Shinplaster currency provokes strong protests in Warren
The Warren Mail decries shinplaster notes flooding circulation as impudent law violations. It cites federal and Pennsylvania penalties, warns merchants, and laments railroad service by the P and E R R, urging better treatment of local business. The paper postpones several minor items to next issue.
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Pennsylvania
Corry
Irvine
Jamestown
Warren
Mail
Allegheny Hills
Fashionable Ladies Cloaks in 1862 Washington Style
Editorial notes fashion on Pennsyl vania Avenue with hats like stove pipes and skirts dragging through mud. Describes manteaus under Me Celine and Lalla Rookh styles, velvet, plush, and new locophore feathers. Also reviews Bishop Simpson sermons and Army visits near the White House with Bucktail soldiers guarding the War Department. Thanksgiving customs in Warren recalled with humor and hometown pride.
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Moses
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Tidiante
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Burnside
White House
Derickson
Crawford County
Erie Regiment
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May
Crawford
Col. Wistar
Bucktail
Potomac
Lincoln
President's Message on Civil War and Union Preservation
The president addresses foreign affairs, finances, Indian affairs, and the nation’s path through the Civil War. He discusses emancipation plans, suggests compensations to slaveholding states, colonization options, and the need to preserve the Union. He also covers treasury figures, currency reform, postal gains, and expansion of internal improvements. He argues for gradual emancipation with compensation and outlines the implications for population, economy, and national cohesion.
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Alleghany City
Rasselas Brown
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