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Shepherdstown Register
Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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G. W. Irving describes his visit to San Marino, the oldest republic on Earth, founded over 1400 years ago on principles of morality, industry, and equality. It has maintained independence amid wars, respected by Bonaparte, and is governed by a Captain Regent elected every six months. The territory is small with a content population.
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The American Quarterly Review contains a letter from G. W. Irving giving a sketch of his visit to San Marino, a small Republic in Italy, between the Apennines, the Po, and the Adriatic. The territory of this State is only forty miles in circumference, and its population about 70,000.
The Republic was founded more than 1400 years ago, on moral principles, industry and equality, and has preserved its liberty and independence amidst all the wars and discords which have raged around it. Bonaparte respected it, and sent an embassy to express his sentiments of friendship and fraternity. It is governed by a Captain Regent chosen every six months by the representatives of the people, (sixty six in number,) who are chosen every six months by the people.
The taxes are light, the farm houses neat, the fields well cultivated: on all sides are seen comfort and peace, the happy effect of morality, simplicity, liberty and justice.—Newark Advertiser.
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San Marino, Italy, Between The Apennines, The Po, And The Adriatic
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More Than 1400 Years Ago
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G. W. Irving sketches his visit to the ancient Republic of San Marino, founded over 1400 years ago on moral principles, industry, and equality. It has preserved liberty amid surrounding wars, respected by Bonaparte. Governed by a six-month Captain Regent elected by 66 representatives chosen by the people. Features light taxes, neat farms, cultivated fields, and widespread comfort from morality, simplicity, liberty, and justice.