Evidence

January 3, 1893
3 Jan 1893

Jones, Contract with Baker & Bro.

Our enterprising young countyman Mr. Chas. E. Jones has purchased eight hundred acres of land in Morgan county, opposite Hancock. One hundred and fifty acres of it is good river bottom, and the remainder in timber, […]
Spirit of Jefferson
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May 19, 1883
19 May 1883

Dam No. 6 Repair

The canal authorities are about to repair and build higher the dam at No. 6. The old dam leaks badly, and is not high enough to furnish a full head of water when the river is […]
The Shepherdstown Register
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October 11, 1860
11 Oct 1860

Mason – Horrible Murder

HORIRBLE MURDER. One of the most inhuman and shocking murders it has ever fallen to our lot to record, occurred near this place on Wednesday week last. A man by the name of Ezra Mason, a […]
Virginia Free Press
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December 23, 1841
23 Dec 1841

Harpers Ferry Temperance Convention

THE HARPERS-FERRY TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.On Wednesday morning, December 1st, 1841, a number of Delegates from the Temperance Societies of Jefferson and Loudoun Counties, assembled in this village, to hold a Convention, previously called by the Total Abstinence […]
Virginia Free Press
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January 16, 1838
16 Jan 1838

Riot Among Irish Laborers

There was a riot among the laborers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal a short time since. They assembled together to the number of 1000, nearly all of whom were Irish. The paraded through Hampshire and […]
New York Daily Herald
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