Wisconsin forgery in act admitting state uncovered
The Madison Journal reveals a fourteen year forgery in the Wisconsin statehood act. A closing proviso on a Rock River canal liability was interpolated to favor the canal company. Investigations credit Senator Mowe with exposing the fraud and backing a bill to remit funds due Wisconsin, easing tax burdens.
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Madison Journal
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Lake Michigan
Rock River
Rock River Canal Company
United States
Courar
Svitle
Canal Company
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House
Congressional Globe
Senate
Sen
Howe
Washington
Fruu
Mowe
Finance Committee
Treasury report on demand notes and federal reserve limits
The Secretary of the Treasury informs the Ways and Means Committee that under current law about 250 million in demand notes receivable for customs have been issued and 90 million in roles not receivable. About 66.5 million demand notes are held by banks and capitalists, not in circulation. The total issue of 60 million in demand notes is effectively withdrawn from circulation. The Treasury now depends mainly on converting United States notes into tender notes and customs receipts to meet expenses, and seeks authority to issue 150 million in legal tender notes of not less than 35.
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Communltse of
Ways and Means
United States
Treasury
Committee of Wage and Means
Chias
Ways and Piensa Conpinittie
House of Representatory
Aradium
Jann
Howe
Congress
Otlers
Emancipation in Maryland Sees Union Party Endorse President
Baltimore Union Party delegates visited the President and Secretary Blair and Charo, endorsing emancipation as resolutions pass unanimously. The approval followed the convention’s stance, cited as helping Maryland become a free state. Mayor Opdko vetoes New York Common Council’s public reception plan for Saurlaw Weed, drawing sharp criticism for mixing private influence with public duty.
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Charo
Blair
Maryland
Opdko
New York
Saurlaw Weed
Wisconsin Soldiers Relief Association letter in 1862
Judge Totter writes from Wasuthoron on January 8 1862 about state funds for sick and wounded Wisconsin regiments. He endorses a local relief association led by Judge Doolittle and Mr Sebeck to manage care, funded by members and with free government transport, saving state expenses while aiding soldiers.
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Jane
Dean
Wisconsin
Army of the Potomac
Judge Doolittle
Sebeck
Milwaukee
War Department
Important notice for paroled U S soldiers Madison Wis
John F Potter transmits an War Department instruction through Major Smith U S Military Superintendent Madison urging prisoners and those paroled to report for pay, and to grant furloughs of twenty days to those exchanged Officers to report in person at the office of the distant General of the State or by letter to Major K S Smith 12th Infantry Madison Wis.
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Madison Journal
Smith
U.S
War Department
Paole
KS Smth
12Th Infantry
Madion
Wis
Army and Navy Matters and War News
War Department reports large conscription driven additions to rebel armies with volunteers scarce. A 60,000 to 100,000 man Annapolis camp is planned under Gen Wool, to begin in fall, possibly followed by a draft. Reflections on cotton burnings, regimental movements near Richmond, Charleston prospects, and Minnesota secessionist commissioners removal.
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War Department
Virginia
Annaputis
Wool
Whitewater Boys in a Fight Details from Captain Courtice Letter
A May 18 dispatch from near Vicksburg recounts Whitewater Company skirmishes with Rebel cavalry. Four volunteers engage, Perry is severely wounded, others slightly hurt. attackers flee after casualties. The note laments poor living conditions, anticipates return to New Orleans, and notes Illinois politics and Fremont at Port Republic.
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Courtice
Vicksburgh
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Natchez
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Charles Perry
Thea
Perry
James Scott
Rand
W. Ludeman
Whitewater Company
Recruitment Hurdles Stir 20th Regiment Wisconsin Report
The Madison Journal notes slow enlistments for the 200th Regiment, with farmers discouraging sons from enlisting to tend crops. It blames Madison’s red tape and recruiting mishandling, while northern districts show better signs as lumbering regions offer ready volunteers. Confederate sympathy and state actions dampen zeal across the papers.
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Madison Journal
Pinery
20Th
Gov. Stanly
North Orfolina
Fitch
Memphs
Inca
Wauhesha Freeman
Madison
Wis
Finances of the Government in Chase and Stevens letters
Secretary Chase explains government finances and the 1861 62 note issues. He details authorized sums, deposits, and the withdrawal of demand notes, arguing for lifting limits on temporary deposits, expanding United States notes, and issuing smaller denominations to ease wartime payments and strengthen treasury liquidity.
Treasury plan for small United States notes reform
Secretary of the Treasury S P Chase presents a bill to remove the restriction on small notes and to arrange engraving printing for issuing United States notes in Washington. He argues economy public advantage and private convenience justify the move and notes will replace withdrawn currency to cover current expenditures. Thaddeus Stevens chairs Ways and Means.
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Enya
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
Committee
Congress
S. P. Chase
Sue’y
the Treasury
Hen Thaddeus Stevens
Committee of Ways and Means
Lovejoy on President and Liberty in New York speech
The article reports Owen Lovejoy praising a broad presidential authority while urging loyal support for Lincoln. It describes the abolition wedge in slavery, the calling power of the President, and a vision of a united republic marching toward universal freedom. It notes reverent applause and contrasts with cautious pace in reform.
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New York
Lovejoy
Congress
Washington
Webster
Adams
England
Rocky Mountains
Andes
Arctic
Antarctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Republica
The Peninsula Hardships and Lee House Hospital Plans
A Civil War era dispatch recounts Union losses from disease and exhaustion at Fair Oaks and Williamsburgh, with 760 men left under strength and many dead or wounded. It notes Washington barracks, typhoid, and Lincoln ordering Gen. Lee’s house repurposed as a hospital, plus harsh treatment of wounded by Surgeon Hays of the 10th Pennsylvania.
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Washington
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Williamsburgh
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Lee
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N.Y. Tribune
War Department
Hays
Pennsylvania
Port Republic
Appointment of Field Officers for the 20th Regiment
Gov Salomon appoints Capt Henry Bertram of the 8th Wisconsin as Lieut Colonel and Capt Henry A Starr of the 1st Regiment as Major of the 20th. All field officers of the 20th have served in the current war, and their leadership is pledged to make the regiment effective and safe.
Early Life of Jeff Davis in Nashville Union
The Nashville Union recounts Jeff Davis’s early life in Kentucky noting his father Davis was a horse trader and swindler who left the county for Mississippi. Jeff, born near his father’s house, is said to have been raised in the area with relatives still living there. The piece criticizes Union opponents and defends Davis’s birth as more creditable than later life.
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Jeff. Davis
Kentucky
Jef. Davis
Christian
Todd Counties
Jet
Davis
Fairview
Hopkinsville
Mississippi
Jeff
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