Historic Newspaper Indexing Project
Funded by the Bowman Board Washington County Historical and Fine Arts Trust, Inc. and Maryland Historical Trust
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* * * * 1845 to 1849 and 1860 to 1865 * * * *
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Geographically, the index covers news, events, marriages, and deaths from the present-day areas of:
  • MARYLAND --Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett Counties.
  • PENNSYLVANIA --Cumberland, Adams, Fulton and Franklin Counties.
  • WEST VIRGINIA --Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties.
Newspapers included in the index are:
  • Hagerstown Mail (HM)
  • Herald of Freedom (HF)
  • Herald of Freedom and Torch Light (HF&TL)
  • Herald and Torch Light (H&TL)
  • Maryland Free Press (MFP)
  • News and Hagerstown News (NEWS)
  • Torch Light (TL)
Page citations refer to the page on which the article or announcement begins.
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