Old Friends and War News Echo Across Portland Page
A patchwork of verse and notices recounts old friends, graves, and distant ships. Portland defense actions describe burning ships, rebel pirates, and citizen volunteers aiding in the harbor. The piece quotes reflections on home life, virtue, and blunt warnings about behavior amid wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pribune
Napoleon
Liscomb
Forest City
Laighton
Charee
Chesapeahys
Mason
Gapt
Prederick
Washington
English and American mothers and child vitality compared
A historical critique notes English mothers exposing children to open air and exercise, fostering larger chest development and steadier digestion, while American mothers rush meals and early activity. It contrasts English vitality with American precocity and argues for slower, more deliberate feeding and outdoor activity.
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KR. T. Kell
Texeher
Devel
America
England
Wren
Werner
Germany
Ull
New York
Bern
The Parisian Criffoniers and their lodging habits
Readable fragments describe a Parisian rag-gathering group living in lodging houses near the Mout Ferned area. About 400 residents, mostly ages seventeen to thirty, share rooms, pay fifteen to twenty crots per night, and roam by night collecting items to sell.
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Paris
Reg
Red
A Quaker in Battle Correspondence 1803
The piece describes Capt. Nicholas Lubeck Mann of Ulster County New York leading a cavalry squadron at Aldie. Mann protected the rear, rallied his men with a sword salute, and charged rebels despite heavy losses including Capt. Minn being killed. Mann, a Quaker, was wounded but recovering at Emory Hospital, praised for his bravery and loyalty amid Civil War hostilities.
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N.Y. Evening Post
Geo. Kirkpatrick
Aldie
Nicholas Lubeck Mann
Alstton
Ulster County
New York
Cavary
Rickpurick
Pinot
Minn
Subro
Emory
Waehiaeten
Mann
Theo
Indiana
The Ownership of Land and Moral Character
An essay extols land ownership as a pillar of national character, tracing ties from father to son through farms and farms’ features. It contrasts a soldier's sacrifice with a tale of comradeship over caps and water in battle, and muses on dining etiquette, gratitude, and feminine virtue in a rural moral landscape.
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Deichoian
M.D. Wotedte
Reba Deater
Clark
Saeterlie
Rantas
Whitesater
Ss. Hylrian
Amvihson
Piis Rt
Oeaaueiabed
WU Tien
Berd
Aston
Mass
HR. Mebeath
Mainsta S. Klein
Mies Blateh
Teo
Edward Ererett
Cuniots Bartly Annepote
Monticello
Kentucky
Ohio
War and Increasing Wealth in a Time of Conflict
A long discussion argues that war damages wealth yet can spur overall national strength. It cites Britain’s debt and rising wealth during Napoleonic wars, notes industrial growth in the North, and highlights American confidence in growing crop yields, construction, and trade as signs of prosperity despite conflict.
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Amalionis
Tosivna
Oludy
Russia
Spas
Prissid
New York
Brooklyn
Gortes
Itv New Jerey
Westooalee
New York Times
Ohio
Nabiab
Nan
Ube
Ted Tates
America
Roses and legends in ancient and modern lore
A curio of roses in Roman times and the East ties to poets and lovers. It notes roses on shields of victorious generals, rose water in Reo baths, and the nightingale motif in Persian and biblical fables. Also recounts a Naples convent balloon incident and a proverb about weary pebbles on a path.
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Cleopatra
Antony
Pérsina
Solomon
Firth
Mahomet
A Happy Woman In Her Sphere Of Virtue And Joy
A reflective meditation on the contentment of women who transform life’s challenges into joy through virtue. It extols a cheerful resilience that radiates outward, implying a social and moral progress driven by such women’s influence on their families and communities.
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Descarie
Dors
Voientorent
Montenegrin Vocal Telegraphy and Mythic Signals
A fragmentary account describes Montenegrin sheperds using vocal modulation to relay messages over distance forming a primitive telegraph system. The piece narrates how songs travel across hillsides and that such signals blend with legends of warriors and mythic figures in a remote region.
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Petit
Gia Monanders
Ubeddaetan
Slightly Mistaken Exchange Over Ganhins and Fremont Precedence
A muddled discussion questions who held precedence between ganhins and General Fremont at a public inquiry. The reply hints General McCiotisa favors cooperation with his friends, while others press for clearer lines on authority and personal interests amid the United States military context.
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Bitte Adae
Cenerd Butler
Gill Danies
Hin
Fremont
The Terms of Suecesa in a Wartime Scene
Excerpted narrative pieces describe military resolve and social unrest. It contrasts disciplined forces and noble endurance with reckless improvisation. A woman, Margaree Guelph, seeks support from the Prince of Wales amid personal hardship. The text sketches travel and cross cultural exchanges through abrupt vignettes.
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