On November 13, 1870, the Mount Pleasant Reformed Church was consecrated in services conducted by the pastor, the Rev. A. R. Kramer, and the Rev. Dr. Daniel Zacharias, of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick. On November 13, 1911, William P. Maulsby, who entered the Union Army as a private and rose to the rank of colonel during the Civil War, and who fought at Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry and Monocacy, died. He was a Frederick lawyer and was considered especially effective in jury trials. He was born February 21, 1843. On November 13, 1972, Frederick County Sheriff Richard O. Baumgardner pleaded innocent to charges of embezzling county funds, misconduct and allowing a convicted felon to leave the jail unsupervised. He was later convicted. On November 13, 1978, a contract was signed by the Frederick County Board of Commissioners, the Maryland Board of Public Works, and CAM Construction to build the fourth Frederick County Courthouse at the southwest corner of 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 [email protected]