Vineland prospects and society noted in 1864 letter
The Vineland letter describes a new settlement in Cumberland County New Jersey with Landis as founder. It praises climate soil and water quality and notes land at 25 to 35 dollars per acre with one fourth down and four years to pay. It highlights religious, temperance, and educational societies and forecasts Vineland as a thriving city. It ends urging winter exiles to move south to Vineland with assurances of a healthy, moral community.
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Vineland
Cumberland County
Landis T P
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Cape May
Jersey
Episcopalians
N. S. Presbyterians
Episcopal Methodist
C. K. Landis
Landis
Warren Maz
A. J. Spencer
Hunter Asked to Be Relieved to Spare Wright
Washington and Tribune specials report Hunter sought relief not to embarrass Gen Wright in the pursuit of rebels. Forces under Wright and Hunter press the enemy with vigor on parallel lines. infantry reach Leesburg, with cavalry and artillery, while Crook is made major general on Hunter’s recommendation. Rebels suffer heavy losses and overrun Montgomery county while moving toward Richmond.
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Hunter
Leesburg
Tribune
Washington Special
Crook
Manassas
Staunton
Evans
Montgomery County
Shenandoah Valley
Richmond
Blue Ridge
Quip Compares Drunkard to Copperhead Over Constitution
A satirical line mocks a drunkard by likening him to a Copperhead and accusing him of meddling with measures that affect the Constitution.
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Gar
Copperhead
Decisive Battles and a Parlor Charity in Catawissa
The Army and Navy Journal contrasts field decisive battles with broader war turning points. It cites Murfreesboro Fredericksburg and Kentucky Missouri and Mississippi examples. It notes British historian Cressy and questions whether any battle has decided the entire war yet. In Catawissa Pennsylvania residents voted Miss Hattie Reisnyder the prettiest girl for a Sanitary Fair donation, with 25 cents per vote, while Reisnyder nurses wounded soldiers with the Army of the Potomac.
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Army and Navy Journal
Murfreesboro
Fredericksburg
Donaldson
Kentucky
Yea Ridge
Missouri
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Professor Cressy
England
Cressy
Sanitary Commission
Catawissa
Pennsylvania
Hattie
Reissnyder
Hidden Ink Pulse Reveals Secrets by Fire
A description of secret writing on paper that remains invisible until heated. The ink becomes visible when exposed to flames, exposing concealed messages written on the paper. The passage suggests a method to conceal and later reveal information.
Blind printer in Gosport handles 5,000 daily
A Green Castle Banner editor notes a Gosport printing office employs a blind man who types remarkably well. He claims a daily output of 5,000 characters, sometimes 7,000 to 9,000, reading aloud for his partner as memory carries four to six lines. The printer finishes each sentence with set.
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Green Castle
Gosport
Ilis Lettes
The Moor Not a Moore in Othello Claims
German papers contend Othello’s author was a man once named Bill Spear who emigrated to Michigan and later was known as Shakes Spear. The report notes Moor as the correct surname and suggests a reidentification of the tragic author.
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Moore
Moor
Bill Spear
Michigan
Shakes Spear
Scot in church mistaken crown for penny in plate
A Scotsman dropped a crown into the church plate in Edinburgh on a late Sunday morning by mistake. He asked for it back but was refused. He declared he would be credited in heaven, while the door-keeper replied that only the penny intended would earn credit.
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Abraham Lincoln
Messrs. Holcombe
C. C. Clay
George N. Sanders
Lincoln
Abraham
Alabama
Congress
Illinois
Sanders
Clay
Mr. Holcombe
Canada
Clifton House
Horace Greeley
Reeley
Holcombe
Greeley
Richmond
Papa
Lilian
John Ice
Toper No. 1
Toper No
Spirits and Providence in Old Time Writings
A fragmentary compilation presents opinions on finance and politics, a bird nest with twenty nine ladies collars stolen by birds at Oneida Community, a quatrain on change and life, and a Civil War soldier claiming support from the 83d Pennsylvania after a shooting line.
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Fe A Vobin
Oneida
Twentynine Lady
Union Leaguers Expand in Northern Texas
Reports from Texas indicate rising Union sentiment with ten lodges already active in Northern Texas. The groups grow cautiously but steadily as organizer activity increases.
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Texas
Union Leaguers
Buchanan urged Nelson and Voorhees for Chicago ticket
The New York Herald reports ex-President Buchanan is writing letters endorsing Judge Samuel Nelson for president and Mr. Voorhees of Indiana for vice president at the Chicago Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Buchanan
Samuel Nelson
Voorhees
Indiana
Chicago
Truncated remarks on marriage and a rebel obituary
A satirical note questions a bridegroom's value versus a bride. The fragment mentions a woman who married twenty four years ago and, in a dark aside, a decree about her door not being banged, referencing a deserter and a rebel obituary in a tone of harsh humor.
Trains to Run on Erie and Pittsburg Line Next Month
Notice states through trains will operate on the Erie and Pittsburg road at the beginning of next month. Report notes small watermelons selling in Alexandria Virginia for one dollar each.
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Second Street
Johnson & Brown’s
Warren
L. D. Wetmore
Erie and
Pittsburg
Alexandria
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Aeeieies
Feuns
LEGAL
Charles Dinsmoor
Scofield
Parmlee & Henry
Joseph A. Neill
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Barnett W. Lacy
Warren, Penna
Jerome Davis
Brown & M
Kelvy
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
D. M’kelvy
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Penna
Brown
H. A Jamieson
Commissioner of Pensions
H. A. Jamieson
J. R. Clark
Hackney
Second and
Liberty Streets
Joan Ressent
George Sallor
Brown’s Hotel
State House
Public Square
Erie
H. L. Browy
Medical
D. V. Stranahan
Front Street
Postoffice
Hazeltine & Co
M. Shaeffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Byseeker
P. J. Vrushel & Co
Warren Pa
Randall's Drug Store
Pierce & Davis
Carver House
E. M. Pierce
4. Davis
Brown Brothers
Kenlar
B. W. Brown
Thos. Brown
Jon Brown
Nesmith & Keller
Exchange Building
A. Kirberger
Greenland Brothers
Water Street
George Ball
Central Clothing
O. H. Hunter
Scots & Rankin, ¥Rie
Walter
Scott, Rankin & Co
A. Scott
J. H. Rankin
Walter Scott
W. Martin
Cortland Street
Greenwich and
Washington Sts
Peter Martin, WM. Martin
New York
Beecher & Colman
Warren Mail
Vineland, N. J
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Richmond Examiner
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Solomon the Wise
McPherson
Atlanta
Baltimore
Charles II
Charles
Josh Hillingsom
Josh
North Sea
Alleghenies
Peter Almy
Commodore Porter
Old Essex
Bedford
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