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The Duties of Registers (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Examiner prints the duties of the election registers as they are specified in the Constitution and the penalties for malfeasance in office. It warns that those who supported the rebellion cannot in good conscience take the oath which is required of registers.
Full DetailsMeeting at Mt Pleasant (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Dr. Thomas Sim addressed an enthusiastic crowd of Unconditional Union men of Mt. Pleasant.
Full DetailsSoldiers of 1861 & 1862 (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Advertisement: Congress passed law giving an additional $100 to volunteers of 1861 and 1862. Wm. P. Eaton & Co., lawyers of Baltimore, will collect the claims promptly. Those who expect an answer to a query must send a stamp.
Full Details"That Drum and Fife" (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Examiner dismisses the Citizen's fears of "illegal violence" from military units which are in Frederick and alludes to fear of "the Yankees" which rebels had during the war.
Full DetailsGov. Swann and the Negroes (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Gov. Swann spoke in Frederick about the implications of the Civil Rights Bill and how it will affect the rights of African Americans in regard to their right to enter a hotel bar and get a drink, their right to sit in desegregated railroad cars, rent pews in white churches, etc. Examiner feels that what Swann said is "absurd" and that the courts would favor the rights of hotel owners, railroad owners, etc. to make their own decisions and thus the Civil Rights Bill would not apply.
Full DetailsUnconditional Union Conventions (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The State Central Committee of the Unconditional Union Party calls upon each county to select delegates to the Baltimore Convention to nominate a candidate for Comptroller and also delegates for conventions to nominate Congressional candidates. The number of delegates should equal a county's representation in both houses of Maryland legislature. "It is also recommended that the County and City Conventions authorize their delegates to the State Convention to send delegates to the Union Convention of Southern loyalists to be held in the city of Philadelphia in September next." Signed: R. M. Proud, Chairman.
Full DetailsUnion State Convention (August 1st, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Chairman Robert M. Proud of State Executive Committee of the Unconditional Union Party calls for the support of all Unconditional Union voters in a lengthy letter.
Full DetailsThe Union State Convention (August 2nd, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Paper expresses "delight" with result of Conservative Union Convention on July 25th - feels delegates will be good supporters of Johnson - delegates from Carroll County to Philadelphia's Democratic National Convention are Col. Maulsby and Gen. Sullivan
Full DetailsRegistrars for Carroll County (August 2nd, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Gov. Swann names people in all eleven Carroll County election districts who will register voters
Full DetailsMaryland Union State Convention (August 2nd, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Reprint of report of convention from Balto. Sun newspaper - very long
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