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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 6-1
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 06:42:29 -0400


On June 1, 1787, Margaret Stone, wife of Thomas
Stone who signed the Declaration of Independence
for Maryland, died. She and her husband lived in
Frederick from 1765 to 1771.

On June 1, 1791, John Nelson, son of Revolutionary
War hero General Roger Nelson, and a future Attorney
General of The United States in the Tyler Administration,
was born in Frederick.

On June 1, 1793, New Market was laid out by
Nicholas Hall.

In the three months between March 1 and June 1,
1860, 136 slaves were manumitted by their owners
in Frederick County. This was in advance of a new
state law which took effect on this date which
prohibited the freeing of slaves.

On June 1, 1869, Lloyd C. Culler, longtime mayor
of Frederick, was born.

On June 1, 1883, the first telephone exchange was
put in service in Frederick.

On June 1, 1967, Josephine P. Etchison retired as
librarian at the C. Burr Artz Library after nearly 30
years in the post.

On June 1, 1971, the Rev. Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips
resigned as president of Mount Saint Mary's College
in Emmitsburg. Dr. John J. Dillon, Jr., then became
the first layman to head the college.

On June 1, 1993, Denise Davis, an attorney with a
background in library science, became the librarian
at the C. Burr Artz Library, succeeding Martha
Louise Reynolds, who had retired April 30.

If anyone can add information to these History Moments,
or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,
please contact me privately.

John W. Ashbury
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Walkersville, MD 21793


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