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2 unusual facts about Barnes Compton


George A. Frederick

On July 17, 1875 the individual members of the Board of Public Works—Governor James Black Groome, Treasurer Barnes Compton, and Comptroller Levin Woolford—filed suits of libel against Charles C. and Albert K. Fulton, proprietors of the Baltimore American, claiming $20,000 each in damages.

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Barnes Compton, 19th-century Congressman who resided at "Hilltop"



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