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Scope and Contents Majority of the contents concerns politics in Frederick County, especially the use of newspapers and barbecues as political devices, the concerns of the Republicans, and appeals to the German populace. Daniel Clarke, Jr., Roger Nelson, and Abraham and Andrew Shriver are the principal correspondents on the subjects. Some letters regard the Levy Court and justices of the peace, 1802. Andrew Shriver writes regularly concerning the establishment of a post office at Union Mills and a post road;...