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EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Williamsport

25 records 1832–1963

The blockade of boats belonging to the striking canalmen has put a stop to all travel on the Chesapeake and…

The Boatmen’s Strike

Office of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.WASHINGTON, January 9, 1832. Proposals will be received at this Office as follows.…

Canal Company Receiving Proposals Near Harpers Ferry

Mrs. Anna Ryan died last Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. W. McCardell, in Williamsport, after…

Obit. Anna Ryan

BURNED TO DEATH; FOUL PLAY IS SEEN.Charred Body of Negro Found in Ashes of Shanty. Special Dispatch to The Star.HAGERSTOWN,…

Foul Play is Suspected: Body Burned In Bakerton Shanty

From the Hagerstown Torch Light of Thursday.A few cases of cholera have occurred during the last week, along the line…

Cholera on Canal Line

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.To the Editors of the National Intelligencer. GENTLEMEN:— It may gratify many of your readers, as it…

C&O Canal, Updates

HAGERSTOWN, July 4The cholera is again on the increase along the line of the canal, in the neighborhood of Williamsport.…

Progress of the Cholera

The Canal Contracts.– We are enabled to state (says the Williamsport Banner) that the letting of the canal contracts closed…

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

Dr. C. W. Chancellor, secretary and executive officer of the Maryland State board of health, has returned after an extended…

Concern for Health; River Inspection

The Lime Company’s works at Bakerton, Jefferson county, were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. Eight cars were also burned.…

Eight Cars & Lime Works Destroyed By Fire; Canal Almost Open After 1889 flood.

PATTERNS

Common Topics in Williamsport

Subjects most frequently associated with this place in surviving records.

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Canal 15 Industry 5 Epidemics 5 Obituaries & Deaths 3 Weather & Floods 2 Athletics 2 Railroad 2 Crime & Murders 1 Limestone Quarries 1 Agriculture 1

PEOPLE

Families in Williamsport

People and surnames most strongly associated with Williamsport.

Common Surnames

Hollman 2 Johnson 2 Russell 2 Ryan 2 Whitcomb 2 Allen 1 Baker 1 Barber 1 Bell 1 Berrett 1 Blood 1 Bond 1 Brashear 1 Bryan 1 Carter 1

Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised…

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The Welsh & Flanagan Families on The C&O Canal