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Church, under supervision of the Synod of that church.¹⁸

His German newspaper, Die Westliche Correspondent,
continued until 1830.¹⁹ In January 1831 an unsuccess-
ful attempt was made to revive it. At the solicita-
tion of General Samuel Ringgold, he published for a
short time an English newspaper, to advance the cause
of the Republican party, the Sentinel of Liberty.
The date of publication is not certain; it was prob-
ably after 1800. However, the Maryland Herald, pub-
lished by Thomas Grieves, became the organ of that
party, and the Sentinel of Liberty was discontinued.²⁰

Gruber was the father of six known children, all
girls,²¹ a number of his descendants are still living
in Maryland and other states.²² In 1811, Daniel May,
who had married Gruber's daughter Rebecca, joined his
father-in-law as a partner in the printing business;²³
it is not certain just when this partnership was dis-
continued; but in 1840 May was editor of the Republi-

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can Herald of York, Pennsylvania.

18 Hagers-Town town and country almanack. 1859.
p. 9 .

19 Williams, T.J.C. History of Washington county,
Maryland, v. 1, p. 129.

20 Hagers-Town town and country almanack. 1859.

p. [9]

21 Eshleman, C.H. Additional and supplementary
data concerning the descendants of John Gruber.

22 Eshleman, C.H. John Gruber and the Hagerstown
almanac.

23 Brigham, C.S. Bibliography of American news-
papers. Part III. Maryland to Massachusetts
(except Boston) p. 192.

24 Eshleman, C.H. Additional and supplementary
data concerning the descendants of John Gruber.