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Death and Taxes in Hagerstown

President Lincoln in his message to Congress has called for four hundred millions of dollars to carry on the war. Direct taxation must be resorted to. Sugar, coffee, tea, salt, the necessaries of life, will be taxed....

The Hagerstown Mail, August 2, 1861, p. 2-3.

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Posted on 7/25/2011 in Washington County, War Taxes, Deaths

The Bastile of Maryland

Still the work of tyranny and oppression go on in Maryland. Baltimore has its Bastile, and its citizens are forced....

The Planters' Advocate (Upper Marlborough), July 17, 1861, p. 2. 

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Posted on 7/18/2011 in Baltimore, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Union Troops in Maryland, Prince Georges County

Types of Maryland Secessionists

If we may believe the leaders of the Secessionist conspiracy in Maryland, there are no secessionists in our State. Inasmuch as the secession of the State is a sheer impossibility....

The Annapolis Gazette, July 11, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 7/11/2011 in The Annapolis Gazette

Support for the Union in Frederick County

The eighty-fifth anniversary of the declaration of American Independence occurred yesterday, and the observance of it was perhaps more general, in the loyal States, than for many....

The Valley Register (Middletown), July 5, 1861, p. 2.

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Posted on 7/1/2011 in Baltimore, Special Session of Maryland Legislature, Arrests of Maryland Citizens, Frederick County