Bacon's Rebel Defeat and Virginia's Rise in 1676
Bacon leads Virginians through Jamestown forcing William Berkeley to enact new laws completed July 4 1676 as the Virginia movement grows. The narrative follows Henrietta Wythley Rupert Wythley and the siege on the old manor with vivid battle details and the impact on Virginia history.
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Jamestown
Congress of the United
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Carolina
New England
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Rupert Wythley
Nathaniel Bacon
Rome
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Old Dominion
Robin Peel’s Formative Oratory Taught by Father
Peel’s son Robin, groomed for politics by his father, was made to address guests for a cherry as a child. Repeats sermons weekly to build attention, leading to later eloquence remembered by Senatorial opponents and traced to Drayton church.
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York
Railway workers and shophands aging grid from Hunt's Magazine
A table lists average ages for various trades including brakemen and factory workers at 27, baggagemen 30, milliners 32, dressmakers 28, engineers and conductors 35, tailors 47, weavers 44, cooks 45, innkeepers 46, brick makers 47, and other occupations.
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Eaatx
Hunt's Magazine
Behind Time and The Cost Of Punctuality
A Baltimore Sun essay compares a railway crash and a doomed reprieve to broader life lessons. It argues that five minutes can determine fate, urging punctuality as a key virtue for success and redemption.
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Sebastopol
Alma
Baltimore Sun
Fruit consumption and child health in warm climates
A London Times writer argues that moderate, well preserved fruit is harmless and beneficial, especially for children, and may prevent bilious diarrhoea and cholera. He notes that over fifteen years in orchard-rich districts, he found no strong link between fruit and serious illness, and observes that restricting fruit can cause pallor and tender bowels in children while moderate fruit improves floridity among the poor.
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London Times
Hope and virtue shaping fame and happiness in home life
The passage reflects on happiness as achievable with simple means, virtue granting earthly fame and eternal memory, and a maternal blessing as Irish proverb. It notes beauty on earth enough for a home for angels and laments the eyes filling with tenure, an ocean in the heart.
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Wright
What Become of the taxes in 1854
The article argues that in 1854 no tax was raised to pay the public debt principal despite claims of high taxes. It cites Auditor Morgan’s figures showing receipts and expected payments, notes a surplus in the treasury, and asserts a 12 cent and 5 mill levy only covered interest. It emphasizes constitutional limits and a lack of sinking fund levy.
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Taxes and levies raise little toward public debt in 1854 1855
The text argues the 1854 levy fell short by over eleven thousand of the interest due, and the 1855 levy would miss by about 800 000. It lists grand levy rates for 1854 and 1855, notes large increases in grand duplicates, questions where taxes since 1851 have gone, and cites past payments on principal and fund balances.
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District School Library Fund
Wisconsin Emigrants In Wisconsin Free State Tangle
Wisconsin emigrants with a dark skinned man provoked local alarm as they moved to a farm under Missouri authority and rumors swirled of threats to seize the enslaved person. A Free State Missouri connection warned locals that violence could erupt at any moment, underscoring regional tensions over slavery and law.
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Debatable Nebraska Stance Ends Porter Deputy Post Master Role
The Ashland Times reports Alexander Porter's removal as Deputy Post Master after being labeled anti Nebraska. Dr Burr Kellogg is appointed in his stead. Porter, born a foreigner, is described as Protestant and Republican in sentiment, with remarks on foreigner love of democracy being exploded in Ashland county.
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Alexander
Porter
Ashland County
Ashland Times
Governor’s tax plan sparks calls for local autonomy
In Ashland Times language the governor pushes higher taxes on local authorities and urges the Legislature to back the move while suggesting reductions in government spending. The piece mocks centralized control and hints at public pressure, noting residents plan to confront the governor near Salt River on the second Tuesday of October.
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Board of Public Work E &c
Contemptible pro slavery influence questioned in election counties
The piece attacks pro slavery operatives in the Democratic party pushing in caucuses and conventions to influence the free state elections in New York Pennsylvania and Ohio. It cites E M Stone as a consul under scrutiny for allegedly serving pro slavery interests while earning up to 4000 a year. It also cites a Newburyport Herald critique of mushroom aristocracy and extravagant dress among Americans.
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Ohio
Democratic’ Party
National Treasury
E. M. Stone
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S Atill
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England
Stone
Newburyport Herald
Yankee Brooar and Deacon Aid in Hard Times
A poor man in a small town laments poverty and potential entry to the poorhouse. The deacon offers help by promising to bring wood and a large piece of pork, though the man jokes about preferring beef. The tale illustates Yankee stoicism under hardship.
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Hartford Courant
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