On March 24, 1793, Bishop Thomas John Clagett, the first bishop consecrated in America, visited All Saints Parish in Frederick and confirmed a class of 10 people. On March 24, 1857, Margaret Minerva Robinson, the first teacher and principal at Girls High School in Frederick, was born in Harford County. She died November 9, 1945, at The Home for The Aged (now The Record Street Home) on Record Street. On March 24, 1874, Colonel Charles E. Trail and John Ritchie presented a petition to Congress asking that the federal government reimburse Frederick for the $200,000 ransom paid to Confederate General Jubal Early on July 9, 1864. (Requests to Congress and legislation introduced for this reimbursement were presented many times between the end of The Civil War and the late 1970s, always to no avail.) On March 24, 1879, John Loats, who gave his name and his money to The Loats Female Orphan Asylum, died. He was born October 7, 1814. (The home of The Loats Asylum on East Church Street in Frederick is now the home of The Historical Society of Frederick County.) 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net