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Leakin-Sioussat Papers, c.1650-c.1960, MS 1497
Leakin-Sioussat Papers, c.1650-c.1960
Maryland Historical Society
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Leakin-Sioussat Papers, c.1650-c.1960 Contact Information:
Maryland Historical Society
Manuscripts Department
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Baltimore MD 21201-4674
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Descriptive Summary
Leakin-Sioussat Papers, ca1650--ca.1960
MS 1497
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers of George Armistead Leakin (1818-1912), of his daughter Annie Leakin Sioussat (1849-1942), and of her son St. George Leakin Sioussat (1878-1960). Leakin's papers deal with his career as an Episcopal minister in Baltimore. Annie L. Sioussat was an historian, church woman, and reformer. Her papers deal with Maryland colonial history, the Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs, the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and Civil Service reform. St. George L. Sioussat was an historian and chief of the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. His papers deal with his teaching career, work at the Library of Congress, and his association with the American Historical Association, the Mississippi Valley Historical Association and the American Philosophical Society. The collection includes some papers concerning Sheppard C. Leakin (1790-1867), William Ridgely Leakin (1859-1912), the Dobbin and Hoxton families, and land in St. Mary's and Calvert counties in the 17th and 18th century. The collection consists of 50 boxes and spans the period, 17th century-1960. LEAKIN - SIOUSSAT PAPERS George Armistead Leakin (1818-1912) was an Episcopal minister, ordained a deacon in 1843 and a priest in 1845. He was Rector of Trinity Church in Baltimore from 1845 until 1887 after which and until his death he did missionary work in public institutions such as the city jail. He also was associated with the Seamen's Mission and did missionary work among the immigrants who moved into the area around Trinity Church in the 1880s. Leakin's papers (8 boxes) span the period 1826-1913. They largely pertain to his long ministry. There are about 200 manuscripts of sermons given between 1843 and 1903. Also included are notes he jotted down to be used in sermons or concerning his work. These notes are not well organized. The collection contains about 500 pieces of Leakin's incoming correspondence. There is an interesting series of letters (1842-1845) of about 100 items from Leakin's classmates at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria which discuss their work at the seminary and after beginning their work in the church. Leakin's most extensive, extant correspondence is with the two Episcopal Bishops of Maryland under whom he served, William R. Whittingham and William Paret. Whittingham's letters from 1840s-1870s contain advice for Leakin as Rector of Trinity Church while the correspondence (1870-1904) with Paret concerns Leakin's missionary work in Baltimore public institutions. Leakin's family correspondence is fairly detailed for the years he spent away at school, Princeton (1833-1835), and Virginia Theological Seminary (1842-43). There are letters from his mother, Margaret [Dobbin] Leakin, and correspondence (1844-1865) with his wife, Anna [Miller] Leakin, before their marriage while she was in Georgetown and he in Baltimore. Only a few letters exist after their marriage in 1846. All of Leakin's incoming letters, including those from his family are filed alphabetically. Some of Leakin's outgoing letters, especially to his mother and wife, survived. These are filed after the incoming correspondence as are the few letters Margaret [Dobbin] Leakin and Anna [Miller] Leakin received from persons other than George A. Leakin. A few of Leakin's diaries are in the collection covering the first year of his ministry (1842-1843) and his last years (1896-1906). Annie Middleton Leakin Sioussat (1849-1942, nee Leakin; Mrs. Albert Willis Sioussat) was an historian, church woman, and reformer. Her papers (15 boxes) span the period 1864-1941 with the bulk of the material dating from 1900-1933. Her papers include correspondence, mss. writings, speeches, reports, and printed material and cover her interest in the Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs, the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the Arundell Club, and Civil Service reform. Mrs. Sioussat's correspondence is rich and complete containing substantive letters on the operation of the various organizations to which she belonged. The letters are her incoming correspondence and are arranged chronologically. The occasional drafts of her replies that survived are also filed chronologically. The undated letters are filed at the end arranged alphabetically by writer. Sioussat kept most letters concerning her work in the Protestant Episcopal Church in a separate file, but those letters relating the the Protestant Episcopal church in the general correspondence are letters (1920s-1930s) from Arthur B. Kinsolving, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and his wife Sally Bruce Kinsoliving, letters (1919-1933) from Alice T. Tiffany, Secretary of the Maryland Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, letters (1911-1929) of Mary Elizabeth Beach, Secretary of the Church Missions Publishing Company in West Hartford, Connecticut, and letters (1892-1920) of Julia C. Emery, Executive Secretary of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The letters of Tiffany, Beach, and Emery in the general correspondence are more personal and detailed about the running of the Woman's Auxiliary than their more official letters to Sioussat in her Woman's Auxiliary papers. The Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames is well represented in the general correspondence. Of particular interest are the letters (1910-1920) of Sioussat's close friend and Maryland Society President, Emilie McKim Reed, and letters (1910-1920) from Alice W. Garrett. Their letters discuss strategy and the operation of the Maryland Society. During WWI Sioussat was connected with various war relief organizations and material on these is found in the correspondence for years 1914-1918. From 1918-1920s Sioussat was active in the Women's Department of the Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland. Her correspondence reflects that interest and includes about 30 letters (1910-1920) from Charles J. Bonaparte discussing the civil service reform movement in Maryland. In addition to her correspondence, Sioussat collected papers concerning the Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs, the Arundell Club, and the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Sioussat was Maryland President of the Woman's Auxiliary for nearly 30 years until she resigned in 1930. In addition to the personal correspondence with other Woman's Auxiliary members mentioned above, Sioussat kept a separate file of more official Woman's Auxiliary correspondence spanning the period 1890-1933. There are also copies of miscellaneous speeches by Sioussat on the Woman's Auxiliary, reports on its work, especially missions, and printed material about the Woman's Auxiliary. These papers include some material on an affiliated organization, the Girls' Friendly Society of Maryland. In 1908 Sioussat was a delegate to the Pan-Anglican Congress in England, and a journal of her trip as well as some notes on the Maryland Episcopal delegation to the Jamestown Exposition are included. The material in Sioussat's papers concerning the Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs are not related to Mrs. Sioussat's work as an officer in 1921, but cover the period 1912-1916. These papers are incoming correspondence (directed to the Presidents, Elizabeth King Ellicott (d. 1914), Mrs. Edward C. Wilson, and Mrs. Francis Sanderson, and the replies of Executive Secretary, Eleanor M. Sloan). The correspondence reveals the activities of the Maryland State Federation especially its legislative lobbying for public health, scholarships for women college students, domestic education at the Maryland Agricultural College, and women's eligibility as school board members. There are also letters from women's clubs wanting to join the Federation and many include pamphlets explaining their clubs' activities. The Federation papers also include the annual reports, 1914-1915 and 1915-1916 for about twenty of the Federation's member clubs activities. There are also miscellaneous copies of the Federation's minutes, resolutions, and reports for the years 1912-1916. The Committee Reports deal with Baby Week 1916, conservation, immigration, and a registry for nurses. Mrs. Sioussat was a member of the Arundell Club. This club originated in the 1890s as a reform organization, but by the 1930s it was largely concerned with providing a meeting place and lecture series for its members and renting its rooms to like-minded organizations. The Arundell Club papers in this collection do not relate directly to Mrs. Sioussat. They date largely from 1928-1933 and deal with building maintenance, room rentals, and the 1933 lecture series. Mrs. Sioussat appears to have been most active in the Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and the papers of this organization deal with her activities. She was the historian for the Maryland Society, and there are many of her monthly reports (1909-1930s) on the Society's historical research and preservation activities. There are also some speeches by Colonial Dames and miscellaneous resolutions, minutes, and articles on Maryland history written by Colonial Dames. The collection includes five boxes of notes and notebooks on Maryland Colonial history and genealogy by Sioussat, presumably gathered for her work in the Colonial Dames including her two books, Old Baltimore (1931) and Old Manors in Colonial Maryland (1911). Some of the genealogical material was compiled by Sioussat's predecessor as historian of the Colonial Dames, Mary W. Griffith (Mrs. Monte Griffith). The collection includes material concerning Sioussat's other interests including the American Historical Association, the English Speaking Union, Civil Service Reform, and the Maryland Forestry Association. The few personal papers in the collection are diaries (1866-1924, n.d. 16 vols.), reminiscences of her childhood, and some biographical material. The papers of St. George Leakin Sioussat (1878-1960) relate to his career as historian and chief of the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress. The papers are largely his correspondence with some of his writings, speeches, and research notes. Sioussat's correspondence is rich and detailed covering his work as a professor at the University of the South (1904-1911); Vanderbilt University (1911-1917), Brown University (1917-1920), and the University of Pennsylvania (1920-1938); his participation in the AHA; his presidency (1917) of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association; Editorship of the Tennessee Historical Magazine (1915-1917); his work as Chief of the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress (1938-1948); and his participation in the American Philosophical Society. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and copies of Sioussat's replies are filed with the incoming letters. The earliest correspondence deals with his teaching career in the South and his editing of the Tennessee Historical Magazine. Material on this period are from the University of the South, Vanderbilt University, Stephen B. Weeks (U.S. Department of Education), Archibald Henderson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Philip Hamer. Material on his career at Brown University is found in the letters of the University's president, W.H.P. Faunce. The correspondence of E.P. Cheyney, Roy and Jeanette Nichols, Richard Shryock, Arthur P. Whitaker, and the University of Pennsylvania Faculty Research Council deal with Sioussat's years at the University of Pennsylvania. Most of Sioussat's correspondence as Chief of the Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress appears to have remained at the LC. The bulk of his LC material is carbon copies of his reports on the division (found in the Subject File). There is much correspondence relating to Sioussat's activities outside of his professional duties. He took an active part in the American Historical Association from ca. 1908-1930s and this is revealed in his voluminous correspondence with J. Franklin Jameson and Waldo Gifford Leland. Also, in 1924, he was AHA Program Chairman, and there is much correspondence relating to soliciting and choosing papers. Sioussat also corresponded with historian Justin H. Smith, who was chairman of the AHA Historical Manuscripts Commission (1917-1923), but most of the extensive Smith-Sioussat correspondence is of a personal nature. In addition to the AHA, Sioussat was an active member of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. He participated in its survey (1911) of the certification of history teachers, and there is correspondence about the survey from Andrew McLaughlin and Frederic L. Paxson. The letters of Evarts B. Greene and A.E. McKinley discuss methods of teaching history in general. Papers relating to Sioussat's presidency (1917) of the MVHA are filed under Mississippi Valley Historical Association, and some are found in the correspondence of the Secretary-Treasurer, Clara Paine and Clarence W. Alvord. Sioussat was also active in his alma mater (Johns Hopkins University). He was active in the Alumni Council. A major interest of the Council in the period 1912-1914 was how to attract students from the Southern states. The letters of John M. McBryde, Jr., Edward F. Buckner, John H. Latané, Ira Remsen, and George L. Radcliffe discuss this and other Johns Hopkins matters. While at the University of Pennsylvania, Sioussat became a member (1928) of the American Philosophical Society. His participation in this Society lasted until his death. He was particularly active on the Library Committee and his correspondence contains much about this committee. The letters of Luther P. Eisenhart, Gertrude D. Hess, Julia A. Noonan, William J. Robbins, Alban Hoopes, William E. Lingelbach, Edwin Conlin, and Richard Shryock all touch on Sioussat's APS acrivities. In addition there are copies of Library Committee Reports and APS publications in the Subject File. Much of Sioussat's correspondence was with his colleagues who wrote about their teaching experiences, job opportunities, and research. Among these were I.J. Cox (Northwestern University), Beverly Bond, Jr. (University of Cinncinati), William E. Dodd (University of Chicago), William S. Jenkins (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), A.T. Volwiler (Wittenberg College), C.H. Van Tyne (University of Michigan), Arthur P. Whitaker (Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania), Frederic L. Paxson (University of Wisconsin), and W.L. Fleming (Louisiana State University). Non-teaching colleagues included Samuel F. Bemis (Lives of the Secretaries of State), Julian Boyd (Papers of Thomas Jefferson), Waldo Gifford Leland (American Council of Learned Societies), Max Farrand (Henry E. Huntington Library), and Clinton Rogers Woodruff (National Municipal League) who discussed Nashville's municipal development with Sioussat. For his own research in American history Sioussat corresponded with various research institutions, and there is much correspondence from his predecessors at the Library of Congress including Gaillard Hunt, J.C. Fitzpatrick, J. Franklin Jameson, and Thomas P. Martin. The Subject File has some of Sioussat's research notes especially those on the organization of the American Philosophical Society and Benjamin Franklin. The last group of correspondents are several of Sioussat's former students, including H.M. Henry, Donald McMurry, C. Gregg Singer, and Mother Kathryn Sullivan. Their letters discuss job-hunting and publication of their works. Sullivan's correspondence (1933-36) is especially detailed concerning the publication of her thesis. Sioussat's writings contained in the collection are largely book reviews of historical works and a few articles. There are also several of his speeches. He also kept a sample of notes and examinations he used in his history classes at the University of Pennsylvania (1930) and a few of his students' papers from a Sociology class at the University of the South (1907). The Subject File contains reports by Sioussat on the American Philosophical Society Library and the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. There are also research notes on the organization of the APS and on Benjamin Franklin as well as biographical material on Sioussat, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Sheppard Church Leakin was a soldier, banker, and mayor of Baltimore, 1838-40. His papers, ca. 100 items, deal with the War of 1812 in Baltimore and Maryland politics in the 1830s. Includes letters from Peter Cooper, Henry Clay, and Reverdy Johnson. William Ridgely Leakin (1859-1912) was the son of George A. Leakin and lawyer in Savannah, Georgia, 1880s-1917. His papers (ca. 70 items) are largely letters to his father and sisters (Margaret Leakin and Annie L. Sioussat) concerning his father's estate. Includes several articles on Georgia history and a scrapbook kept by William. Both Annie L. Sioussat and her son St. George were interested in their family genealogy. In addition to the genealogical notes they compiled, they collected original family letters. The collection includes some Dobbin family letters (1789-1883), Hoxton family letters (1830s-1902), including those of Mrs. Sioussat's cousin, Eliza Hoxton Magruder, and Semmes family letters, 1800-1822. There are also a group of unrelated Civil War letters pertaining to Robert B. McKim. Among the original manuscripts in the collection are two boxes of land deeds and papers called the Somervell papers which pertain to land in St. Mary's and Calvert counties in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Container List
BOX 1 George A. Leakin Correspondence incoming correspondence A-L Anna M. Leakin (1844-1865) Margaret D. Leakin (1833-1835) BOX 2 Margaret D. Leakin (1837-1867) Susan Dobbin Leakin M-P Bishop William Paret Q-S Annie L. Sioussat St. George L. Sioussat T-V Virginia Theological Seminary (classmates) BOX 3 W Bishop William R. Whittingham Margaret H. Whittingham outgoing letters 1843-1908 Anna M. Leakin incoming correspondence George A. Leakin (1844-1865) Chlor A. Miller (1855-1862, n.d.) Margaret D. Leakin incoming correspondence George A. Leakin (1835-1847) Princeton University (1833-1834) [UNK] family incoming correspondence George A. Leakin (1840s-1860s) (see also Sheppard C. Leakin Papers below) George A. Leakin poems papers re: Missionary work to public institutions notes on Trinity Church BOX 4 George A. Leakin Papers notes miscellaneous writings biographical material photographs miscellany BOX 5 George A. Leakin Sermons 1843-1860s BOX 6 1870s-1903 sermon notes BOX 7 George A. Leakin Papers Boxes 7and8 Combined 4/29/98 diaries 1842-43, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906 journal (trip to Canada) 1859 Index Rerum (1839-1842) Chaplain's journal (1804) history and minutes Church Mission to Seamen (1884-1887) minutes, Trinity Church Vestry (1872-1877) - removed from collection BOX 9 Annie L. Sioussat correspondence incoming 1850-1910 BOX 10 incoming 1911-1917 BOX 11 incoming 1918-1923 BOX 12 incoming 1924-1929 BOX 13 incoming 1930-1941 BOX 14 incoming, n.d. A-B Mary E. Beach C Mary E. Cary D Davis Dunlop E Elizabeth King Ellicott F-G Alice Garrett Mary W. Griffith H-R Emilie McKim Reed Taylor Rieman S Elizabeth Shoemaker BOX 15 T Alice T. Tiffany Francese L. Tunbull V-W Elizabeth Chew Williams fragments unidentified letters outgoing correspondence (drafts) A-Y fragments BOX 16 Annie L. Sioussat papers Woman's Auxiliary of the Protestant Episcopal Church incoming correspondence 1890-1933 incoming correspondence, n.d. A-W Mary E. Beach Grace Lindley Alice T. Tiffany outgoing correspondence (drafts) speeches notes BOX 17 membership lists resolutions minutes reports miscellaneous papers photographs printed material Girls' Friendly Society printed material miscellany Annie L. Sioussat journal (1908) to Pan-Anglican Congress Annie L. Sioussat notes Md. delegation to Jamestown Exposition BOX 18 Maryland State Federation of Women's Clubs incoming correspondence 1912-1914 BOX 19 incoming correspondence 1915-1916, n.d. constitution membership lists minutes resolutions Baby Week report Central Directory report (Nurses Registry) Civic and Forestry Committee Report Conservation Committee Report Education Committee Report Executive reports Geographical Division of State Committee Report Immigration Committee Reports printed material legislative program convention programs BOX 20 Member Clubs' annual reports 1914-1915 Catonsville Civic League Civic Club of Pocomoke Civic League of Salisbury Civic Study Club (Garrett Park, Md.) Cumberland Civic Club Frederick Civic Club Federated Club of Chestertown Glyndon Porch Club Hagerstown Civic League Lonacoming Civic Club Oakland Civic Club [Woman's Club] Bel Air, Md. Woman's Club of Elkton Woman's Club of Forest Park Woman's Club of Irvington Woman's Club of Kensington Woman's Club of Laurel Woman's Club (Preston, Md.) Woman's Club of Roland Park Woman's Club (Sparrows Point, Md.) Women's Civic League (Annapolis, Md.) Women's Civic League (Westminster, Md.) Member Clubs' annual reports, 1915-1916 Baltimore Progress Club Catonsville Civic League Conference of Federated Clubs of the Teacher's Training School Alumni Association of Baltimore Federated Club of Chestertown, Md. Hagerstown Civic League Neighborhood Improvement Club of Govans Newcomb Club Outlook Club Sorosis Western High School Alumnae Association Woman's Club of Cambridge Woman's Club of Chevy Chase Woman's Club of Forest Park Woman's Club of Glyndon Woman's Club of Kensington Woman's Club of Laurel Woman's Club of Mt. Washington Woman's Club of Rockville Woman's Club of Sparrows Point Woman's Southern Club Woman's Twentieth Century Club Women's Civic League Women's Civic League (Annapolis, Md.) printed material newspaper clippings Arundell Club certificate of incorporation constitution and by-laws presidential messages Annie L. Sioussat speech financial papers stock papers room rental papers, 1929-1933 correspondence, 1909-1933 minutes officer ballots, 1928-1932 miscellany BOX 21 Annie L. Sioussat papers American Historical Association English Speaking Union Equal Suffrage League Cause and Cure of War Conferences Maryland Forestry Association National Civil Service Reform League Office of Indian Affairs Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Women's Civic League Woman's Department, Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland Annie L. Sioussat Reminiscences biographical material newspaper clippings printed material photographs - Cold Stream (Home of Win Pa Herson) All Hallows - South River BOX 22 Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of America history, 1891-1927 membership lists resolutions minutes speeches Historic Research Committee Reports Historian's (A.L. Sioussat) Reports constitution printed material articles on Maryland miscellany Descendents of Colonial Governors in Maryland membership lists BOX 23 Writings In Memorium: Alice Whitridge Garrett John Gardner Murray Influence of Women in Colonization Memorial to Emilie McKim Reed Notice of Some of the First Buildings Old Baltimore (typescript) On the Patuxent The Pretenders and their Adherents Report on Religious Education in the Secondary Schools Some Considerations on Pewter Ware Traditions BOX 24 fragments Research notes Old Baltimore Maryland colonial history BOX 25 Maryland colonial history Genealogical notes BOX 26 Genealogical notes (by A.L. Sioussat and Mary W. Griffith, Mrs. Monte Griffith) BOX 27 Diaries 1866, 1885-1887, 1893, 1894, 1899, 1901, 1913, 1916, 1924, n.d. (5 vols.) Research notebooks BOX 28 Research notebooks BOX 29 Research notebooks BOX 30 Research notebooks BOX 31 St. George L. Sioussat papers correspondence A Randolph G. Adams Clarence W. Alvord American Antiquarian Society AHA American Philosophical Society Herman V. Ames Charles M. Andrews B BOX 32 Samuel F. Bemis Bibliographical Society of America Herbert E. Bolton Beverly W. Bond, Jr. Julian P. Boyd Carl Bridenbaugh R.P. Brooks Robert L. Brunhouse Edward F. Buchner Solon J. Buck Pauline Wilcox Burke Edward C. Burnett L.H. Butterfield C E.P. Cheyney Columbia Historical Society Edwin G. Conklin Cosmos Club I.J. Cox BOX 33 D The Dial William E. Dodd E Harold D. Eberlein George Simpson Eddy Luther P. Eisenhart F Max Farrand W.H.P. Faunce William H. Ficks, Jr. John C. Fitzpatrick Walter L. Fleming Worthington C. Ford Guy Stanton Ford Friends of the University of Pennsylvania Library G Robert Garrett Evarts B. Greene BOX 34 H Philip M. Hamer Archibald Henderson H.M. Henry Gertrude D. Hess Historical Society of Pennsylvania Alban W. Hoopes Gaillard Hunt I-J J. Franklin Jameson W.S. Jenkins Johns Hopkins University K Daniel C. Knowlton BOX 35 L John H. Labané League of Free Nations Waldo Gifford Leland Library of Congress William E. Lingelbach Literary Society M John M. McBryde, Jr. Albert E. McKinley Andrew C. McLaughlin Donald L. McMurry Valentin Mandelstamm A.N. Marquis Thomas P. Martin BOX 36 Massachusetts Historical Society A.T. Milne Mississippi Valley Historical Association William Starr Myers N New Century Cyclopedia of Names Roy and Jeanette Nichols Julia A. Noonan Q-P Clara S. Paine Frederic L. Paxson Pennsylvania Historical Junto Q-R George L. Radcliffe Ira Remsen BOX 37 William J. Robbins S Robert L. Schuyler Richard H. Shryock C. Gregg Singer Justin H. Smith Smith College Society of American Archivists Jared Sparks Bernard C. Steiner Mother Kathryn Sullivan Glen Levin Swiggett T Tulane University BOX 38 U University of Pennsylvania University of Tennessee University of the South V A.T. Volwiler W Francis F. Wayland Stephen B. Weeks Arthur P. Whitaker Clinton Rogers Woodruff Y-Z unidentified BOX 39 Writings book reviews speeches articles BOX 40 grade reports, 1895, 1896 class notes, 1899 students' papers, 1907 class lecture notes 1930, 1934-1938 BOX 41 Subject File: American Philosophical Society Library committee reports, 1934-1960 Library data programs printed material Library of Congress Manuscript Division reports, 1938-1948 BOX 42 research notes on Benjamin Franklin BOX 43 research notes on Benjamin Franklin research notes on American Philosophical Society BOX 44 research notes BOX 45 biographical material photographs newspaper clippings miscellany printed material Bernard Steiner, The Life and Administration of Sir Robert Eden Bernard Steiner, Beginnings in Maryland BOX 46 Sheppard C. Leakin/William R. Leakin papers Sheppard C. Leakin correspondence B Henry Clay Peter Cooper E-H Reverdy Johnson George A. Leakin M-W unidentified outgoing letters Sheppard C. Leakin newspaper clippings broadside commissions biographical data William R. Leakin correspondence 1883-1917, n.d. scrapbook, 1880s speech articles on Georgia newspaper clippings Dobbin family papers letters 1789-1883 BOX 47 Genealogical material Semmes family letters, 1800-1822 Margaretta C. Hoxton letters, 1820s Hoxton family letters, 1830s-1850s Thomas Hoxton family papers, 1837-1851 W.T. Wootten letters, 1845 John B. Scott letters, 1840s-1850s Magruder family letters, 1850s Hoxton confirmation certificates, 1855 Eliza Hoxton Magruder correspondence 1836-1902, n.d. Leigh Reid-St. George L. Sioussat genealogical correspondence, 1942-1953 Middleton-Hoxton-Semmes families genealogical material, 1950 Leakin genealogical material BOX 48 Miscellany George Stiles letter, 1812 Emilie McKim Reed scrapbook, 1860s Robert B. McKim letters, 1860-1862 On Early Physicians of East Baltimore Susan Leakin, treasurer's notes, Sewing Society of Emmanuel Church, 1873 Mary Dorsey Davis scrapbook on Greenwood, 1904 maps of Leakin property material on Margaret Brent printed material newspaper clippings BOX 49 Somervell land papers BOX 50 Somervell land papers

