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Registration of Voters (August 13th, 1868)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Maryland Attorney General issues opinion that registers of voters do not need to start from scratch in compiling lists of voters but can make corrections to old lists for coming election
Full DetailsRegistration of Voters (August 13th, 1868)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Outlines how voter registration to be done in Maryland counties - only qualifications for voters under new law are "age, citizenship and residence" - registers of Carroll County to meet at Court House in Westminster on August 24 to agree upon plan of acti
Full DetailsA Grant Club… [Various Items] (August 14th, 1868)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A Grant club is founded in Frederick by the soldiers and sailors of Frederick and officers are elected [article lists the officers' names]
Full DetailsMaryland Conservatives Abandoning the Rebel Democracy (August 19th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Herald and Torch Light says that Maryland conservatives are abandoning the Democratic Party but the Mail claims there has been an increase in the number of Democrats.
Full DetailsTo the Voters of District No. 3 (August 19th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Advice for the Republican voters of Dist. No. 3 to organize for the coming campaign. "We can (and must) wrest old Washington County from the Rebels." Republicans should form clubs and act together to achieve victory in the 4th Congressional district.
Full DetailsThe Case of Thomas Hammond (August 19th, 1868)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Description of the trial of Thomas Hammond for the theft of a horse belonging to Mr. Cooke of Frederick Co. In court it was shown that Hammond had borrowed the horse during a military operation in which he supplied military intelligence and immediately turned in the horse to the government corral, so he was acquitted.
Full DetailsMr. Seymour's Letter of Acceptance (August 20th, 1868)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Reprint of entire letter by Seymour accepting nomination for president - on Page 2B, this paper gives its opinion of Seymour's acceptance
Full DetailsThe Political Situation (August 20th, 1868)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Up until now, things have been calm - Democrats have hopes for election - summer heat makes both parties lethargic, but as heat subsides, prediction that campaign will intensify
Full DetailsAttention, Democrats (August 20th, 1868)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Meeting for appointing delegates to County Convention - people urged to form Democratic clubs in every election district - in unity is strength - circulate Democratic newspapers - appeal to the reason of your "Radical" friends
Full DetailsAttention Soldiers (August 20th, 1868)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Notice: Col. G.W.Z. Black, of Frederick, chairman of the Soldiers and Sailors Executive Committee, publishes a list of men on the Carroll County Committee, headed by Wm. A. McKellip.
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