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The Papers of Daniel M. Thomas, 1674-1938, MS 1970.2
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DANIEL M. THOMAS PAPERS
MS 1970.2
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Container List
BOX I
1717, Oct. 31
Chew, Mary to Samuel Chew
1737, Aug. 21
Chew, Henry to ---- Chew
1776, Feb. 19
Thomas, John to Ann Thomas
1818, April
Murray, --- to Mrs. John Thomas [Eliz.]
1829, July 14
McIlvaine, Mary to Sally Thomas
Murray, J--- to Sally Thomas
1834, March 14
B.M.S. (Mrs. E. Thomas' sister) to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1834, March 15
Andrews, Margaret to Miss Sally Thomas
1834, May 22
B.M.S. (sister of E.M. Thomas) to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1834, Aug. 31
----- to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1837, March 10
Murray, Elizabeth to Sally Thomas
1837, Nov. 3
----- to Sally Thomas
1838, Jan. 31
----- to Miss Sally Thomas
1838, July 25
Thomas, Julia to Miss Mary Thomas
1840, April 8
Cheston, F.A. to Miss Nancy Thomas
1841, June
M. R. to Miss Sally Thomas
1841, Aug. 6
Thomas, John and Elizabeth to Daniel M. Thomas
1841, Aug. 18
----, Eleanor (Mississippi) to Sally Thomas
1842, July 25
Murray, Mary to Miss Sally Thomas
1843, July 14
-----, Mary to Sally Thomas
1843, Dec. 31
Stewart, --- to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1844, April 2
Thomas, Sally to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1844, April [14]
Thomas Daniel to Elizabeth M. Thomas
1844, Dec. 31
Thomas, Elizabeth to Miss Mary Thomas
1845, Feb. 15/16
Thomas, Philip I. to Mary Cheston
1845, March 30
Thomas, Daniel to Molly Steele
1846, March 12
Thomas, E[liza.] M. to Daniel M. Thomas
1846, April 30
Thomas, Eliza. M. to Daniel M. Thomas
1846, May 1
Thomas, Daniel M. to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1846, June 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to John [M.] Thomas
1846, July 7
Thomas, Daniel M. to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1846, July 13
Thomas, Daniel M. to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
1846, Dec. 4
Thomas, E[liza.] M. to D[aniel] M. Thomas
1846, Dec. 20
Thomas, E[liza.] M. to D[aniel] M. Thomas
1847, Jan. 14
Thomas, Elizabeth to D[aniel] M. Thomas
1847, Jan. 29
Thomas, E[liza.] M. to Daniel M. Thomas
1847, March 7
Thomas, E[liza.] M. to Daniel M. Thomas
1847, June
Thomas, Sally to Daniel M. Thomas
1847, June 1
Thomas, E[liza.] M. to Mr. Daniel Thomas
1847, July 13
Thomas, Elizabeth to Daniel M. Thomas
1847, Aug.
Daniel M. [Thomas] to Elizabeth M. Thomas
1847, Sept. 15
Thomas, Eliza. M. to Daniel M. Thomas
1847, Oct. 20-21
Ridout, P. G. to Miss Sally Thomas
1848, April 17
Thomas, Daniel M. to John Thomas [Fragment]
1849, July 16
Thomas, Daniel to Miss Sally Thomas
1854, Oct. 16
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1854, Dec. 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to John [M.] Thomas
1854, Dec. 15
Thomas, Daniel M. to John [M.] Thomas
1854, Dec. 19
Thomas, Daniel M. to John Thomas, Esq.
1855, Jan. 19
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1855, Feb. 6
Thomas, Daniel M. to [one of his sisters]
1855, Feb. 12
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia Thomas
1855, May 19
Mooney, J--- to Daniel M. Thomas
1855, July 9
Thomas, Daniel M. to John [M.] Thomas
1855, July 23
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia M. Thomas
1855, Sept. 21
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1855, Oct. 29
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Catherine Thomas
1855, Nov. 12
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1859, March 28
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1859, Aug. 1
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1860, July 23
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1860, July 28
Thomas, Daniel M. to Catherine and Julia Thomas
1860, Nov. 25
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
c. 1860
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
c. 1860-1865
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, Feb. 10
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, Feb. 17
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, March 25
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, April 21
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, April 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, May 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, May 8
Hall, Estep to Miss Sally Thomas
1861, May 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, May 27
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1861, July 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia M. Thomas
1862, March 13
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1862, March 27,28,29
Holloway, Lewis P. (C.S.A.) to Mrs. C--- Mc Kenzie (copy)
1862, March 30,
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1862, Sept. 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1863, March 15
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1863, March 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1864, Sept. 11
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1864, Sept. 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1865, May 28
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1866, Aug. 4
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1870, July 28
-----, Mary to Sally Thomas (her sister)
1878, Aug. 11
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Corry Thomas
1878, Aug. 16
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia M. Thomas
1879, June 16
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia M. Thomas
1879, July 25 Sept. 3
Thomas, Sally to Mrs. A. Hamilton Hall
1880, Aug. 1
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1880, Aug. 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1880, Aug. 15
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1880, Aug. 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
BOX II
1881, Aug. 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1882, Jan. 14
Emery, Julia C. to Miss Thomas
1882, July 26
Owens, Joseph R. to Daniel Thomas
1883, July 7
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1884, Dec. 21
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1885, July 20
Peters, ---- to Miss Sally Thomas
1885, Aug. 3
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia Thomas
1885, Aug. 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1885, Aug. 14
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia Thomas
1885, August 17
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia M. Thomas
1886, Jan. 29
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1886, March 13
Thomas, Daniel M. to [a sister]
1888, Sept. 11
Swift, Henry to Miss Emory
1893, July 23
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia Thomas
1896, Jan. 19
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1896, May 17
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1898, May 11
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1898, May 16
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1898, Dec. 25
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1899, Jan. 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1900, April 15
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1900, Nov. 21
Thomas, Daniel M. to Sally Thomas
1901, Oct. 2
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Sally Thomas
1901, Oct. 7
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia M. Thomas
1901, Oct. 13
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Sally Thomas
1902, Feb. 9
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia Thomas
1902, July 20
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Sally Thomas
1902, Sept. 7
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Sally Thomas
1902, Dec. 17
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Sally Thomas
1903, Feb. 1
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Sally Thomas
1903, April 20
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia M. Thomas
1904, May 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia Thomas
1904, Nov. 27
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia Thomas
1905, April 9
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia Thomas
1905, March 5
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia Thomas
1906, July 22
Thomas, Daniel M. to Julia M. Thomas
1912, Sept. 29
Thomas, Daniel M. to Johnnie -----
1912, Aug. 18
Thomas, Daniel M. to Johnnie -----
1913, Feb. 2
Thomas, Daniel M. to Johnnie -----
1938, Aug.
Harp, [Reno] S. to Sally Hall
1933 [or 1923], July 6
-----, Adelaide to Sally T. Hall
n.d.
Chew, J---- to John Thomas
n.d., Jan. 11
Lawrence, E---- to Miss Sally Thomas
n.d., March 25
M[urray], J---- to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
n.d., Dec. 14
McCaleb, Eleanor to Miss Sally Thomas
n.d., April 16
McIlvaine, Mary to Mrs. John [Eliz.]Thomas
n.d., Nov. 20
Murray, A---- to Miss Sally Thomas
n.d.
Murray, J---- to Elizabeth [Murray] Thomas
n.d., Oct. 12
Patton, Fanny L. to Sally Thomas
n.d., June 2
Patton, Fanny L. to Miss Sally Thomas
n.d., Feb. 18
Patton, Fanny L. to Miss Sally Thomas
n.d., May 17
Stewart, ----- to Mrs. John [Eliz.] Thomas
n.d., Aug. 8
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Julia M. Thomas
n.d.
Thomas, Daniel M. to Miss Mary Thomas
n.d., July 2
Thomas, Elizabeth M. to Daniel M. Thomas
n.d.
Thomas, Elizabeth M. to Mr. Thomas (her uncle)
n.d.
Thomas, Elizabeth to Sally Thomas
n.d., March 11
Thomas, Elizabeth M. to Miss Sally Thomas
n.d., Feb. 18
Thomas, Julia to Miss Mary M. Thomas
n.d., Sept. 20
Thomas, Julia to Cornelia Thomas
n.d.
Thomas, P[hilip] to Miss [Sally] Thomas
n.d., March 16
Thomas, Sally to Miss Mary M. Thomas
n.d., April 7
Thomas, Sally M. to Julia Thomas
n.d., May 6
Thomas, Sally to Elizabeth M. and Cornelia Thomas
n.d., May 11
Thomas, Sally to John Thomas, Esq.
n.d.
Thomas, Sally M. to Julia M. Thomas
n.d.
Thomas, Sally M. to Julia Thomas
n.d.
Thomas, Sally to ------
n.d.
------ to Sally Thomas
BOX III
1674, Sept. 9
Last Will and Testament of Philip Thomas
(copy and part of the original [?])
1709, July
Survey of Hopkin's Choice (Anne Arnudel Co., Md.)
1709, August
Explanations of Boundary Markings on Survey made by John F. A. Priggs of properties in Anne Arundel Co., Md.- “Richardson's Discovery”
“Talbot's Hope”
“Talbot's Ridge”
1759, May 13
Poem by John Thomas (addressed to his cousin)
1760, July 12
Bills of Lading - Francis Cobrith
Kensey Johns
1760, Aug. 30
Bill of Lading - William Harrison Land
1760
Untitled Verse (author unknown)
1761
“Lusus Juveniles” - Commonplace Book
1763-1764
Johns, Kensey, Account of Sale of Tobacco
1764
“Lusus Juveniles” - Collection of poems
1765-1769
Book of verse copied by [John Thomas] and presented as a gift to a young lady
1768, Dec.
James Brooke to Mr. Silvanus Grove
1769, March 6
John Thomas - Receipt for land purchased in Anne Arundel Co., Md.
1774, Aug. 16
Bill of Lading - James Brooke
1778, June 25
Indenture - Agreement between John Pindele and John Thomas, Esq.
1778, July 3
John Pindele to John Thomas - Deed of Bargain and Sale
1778, March 28
Richard Richardson to John Thomas - Deed of Land Anne Arundel Co., Md.
1789, April
The Stae of Maryland to the Surveyor of Anne Arundel Co., Md. (Directs the Surveyor to resurvey the lands adjacent to the property of John Thomas)
1790, April 8
Surveys of:“Richardson's Hope”
“Samuel's Purchase”
“Talbot's Hope”
“Talbot's Ridge”
1791, March 4
John Thomas, Esq. - Land Patent (Talbot's Ridge, Anne Arundel Co., Md.)
1804, Nov. 7
Bond of Conveyance, John Thomas to Cornelia Thomas (wife of Philip I. Thomas)
1806, March
Jerome Plummer (Surveyor) is charged by John Galloway, Benj. Allen, and Thomas Sellman with the assignment to re-survey “Lebanon” and “Manor Plantation”.
1806, Oct. 24
Petition made by Anne Thomas, Philip Thomas, and Sarah Thomas
1813, June 22
Deed of Conveyance. Ann Pemberton (Quaker Burying Ground) to Samuel Snowden, John Cowman, and John Chew Thomas.
1816, April 5
Bond of Conveyance. Miss Ann Thomas to John Thomas
1816-1818
Book of Verse; collected by Elizabeth Murray
(later Elizabeth Murray Thomas)
1817
Untitled Verse
1820, Feb.
Poem entitled “Lines” (copied from poem which appeared in the “Monthly Magazine”)
1828, March 25
Deed of Manumission for Rachel Offer (Offer was deeded to Elizabeth Wilson by Francis Coates)
1829, May 6
Deed of Land, Ann Thomas to John Thomas
1831, May
Indenture, Henry Hall to John Thomas
1834, June 2
Indenture, Agreement between Edward Jones and Henry Turner concerning lands adjoining the lands of John Thomas.
1836, Nov. 15
John Thomas' statement concerning Deeds of Manumission for the slaves, Thomas James Smothers and Jane Smothers.
1837, April 11
The obituary of William Stewart (copied from the the U.S. Gazette)
1837, Nov. 21
Ann Thomas, will of
1838, Dec. 29
Certificate of Sale. G.W. Stewart (executor of the of Wm. Stewart) to John Thomas
1839, ---- 14
------ to Mrs. John [Elizabeth] Thomas of West River
1840, Aug. 14
Untitled Verse, delivered to Miss Sally Thomas
1842, July 11
Poem entitled “Verse and Second Love” (copy)
1842, June 30
Deed- Agreement made between George Hume Stewart, William Stewart, and John Thomas.
1845
Declamation Book belonging to Daniel M. Thomas
1848, May 9
Testamentary to John Thomas on the Estate of Ann Thomas
1849, April 18
Certificate admitting Daniel M. Thomas to the Anne Arundel County Court.
BOX IV
1850
Thomas Family of West River - Genealogical Information
(some undated material)
1851, May 23
Will of Sarah Thomas
1855, July 14
Survey - Courses set by [T. J.] Franklin of land bought by John Thomas from Rinaldo Pindele
1855, Aug. 2
Deed, Rinaldo Pindele to John Thomas
1857, Jan. 1-Dec. 31
Diary of William Hause
1857, Aug.
“Where is West River” (Poem which makes mention of the following West River estates: Cedar Park, Ivy Banks, Tulip Hill, Pemberton, The Levels, Woodstock, Tudor, and the John's Mansion.
1858
Draft of the will of John Thomas
1859, Jan. 13
Last will and Testament of John Thomas
1859, Jan. 21
Registration of the Will of John Thomas, Esq.
1859, Feb. 2
Division of servants between Sarah [Sally] Thomas and the Estate of John Thomas.
1859, Feb.
Order for the transfer of stock belonging to John Thomas
1859, Feb.
Inventory of the Goods of [John Thomas]
1860, Oct. 29
Registration of the Will and Last Testament of Sarah M. Thomas
1861, Aug. 23
Verse entitled “Funeral Dirge”
1862-1866
Logbook of cruises made by the “Midge” (kept by Daniel M. Thomas)
1864, Jan. 1
Deed involving numerous members of the Hall Family
1867, May 2
Deed - Charles C. Stewart and his wife, Hannah M. Stewart, to Thomas I. Richardson, A. Murray Thomas, and T.J. Franklin
1867, May 27
Act to Incorporate the Trustees of the West River Quaker Burying Ground
1868, 1870
Diary kept by Daniel M. Thomas (records summer trip to White Sulphurs, and other resort areas)
1868-1882
Logbook No.4 of the yacht, “Midge” (compiled by her master, Daniel Thomas)
1872, April
Deed - Henrietta Glenn, John Glenn, and William Glenn to Maria Weems
1878, July 26-Sept. 28
Logbook kept by D. M. Thomas while aboard the “City of Richmond” (includes a passenger list)
1878, 1882, 1885
Logbook kept by Daniel Thomas while aboard the “City of Richmond”
c. 1920-1929
Scrapbook of newsclippings which relate to historic homes in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
n.d.
Indenture involving Daniel M. Thomas (fragment)
n.d.
James Cheston to John Thomas, Esq.
n.d.
“The Parting of the Jordan” by the Bishop of Rochester
n.d.
Misc. letters and fragments of letters
n.d.
Misc. Verse (untitled and dateless)
