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From: "Patricia" <>
Subject: Re: [MDFred] From the Herald and Torch Light, Hagerstown, MD. 1890
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 14:57:20 -0700
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Often the center of Hagerstown was called "Old Town".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Corder Halvorson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:17 PM
Subject: [MDFred] From the Herald and Torch Light, Hagerstown, MD. 1890


> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone on this list know anything about the distribution area of
the
> "Herald and Torch Light" newspaper, published in Hagerstown, ca 1890?
>
> I am attempting to locate the Old Town mentioned in the following
article
> found in the Herald and Torch Light newspaper.
>
> April 3, 1890
> An intoxicated colored man early Sunday morning lighted a match to see
where
> to lie down in James Corder's stable at Old Town, and threw the lighted
> match into some straw. The stable burned, with three horses, a lot of
> harness, hay and grain.
>
> This James Corder may be a descendant of the Corder hh found in Antrim
> Township, Franklin County, PA in 1820, and/or Sarah Corder who m. John
> Drish in Frederick County, MD in 1841.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Nancy Halvorson
> Santa Fe, NM
>
>
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