Washington D.C. - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

173 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

April 1, 1842

1 Apr 1842

Armorers Petition for Re-Establishment of Civil Superintendence

Washington.[Correspondence of the Herald.]WASHINGTON, March 30. The Senate — Mr. Clay. Among the petitions and memorials presented in the Senate this morning, was one by Mr. ARCHER from the armorers at Harper’s Ferry, complaining that the […]

May 8, 1841

8 May 1841

Flanagan; Knott ask Canal Board Not to Raise Limestone Tolls

PROCEEDINGSof theCHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COMPANY. […] Mr. J. P. Ingle presented a memorial from Easby & Hanly, and one from James Flanagan and Samuel Knott, asking that the rate of tolls for the transportation of […]

December 4, 1834

4 Dec 1834

Railroad Riots

The disorders on the Washington rail road did not terminate with the atrocious murders detailed in our last. On the night of the 22d ult. some of the ruffians forcibly entered a tavern, kept by Mrs. […]

June 26, 1834

26 Jun 1834

Wars of the Irish – Creed Murdered At Point of Rocks

WARS OF THE IRISH. We are deeply concerned to learn, that three murders, of the most foul and inhuman character, were perpetrated on Friday and Saturday night, on the line of the Canal, near the Point […]

January 9, 1834

9 Jan 1834

C&O Canal, Updates

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.To the Editors of the National Intelligencer. GENTLEMEN:— It may gratify many of your readers, as it certainly will those who are Stockholders in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to learn, that […]

December 5, 1833

5 Dec 1833

Canal Visitor From Harpers Ferry

We had yesterday the pleasure of conversing with a gentleman who came down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Harper’s Ferry to Georgetown on the preceding day, in a boat, with several other gentlemen. The boat […]

November 28, 1833

28 Nov 1833

Virginia Coal (on the Potomac)

Virginia Coal.– The opinion is now gaining ground, that large bodies of coal, of a superior quality, exist on the banks of the Potomac river, near the finished parts of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Some […]

November 21, 1833

21 Nov 1833

Flour Shipped to Georgetown on Canal

We were highly gratified a few days since in witnessing the passage of a number of boats, heavily laden with flour into our basin, hailing from Harpers-Ferry. —[Georgetown Col.

October 3, 1833

3 Oct 1833

C&O Canal from Harpers Ferry to Shenandoah Lock to be opened.

Public Notice.IS hereby given that the navigation through the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, from the head of the Harper’s Ferry Falls to the Shenandoah Lock, will be opened for the passage of boats, rafts, &c. on […]

September 26, 1833

26 Sep 1833

Water into Canal; Early Opening

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.The water was let into a small portion of the Canal, about ten days since, between the Old Furnace and the Harpers-Ferry locks, by way of experiment; and we learn that the Engineer […]

June 20, 1833

20 Jun 1833

Armory Wage Reduction Temp. Suspended

We are glad to learn that the order for the reduction of wages at the National Armories, has been, for the present, suspended. Some further investigations are directed to be made by a Board of Officers.

June 20, 1833

20 Jun 1833

Curtailing of Wages of National Armories

FOR THE FREE PRESSThe Curtailing of the Mechanics’ Wages at Harpers-Ferry. The proposed reduction of the prices at their place, is a subject that has enlisted the deepest solicitude of every member of our highly respectable […]

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