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Government & Law

This topic appears in 111 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
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1976 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023

Making Rifles of Old Muskets

We extract the following complimentary notice of the inventive genius of A. M. Ball, Esq., of Harper’s Ferry, from the Scientific American: At the U.S. Armory, Harper’s Ferry, A. M. Ball, foreman, of the millwrights, has […]
December 20, 1856
July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023

Appropriations Recommended For Harpers Ferry Armory

Harper’s Ferry Appropriations. The following sums have been recommended by the Secretary of War, for repairs and improvements of the National Armory at Harper’s Ferry : Total – – – $38,892 00
January 12, 1856
July 27, 2023
July 27, 2023

Harpers-Ferry Armory Suspends Operations

HARPERS-FERRY ARMORY. Some sixty or seventy of the operatives of the U. S. Armory have suspended operations in consequence of awaiting the new model gun, now projecting at the Springfield Armory. How long they will have […]
September 27, 1855
June 16, 2024
June 16, 2024

Clowe Nominated to Armory Superintendent

THE ARMORY AT HARPER’S FERRY.– The President has nominated to the Senate Henry W. Clowe to be Superintendent of the Armory at Harper’s Ferry, in conformity with the provisions of the law passed at the last […]
January 1, 1855
January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026

New Projects & The Railroad Mania

NEW PROJECTS. To keep pace with the progress of the times, it will be seen by reference to another column, that two Railroad projects are now suggested, in which our County has a deep interest. A […]
February 1, 1853
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 24 records
1850s 15 records
1860s 12 records
1900s 8 records
1880s 8 records
1840s 7 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Government & Law" across historical collections.

Flanagan
11 records
Dunn
8 records
Cox
8 records
Brown
6 records
Welsh
6 records
Engle
5 records
Lucas
4 records
Lee
4 records
Moore
4 records
Stubblefield
4 records
Washington
4 records
Davis
4 records
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