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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

August 25, 1831

25 Aug 1831

Riot on Railroad near New Market

Riot on the Rail-Road. — On Sunday evening last an altercation of a very serious character took place between the white and coloured laborers employed on the line of the rail-road near New-Market. It was quelled […]

July 28, 1831

28 Jul 1831

Irish Misery; Starvation In Ireland

The New York American has been favored with the following extract of a letter from Greenock, addressed to a gentleman in New York. It gives a frightful, but, we trust, an exaggerated picture of misery:– “I […]

July 15, 1831

15 Jul 1831

Copeland Boy, Mangled.

An accident occurred at Harpers-Ferry, on Monday morning last.–Just as a salute was fired, a small boy, a son of Mr James Copeland, ran across in front of the cannon, and had the left side of […]

July 14, 1831

14 Jul 1831

1,700 Laborers Wanted (B&O Advert)

1,700 LABORERS WANTEDAt One Dollar Per Day. The subscribers, contractors on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road, want to employ 1,700 LABORERS, To whom One Dollar a day will be punctually paid. This work is in one […]

July 4, 1831

4 Jul 1831

Opinion of the C&O Canal

From the Harper’s Ferry Free Press.CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. Mr. Gallaher:– From present appearances, I am led to fear for the reputation of this great work Its enemies are busily engaged in circulating reports derogatory to […]

June 9, 1831

9 Jun 1831

Canals and Rail Roads, No. II (Canal vs. Railroad Cost)

CANALS AND RAIL ROADS, No. 11 Mr. EDITOR:– In our first No. we questioned the soundness of the Valley in Virginia, in favour of a Rail Road, as the Great Improvement of this interesting section of […]

June 3, 1831

3 Jun 1831

Grindstone Burst At Harpers Ferry (Explosive Age)

We live in an explosive age, and that’s the truth on’t. A short time since a grindstone burst at Harper’s Ferry; the Administration lately blew up at Washington, as the Calhounians have it, and now we […]

May 21, 1831

21 May 1831

Our Grand Canal.

Our Grand Canal.– We have at length had an opportunity of passing up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, as far as the Great Falls of the Potomack, being something more than half of the distance that […]

May 12, 1831

12 May 1831

Died: McClelland, Vanvacter, Rev. Price

DIED,On Thursday last, after a lingering illness, Mr. ARCHIBALD McCLELLAND, of Harpers-Ferry. On Saturday last, Mr. ARSOLEN VANVACTER, of the same place. In Talbot county, Maryland, on the 11th ult., at the residence of Dr. John […]

April 7, 1831

7 Apr 1831

John Jackson Appointed Constable

JOHN JACKSON,Constable, Auctioneer, &c. RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has been appointed Constable in the district embracing Shepherdstown and Harpers-Ferry. In tendering his services in the capacity of Constable, he assures all […]

March 10, 1831

10 Mar 1831

Mars; drowned in Shenadoah

Mr. Sullivan Mars, of Harpers-Ferry, was drowned in the Shenandoah, on Sunday 27th ult.

March 10, 1831

10 Mar 1831

Staunton To Harpers Ferry Railway Senate Discussion

THE STAUNTON RAILWAY. — The Bill incorporating a Company to construct a Railway from Staunton to Harper’s Ferry, which passed the House of Delegates without opposition, has provoked a warm discussion in the Senate; the section […]

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