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Domestic News
May 29, 1845
Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Citizens of Hardy County held a meeting at Moorefield to protest the legislature's refusal of right-of-way to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, calling it unjust, and appointed 15 delegates to a convention in Parkersburg on the 29th instant to plan a new application.
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RAIL ROAD MEETING IN HARDY.
A meeting of the citizens of Hardy County was lately held at Moorefield, to express their disapprobation of the action of the Legislature in relation to the refusal of the right of way to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company:
John G. Harness, Esq., in the Chair, and C. C. Lee, Esq. Secretary.
After expressing their opinion of the injustice of the act, they state that they consider the reasons for the refusal unsound—and accordingly appoint fifteen delegates to attend the Convention in Parkersburg on the 29th instant, to devise measures for a new application.
A meeting of the citizens of Hardy County was lately held at Moorefield, to express their disapprobation of the action of the Legislature in relation to the refusal of the right of way to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company:
John G. Harness, Esq., in the Chair, and C. C. Lee, Esq. Secretary.
After expressing their opinion of the injustice of the act, they state that they consider the reasons for the refusal unsound—and accordingly appoint fifteen delegates to attend the Convention in Parkersburg on the 29th instant, to devise measures for a new application.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Infrastructure
What keywords are associated?
Hardy County Meeting
Railroad Right Of Way
Legislature Refusal
Baltimore Ohio Railroad
Parkersburg Convention
What entities or persons were involved?
John G. Harness
C. C. Lee
Where did it happen?
Moorefield, Hardy County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Moorefield, Hardy County
Event Date
Lately
Key Persons
John G. Harness
C. C. Lee
Outcome
appointed fifteen delegates to attend the convention in parkersburg on the 29th instant
Event Details
A meeting of citizens expressed disapprobation of the Legislature's refusal of the right of way to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, deeming the reasons unsound and the act unjust.