6-25-1846: "in the meanwhile the citizens were arming, every manner of weapons being collected and put in order, even some of the women provided with guns.”

American Republican And Baltimore Daily Clipper, “the hostile approach of which was hourly expected by the citizens, who were fully prepared to receive the attack . . . in the meanwhile the citizens were arming, every manner of weapons being collected and put in order, even some of the women provided with guns.”, June 25, 1846