Samuel Magill was the second mayor of

Cumberland, Maryland Cumberland is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland. It is the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,076. Located on the Potomac River, ...

from 1823 to 1824. In 1812, Magill established one of the first newspapers in Cumberland, the ''Allegany Freeman'', whose editorial stance supported Democratic politics. The ''Freeman'' featured news about the

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, national political coverage, and advertisements.

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City of Cumberland, Maryland
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magill, Samuel Mayors of Cumberland, Maryland Year of birth missing American newspaper publishers (people)