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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 11-26-07
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:13:13 -0500


November 26, 1738, is the traditional date given as the first in the history
of The Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick.


On November 26, 1763, the General Assembly of The Province of Maryland
passed a law to erect a public school in Frederick. It would be 34 years
before it happened.


On November 26, 1808, Richard Potts, former U. S. Senator, a member of The
Maryland House of Delegates, and an associate justice of the Maryland Court
of Appeals, and a resident of Frederick, died at age 55.


On November 26, 1845, David Lowenstein, a founder of The Union Manufacturing
Company and a prominent Frederick merchant, was born in Germany. He died
March 27, 1919.




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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