Washington D.C. - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

173 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

June 4, 1833

4 Jun 1833

Armory Significantly Reduces Wages

REDUCTION OF WAGES. We learn, with much regret, that peremptory orders have been received from the War Department, to reduce the wages of the artisans employed in the Armory at Harper’s Ferry 25 per ct. This […]

May 23, 1833

23 May 1833

Finest Hogs shipped to Georgetown; Harpers Ferry

Our town, says the Georgetown Gazette, already begins to reap some of the advantages to be derived from that splendid and great undertaking, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Last week there was received here in one […]

May 23, 1833

23 May 1833

On the Reduction of Armory Wages

REDUCTION OF WAGES.We learn, with much regret, that peremptory orders have been received from the War Department, to reduce the wages of the artiz[s]ans employed in the Armory at Harpers-Ferry, twenty per cent.. This is a […]

May 2, 1833

2 May 1833

Canal navigable within the month.

The distance of Williamsport above Harper’s Ferry, by the Canal line, is about forty miles.– Up to Harper’s Ferry, the Canal is expected to be made navigable within the month which begins this day, or, at […]

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 […]

September 1, 1832

1 Sep 1832

Cholera; Irish Laborers suffering in Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA. In Baltimore the deaths by cholera from the 23d to the 30th ult, inclusive, were 99. The disease does not excite any alarm, and indeed there is no perceptible change in the pursuits of […]

January 14, 1832

14 Jan 1832

Canal Company Receiving Proposals Near Harpers Ferry

Office of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.WASHINGTON, January 9, 1832. Proposals will be received at this Office as follows. 1st For the construction of a Dam across the Potomac River near “Harper’s Ferry,” and for […]

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 […]

June 3, 1831

3 Jun 1831

Grindstone Burst At Harpers Ferry (Explosive Age)

We live in an explosive age, and that’s the truth on’t. A short time since a grindstone burst at Harper’s Ferry; the Administration lately blew up at Washington, as the Calhounians have it, and now we […]

May 21, 1831

21 May 1831

Our Grand Canal.

Our Grand Canal.– We have at length had an opportunity of passing up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as far as the Great Falls of the Potomack, being something more than half of the distance that […]

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 […]

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 […]

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