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The Fifteenth Amendment Celebration (June 10th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Description of the Fifteenth Amendment celebration by the colored people of Frederick County, P. Peters, marshal; speakers Langston, Gen. King and Col. Anderson Bolivar and Myersville Bands;.
Full DetailsA Family Quarrel (July 8th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: An argument between two Frederick county newspapers about Marshal Goldsborough's failure to appoint any colored census-takers is evidence of isharmonyin the Republican party.
Full DetailsThe colored people of Washington… (July 8th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: In Washington county, the African Americans are proposing to hold a celebration in honor of the Fifteenth amendment
Full DetailsCamp Meeting (July 22nd, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: African M.E. church to hold a camp-meeting in Jonathan Routzahn's woods south of Middletown, Frederick County
Full DetailsStabbing Affray (September 9th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: William Craig, a colored boy employed by Cornelius Staley near Yellow Springs, was stabbed by a colored boy named Johnson and was treated by Dr. Dunott.
Full DetailsCapt. John Ritchie… (September 23rd, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Capt. Ritchie, Democratic candidate for Congress from Frederick, wishes no Negro to vote for him; editor says that Negroes do not vote the Democratic ticket anyway.
Full DetailsEmancipation Celebration (September 23rd, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The African Americans of New Market are going to hold an Emancipation celebration Iin Plummer's Grove.
Full DetailsPolitical (September 30th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: John E. Smith, Republican congressional candidate made a speech inFrederick in response to "a serenade from the colored Republicans."
Full DetailsNumber of Colored Voters (September 30th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: List of numbers of colored voters in the various districts of Frederick County, as well as in Washington and Carroll counties.
Full DetailsAn Appeal Case (November 4th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: In Middletown, John Wesley Johnson, colored, charged with lying about his age when he tried to register to vote, has gone before Judge Lynch on appeal. [See #131]
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