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Meeting Next Saturday (May 17th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Special trains will bring in attendees from Union Bridge and Baltimore to the mass meeting at Westminster on May 19 in support of President Johnson’s policies
Full DetailsUnion State Convention (May 17th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The Sentinel urges Union party members to attend the county convention to choose delegates for the state convention called by a loyal minority of the State Executive Committee.
Full DetailsUnion County Convention (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Notice to Unconditional Union voters of Frederick County to meet select members for Central Committee and to choose delegates to the county convention
Full DetailsUnion Central Committee (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Union Central Committee of Frederick County resolved that the Union State Central Committee cannot speak for the Union men of Maryland, this right being restricted to the “Union called for district meetings to be held to elect delegates to a County Convention of the Unconditional Union party. .
Full DetailsThe Hagerstown Mass Meeting (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Marylanders J. A. J. Cresswell, John L. Thomas and Francis Thomas spoke at the Union Mass Meeting in Hagerstown . Resolutions were adopted thanking veterans, opposing office holding by former Confederate leaders, and “opposing negro suffrage in Maryland.”
Full DetailsBy Order (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Central Committee of the Unconditional Union party in MD has issued a call for a Frederick County Convention. The Citizen calls attention to the split in the party between Johnson and Radical supporters led, respectively, by Francis Thomas and Postmaster Purnell of Baltimore.
Full DetailsAdjourned Meeting (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Announcement for an adjourned meeting of the Johnson Association of Buckeystown to meet in Adamstown.
Full DetailsGeneral B.T. Johnson (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Bradley T. Johnson, former Confederate General, has been granted by President Johnson a full and unconditional pardon.
Full DetailsTaxes, Ho! (May 18th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: A letter written to the Republican Citizen complains that the three "boons" conferred by the Black Republicans are "War, Free Negroes, and Taxes."
Full DetailsJohnson Club (May 23rd, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A Johnson Club has been formed in Frederick. A list of its officers shows that nearly all are loyal men. Membership in such an organization will bring loyal men into contact with Copperheads and traitors who did not vote for Mr. Johnson, and should be avoided.
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