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Emanicipation and Maryland Politics

Ex-Governor Hicks, familiarly called the 'Old War Horse,' is a candidate for congress in the first district of Maryland, and his election is regarded as certain. He goes in unequivocally for emancipation....

Montgomery County Sentinel (Rockville), December 26, 1862, p. 3.

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Posted on 12/28/2012 in Montgomery County, Local Elections, Abolition of Slavery

City Items

The members of the First Branch City Council held a meeting a few days since for the purpose of appointing a committee to wait upon Mr. Baker and learn his views in regard to their election....

The South (Baltimore), January 2, 1862, p. 3. 

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Posted on 12/29/2011 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Local Elections

Unfair Election?

We have been handed the following copy of a letter written by a gentleman of Harford county to a friend in Delaware soon after the late election.  It contains many truths....

The Southern Aegis (Bel Air), circa November/December 1861.

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Posted on 12/20/2011 in Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Freedom of the Press, Union Troops in Maryland, Harford County, Local Elections

Accusations of Election Fraud and Hypocricy

We wish every honest man in Harford county would call at the Clerk's office in the Court house and take a look at the bundle of county tickets....

Southern Aegis (Bel Air), December 9, 1861

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Posted on 12/8/2011 in Union Troops in Maryland, Harford County, Local Elections

Large Secessionist Turnout in Anne Arundel Election

It will be seen from the returns that we publish to-day that the Union Ticket in our county, has been elected....The very small majorities given for the successful candidates indicate that Secession is rampant in Anne Arundel.

The Annapolis Gazette, November 7, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 11/1/2011 in The Annapolis Gazette, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland, Support for Right of Secession, Local Elections