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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

October 8, 1832

8 Oct 1832

Seven Deaths In One Day; Harpers Ferry

CHOLERA IN AMERICANew York, Sept. 9. — In this city the deaths by cholera, during the week ending on Saturday, were 138, which is 40 less than occurred the preceding week, though the population of the […]

October 4, 1832

4 Oct 1832

O’Connell, letter to Irish Political Union; Objectives.

Mr. O’Connell has addressed a long letter to the Irish Political Union, developing his intentions, and calling on the people of Ireland to second him. His principal object he declares to be to impeach Lord Anglesey, […]

October 4, 1832

4 Oct 1832

The Tithe Question in Ireland

The late discussion in the British Parliament, on the condition of Ireland, in reference to the Tithe System, has brought forth some detailed statements of the real nature and pressure of that system upon the people […]

September 12, 1832

12 Sep 1832

Workmen Fleeing Harpers Ferry

CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.MARYLAND.– Baltimore, Sept. 10: The Board of Health report for the 24 hours ending at 10 o’clock, 23 deaths by cholera–eleven white and twelve colored persons: during the week the total number of deaths by […]

September 11, 1832

11 Sep 1832

Cholera in Jefferson County, Va.

Extract of a letter dated Jefferson County, Va. Sept. 1. I am extremely sorry to inform you, that the Cholera has made its appearance in this neighborhood. We had a case on the mountain, between this […]

September 7, 1832

7 Sep 1832

Cholera Surrounding Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA.Health of the City.– The deaths in this city last week were only SEVENTEEN, one of which was of malignant Cholera.– Boston Gaz.— In another column we publish the weekly report, which has been so […]

September 1, 1832

1 Sep 1832

Cholera; Irish Laborers suffering in Harpers Ferry

THE CHOLERA. In Baltimore the deaths by cholera from the 23d to the 30th ult, inclusive, were 99. The disease does not excite any alarm, and indeed there is no perceptible change in the pursuits of […]

June 13, 1832

13 Jun 1832

Harpers Ferry to Lynch’s Farm under contract (canal).

The Canal Contracts.– We are enabled to state (says the Williamsport Banner) that the letting of the canal contracts closed on Thursday last, and that the whole distance between Harper’s Ferry and Samuel Lynch’s farm, including […]

May 21, 1832

21 May 1832

150 Hands At Harpers Ferry Canal

The Canal.– We are glad to see the work up on teh Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, progressing so rapidly.– There are now engaged, near Harpers Ferry, probably not less than 150 hands– the excavations are in […]

April 19, 1832

19 Apr 1832

Quarrying for the Canal Company

Nothing escapes the vigilant eye of our friend WERNWAG, the celebrated bridge builder. We found him, the other day, on the mountain side, four hundred feet above the river at Harpers-Ferry, engaged in a most superb […]

January 14, 1832

14 Jan 1832

Canal Company Receiving Proposals Near Harpers Ferry

Office of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.WASHINGTON, January 9, 1832. Proposals will be received at this Office as follows. 1st For the construction of a Dam across the Potomac River near “Harper’s Ferry,” and for […]

November 3, 1831

3 Nov 1831

Hurley Killed; Armory Accident

We learn that a Mr. HURLEY, a native of Ireland, fell from a scaffold, while rough-casting the front of Dr. Marmion’s house, at Harpers Ferry, and was instantly killed. We understand an accident occurred in one […]

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