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Bold Robbery (November 29th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: William Leckenby, a discharged Union soldier originally from Kansas, was assaulted and robbed of $475 in an alley in Frederick. Leckenby says not all of the money belonged to him. The newspaper says the story is "fishy."
Full Details"Infernal" Taxes (November 29th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial disagreeing with the Frederick Citizen's complaint about the "infernal" taxes placed upon the people since the start of the Civil War. The Examiner says the Democrats are to blame for the war and therefore the burden of taxes to pay for it.
Full DetailsThe Negroes of the South (November 29th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial stating that the Northern newspapers which publish numerous stories of white assaults on Negroes in the South need to look at similar numbers of assaults which occur in the North and not "denounce and lampoon the entire South for the individual cases of maltreatment which now and then occur." The paper says these stories only stir up sectional animosities and the "petty newspaper warfare tends only to aggravate them."
Full DetailsProceedings of Court (November 30th, 1865)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Augustus Butler, an African American, was found not guilty for theft of a dog chain and curry comb
Full DetailsSecond Annual Report (December 1st, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Frederick Association for the Relief and Improvement of the Condition of the Poor reports how many white and black families received relief in Frederick ; Henry Nixdorff, Secty.
Full DetailsInfernal Taxes (December 1st, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Newspaper's complains about taxing the disfranchised
Full DetailsCircuit Court (December 1st, 1865)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: John C. Mobberly charged with levying war and aiding Confederates
Full DetailsBold Robbery (December 1st, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Wm. Leckenby, of Kansas, discharged Union soldier, was robbed in Frederick.
Full DetailsState vs. Thomas Dixon… [Court Proceedings] (December 1st, 1865)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Thomas Dixon, a Negro, has been convicted of rape upon a little girl of Theodore Lowe, of Frederick. Dixon worked for an officer of the 6th U. S. Regulars. Ritchie and Nelson for defense.
Full DetailsSerious Accident (December 6th, 1865)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Silas Rippeon, a former soldier of the 7th MD Regt., was accidently shot in the breast while hunting for rabbits. The bullet was removed by Dr. A. A. Sappington, but his recovery appears doubtful. He has a wife and two children and served his entire term in the 7th Regiment. [from Banner of Liberty]
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