Virginia - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

160 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

January 17, 1849

17 Jan 1849

Bedinger: Motion for Sale of Government Lands at Harpers Ferry

HARPER’S FERRY.— The Richmond Whig has an article on the proposition now pending in Congress, on the motion of Mr. Bedinger, the representative from the Charlestown district, which has for its object the sale of all […]

November 18, 1844

18 Nov 1844

Whig Procession; Revolution

[Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.HARPER’S FERRY, Va., Nov. 1st, 1845. I spoke in my last of the village of Charlestown, lying between this place and Winchester. A curious fact occurred at that place the other […]

November 2, 1843

2 Nov 1843

Death: James Russell

At the residence of his uncle, W. A. Stephenson, of Upperville, Va., Mr. JAMES RUSSELL, in the 35th year of his age. Mr. Russell was a native of Ireland, having been born at Burnside in the […]

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 […]

October 21, 1841

21 Oct 1841

Marriages: Barrett & Lay, Schley & Towner, Windham & Hess.

MARRIED.At Shepherdstown, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Jones, JOHN E. SCHLEY, Esq. of Frederick City, Md., to Miss ANN F. TOWNER, daughter of Benjamin T. Towner, Esq. of the former place. On Sunday […]

December 4, 1834

4 Dec 1834

First Train to Harpers Ferry

Arrival of Cars at Harpers-Ferry.— Monday last will be remembered by the citizens of Harpers-Ferry, as an important era in its history.– On that day, at half past 2 o’clock, P. M., a locomotive came thundering […]

November 6, 1832

6 Nov 1832

Virginia; Cholera Along the Canal

THE CHOLERA A deep feeling of melancholy came over us, a few days ago, as we passed along the turnpike between this place and Harper’s Ferry. In one part of the road, where, six weeks since, […]

October 11, 1832

11 Oct 1832

Halltown Cholera Death

No new case of Cholera has occured in town for more than two weeks— the laborer from Halltown, who brought the disease with him, is dead— and we can again pronounce our village almost entirely free […]

September 27, 1832

27 Sep 1832

Cholera in Halltown

Since our last paper, two deaths have occurred from Cholera— one in town, and the other in the vicinity. As we have noted every case, we hope our good friends abroad, who seem so careful of […]

September 7, 1832

7 Sep 1832

Cholera Surrounding Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA.Health of the City.– The deaths in this city last week were only SEVENTEEN, one of which was of malignant Cholera.– Boston Gaz.— In another column we publish the weekly report, which has been so […]

August 25, 1831

25 Aug 1831

Riot on Railroad near New Market

Riot on the Rail-Road. — On Sunday evening last an altercation of a very serious character took place between the white and coloured laborers employed on the line of the rail-road near New-Market. It was quelled […]

July 14, 1831

14 Jul 1831

1,700 Laborers Wanted (B&O Advert)

1,700 LABORERS WANTEDAt One Dollar Per Day. The subscribers, contractors on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, want to employ 1,700 LABORERS, To whom One Dollar a day will be punctually paid. This work is in one […]

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