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    1. History Moment - 7-26-06
    2. John Ashbury
    3. On July 26, 1832, U. S. Attorney General Roger Brooke Taney and Mrs. Taney visited Frederick on their way to seek treatment for Mrs. Taney's illness. It was apparently successful as she lived until September 29, 1855. On July 26, 1852, Newton M. Zentz, longtime owner of The Zentz Mill on North Bentz Street in Frederick, which was located just south of the National Guard Armory, was born in Carroll County. He died December 12, 1924, in Frederick. On July 26, 1864, Dr. Levin West, a prominent Brunswick physician, was born near Petersville. On July 26, 1867, Chief Justice Samuel P. Chase, of the U. S. Supreme Court, arrived in Frederick for a short vacation with the family of Mrs. Margaret Goldsborough. On July 26, 1925, The International Order of Odd Fellows dedicated its new Market Street facility on the Old Gittinger Farm. On July 26, 1933, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt had dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. She was driving back to Washington from Chautaugus, N. Y., with her secretary. There were no Secret Service agents with them. On July 26, 1982, the new Frederick County Courthouse, the county's fourth, was opened for business at West Patrick and South Court Streets in Frederick. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)

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