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Poisoning by Wholesale (February 4th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Several African American families on the farm of Charles Simmons, near Buckeystown, ate poisoned food but were saved by action by Dr. J. Boone.
Full DetailsColored Celebration (April 29th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: "Colored people" of Frederick County plan to celebrate the ratification of the Fifteenth amendment; Senator Revels and Gen. Butler expected
Full DetailsEmmitsburg Election (May 20th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: In Emmittsburg, only the registered voters could vote for burgess, which excluded all the African Americans
Full DetailsFifteenth Amendment Celebration (June 3rd, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: A celebration in honor of the adoption of the Fifteenth amendment i to be held by the African Americans of Frederick County in Jeremiah Cramer's woods.
Full DetailsDecoration Day at Antietam (June 3rd, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Decoration of soldiers' graves at the Antietam Cemetery, with Moxley's Band an address by Col. E.F. Anderson, of Washington Co.
Full DetailsThe 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 DetailsCentral Committee (July 1st, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Call for a meeting of the Republican Central Committee in Frederick
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 DetailsHenry McShelton, a bold… (July 8th, 1870)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Henry Shelton, a soldier who supposedly died during the Battle of South Mountain, has turned up alive and well in Ohio.
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