Virginia Free Press - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

A young man named Marshall, from Sharpsburg, was pretty badly hurt last Monday at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, this county. While he was at work getting out ore a bank of earth caved in […]

November 11, 1841

11 Nov 1841

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 […]

August 15, 1848

15 Aug 1848

Troops Passing Into Ireland

April 18, 1833

18 Apr 1833

Dispair Upon My Erin’s Brow

“Alas for poor Erin!– her pride has gone by, And the spirit is broken which never would bend;O’er the rain her children in secret must sigh,Y[?] ’tis treason to love her and death to defend.”[Moore. MR. […]

October 22, 1835

22 Oct 1835

Steamboats from Ireland to the United States

March 28, 1833

28 Mar 1833

St. Patrick’s Day.

To the Editor of the Virginia Free Press.Harpers Ferry, 19th March, 1833. DEAR SIR: — Before I enter upon an account of the celebration of St. Patrick’s day at Harpers-Ferry, the most romantic spot in Virginia, […]

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.

September 10, 1835

10 Sep 1835

Viaduct at Harpers Ferry

A grand piece of workmanship is about to be commenced at Harpers Ferry. Proposals are to be received in a few days for the mason work of the bridge which is to be constructed across the […]

August 28, 1834

28 Aug 1834

Ireland, Foreign Affairs

At the latest advices the cholera continued to rage in Dublin with unabated violence, while not only the poor, but persons who have all the good things of this world at their command, are snatched away […]

July 31, 1834

31 Jul 1834

Connelly, killed by lightning.

We understand that a man by the name of Connelly was killed by lightning on Thursday evening last, a few miles below this place on the Canal. — [Williamsport Banner.

January 9, 1834

9 Jan 1834

C&O Canal, Updates

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.To the Editors of the National Intelligencer. GENTLEMEN:— It may gratify many of your readers, as it certainly will those who are Stockholders in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to learn, that […]

August 29, 1833

29 Aug 1833

Shepherdstown Cholera

No case of cholera has occurred in this town or neighborhood since Monday week, the 12th instant.The following report from the Mayor of Shepherdstown, contains our latest information from that place. TO THE EDITOR OF THE […]

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