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Aid for the South (June 21st, 1867)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Contributors from Frederick County to aid the poor of the South include Miss Eliza Lee Mitchell, H. McAleer and H.C. Reich.
Full DetailsAnother Impediment (June 27th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Continuing this paper's commentary on the conflict between President Johnson and the Radicals - on Page 2 of almost every paper there are editorial comments on national and state politics
Full DetailsSix Cents Reward (July 3rd, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: E.T. Getzendanner offers a reward of six cents for the return of Lewis Benson, an African American boy apprenticed to Getzendanner who has runaway
Full DetailsEdward Y. Goldsborough (July 3rd, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Edward Y. Goldsborough presents himself as an attorney for military claims
Full DetailsMilton G. Urner (July 3rd, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Milton G. Urner is an attorney who specializes in helping collect owed bounties
Full DetailsSchool Exhibition (July 3rd, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Freedmen’s School at the Bethel Church in Hagerstown gave its Second Annual Exhibition last week. Students gave speeches, dialogues, sang and were examined in “mental arithmetic.” The teacher is J.S. Littlefield, whose salary is paid by the New England Branch of the Freedmen's’ Aid Commission.
Full DetailsCompensation for Slaves (July 4th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Paper is sympathetic to slaveholders' losses but points out impossibility of using state money to compensate
Full DetailsSuit Against the Corporation (July 10th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Five lawsuits have been filed against the city of Frederick by the banks that paid Confederate General Early’s ransom during the Civil War
Full DetailsCommissioner of Slave Statistics (July 10th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: William H. Hilton, of Frederick, was appointed Commissioner of Slave Statistics for Frederick and will begin taking testimony regarding slave ownership on Monday, July 22, 1867
Full DetailsNotice (July 10th, 1867)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Commissioner of Slave Statistics will be visiting each district in a timely manner according to this schedule
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