Patrick Kelly Plaintiffagainstthe Smithfield, Charles Town and Harpers ferry Turnpike company Defendants This day came the plaintiff by his attorney, and the defendant being solemnly called come not, and thereupon came a Jury to wit, William […]
VIOLENT RAIN STORM– DAMAGE TO THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.– An express was received in this city last evening from Harper’s Ferry, stating that a violent storm of rain occurred in the vicinity of that place […]
In 1827, the steady rush of the Potomac River gave life to Boteler’s Mill. This thriving cement works helped build the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and anchored industry along the eastern stretch of Jefferson County, WV. Powered by innovation and the hands of immigrant laborers, the mill’s story is one of ambition, hardship, and transformation.
John Morgan, a native of Ireland, this day applied to the Court to be admitted a citizen of the United States, and it appearing to the Court that more than two years ago, to wit: at […]
John Barnett ag’st Patrick Hagan, a jury, to wit: Christian Glassford, George Price, Michael Cookus, Joseph Engle, A. M. Vanarsdale, Lewis Young, Benjamin B. Welsh, Stuart Price, Francis W. Rawlins, Samuel W. Strider, John G. Unseld, […]