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List of Delegates (May 10th, 1867)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: List of the 17 Middletown delegates to the Republican Union County Convention in Frederick
Full DetailsCounty Convention (May 15th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The proceedings of the Frederick County Union convention are detailed in addition to a listing of the delegates selected to attend the state convention in Baltimore
Full DetailsBurial Corps (May 15th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A burial corps has come to Frederick to exhume the remains of Union soldiers who died at the Battles of South Mountain and Monocacy Junction for transfer to Antietam Cemetery
Full DetailsNew But Right (May 15th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: At a May 7 (1867) mass meeting of the Republican Party held in Hagerstown, the assembly acknowledged “colored men to be their equals before the law.” As a result, four black men were selected from among eighteen delegates to the State Convention. Those assembled also want to secure voting rights for “colored men.”
Full DetailsMongrels (May 16th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Argument between two newspapers in Carroll over use of word "mongrel" - this newspaper says the Republicans are party which advocates mixing people of white and black races - lists names of colored men who will be delegates - from Westminster District: Lewis Miner, Geo. W. Bell, Thomas Snowden, T. M. Snowden, Uriah Bruce, Wm. Lowery, John F. Hammond, Andrew Woodyard - From Uniontown District: Ben Wade League, Isaac Landsel, Singleton Hughes, Joseph Dunstan, Wm. Dunstan, Jeremiah Matthews, Wm. Matthews, Lloyd Coats
Full DetailsSouthern Relief (May 16th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Local Masonic Lodge will collect for Southern relief
Full DetailsNegro Suffrage (May 22nd, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A debate over allowing male African Americans to vote was held
Full DetailsThe Ballot Box (May 23rd, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Paper stresses importance of right to vote
Full DetailsThe Sentinel (May 23rd, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Answer to charges made against Democratic Advocate editor/proprietor Jos. Parke
Full DetailsThe Mongrel Convention, The Convention (May 23rd, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report on the Radical/Republican Constitutional Convention in Baltimore on May 14 - coverage of committees and action of that convention
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