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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

September 7, 1841

7 Sep 1841

Suicide by Train

MAD SUICIDE.– On Thursday, a poor fellow, while laboring under mania a potu, was killed on the railroad near Harper’s Ferry, Maryland. The engineer observed him run from a house and take his stand near the […]

April 1, 1841

1 Apr 1841

B&O Nearing Completion

The work on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road is advancing to completion, the whole distance from Harpers-Ferry west-ward.– Indeed, for miles, the road is graded; and it is only at some deep cut, of deeper […]

April 1, 1841

1 Apr 1841

Irish Temperance Pledge Statistics

The N. Y. Correspondent of the National Intelligencer, writing under date of 25th March, says:– Of the many events just now going on, none is more worthy of notice than the Temperance feeling which prevails here, […]

October 15, 1840

15 Oct 1840

Flanagan – Tresspassing Notice

CAUTION.All persons are cautioned against tresspassing in future upon my farm, formerly owned by John Brien, dec’d, near Reynold’s Little Mill, in any manner whatever. Having sustained great loss from persons cutting timber, and much inconvenience […]

October 15, 1840

15 Oct 1840

Wm. Flanagan Lime For Sale

LIME.The subscriber has for sale 2,000 bushels of superior LIME at his kilns near Reynolds’ “Little Mill,” which he will sell on reasonable terms. WM. FLANAGAN. August 27, 1840

October 3, 1840

3 Oct 1840

Dead: John O’Hara

FATAL ACCIDENT. — We regret to learn, says the Baltimore Sun, that Mr. John O’Hara, a young man about twenty years of age, was killed on Tuesday evening. From what we can ascertain of the particulars, […]

March 7, 1840

7 Mar 1840

Laborers In Distress; Lowered Wages Less Work

WORKING MEN, HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? — The Hagerstown Torchlight says that “the laborers on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, west of Harper’s Ferry, at the commencement of that work received $1.25 a day — […]

September 12, 1839

12 Sep 1839

Disturbances on the Canal

DISTURBANCES ON THE CANAL.A correspondent of the National Intelligencer writing from Clear Spring, under the date of 31st August, thus speaks of the measures adopted by the military who have marched to the line of the […]

August 29, 1839

29 Aug 1839

Riot On The Canal

RIOT ON THE CANAL.– The Hagerstown Herald of Freedom states that a riot on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal occurred in Washington county, about 58 miles above Hancock. The fight took place between the German and […]

June 20, 1839

20 Jun 1839

Limestone In The Valley of VA

MESSRS. GALLAHER:– The following facts with regard to the limestone of this section of the Valley o’ Virginia, deduced from Professor Wm. B. Rogers’ Report of the progress of the Geological Survey of the State of […]

February 9, 1839

9 Feb 1839

Rowlland/Hefflebower Mill Burned

FIRE AT HARPER’S FERRY.– The Frederick Examiner says, the mill of Rowlland & Hefflebower, at Harper’s Ferry, was burnt on Tuesday morning. There were 15 or 20,000 bushels of wheat and 3 or 400 bbls of […]

September 27, 1838

27 Sep 1838

Wm. Flanagan – Sale Note Collection

NOTICE.Purchasers at my sale are reminded that their notes will become due on the 1st of October next. I will attend at Mr. Gorrell’s Tavern in Charlestown on the first and second Fridays in October, and […]

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