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[Assorted political articles] (July 25th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Paper covers national and Maryland political scene - notes conflict between executive and legislative branches - information on Negro registration proceedings in the South - Maryland laws affecting judicial tenure
Full DetailsHighly Important (July 26th, 1867)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Wm. H. Hilton, Commissioner of Slave Statistics for Frederick County, will be in Middletown to register former slaves so that former owners can claim compensation for their emancipation.
Full DetailsMilitary Company (July 31st, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: In response to efforts by Democratic state officers to organize militia, allegedly as a plot to reform a "Rebel Army," Union men are creating military companies
Full DetailsResisting the Law (August 1st, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Reports on Uniontown man who was resisting and threatening the "Enrolling" officer - paper urges those who object to law to seek legal means to solve problems
Full DetailsThe Enrolment [sic] (August 1st, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Local letter to editor about enrollment and the military law
Full DetailsEmancipation Celebration (August 2nd, 1867)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The African Americans of Frederick County are hosting a celebration, to be addressed by Henry Wilson and Frederick Douglass.
Full DetailsRight of Suffrage (August 2nd, 1867)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Article stating that African-Americans are by nature unqualified to vote, even if they served in the Union army
Full DetailsOrganize (August 7th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Union organization needed to counter new Confederate threat in Frederick
Full DetailsRepublican Union Central Committee (August 7th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Union Central Committee will hold a meeting in Frederick on Saturday the 17th
Full DetailsHabeas Corpus Case (August 7th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: An African American child hired by a Frederick resident is involved in a case regarding habeas corpus
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