Battle Sword of Washington and early American lore
A long verse homage to Washingtons Battle Sword linked to the 1843 delivery to Congress. The piece praises the blade as emblem of liberty with references to Germantown, Valley Forge, Trenton, Monmouth, Princeton, and Yorktown and to the swords display on Columbia shield. It is followed by a mixed narrative recalling travelers runaway tales, courtship plots, and a double wedding twist amid moral ponderings.
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Washington
Tod
Britain
Germantown
Valley Forge
Trenton
Monmouth
Princeton
Yorktown
Columbia
Liberty
House of Representatives
National Capitol
George W. Summers
Virginia
Congress
United States
Samuel T. Washington
Colonial Service
Forbes
J. Bulley
Fishkill
G. W
Barrie
C. H. Smith
The Murdered Traveler in North Carolina
A fragment from a traveler’s tale describes a solitary night in a stagecoach through North Carolina. The narrator seeks companionship for the lonely journey and encounters a driver and a hint of a traveling young woman who might join them through to Welden.
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North Carolina
Coash
Welden
Remarkable clock foretells death in Newport family
A Cincinnati Gazette cited tale describes a clock in the Ly family of Newport, Kentucky that supposedly strikes only to warn death. It struck before a sister’s death and then before a child’s fatal illness, with a later strike before burial and another before a death of a child. Nearby Grand Rapids rescuers freed two men buried thirty hours after a cave-in to cheers from about a thousand onlookers.
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Florence
Cincinnati Gazette
Dears Croce
Newport
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Bush
Richmond
Mechancs Free Press Advertises Early Matrimony Offer
A 1828 item reprinted from Dayton notes Elijah Slider a minister selling nuptial ceremonies for one dollar within five miles or seventy five cents at his house on Jefferson Street. He will also pay top price for linen and cotton rags delivered to his store in goods or cash. The piece speculates that twenty pounds of rags could secure a marriage, reflecting era customs.
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Mechanic’s Free Press
Dayton
Ohio
Elijah Slider
Cincinnati Road
Jefferson Street
Fanny Fern Embraces Breeches in Rainy Walk
In the New York Ledger Fanny Fern admits she wore a full suit of male attire during a heavy rain that made skirts impractical and took a long walk with her husband nearby. She declares she will henceforth wear breeches despite public sneers.
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Congress
Joseph Lane
Oregon
Fanny Fern
New York Ledger
Eve
Fanny
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Indianapolis
TIE Satils
BY P. Brainard Williamso
Jehu
Broadway
Chestnut
John Oxford
John
Raleigh
Martha Stoneham
Martha
Oxford
Bluff
Mercy
Thornes
Esquire Markham
Charles
Florence Benson
Charles Markham
Charies
Rascal Charles
Charley
Mike
Mr. Benson
House of the Justice of the Peace
Esquire
Marham
Squire Markham
Plume
Outo
Greenhorn
Greeney
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