07 Apr 1832
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Newspaper
Frederick Herald
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1832
Page
1
The Frederick Herald outlines terms for subscriptions and advertising, then details a Mechanics Institute charter to promote literature and arts with a library and reading rooms. It urges early rising for health and productivity and quotes various authors and reform sentiments.
A Franklin County resident digging near a North Mountain spring uncovered a vast limestone cavern. Its stalactites and alabaster-like formations gleam in multicolor, with spar trees and figures resembling humans birds and animals. The passage runs dry in places yet carries water in others, and exploration has reached about 800 feet with no end in sight.
The bill titled an Act to incorporate the Mechanics Institute and Frederick Lyceum proposes the creation of a corporation by charter. It lists Gideon Antz John McPherson Frederick Achley Richard Potts Thomas Worthington Samuel Carmack William Beall and other subscribers and stockholders and their successors and assigns. The text indicates governance and corporate status to be formed under state authority.
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