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Government & Law

This topic appears in 111 indexed records between 1799 and 1976.
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1799 Earliest Record
1976 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025

British Prime Minister; Visit to Harpers Ferry

“When the British minister visited Harper’s Ferry, the band (composed of young men belonging to the manufactories) serenaded him; he invited them into his lodgings, and entered into familiar conversation with some of them; he declared […]
October 12, 1824
September 28, 2025
September 28, 2025

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 […]
April 3, 1824
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025

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 […]
June 26, 1823
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020

Relief to the Irish

The subscription in Liverpool to relieve the distressed in Ireland, amounted, on the 11th of June, to 13116 14s. Sir James Mackintosh has obtained a pledge from the House of Commons “that it would take into […]
August 6, 1822
October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025

US Purchases 166 Acres at Harpers Ferry

It appears from a Winchester paper, that a canal is cutting at Harper’s Ferry to turn the machinery for manufacturing gun barrels; and that Col. Lear I[?] purchased for the United States 166 acres of land, […]
October 8, 1799
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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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