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The Cecil Whig Archive

  • Elkton, Maryland
  • 18412024

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Palmer Chamberlain Ricketts founded the Cecil Whig in 1841 when local Whig party supporters in Elkton, Maryland, decided to launch a newspaper in the aftermath of William Henry Harrison's presidential victory. Published weekly under the founding editor, the Whig attacked its partisan foes with a stridency that ultimately led to physical violence. Ricketts was indicted in 1843 for killing the editor of the rival Cecil Democrat, Amor T. Forwood, after the two had published an increasingly heated and personal series of editorials. Ricketts continued to edit the Whig from his jail cell, and eventually was acquitted after a jury decided he had acted in self-defense.

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  • 76,294
  • Elkton, Maryland
  • 18412024

Source Information

The Cecil Whig, 1841–2024 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: February 25, 2024

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Archive Info

  • 76,294
  • Elkton, Maryland
  • 18412024

Source Information

The Cecil Whig, 1841–2024 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: February 25, 2024