Chronicling America - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

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678 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

January 14, 1847

14 Jan 1847

Irish Laborers – Over $80k Sent to Homeland

THE SUFFERING POOR OF IRELAND. The New York Courier has the following article:The warm-hearted Irishman is an expression that has passed into a proverb.– The facts we are about to relate, and which have just been […]

June 5, 1846

5 Jun 1846

McElroy & Rey to Texas

As many rumors are in circulation respecting the Catholic chaplains to be sent to the Army of Occupation, we think that we would be doing a favor to our readers by stating briefly what we know […]

April 17, 1846

17 Apr 1846

The Spirit of Blood [Canal Workers]

From the Baltimore Saturday Visitor.THE SPIRIT OF BLOOD. Are bowie knives and pistols necessary?— A correspondent of the “Oasis,” a neat and spicy exchange published at Nashua, N. H. writing from Gallatin, Miss. under date of […]

January 2, 1845

2 Jan 1845

German Attempts to Burn Alive Wife/Children of Irish Laborer; NY.

Remarkable Outrage.— Incredible as it may seem New York yesterday the scene of a deliberate attempt to burn a woman and her two children to death. The victims were the wife, son and infant child of […]

September 27, 1844

27 Sep 1844

Mr. Clay [whig] & the Catholics

Another of the desperate means put in use, in consequence of the declining fortunes of Whiggery, is an effort to secure the Catholic vote of the country for Mr. Clay. We were shown at Harpers-Ferry, a […]

November 2, 1843

2 Nov 1843

Death: James Russell

At the residence of his uncle, W. A. Stephenson, of Upperville, Va., Mr. JAMES RUSSELL, in the 35th year of his age. Mr. Russell was a native of Ireland, having been born at Burnside in the […]

November 2, 1843

2 Nov 1843

Death: Capt. John J. A. Lemon

On the 19th ult. at the residence of his brother, in Berkeley county, Capt. JOHN J. A. LEMON, aged about 40 years.

November 11, 1841

11 Nov 1841

Population of Ireland

THE POPULATION OF IRELAND. — The census of Ireland, taken in June last, is not yet completed; but sufficient progress has been made in the arrangement of the returns from a great variety of districts, to […]

October 3, 1839

3 Oct 1839

Melancholy Accident: Laurence Boyl

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.– On Friday last, Laurence Boyl, a native of Ireland, and laborer upon the bridge now being built by Mr. Dunn, on the line of the Rail road, about four miles east of town, was […]

November 2, 1837

2 Nov 1837

6000 laborers on C&O

There are now engaged on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal six thousand laborers. When the whole work is put under contract it is supposed the number will be increased to 15,000. — Their wages at $1.25 […]

October 29, 1835

29 Oct 1835

Married: Griggs, Lemon

MARRIED.On Tuesday evening last, by the same [Rev. A. Jones], Mr. Wm. M. Lemon, to Miss Catherine S. Griggs, daughter of Mr. John Griggs, all of this county.

October 22, 1835

22 Oct 1835

Steamboats from Ireland to the United States

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