Schroeder, Frederick William, 1788-1854

William Schroeder owned a dry goods store on 121 Baltimore Street, and he was the son of Henry Schroeder, a merchant of Baltimore and Susannah Schwartz. He married Sophia Ghequiere in 1825, and they had four children. He's buried at Old Saint Pauls Cemetery in Baltimore.

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[Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, July 28, 1812, Vol. 3]

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 3 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal. Littleton gives a detailed recount of the riot that occurred in Baltimore on July 27, 1812. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. The riot and events occurring afterwards were violent and resulted in the death of at least one man, Dr. Gale. Littleton includes an additional note with some of the names of the men involved.