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Near Westminster, MD. (July 5th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The Sentinel copies from the Advocate a letter complaining about a white man being handcuffed to a Negro woman on the way from Westminster to prison and explains the circumstances.
Full DetailsSoldiers' Monument (July 5th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: List of men on the sub-committee to solicit contributions to the Carroll County soldiers' monument and report monthly to Wm. A. McKellip.
Full DetailsNigger on the brain (July 6th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Editor opposes Negro suffrage as well as suffrage for ex-Rebels
Full DetailsAn old colored woman… (July 6th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: An “old colored woman” died at the residence of Lewis A. Brengle in Frederick. At “about 100 years” of age, she was “believed to be the oldest inhabitant of the County.”
Full DetailsPublic Speaking (July 6th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Soldiers’ Legion of Frederick District will hold a Grand Meeting at the Court House Yard, in Frederick. Gen. James A. Garfield (OH) and Col. Wm. H. Stokes (TN) will speak..
Full DetailsTwo of the "loyal" justices… (July 6th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: 2 justices of the peace - Tice and Cook - from Hagerstown have been indicted for violation of the Civil Rights Act because they refused to issue a warrrant of arrest of a white man accused by a Negro woman of an outrage on her.
Full DetailsHit Them Again (July 6th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen attacks the Examiner - "the organ of the Radical disunionists" - for opposing Pres.Johnson , Gov. Swann and ex-Gov. Bradford, whose election they originally supported.
Full DetailsMass Convention (July 11th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Supporters of President Johnson intend to hold a mass meeting at the Court House on (July) 18th to select delegates to a state convention, which will then nominate a candidate for Congress.
Full DetailsCivil Rights Bill (July 11th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An African American man was shot by J.M. Freshour, a white man. Freshour was tried in court and found guilty although he objected to the fact that the judge accepted testimony from Negroes. State's Attorney E.Y. Goldsborough represented the African American man. This was the first application of the Civil Rights bill in Frederick County.
Full DetailsThe New Party (July 11th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial expressing the need for Unconditional Unionists to focus on the Reconstruction of the Union and this can be achieved through the ballot box now that war is over. Says President's policy has only widened the sectionalism. Upcoming election promises to be bitter.
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