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Union Meeting of Frederick and Carroll Counties (October 3rd, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD

Summary: Frederick and Carroll county citizens hold Union meeting

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Belles Lettres Association (October 3rd, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD

Summary: Belles Lettres Association publishes topic for upcoming meeting: "Do the signs of the times portend a Dissolution of the Union?"

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Grand Military Ball (October 3rd, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD

Summary: Grand Military Ball to be held at the Junior Hall

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Runaway Negros (October 5th, 1860)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD

Summary: Two slaves ran away from William Eader and John Sheurer, of Frederick County, and an award is offered for their return.

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Meeting of 'Minute Men of '60' (October 9th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD

Summary: Account of Minute Men of 1860 meeting in Union Hall, Frederick; Pres. J.W.L.Carty, speaker James Cooper1,5

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Union Mass Meeting (October 9th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD

Summary: Meeting on the road between Double Pipe Creek to Millers Bridge to talk about Bell and Everett

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Vagrant Negroes Arrested (October 9th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD

Summary: Two free African American girls arrested in Frederick by officers Pope and Hughes for vagrancy, to be sold as slaves for a year

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Negroes at Public Sale (October 9th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD

Summary: Advertisement: Sale of Rachael Roberts and Milly Conrad, free Negro girls, into slavery for one year as punishment for vagrancy, by order of JP James Harding

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Negro at Public Sale! (October 9th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Herald; Frederick, MD

Summary: Notice: James M. Harding, Justice of the Peace has ordered the public sale of an African American woman named Sarah Richardson who was arrested as a vagrant. She may be sold as a slave for one year from the date of the sale. Notice signed by John H. Pope and Absalom Hughs, Constables.

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Negroes at Public Sale (October 10th, 1860)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD

Summary: By order of James Harding, J.P., two free Negroes, Rachael Roberts and Milly Conrad, will be sold at the Frederick Jail.

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