Virginia - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

160 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

June 9, 1831

9 Jun 1831

Canals and Rail Roads, No. II (Canal vs. Railroad Cost)

CANALS AND RAIL ROADS, No. 11 Mr. EDITOR:– In our first No. we questioned the soundness of the Valley in Virginia, in favour of a Rail Road, as the Great Improvement of this interesting section of […]

March 10, 1831

10 Mar 1831

Staunton To Harpers Ferry Railway Senate Discussion

THE STAUNTON RAILWAY. — The Bill incorporating a Company to construct a Railway from Staunton to Harper’s Ferry, which passed the House of Delegates without opposition, has provoked a warm discussion in the Senate; the section […]

February 2, 1831

2 Feb 1831

Internal Improvements, Canal & Railroad

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.– The spirit of improvement is certainly more animated than it has been in Virginia, since the check it received from the injudicious prosecution of the James River Improvement. Many important projects have been started […]

January 21, 1831

21 Jan 1831

Argument for Shenandoah Canal

From the Charlestown Free Press. Mr. Editor — An article in the Winchester Virginian of the 3d December, proposing the organization of a company to construct a canal along the margin of the Shenandoah, “to intersect […]

September 21, 1830

21 Sep 1830

Execution of Cox

EXECUTION OF COX– On the 27th. inst. the sentence of the law was executed at Charlestown, Va. upon the Eben’r Cox, convicted of the murder of Col. Dunn, late superintendent of the U. S. Armory at […]

August 25, 1829

25 Aug 1829

School For Females in Alexandria

Female Education WM M. JONES respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he has concluded to open a School for Females in Alexandria, on the 1st Monday in September next. His course of instruction […]

August 17, 1829

17 Aug 1829

So much for Buckingham.

“Off with his head– so much for Buckingham.” The Washington papers of Saturday, bring a new list of the proscribed, sacrificed to the resentment of our magnanimous President. Among these we truly regret to see the […]

September 13, 1827

13 Sep 1827

Will: Peter Licklider

In the name of God Amen, I Peter Licklider of Frederick County, State of Maryland, being sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding do hereby make this my last […]

April 26, 1824

26 Apr 1824

Recommendation For Appointment of Griggs

Richwood Jefferson City, 26th of Apr 1824 D. Sir / I see by a Commission enclosed to Geo. Humphreys he is appointed Col. of the horse he will accept of the the appointment. Therefore, it makes […]

October 9, 1821

9 Oct 1821

Shepherdstown Deaths From Disease

From Shepherdstown, in Virginia, we are sorry to learn, through the medium of the newspaper printed there, that the sickness, at this late period of the season, in that town, and still more in the neighborhood, […]

September 15, 1821

15 Sep 1821

Sickness Ravages Harpers Ferry

As certainly as one season of the year is less favorable to health than another, we must expect, during the present month, to hear of much sickness and increased mortality. Of one who is taken sick […]

May 6, 1810

6 May 1810

McPherson, Brien: Conveyance of Ore Bank

This Indenture made this sixth day of May 1810 Between Thomas Derne and Ludwell Lee of the County of Loudoun and the State of Virginia of the one part and John McPherson of Frederick County State […]

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