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Public Speaking (August 22nd, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An announcement that Dr. Thomas W. Simpson of Liberty and J. M. Kilgour, Esq. will speak at Union Hall in Frederick. James S. Carper, Union elector for this Congressional district will speak at Jefferson.
Full DetailsWants Advice (August 22nd, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Evidence is given of the lengths that registers will go to in order to give Maryland's Southern sympathizers the chance to vote. A former rebel soldier presented his personal pardon by President Andrew Johnson to a local Register and felt it entitled him to all the rights and privileges he had before the war. The Register came to consult in Frederick over whether in this case the soldier should be put on the voting list. It illustrates to what lengths the Registers "will go to serve the interests of the rebels." The Examiner says Gov. Swann has "outrageously insulted and offended" the people of Maryland and is "playing into the hands of traitors."
Full DetailsAn Incident (August 22nd, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Two Johnson men reported on what had happened at the Philadelphia Convention. One said "It was the greatest body of men that ever assembled in this country." The other said they were a thousand times the d___st set of rascals that ever met under one roof." The Examiner believes the less complimentary assessment of the convention is nearer to the truth.
Full DetailsOne night last week… (August 24th, 1860)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Dennis Wood, colored, arrested in Baltimore as "an absconding slave" of Wm. R. Steele of Carroll Co.
Full DetailsFire (August 28th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD
Summary: Negro boy belonging to Andrew Boyd jailed on suspicion of setting fire to Boyd's stable (refer to ID#: 722)
Full DetailsUnion Meeting at Urbana (August 28th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD
Summary: Friends of the Union to meet at Urbana to form a Union Club
Full DetailsUnion Mass Meeting at Hagerstown (August 28th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD
Summary: Friends of Bell and Everett to meet at Hagerstown, speakers Boteler, Pearre, and Kilgour
Full DetailsOur Mass Meeting (August 28th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial urging Bell and Everett voters to attend meeting at Frederick
Full DetailsMinute Men of '60 (August 29th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Young men of Frederick are encouraged to meet and form a Bell and Everett Association of Minute Men.
Full DetailsNational Union Club! (August 29th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A call for the Frederick District National Union Club to hold a meeting. Signed by: T. M. Holbrunner, Sec'y.
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