Abolition of Slavery in the District Discussed in Congress
In April 1862, H G Blake of Ollio argues in the House for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. He rebukes Kentucky’s Crittenden, asserts rebels deserve no constitutional rights, and claims Congress has power to legislate all cases regarding the ten miles square.
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House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Blake
Chainman
Kentucky
Mr. Crittenden
South
Congress
John
Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Martin van Buren
Geneva
Virginia
Maryland
Jobo CU. Calhoun
John Gaines Adams
Martin van Bursa
Virgini
Nirginia
Montgomery County
Prince George’s
Alleghany
Washington
Montgomery
Washington County
Crittenden
Republic
South Carolina
Mississippi
Debate on Location of Capital and Slavery Moralities
The essay revisits the struggle over locating the national capital on slaveholding soil and argues for abolition in the District of Columbia. It cites historical bargaining, the Jefferson Hamilton compromise, and the demographic impact of slavery around Washington to claim emancipation is essential, just, and constitutionally grounded, urged by Northern and Southern actors alike.
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Maryland
Virginia
Continental Congress
South
District of Columbia
Congress
Marydand
Potomac
the Times
Hildreth
United States
New England
New York
Susquehanna
Delaware
Alleghanies
Madison
House
Senate
Philadelphia
Germantown
Pennsylvania
Jefferson
Hamilton
Georgetown
White
Lee
Robert Morris
Middle States
Ile
Blanston
Ten Miles
Marland
Union
Prince George’s
Charles
St. Mary’s
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Washington
Washweton
National Treasury
Free State
Pairfax County
Montgomery
Proclamation Urges Virginia Integrity Amid Criticism
Jeff Davis calls upon Virginia to uphold integrity in a public proclamation. The remark notes he himself struggled to maintain his own.
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Jeff Davis
Virginia
Best nets for hauling in rebela Bayo nets
A concise note describes high quality nets used to haul in rebela Bayo nets, emphasizing strength and suitability for capture tasks. It highlights material durability and practical application in fishing contexts.
Firing a Mortar The Poetry of War on the Shore
A vivid account describes firing a mortar as a dramatic, sublime act. Powder, shell, and cord trigger a thunderous crash, flame, and spirals of smoke. The scene envisions ten mortars, gunboats, and distant enemy fire shaping a violent, poetic battlefield atmosphere.
Balloon ascent at McClellan HQ ends safely after perilous drift
Fortress Monroe reports Gen Fitz John Porter rose in a balloon for reconnaissance but the rope broke and the craft drifted over enemy lines. It returned to our camps aided by a counter current air and landed safely after venting gas. The observed sights are to be kept from public release.
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Fortress Monroe
Wool
McClellan
Fitz John Porter
Benigg
Seronaut
Master and Scholar A Funny Bible Lesson Gone Awry
A district schoolteacher read from Job and explained eschewed as eschewed evil like chewing tobacco. A young student misinterpreted the passage asking who lived in Oz and answered Job who chewed tobacco when nobody else would.
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Job
God
The Chord of Sympathy In Earth To Heaven
Poetic meditation on loss and memory describing the golden chords of sympathy that link the living to the departed. The piece envisions chords stretching from sorrowful hearts to angels and a divine horizon, sustaining ties beyond time and space.
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God
Heaven
Depth of Planting Corn Reveals Optimal Seed Depth
A Germantown Telegraph extract explains corn should be planted one and a half to two inches deep. Deeper planting delays emergence, with experiments showing emergence times from eight to twenty one days as depth increases. Roots decaying during early growth give way to new roots, allowing normal growth after about ten to fifteen days.
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Germantown
Power of a single word in a Vermont temperance tale
Wendell Phillips recounts a New York speech about how one mother's plea to a boy on the Vermont hillside to avoid drink shaped decades of his life. A mariner, vow kept, sails the globe sober, and a former drunkard asks the captain to visit a prosperous shipowner who credits a mother's word.
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Wendell Phillips
New York
Vermyont
Calcutta
Mediterranean
San Francisco
Cape of Good Hope
North Pole
South
Vermont
Wolf Shang
Garden Gate
Beauties of Night and the Nightingate’s Evening Grace
A lyrical meditation on night as respite from day’s toils. Sleep, rest, and dream offer solace as nature’s laws are observed. Cynthia leads a glittering retinue of angels in the twilight, guarding humanity from darkness.
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Nooe
Cynthia
Fair and Holy Angels
Work in the Hitchen Garden Promotes Early Crop Planting
The article urges turning the garden into the farm’s most profitable department with deep mulched beds and early sowing. It details pruning, soil preparation, and seasonal planting for cabbage, radishes, tomatoes, beets, carrots, onions, rhubarb, potatoes, lettuce, and more, plus seed soaking and bed rotation tips.
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James Curry
Dave
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Ohio
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Wayne
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Spinak
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Redett's
Blick
Fred Dredsburgh
Wayne County
United States Patent Agency
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Rein- Unger
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Bex
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Ashlind Mefon
Stark
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Bur Pe
Wilson
Maysictan
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J E. Barrett
Dolor South
Wayne County Branch Bank
T H. Baker
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W.N. Jones
Photographehisie
Oeer Wotgte Shos
Woostat, Ohio
B. F. Baltily
Baltily
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Cleveland, Ohio
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