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MSA SC 5339-74-13
Collection	Research and Educational Projects at the Maryland State Archives
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Dates	1861
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John Merryman's bio pages Ex Parte Merryman, April 1861 Term Case No. 9,487, 17 F. Cas. 144 "Ex Parte Merryman: Proceedings of Court Day, May 26, 1961." Maryland Historical Magazine 56 (Baltimore: 1961): 384-398. Reverdy Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, June 17, 1861 Source: Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln, [May-June 1861] (Message to Congress, July 4, 1861, Handwritten Draft In this message, Lincoln discussed why he felt habeas corpus should be suspended. Source: Library of Congress "There's life in the old land yet" by James Ryder Randall No publication date is given, however, one verse says: Bigots! ye quell not the valiant mind, With the clank of an iron chain, The spirit of freedom sings in the wind, O'er Merryman, Thomas, and Kane, And we, though we smite not, and not thralls, We are piling a gory debt; While down by McHenry's dungeon walls, There's life in the old land yet! See also: Secondary sources.
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