Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

May 13, 1824

13 May 1824

Armory Consumed By Fire

Fires. The workshop and machinery of the United States Armory, at Harper’s Ferry, were entirely consumed by fire on the morning of the 8th inst. Two hundred workmen were employed at this place, and their loss […]

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 […]

April 3, 1824

3 Apr 1824

Barnett; Debt to Eichelberger

This Indenture made the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty four, between John Barnett of the county of Jefferson and state of Virginia of the first […]

February 14, 1824

14 Feb 1824

The Landscape of Harpers Ferry

THE LANDSCAPE.E’en here, at home, what scenes arrest the view! Scenese full of int’rest and of beauty too. We have thought that a brief sketch of the spot selected for the culture of “THE GARLAND,” might […]

November 5, 1823

5 Nov 1823

Ireland — Inhabitants to Acres

Ireland.– The number of inhabitants in Ireland is estimated at 6,846,949, and the number of Irish acres at 6,809,709; so that there is more than one individual to an acre. In England, the number of English […]

June 26, 1823

26 Jun 1823

Armory Corresponce Regarding C&O Canal

From the National Intelligencer.Potomac Canal.– We have been favored with a copy of the following correspondence, which we publish with great pleasure, as it presents a view not hitherto taken, of the importance, of the proposed […]

May 28, 1823

28 May 1823

Obit: Peter Conlan

DIED,On Sunday last, Mr. Peter Conlan, merchant, of this place. Mr. C. was a native of Ireland, but resided in this country for the last four or five years, and had taken the necessary steps to […]

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, […]

October 9, 1821

9 Oct 1821

Eastern Jefferson County Illnesses

SHEPHERDSTOWN, OCT. 3– The sickness in this Town, at the present time, exceeds any thing ever known in this place within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. There is scarcely a family that has not some […]

September 21, 1821

21 Sep 1821

Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry Pestilence; Crops & Drought

SHEPHERDSTOWN, VA. SEPT. 12– We understand by a gentleman directly from Harper’s Ferry, that the disease which has been so malignant at that place, continues to rage with unabating violence. Never was it known to have […]

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 […]

July 21, 1821

21 Jul 1821

O’Donovan; Chemist

HARPERS FERRY, (Vir.) July 17.Medical Discovery.– Doctor T. C. Smith, of Dublin, lately obtained 5,800 premium from the English Parliament for the undermentioned recipe for Typhus malignant Fevers. Six drachms of powdered nitre, six drachms of […]

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