On February 5, 1777, The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill authorizing the construction of barracks in Frederick to house troops. Governor Thomas Johnson signed the measure on April 18. These building became known as The Hessian Barracks. On February 5, 1807, Jacob Byerly, Frederick photographer and pioneer in that art form, was born in Newville, PA. He died March 21, 1883, in Frederick. On February 5, 1876, Dr. Austin A. Lamar, who practiced medicine in Middletown, was born in Wolfsville. His offices have been restored as a historic site in Middletown. On February 5, 1841, William Henry Harrison visited Frederick on his way to Washington for his inauguration as President of The United States. He stayed at Dorsey's City Hotel on West Patrick Street. On February 5, 1858, Frederick A. Schley, prominent Frederick attorney and direct descendant of John Thomas Schley, the schoolteacher who built the first house in Fredericktown in 1746, died. On February 5, 1952, Dr. George Frederick Smith, who developed and patented Smith's Rosebud Salve, died. He was born March 25, 1865. His products are still available from the company he established in Woodsboro. John W. Ashbury [email protected]