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A party of eight to ten men, including Col. Parsons and two of his nephews, James
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Trowbridge & Drinkard; on May 26, 1853, it reverted to being published by Trowbridge alone. After Trowbridge had edited and published the newspaper for seven years, its limited success did not meet his expectations, and in 1857 he sold the operation to Samuel R. Smith and
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plantation with four other slaves from neighboring plantations. In
October of that year, he returned to Col. Parsons' plantation in Romney, and persuaded four or five slaves from neighboring farms owned by Parsons family relatives to escape with him to Pennsylvania.
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Smith and Combs operated the newspaper until 1858, when they sold it to James
Parsons; he in turn sold it to his younger brother William Miller Parsons in 1859. After a few months of ownership and experience, Parsons sold the newspaper to
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Col. Parsons, Faulkner, and Tucker traveled to
Hollidaysburg for James Parsons' trial. Faulkner provided for Parsons' legal defense, leading to his acquittal as having acted legally under the provisions of the
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910:"Manuscript & Research Sources for Hampshire County, Part II - West Virginia University Listing: Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser"
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pledged its support to Parsons and to Virginia's slaveowners in defending their constitutional rights and to protect them from prosecution.
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read "Threatened Civil War between Virginia and Pennsylvania."
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Hampshire County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War
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West Virginia Department of Archives and History (1944).
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1798:. West Virginia Department of Archives and History.
1621:: The Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee.
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323:in July 1850. Trowbridge had been an educator in
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1644:Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (1989).
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2279:History of slavery in West Virginia
1821:. West Virginia Library Association
1482:. The American Historical Society.
1417:; Gibbens, Alvaro Franklin (1890).
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1189:"What is the Underground Railroad?"
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1537:MacCabe, Virginia Parsons (1913).
630:West Virginia University Libraries
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375:West Virginia House of Delegates
293:West Virginia House of Delegates
270:United States Minister to France
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2244:1850 establishments in Virginia
1795:West Virginia History, Volume 6
1476:Callahan, James Morton (1923).
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1968:62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry
1592:: A. Brown Boughner, Printer.
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311:A. S. Trowbridge founded the
43:published on October 7, 1852.
761:Duke University Library 1953
622:American Antiquarian Society
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2072:Hampshire County Courthouse
1698:Virginia House of Delegates
1513:Library Notes, Issues 27-40
1381:Library of Virginia website
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778:State of West Virginia 1907
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285:Virginia House of Delegates
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596:Faulkner later served as
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1415:Atkinson, George Wesley
1093:Munske & Kerns 2004
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364:Confederate States Army
362:, when they joined the
289:Confederate States Army
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2127:Okonoko, West Virginia
2019:Christian Streit White
1999:Angus William McDonald
1989:James Dillon Armstrong
1963:33rd Virginia Infantry
1953:13th Virginia Infantry
1736:State of West Virginia
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1958:23rd Virginia Cavalry
1948:11th Virginia Cavalry
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1943:7th Virginia Cavalry
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2009:Alexander W. Monroe
2004:John Hanson McNeill
1385:Library of Virginia
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1257:Chronicling America
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336:John Joseph Combs.
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1973:McNeill's Rangers
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1846:Media related to
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