Expedition wi Sir John Franklin and the Northwest Passage
The article recounts Britains efforts to solve the Franklin mystery and locate a northwest passage. It describes May 1945 departures, naval leadership, and plans to penetrate through Lancaster Sound toward the Berings Strata, with mention of warnings, stakes, and shifting public and political attention. It notes figures like Lady Franklin and jokes about exploration funding and international reactions amidst wartime context.
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John Rank
Ira
England
Pacific
Sir John Rose
Lancaster Soane
Walker
Ber Hing
Toyota
Tito
Panne
Perth
Jean
Ingiard
Euler
Prookan
Briros
Overland Emigrants Facing Great Suffering Predicted
Predictions from the St Louis Republican correspondent warn that emigrants leaving Independence in heavy wagons with few animals risk disaster. Boots and provisions will not suffice, and many companies may fail before reaching the plains. Conflicts between parties are feared by mid August as shortages and rivalries grow.
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St. Lenis
Suo Starting
Hane
Mar
Sean
Fastland Arrives at New Orleans From Chagres With Passengers
The brig Fastland reached New Orleans on the 27th from Chagres carrying sixteen passengers, California emigrants who could not secure passage to the gold region and returned home. The Panama Isthmus held about three thousand people awaiting transport, many hoping to reach California by that route. The steamer California had not yet arrived at Panama, and no other San Francisco vessels were available when Fastland sailed. A Campionian Rieversno report notes Mr Barbers return from California due to scarce food for cattle and many travelers leaving the city for the west.
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Bantimoun
Laren
Caaunks
Nox-snenan
Vissees
Paue
St. Paul
N. M. Rice
Prairie du Chien Pat
Wheat crops and roads boost Oshkosh growth drive
Farmers report an unusually healthy wheat crop in Wisconsin and predict a harvest possibly larger than any prior season. They urge finishing plank roads to Rock River and consider diverting railroad subscriptions to the Water Town and Janesville roads to speed shipments. Oshkosh asserts strategic value on the Green Bay and Mississippi trade route, highlighting rising spring commerce and central location for regional traffic.
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Wisconsin
Rock River
Watertown
Janesville
Osnxorn
Oshkosh
Mos
Green Bay
Mississippi
Fand du Tac
Wolf River
Henry Clay Opposes Perpetual Slavery in Kentucky
Boston Transcript notes Henry Clay’s Fayette County address urging limits on slavery and gradual emancipation. The piece praises his consistent stance from early public life, predicts Kentucky may become a free state, and frames his advocacy as a model of principle for future generations.
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Henry Clay
Fayette County
Hett
R. J. Breckenridge
Kentucky
Clay
Free States
Statesnan
Pranklin
Pennsylvania
Garrison
Menory
Boston ‘Transcript
A Needed Reform Stirs Treasury Duty on Service Faithfulness
A Rochester Dem's letter reports Secretary Me edith issuing a circular to Treasury appointees stressing faithful duty and accountability. It laments four years of lax principle under prior administrations and urges rigid enforcement to restore government integrity and curb partisan neglect. The piece adds local notes of Winnebago encampments near Fort Atkinson and a damaging Robson circus scene, with injuries and a community response.
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Jane Deaemillins
Julia Franklins
Fae
Dave
York
Ameren Whalers
United States
Ameneao
Meedith
Treasury Department
Taylor
Gen. Taylor
Rochester den
Wisconsin Portage Canal contracts awarded in 1849
Correspondence from Fort Watersaco reports contracts for the Wisconsin Fox Portage canal awarded to McNear Co. and Reynouns of Madison. A steam dredge will excavate 900 yards daily with a planned completion by June 1 1850. Gov Dewey and officials tour Green Bay as land sales plan aims to fund improvements and attract settlers, with oiling reserves and new building stone discoveries noted along the route.
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Watertown Chronicle
Fort Watersaco
Portage
Green Bay
Commissioners— Land Office
Oshkosh
Nothern Wisconsin
Fauxp Hapteyv
Wisconsin
Fox Rivers
Mesars
Board of Commissioners
Fife
Bretle
Lowell Notes on Roads Mills and Prospects in 1849
Corrépondence from Lowell Wisconsin reports poor roads and floodable marshes after rains while bridges are contracted. Town grows fast with new houses, brick material, and a flouring mill. Local farmers optimistic about a strong winter wheat crop and several business remodellings. Notable items include regional notices on newspapers, a proposed sacred music convention, and various local appointments and developments.
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W Watertond Chronicle
Laws
Uarter
Lowell
Watertown
Mesers
Fox
Baker & Patten
Meeting of Board of Traeters May 6 1840
Board members present Rogan Nichole Kier Gallagher Shultz and Nichole Hy Mn Shalis. Resignation of Edward Johnson accepted and Boomer elected treasurer. Adjourned to May 11 1949 and weekly meetings ordered. Street committee to report on bridge across Rock River and sewer plans on Main street east ward. Licenses for spirituous liquors to be issued after bond, marshal required to file bond and enforce licenses.
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Rogan
Nichole
Kier
Gallagher
Shultz
Second Street
Edward Johnson
Cau
Real Ward
Atreets
L. E. Boomer
Baird & Boomer
Aaid
Committee On
Rock River
Mainstreet
Lauid Street
Streete
Btc
Honda
East Word
Progress of the Mormons and their US settlement
The Mormon movement grows across the United States and Britain, with an estimated 50,000 adherents in the Union and thousands more preparing to move to Salt Lake or awaiting emigration. Mormons claim direct divine revelation, ongoing heavenly visions, and a belief in a New Jerusalem centered in Salt Lake City as their future domain.
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Faulkner
Fort Atkinson
Laws
Cedar River
Root River
Flat Fort
United States
Port Crawford
Winnebagos
Prairia du Chien Pat
Salt Lake Valley
Pacific
St. Louis
Promised Land
Tiliore
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Kaneaville
Missouri River
Great Basin
California
Union
England
Scotland
Wales
Great Britain
Earth
New Jerusalem
Salt Lake
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Cape of Giead Hope
Cevlun
John Bull
C. Elwarte Lester
Eiziec Veaty Aga
Capage
Cayuga
Barber
Usfernia
Caliornia
Gaz
Rochester American
Welch
Delavan
Nathan
Corwell
Priner
the Chronicle
Watertown, Wis
Grove Prairie
Badge County
J. Garks
Beanrn
Drara
Miller
Concord
Methodist Church
Joseru
Rozentr Crancu
Pararex
St. Joseph
California Bays
Watertown Company
Muscat
Cosvesines
Beaver Dall
Lisle, Broome
Washington Co. Advocate
Port Washington
W. H. Lono
Washington Blade
B. A. Bray
Ravine Whig
Ansnn Wannin
Cauntry
Eusna Stanr
Milwaukee
J. A. Noovas
Fairfield
Oak Grove
Maron Paart
W. W. Woonworth
L. £. Boomer
E. Jonsson
Tawton
Washington
Charleston
Montreal
Bupr
Kenyon
Board of Traeters
Youk
Farrax
Machina
Thea
Warner
City Hall Place
Lina
Min
Canapa
Canada
Peck
Hartford
Whight
Ady
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