Political Union Talk Shapes Pennsylvania 1856
The Warren Mail discusses forging a broad anti administration coalition in Pennsylvania to carry the state for Freedom next year. It notes divisions in the Democratic Party, urges fusion with Whig Republican or American elements, and proposes reorganization under a common platform while preserving core anti slavery principles. It also mentions railroad contracts and local events as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniox
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party of
Pierce and Douglass
Pitts. Gaz
Gazette
Nicholson
The
Allegheny County
Plumer
Pierce & Co
Friends of Freedom
Pittsburg
Warren County
Philadelphia
Nebraska
American Party
Union
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Pollock of 1855
Governor James Pollock proclaims Thursday, November 22 as a day of General Thanksgiving and Praise for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Citizens are urged to set aside worldly pursuits to give thanks for past blessings and seek continued divine mercy, with the Great Seal affixed at Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pollock
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
A. G. Curtis
Political slate lists multiple county and district nominees
A dense roster of nominees for state and local offices appears, detailing districts seven through thirty and listing Democratic and Republican contenders by county. The document also notes an administration with a Democratic majority and names representatives for the House of Representatives across numerous counties.
Party Ballot Recap Shows Democrats Lead In State Legislature
The document lists county by county names of electors and party alignments, noting Democrats dominant in the Senate and House with a Republican and Know Nothing presence in italics. It shows the administration slate and a joint ballot Democratic majority of 31.
Death Notice for Mrs. Louisa Willems in Warren
In Warren on October 31 Typhoid fever took Mrs. Louisa Willems aged 25 wife of D M Williams Esquire Her family and friends recall her as selfless and brave a helper at the bedside her acts of mercy a memory to all who knew her Communicated.
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Barner
Owen Street
Connecticut
Warren
Louisa Willems
Causes dmv trial at December Term 1855 list of parties
A convoluted docket listing multiple plaintiffs and defendants for the December 1855 term, including names such as Shelden, Brown, Shearman, Maul Warner, Valentine, Patterson, Dorworth, Smith, Owens, Fisher, Woodin, Pierce, Gilson, Miles, Irvine, Nesmith, Mead, Kinnear, McGlashen, Towle, Graves, Condit, Kent, Weld, and others. Proceedings noted as held at Warren with date October 26, 1855 and involving Pro. JFUS P. King and Proby’s Office.
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Shelden
Ase
Brown
Shearman
Maul Warner & Valentine
Patterson & Dorworth
Smith
Owens & Fisher
Os Dennegan & Wife
Dennis
Gillinan
Vanduren
Mead
Kinnear
Os Woodin
Os Pierce
Gilson
Miles
Irvine
Nesmith
McGlashe King
Fisher, Childs
Young
Kent & Weld
McGlashen
Frank & Wife
Courson
Towle
Couse
Graves
Lacey
Jfus P. King
Warren County Sheriff Sale Listing for Numerous Properties
Public sale to cover writs of venditioni exponas lists land in Warren County including Freehold, Spring Creek, Deerfield, Limestone and Eldred townships. Properties include farms ranging from 11 to 260 acres with mills, houses, barns and water rights. Notable buyers and lenders include Pratt Co., Eno Mahoney Co., Brown, Badger, Montgomery and Meed with multiple parcels tied to various suits.
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Orphan’s Court
Warren County
State of
Pennsylvania
Orin Clark
Oil Creek
South West Township
T. B. Watson
C. O. Childs
M. E. Benedict
Holland Land Company Survey
Crawford Co
Count of Common Pleas
Warren
David Allen
John Abbott
Thomas K. Abbott
George Abbott
Freehold Township
T. K. Abbott
Osborne M. Brown
Quartus Wright
Jude Wright
G. and
E. R. Wheelock
Thomas KK. Abbott
Nathan Abbott
Gay C. Irvine
Robert Falconer
Charles Fisher
Rufus Weatherby
Charles R. Brown
Spring Creek
Wim McLay
Waterford
Gillet
Samuel F. Pratt
Parcel P. Pratt
Baward P. Beals
Pratt & Co
Zina A. Gorman
Deerfield Township
John Tallman
Michael C. Gorman
John Gorman
Michael Magraw
Ziba A. Gorman
Amos R. Eno
John H. Mahoney
Jonathan Roberts
George Wilkinson
Emerson Rhodes
Eno, Mahoney & Co
John J. Badger
David Beaty
F. Delong
H. H. Valentine
Mullen
Venango
Beaty
Morse and Mitchel
Wallace and Brown
Alsoo
R. E. Montgomery
Nathan Loveless
R. C. Scott
Allegheny River
Badgers
G. B. Scott
R. E. Scott
E. Montgomery
A. Hounadiow
E. G. Owers
Spring Creek Township
Concord
Sevensse Eaton
MicKay
Samuel Hutchins
D. C
Wm. McLay
John Kincaide
Wm. H. Deming
Artemus Eaton
Waterford Road
McLay
Roswell Strong
Kinzan Township
John Tuttle
Courson
Sterling Green
James O. Gunning
Isaac Ross
Wm. A. Irvine
Brokenstraw T'p
Brokenstraw Creek
William Irvin
John Andrews
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Warren Mail
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Erie
King, Brown & Co
New York
Gov. Clark
Dr. Kang
Dr. Kane
Margaretta Fox
Memphis
Tenn
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
New Orleans
Seaboard
the State Senate
Philadelphia City
Eli K. Price
Wim
A. Crabb
Henry C. Pratt
B. Browne
Harlan Ingram
Montgomery County
Thos
P. Knox
Chester and
Delaware
J. J Lewis
Lancaster
Lebanon
J. W. Killinger
J. G. Shuman
Northumberland and
Dauphin
D. Taggart
Northampton
Lehigh
Joseph Laubach
Carbon
Monroe
Pike
Wayne
J. H. Walton
Perry
Samuel Wherry
Centre
Lycoming
Clinton and Sullivan
Andrew Gregg
Blair
Cambria
Huntingdon
J. Creswell, Jr
Luzerne
Montour
Columbia
C. R. Buckaiew
Bradford
Susquehanna
Wyoming
W. M. Pratt
Tioga
Potter
McMean
Elk Clearfield
Jefferson
Henry Souther
Mercer
Thomas Hoge
Crawford
A. Finney
Butler
Beaver
Lawrence
John Ferguson
Allegheny
J. R. McClintock
William Wilkins
Washington and Greene
J. Flenniken
House of Representatives
Andrew Buchanan
Robi. Irwin
Jos. Dowkell
Clearfield
M’kean
Elk—Seth A. Backus
Clinton, Lycoming and
Samuel Caldwell
John C. M. Ghee
Columbia and
J. G. Montgomery
Leonard Reed
Joseph Brown
Cumberland
James Anderson
William Harper
David Mumma
Jae Wright
C. D. Manley
Eric Gideon J. Ball
Murray Whallon
Fayette and Westmoreland
P. A. Johns
J. Fausold
Samuel Hill
Henry D. Foster
Franklin
Jas
B. Orr
Boyd
Greene
Rafas K. Campbell
Indiana
R. B. Morehead
Nebanon
W. A. Barry
George G. Brush
Jesse Reinhold
Wim. Hamilton
P. W. Housekeeper
C. L. Hunsecker
H. Wright
Henderson Gaylord
S. P. McCalmont
Daniel Lott
Samuel Kerr
Miffin
John Purcell
Abraham Edinger
Montgomery
Josiah Hillegass
Geo. Hamill
A. B. Longaker
Jno
A. Innes
Jesse Pearson
Northumberland
S. H. Zimmerman
Kirk Haines
Phila
Aaron Colur
Geo. Smith
E. Joy Morris
Jacob Dock
Charles N. Leisenring
John McCarthy
John Tompson
John Hancock
Townsend Yearsley
Charles Carty
Fredri. K. Walter
Samuel A. Hibbs
Jno. Roberts
Richardson L. Wright
Jos. Hunnecker
Sehuylkil
Samuel Hipple
W. B. Lebo
Somerset
Jonas Augustine
Sullivan and Wyoming
O. G. Hempstead
T. J. Ingham
T. L. Baldwin
Union and Juniata
G. W Strouse
Washington
G. W. Miller
D. Riddle
Nathaniel W. Vail
York
Isaac Beck
Samuel Maneer
James Ramsey
Ayacan
Bevier & Freer
Scott
McGee
Gribbon
Reynolds
McKinney
Bordwell
McIntyre
Et. al
Frank
Walton & White
Bowers
Proby
Titus
Morse & Mitchell
Johnson, Et. al
Tuitle
Fraser
Johnson
Water Street
A. L
A. L. Fraser
Johnsons New Brick Block
Second Street
Warren Pa
F. B. Brewe
Titusville
Sheriff’s Sales
Limestone Township
Penn
Nancy Ma Gee
Win Garner
Thomas McGee
Matthews
Robert Mead
Henry McGee
Oliver Carpenter
Wm. J. MaGee
B. M. MaGee
Wu. Duncan
Grandip and Green
Lewis H. Merritt
Deerfield
O., Pa
Joseph Green
Wm. S. Cahill
Samuel Culbertson
C. Roupe
Grandin
Green
Daniel 8. Boughton
Walter Welden
Eldred
James Weldewood
Leach
Willoughby
Warren Co
William Gifford
John McCormack
Philip Fitzpatrick
Levi Sutton
Sylvester S. Clark
Conewango
County of
J. F. Davis
Davis
Samuel C. Brasington
Archibald Tanner
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