L. Lott
Lottsville
Griffin Brown
John B. Brown
Isaac H. Hiller
R. K. Russell
John Sill
Erastus Barns
Sheffield
Arthur Magill
Robert Campbell
Kinzua
Andrew H. Ludlow
Junius R. Clark
Wm. B. Acocks
Pittstivid
D. H. Mitchell
Southwest
Chase O=good
Patrick Falconer
L. L. Spencer
Columbus
Mercantile
J. Jay Sherman
Kinaua
Warren Post Office
Pittsfield
H. M. Ridgway
Sains
Smethport
Strattonville
Bhs
Esieesa
Orees Breeds Strattonville
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Warren Borough
Thomas Clemons
Burgess
J. B. Carver
John M. Olney
George Offerlee
A. Brock
C. W. H. Verback
E. Z. F. Valentine
G. Merrill
R. Brown
R. P. King
Benjamin Nesmith
D. W. C. James
Lewis Arnett
E. Cowan
Presbyterian
C. L
B. C. Willoughby
Court House
Abram Long
Hickory Street
Revy
H. Weichsel
Grave Yard
Catt House
North Star Lodge
Second Street
Warren Lodge
Andles
J. A. Morrison
J. A. MorRigon
J. A. Morrigan
M. Williams
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