DOCSLIB.ORG

John H. James Collection: General Correspondence, 1814-1836

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
John H. James Collection: General Correspondence, 1814-1836 John H. James Collection: General Correspondence, 1814-1836 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Title: John H. James Collection: General Correspondence, 1814-1836 Dates: 1814-1836 Media: Manuscripts (Correspondence) Quantity: 2 linear feet Location: Manuscript Shelving COLLECTION SUMMARY This collection features correspondence sent and received by John H. James, his business associates, friends, acquaintances, and clients. PROVENANCE OF THE COLLECTION The John H. James Collection was purchased by the Miami University Libraries with the assistance of Dr. Edgar King and James’ biographers Dr. William and Ophia Smith. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION John Hough James (1800-1881) was a native of Urbana, Ohio and a graduate of Cincinnati College. He was a lawyer, banker, railroad builder, scientific farmer and stockbreeder, legislator, politician, editor, lecturer and writer. A friend of Henry Clay and William Henry Harrison, James utilized his work as a lawyer and legislator in advising Whig leaders in Congress and the General Assembly of Ohio. As a banker and railroad builder, James was a pioneer in the development of western banking and transportation. He was treasurer and president of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, building one of the earliest railroads of the country. He also pursued farming and John H. James General Correspondence, 1814-1836 Page 2 stockbreeding. Finally, James founded Urbana University, the first Swedenborgian College in the world, giving the land for the campus and serving as a lifelong trustee for the institution. John H. James married Abigail Bailey in 1825. The couple had four children: Ellen Rachel (1826), Gertrude Vanuxem (1828), Francis Bailey (1831), and John Henry (1834), who was affectionately called Bub as a child. All of James’ children are featured prominently in this collection with the exception of Francis Bailey who died in early childhood. Ellen Rachel and Gertrude Vanuxem spent most of their adolescence living with James’ family in Cincinnati while attending private schools. After completing their educations, James’ daughters traveled extensively to visit family and friends and to attend various societal functions. In 1856, Gertrude married Henry Thayer Niles, with whom she had six children: John James, Gertrude, Ellen James, Frank Bailey, Anna Lathrop and Helen. After attending the Kentucky Military Institute, John Henry James traveled briefly throughout the Midwest as a land surveyor. In 1861, John Henry joined the Union Army as an officer and was engaged in several prominent battles of the Civil War. Suffering from typhoid fever and dysentery, John Henry resigned from the Army in 1863. While taking care of a very ill John Henry, both his mother, Abigail and his sister Ellen fell ill and died. After recovering from his sickness, John Henry married Harriet Lynch in 1863. The couple had seven children: Abbe Bailey, Margaret Lynch, Gertrude Vanuxem, John Hough, Alexander Lane, Harriet and Fanny. Following the deaths of Ellen Rachel James and Abigail Bailey James in 1863, John Hough James devoted much of his time to the “New Church” or Swedenborgian religion. The remaining eighteen years of James’ life were spent practicing law, attending New Church conventions, and entertaining his surviving children and grandchildren at his Urbana home. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION The collection begins in 1814 with correspondence between John H. James and his adolescent friends. Letters exchanged between I.T. Griffith, David Wallace (future Governor of Indiana), and William Henry Harrison Jr., saturate the collection, offering insight into James’ thoughts on school, girls, and local business endeavors. Correspondence with friends, family, and business associates continues throughout the late 1810’s and early 1820’s as James was first working on his father’s steamboat and frequently traveling down the Mississippi River from Louisville, Kentucky to New Orleans, Louisiana, and later practicing law in Cincinnati. The frequency in which John mentions the Whig Party increases significantly after he met Henry Clay at Olympian Springs, Kentucky in 1823. John John H. James General Correspondence, 1814-1836 Page 3 remained an active member of the Whig Party throughout his life, and continued to write about the party’s platform and ideology even after it fell out of fashion among significant members of society. Many of the letters focus on John’s career and detailed discussion of his various financial and business endeavors. While practicing law, John writes most frequently about significant court cases, trial outcomes, and travel to Indianapolis for U.S. Circuit Court. As a founding member of the Urbana Banking Company, James writes about both the rise and fall of the banking company, as he struggled to maintain internal relations among board members and investors. ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION Series I: General Correspondence 1814-1836 The John H. James general correspondence collection, 1814-1836, is comprised of 35 letter books containing correspondence beginning in 1814 and ending in 1836. Brief subject descriptions are provided for each letter in this collection. RELATED MATERIALS Smith, William E. and Ophia D. A Buckeye Titan. Cincinnati, OH: Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, 1953. (Spec Covington Collection | CT275.J294 S5) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University Libraries. Preferred Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the John H. James Collection and The Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University Libraries in all footnote and bibliographic references. Provenance: Purchased by Miami University Libraries. Processed By: Adrienne Chudzinski (Graduate Assistant), January-February 2012 Property Rights: The Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University Libraries, owns the property rights to this collection. Copyrights: Reproduction of materials in the collection is subject to the restrictions of copyright law. To use any materials not yet in the public domain, the researcher must obtain permission from the copyright holder. John H. James General Correspondence, 1814-1836 Page 4 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the box and folder numbers shown below. Series I: General Correspondence 1814-1836 Box Folder Author/Location Recipient/Location Subject Date 8 1 A. Tanney/ Berkeley John H. James/ Allied Powers have taken April 7, Letters County Cincinnati Paris, peace in Europe 1814 to John H. James 1814- 1817 8 1 J.S.S./ Schenectady John H. James/ Denies snoring in bed, January 15, Cincinnati inquires about James’ 1815 school fellows 8 1 Israel Thompson John H. James/ Ships are arriving with dry June 7, Griffith/ Alexandria Cincinnati loads, prices of flour and 1815 tobacco 8 1 Israel Thompson John H. James/ Tending store for Samuel January 25, Griffith/ Alexandria Cincinnati Markse, great multiplicity 1816 of banks caused depreciation of money, local news 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Has not seen one Cincinnati November Orleans Cincinnati friend since arriving in N.O., 5, 1816 appalled by the way the young people frolic and go to whore houses 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Traveled far since last letter December Orleans Cincinnati (300 miles), would like 14, 1816 James to write him 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Sorry to find out James January 9, Orleans Cincinnati wants to come to N. 1817 Orleans, says James will find customs and manners very different from Cincinnati 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Discussion of schoolwork, January 21, Orleans Cincinnati importance of education as 1817 John H. James General Correspondence, 1814-1836 Page 5 Box Folder Author/Location Recipient/Location Subject Date it refines society 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Hopes no one but James January 27, Orleans Cincinnati will read his letters, 1817 importance of education 8 1 David Wallace/ West John H. James/ Speaks of West Point and February 2, Point Cincinnati the work he’s doing there 1817 8 1 I.T. Griffith/ John H. James/ Thanks James for his favor February 8, Alexandria Cincinnati of the 27th, A. Tanney is 1817 now at Hillsboro and on his way to Kentucky 8 1 David Wallace/ West John H. James/ Speaks to James about a February Point Cincinnati “rival” James had written 14, 1817 him about, gives James advice concerning a relationship with a girl 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Leaving town for 4-5 February Orleans Cincinnati weeks, mentions visit with 27, 1817 Master Billy Douglass, flour is selling for $16 8 1 I.T. Griffith/ John H. James/ Reminds and requests March 1, Alexandria Cincinnati James to write him, price of 1817 flour is going down, supply of dry goods improving 8 1 I.T. Griffith/ John H. James/ Annoyed that James hasn’t March 8, Alexandria Cincinnati written lately, price of flour 1817 and other dry goods 8 1 Wm. Turner John H. James/ A note. Because of a March 18, Cincinnati certain performance and 1817 the bad weather Turner was unable to call on James J.S.S./[Schenectady John H. James/ Received letter, mention of March 21, Cincinnati St. Patrick’s Day, mention 1818 of girls 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Received James letter, April 5, Orleans Cincinnati wishes James to consider 1817 him more of a friend than a stranger 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Speaks of the difficulties in April 16, Orleans Cincinnati becoming a good lawyer 1817 8 1 I.T. Griffith John H. James/ Many mayflies in April 26, Cincinnati Alexandria, saw Tanney 1817 and Brader, market prices John H. James General Correspondence, 1814-1836 Page 6 Box Folder Author/Location Recipient/Location Subject Date for goods 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Coming home to visit soon, April 29, Orleans Cincinnati likes the parties James 1817 gives 8 1 David Wallace/ New John H. James/ Advises James to study law May 20, Orleans Cincinnati over medicine and divinity, 1817 speaks of decision that he made recently 8 1 I.T.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Calculated for the Use of the State Of
    3i'R 317.3M31 H41 A Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from University of IVIassachusetts, Boston http://www.archive.org/details/pocketalmanackfo1839amer MASSACHUSETTS REGISTER, AND mmwo states ©alrntiar, 1839. ALSO CITY OFFICERS IN BOSTON, AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES LORING, 13 2 Washington Street. ECLIPSES IN 1839. 1. The first will be a great and total eclipse, on Friday March 15th, at 9h. 28m. morning, but by reason of the moon's south latitude, her shadow will not touch any part of North America. The course of the general eclipse will be from southwest to north- east, from the Pacific Ocean a little west of Chili to the Arabian Gulf and southeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. The termination of this grand and sublime phenomenon will probably be witnessed from the summit of some of those stupendous monuments of ancient industry and folly, the vast and lofty pyramids on the banks of the Nile in lower Egypt. The principal cities and places that will be to- tally shadowed in this eclipse, are Valparaiso, Mendoza, Cordova, Assumption, St. Salvador and Pernambuco, in South America, and Sierra Leone, Teemboo, Tombucto and Fezzan, in Africa. At each of these places the duration of total darkness will be from one to six minutes, and several of the planets and fixed stars will probably be visible. 2. The other will also be a grand and beautiful eclipse, on Satur- day, September 7th, at 5h. 35m. evening, but on account of the Mnon's low latitude, and happening so late in the afternoon, no part of it will be visible in North America.
    [Show full text]
  • Giant List of Folklore Stories Vol. 5: the United States
    The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 5 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Skim and Scan The Giant List of Folklore Stories Folklore, Folktales, Folk Heroes, Tall Tales, Fairy Tales, Hero Tales, Animal Tales, Fables, Myths, and Legends. Vol. 5: The United States Presented by Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay The fastest, most effective way to teach students organized multi-paragraph essay writing… Guaranteed! Beginning Writers Struggling Writers Remediation Review 1 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay – Guaranteed Fast and Effective! © 2018 The Giant List of Stories - Vol. 5 Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay The Giant List of Folklore Stories – Vol. 5 This volume is one of six volumes related to this topic: Vol. 1: Europe: South: Greece and Rome Vol. 4: Native American & Indigenous People Vol. 2: Europe: North: Britain, Norse, Ireland, etc. Vol. 5: The United States Vol. 3: The Middle East, Africa, Asia, Slavic, Plants, Vol. 6: Children’s and Animals So… what is this PDF? It’s a huge collection of tables of contents (TOCs). And each table of contents functions as a list of stories, usually placed into helpful categories. Each table of contents functions as both a list and an outline. What’s it for? What’s its purpose? Well, it’s primarily for scholars who want to skim and scan and get an overview of the important stories and the categories of stories that have been passed down through history. Anyone who spends time skimming and scanning these six volumes will walk away with a solid framework for understanding folklore stories.
    [Show full text]
  • Who Murdered Joe Magarac?
    doi:10.7592/FEJF2014.59.kovacevic WHO MURDERED JOE MAGARAC? Ivan Kovacevic Abstract: The article examines the origin of an American steel industry mythical hero, Joe Magarac. The analysis is based on the original text by Owen Francis from 1931 and aims to resolve a dilemma – whether the text is genuine folklore or fakelore. The analytical method is layered and varied; it involves comparing Francis’s text to other elements of folklore from the host country, confronting the meaning of the legend of Joe Magarac with the genuine interests of steelworkers, and contextualising the legend in the social conflicts of the steel industry in Pennsylvania at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Keywords: America, Joe Magarac, immigrants, mythical hero, Pittsburgh, steel industry, workers THE BIRTH OF JOE MAGARAC Bearing in mind that Joe Magarac, a significant American figure of Pittsburgh steel plants, is considered both a folklore and fakelore hero, it is reasonable to expect that there would be at least three stories about his birth: one of folklore, another of fakelore, and a folkloristic tale. As far as the last one is concerned, folklorists find that Joe Magarac was born in a folklore story and his emergence can be traced as early as the year 1931, to the text by Owen Francis published in Scribner’s Magazine, in which Joe Magarac was first mentioned. Francis’s initial version of Magarac’s story places his birth in a steel ore mountain or steel mine. However, by introducing Dorson’s notion of fakelore and by applying that notion to the stories of Paul Bunyan and Joe Magarac, the folklore basis of this character is negated, thus leaving his origin a blur.
    [Show full text]
  • Descendants of John Pelly
    Descendants of John Pelly Charles E. G. Pease Pennyghael Isle of Mull Descendants of John Pelly 1-John Pelly was born on 9 Jun 1711 and died on 22 Nov 1762 at age 51. John married Elizabeth Hinde, daughter of Henry Hinde. Elizabeth was born in 1717 and died on 6 Nov 1761 at age 44. They had two children: Henry Hinde and John. 2-Capt. Henry Hinde Pelly was born on 6 Jun 1744 in West Ham, London and died on 23 Feb 1818 at age 73. Henry married Sally Hitchen Blake,1 daughter of Capt. John Blake, on 13 Jul 1776. Sally was born in 1744 and died on 15 May 1824 at age 80. They had four children: John Henry, William, Charles, and Francis. 3-Sir John Henry Pelly 1st Bt. was born on 31 Mar 1777 in West Ham, London and died on 13 Aug 1852 in Upton Manor, Plaistow, Essex at age 75. General Notes: Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Bt. was a Younger Brother of Trinity House in 1803. He was Deputy Governor of the Hudson Bay Company between 1812 and 1822. He was Captain of the Honourable East India Company Service. He was a Member of Court Bank of England between 1822 and 1852. He was Governor of the Hudson Bay Company between 1822 and 1852. He held the office of Elder Brother of Trinity House in 1823. He was Deputy Master of Trinity Master in 1834. He was created 1st Baronet Pelly, of Upton, Essex [U.K.] on 12 August 1840. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a Director of the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, London.
    [Show full text]
  • President Jacobs Lists 15 Faculty Promotions
    • ~ht VOL LVII TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONN., DECEMBER 10, 1958 No. 10 President Jacobs Lists 1Who' s Who Selections Announced; 15 Faculty Promotions Fifteen Student Leaders Elected President Jacob announced yesterday at a faculty meeting the promotion of fifteen Trinity faculty members. One full pro­ Medusa, Senate, Illinois Scholars f s or, el ven a sociate professors and three assistant p1·of ssors were named, their p1·omotion becoming effective September, 1959. Lead Who's Who Selections Dr. Walt r J. K limczak was named prof ssor of mathematic . wcr I 'cted lo Who' \\'ho in Am rican Col- orne of the el Yen new a sociate professors include Dr. Clarence ni\' r iti the Dean's Offic' announ ed today. The H. Barber, Dr. Micha 1 R. Campo, cho · n on th ba is of xc lienee and lead r hip in Professor J ohn A. Dando, Dr. Robert nclea\'or and campu actiYiLi Lindsay, and Professor Albert Merri­ Kurth Leaving named w re Da\·id Belmont, Edwar l Dub I, Jacob Ed­ man. Also named associate profes­ sors were Dr. Jack . X. Oanh, Pro­ To Tour Africa altcr Graham, Mark Il aly, Paull! r ch, Phillip Jacklin, fe sor Mitchel . Pappas, Profe or Moorin, J •raid 01 on, Micha 'I P wa, I arl cheibe, August E. apega, Professor Ran­ Karl Kurth, Jr. wil l be a good-will I Philip imshau r, lb rt spot1:s representative of th nited dall W. Tuck r, Dr. J ames M. Van mith, Hob rl mith, an I Jon , tone, and D1·.
    [Show full text]
  • K:\Fm Andrew\21 to 30\27.Xml
    TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1841, TO MARCH 3, 1843 FIRST SESSION—May 31, 1841, to September 13, 1841 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1841, to August 31, 1842 THIRD SESSION—December 5, 1842, to March 3, 1843 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1841, to March 15, 1841 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—JOHN TYLER, 1 of Virginia PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—WILLIAM R. KING, 2 of Alabama; SAMUEL L. SOUTHARD, 3 of New Jersey; WILLIE P. MANGUM, 4 of North Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, 5 of North Carolina SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—STEPHEN HAIGHT, of New York; EDWARD DYER, 6 of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOHN WHITE, 7 of Kentucky CLERK OF THE HOUSE—HUGH A. GARLAND, of Virginia; MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 8 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—RODERICK DORSEY, of Maryland; ELEAZOR M. TOWNSEND, 9 of Connecticut DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH FOLLANSBEE, of Massachusetts ALABAMA Jabez W. Huntington, Norwich John Macpherson Berrien, Savannah SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES 12 William R. King, Selma Joseph Trumbull, Hartford Julius C. Alford, Lagrange 10 13 Clement C. Clay, Huntsville William W. Boardman, New Haven Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro Arthur P. Bagby, 11 Tuscaloosa William C. Dawson, 14 Greensboro Thomas W. Williams, New London 15 REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Thomas B. Osborne, Fairfield Walter T. Colquitt, Columbus Reuben Chapman, Somerville Eugenius A. Nisbet, 16 Macon Truman Smith, Litchfield 17 George S. Houston, Athens John H. Brockway, Ellington Mark A. Cooper, Columbus Dixon H. Lewis, Lowndesboro Thomas F.
    [Show full text]
  • Union Calendar No. 607
    1 Union Calendar No. 607 110TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110–934 REPORT ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DURING THE 110TH CONGRESS JANUARY 2, 2009.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 79–006 WASHINGTON : 2009 VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:51 Jan 06, 2009 Jkt 079006 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR934.XXX HR934 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York, Chairman FORTNEY PETE STARK, California JIM MCCRERY, Louisiana SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan WALLY HERGER, California JIM MCDERMOTT, Washington DAVE CAMP, Michigan JOHN LEWIS, Georgia JIM RAMSTAD, Minnesota RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts SAM JOHNSON, Texas MICHAEL R. MCNULTY, New York PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee JERRY WELLER, Illinois XAVIER BECERRA, California KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas RON LEWIS, Kentucky EARL POMEROY, North Dakota KEVIN BRADY, Texas STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES, Ohio THOMAS M. REYNOLDS, New York MIKE THOMPSON, California PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut ERIC CANTOR, Virginia RAHM EMANUEL, Illinois JOHN LINDER, Georgia EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon DEVIN NUNES, California RON KIND, Wisconsin PAT TIBERI, Ohio BILL PASCRELL, JR., New Jersey JON PORTER, Nevada SHELLY BERKLEY, Nevada JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland KENDRICK MEEK, Florida ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:20 Jan 06, 2009 Jkt 079006 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR934.XXX HR934 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with HEARING LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • San Francisco Biography Collection SF BIO COLL
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2489r71w No online items Finding Aid to the San Francisco Biography Collection SF BIO COLL Finding aid prepared by David Krah and California Ephemera Project staff; updated by San Francisco History Center staff. The California Ephemera Project was funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources in 2009-2010. San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 [email protected] URL: http://www.sfpl.org/sfhistory 2010, revised January 2020 Finding Aid to the San Francisco SF BIO COLL 1 Biography Collection SF BIO COLL Title: San Francisco Biography Collection Date (inclusive): 1850-present Identifier/Call Number: SF BIO COLL Physical Description: 45 Linear Feet(in 27 file drawers) Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415-557-4567 [email protected] URL: http://sfpl.org/sfhistory Abstract: Consists of a wide variety of materials relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California. Includes materials pertaining to: prominent historical San Franciscans such as past mayors, railroad and mining barons and their heirs, early explorers and Gold Rush and Victorian era figures; police and fire chiefs; local and state politicians and judges; architects, especially Victorian era and practioners of the Bay Region style; bishops and pastors; labor leaders; Olympic Club members; artists, artisans, poets, writers, and composers; restaurateurs, hoteliers, merchants and other ordinary citizens; unique San Francisco personalities such as Emperor Norton and Mary Ellen Pleasant.
    [Show full text]
  • The John Henry Newman Catholic School
    THE JOHN HENRY NEWMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL Recommended Reading for more ambitious readers and pupils in the Sixth Form Contents: Dealing With Life and Relationships Fantasy, Thrillers, Mystery and Detective Stories Historical Fiction War and Conflict Novels from Around The World Graphic Novels A Pick of the Classics Dealing With Life and Relationships Jim Crace, Quarantine Under an endless and unforgiving sky, four travellers enter the Judean desert in search of redemption. Instead, amidst the barren rocks, they are met by a dangerous man, Musa, and fall under his dark influence. So begin forty days and nights in one of the most inhospitable terrains on earth. Michael Ignatieff, Scar Tissue A report from that other country called illness. At its heart is a son's memoir of his mother's voyage into the world of neurological disease, where she loses first her memory, and then her very identity, only to gain - at the very end - a strange serenity. Martin Amis, The Rachel Papers Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn't come off quite as Charles expects. Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens. In an era of endless possibility, Nick finds himself able to pursue his own private obsession, with beauty – a prize as compelling to him as power and riches are to his friends.
    [Show full text]
  • Madison County Democrat
    r - ..... r I, ' ,T'~... NINETY-ONE YEARS OF SERVICE IN MADISON PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS • COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT TRADE AREA AT THE DEMOCRAT BUILDING, W. SECOND ST. Madison County Democrat CONSOLIDATED WITH THE LONDON ENTERPRISE LONDON, OHIO FRIDAY, ^lARCH 3, 1950 Ninety-third Year—No. 18 A Subscription $2.50 per year $25 MILLION IN VETERANS MONEY COLD WAVE DEFEAT FIRST TOURNEY OPPONENT ORDER APPLICATIONS TO BE LOST National AMVET, official organ GRIPS OHIO OUR of the American Veterans of World War II, revealed today ; A new cold wave gripped all of Rain 4.27 Inches that the Post Office Department Ohio today. TOWN Here In February is preparing to destroy $25,000,000 The temperature began a slump H G H' worth of unclaimed money order ^Wednesday and continued slidding Rainfall during FebruAiy applications, much of which lie- . (luring the night. Weather author­ was 4.27 inches in London or longs to overseas veterans of ities forecast colder weather for Alcohol Anonymous is an or­ 2.11 inches above normal, Leo- World War II. the next two days. ganization Well known for ■ nard McNeal, weather observer In a copyrighted story, the Feb­ The temperature recorded * the good it does. One of th< roported. The total January ruary issue published today re­ ; at the Sewage Treatment» most unusual things about the and February rainfall was ports that five tons of unclaimed Plant by Leonard McNeal, A.A. is that it helps teach 12.14 inches. Normal annual remitters’ applications stored in weather observer, was 15 de­ those addicted to excessive rainfall here is 34.91 inches.
    [Show full text]
  • History of the U.S. Attorneys
    Bicentennial Celebration of the United States Attorneys 1789 - 1989 "The United States Attorney is the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all; and whose interest, therefore, in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done. As such, he is in a peculiar and very definite sense the servant of the law, the twofold aim of which is that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer. He may prosecute with earnestness and vigor– indeed, he should do so. But, while he may strike hard blows, he is not at liberty to strike foul ones. It is as much his duty to refrain from improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction as it is to use every legitimate means to bring about a just one." QUOTED FROM STATEMENT OF MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND, BERGER V. UNITED STATES, 295 U. S. 88 (1935) Note: The information in this document was compiled from historical records maintained by the Offices of the United States Attorneys and by the Department of Justice. Every effort has been made to prepare accurate information. In some instances, this document mentions officials without the “United States Attorney” title, who nevertheless served under federal appointment to enforce the laws of the United States in federal territories prior to statehood and the creation of a federal judicial district. INTRODUCTION In this, the Bicentennial Year of the United States Constitution, the people of America find cause to celebrate the principles formulated at the inception of the nation Alexis de Tocqueville called, “The Great Experiment.” The experiment has worked, and the survival of the Constitution is proof of that.
    [Show full text]
  • Act!Vated Story Theatre Presents “Old Stormalong”
    Act!vated Story Theatre presents “Old Stormalong” A!S OLD STORMALONG SYNOPSIS Alfred Bulltop Stormalong is a giant of a man who becomes a sailor at only 14 when he’s already huge. After earning a promotion by coming up with an idea for capturing a gang of pirates attacking the ship, he tangles with the mythical sea creature called a kraken, but fails to defeat it. Discouraged, he decides to quit being a sailor for the time being, and become a rancher instead. He discovers, however, that this life also has its drawbacks, so he goes back to being a sailor just in time to become a captain and have his own ship built, the largest ever to set sail. He encounters the kraken again, and this time defeats it through ingenuity. And he continues being the greatest sea captain of all time until he accepts the challenge to race a newfangled steamship. He wins the race, but dies in the process. VOCABULARY ABS: Able-Bodied Seaman / Alfred Bulltop Kraken: a mythical sea creature Stormalong Landlubber: A person unfamiliar with the sea or Bulkhead: wall on a ship seamanship Brig: holding cell/jail on ship Lasso: (verb) to use a lariat Cattle: cows Lariat: A long rope with a running noose at one end Cowpoke: cowboy Molasses: syrup produced in processing sugar Deck: the floor on a ship OK Corral: is the famous historical site in Fathom: unit of length used especially for measuring Tombstone, Arizona, where Wyatt Earp, Doc the depth of water – between 5 and 6 feet Holliday, Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Gross/gross: (pun) 12 dozen = a gross / disgusting Clantons and McLaurys Harpoon: a long spear-like instrument used in fishing Porthole: window on a ship to catch fish or large marine mammals such as whales Prow: front of the ship Head: the bathroom on a ship Schooner: a type of sailing vessel Heard/herd: (homonym) past tense of hear / a group “Shiver Me Timbers” an expression used by of animals such as cows pirates/seaman to express shock or surprise.
    [Show full text]