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Government & Law

This topic appears in 111 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
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111 Indexed Records
1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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January 14, 2025
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List of Letters Remaining

Patrick Walsh & John Walsh, Wm. Flanagan
April 11, 1833
June 14, 2026
June 14, 2026

Ireland/Britain/U.S.: Tyranny in Preservation of Union Measures

It is worth of note, that just about the time of the pendency of the “enforcing bill” in Congress, the British ministry introduced, and passed thro’ the House of Lords, a “bloody bill” for the pacification […]
April 11, 1833
June 14, 2026
June 14, 2026

Irish Enforcement Bill Passage

Great excitement is occasioned, both in England and Ireland, at the passage, in the House of ords, of what is called the “Irish Enforcement Bill.”– It places discretionary power in the Lord Lieutenant, to disperse, by […]
April 4, 1833
June 14, 2026
June 14, 2026

Act to Amend Shenandoah Toll-Bridge Incorporation

AN ACTTo amend an act to incorporate a company to construct a toll-bridge across the Shenandoah River, passed Jan. 17, 1829.(Passed Feb. 18, 1833) Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful […]
March 28, 1833
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026

The Poor of Jefferson County

THE POOR OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.‘Tis not “the poor man alone,When he hears a poor man moan,From his morsel a morsel” should give. If there be one virtue more lovely, admittable, and enobling than any other, and […]
December 6, 1832
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 24 records
1850s 15 records
1860s 12 records
1900s 8 records
1880s 8 records
1840s 7 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Government & Law" across historical collections.

Flanagan
11 records
Dunn
8 records
Cox
8 records
Brown
6 records
Welsh
6 records
Engle
5 records
Lucas
4 records
Lee
4 records
Moore
4 records
Stubblefield
4 records
Washington
4 records
Davis
4 records
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