Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

October 7, 1833

7 Oct 1833

McCurdy, Assault agst. Cockrell

George S. Cockrell by his next friend Thomas Cockrell, Plaintiff against John McCurdy, DefendantIn Trespass, Assault and Battery This day came the parties by their attornies and thereupon come a Jury to wit, Francis Yates, Joseph […]

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 […]

August 29, 1833

29 Aug 1833

Shepherdstown Cholera

No case of cholera has occurred in this town or neighborhood since Monday week, the 12th instant.The following report from the Mayor of Shepherdstown, contains our latest information from that place. TO THE EDITOR OF THE […]

August 22, 1833

22 Aug 1833

Cholera, Ravages Again.

The Cholera.— This desolating scourge, we are sorry to say, appears to be augmenting its ravages in our county. Since our last publication, several valuable citizens of Shepherdstown have fallen victims to the malignant disease. Many […]

August 8, 1833

8 Aug 1833

Wheldon, Cholera or Fable?

[COMMUNICATED.] Mr. Gallaher: — We have observed in the “Intelligencer and Alexandria Gazette,” of this week, a paragraph extracted from the “Argus,” printed in Easton, Pa., detailing a “remarkable circumstance,” based on the high authority of […]

July 4, 1833

4 Jul 1833

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal News

From the Baltimore American, June 14.The Fifth Annual Report of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, occupies one entire page of the ample sheet of the National Intelligencer of yesterday. It […]

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 9, 1833

9 May 1833

New Catholic Church at Harpers-Ferry Consecrated.

CONSECRATION.The new Catholic Church at Harpers-Ferry, was consecrated, on Sunday last, by Archbishop WRITEFIELD of Baltimore, aided by the Rev. Mr. GILDEA, and two other clergymen from Maryland. Indisposition prevented us from witnessing the ceremony, but […]

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 […]

April 11, 1833

11 Apr 1833

List of Letters Remaining

Patrick Walsh & John Walsh, Wm. Flanagan

April 9, 1833

9 Apr 1833

The Canal and Rail-road controversy settled.

The Canal and Rail-road controversy settled.– We have before us a copy of the law which has just passed both houses of the Maryland Legislature, for effecting a compromise between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and […]

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