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Redwood Collection, 1828-1929, MS 676
Redwood Collection, 1828-1929
Maryland Historical Society
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Redwood Collection, 1828-1929 Contact Information:
Maryland Historical Society
Manuscripts Department
Maryland Historical Society Library
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
410.685.3750
Fax: 410.385.2105
library@mdhs.org
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Descriptive Summary
Redwood Collection, 1828-1929
MS 676
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Redwood Collection 1828-1919
Papers of George Buchanan Redwood (1888-1918), George Buchanan Coale (1819-1887), and John Greene Proud, Jr. (1814-1883) are in this collection.
George B. Coale's papers (1828-1863) contain letters to his brother, William Edward Coale, a naval surgeon, concerning the former's conversion to Swedenborgian beliefs; Baltimore banking, politics and social life in the 1840's; and a house being built by Robert Cary Long. There are also letters received by Coale from various correspondents during the Civil War.
George B. Redwood's papers include letters (1917-1918) from him to his mother, Mrs. Francis T. Redwood, and others; and letters to Mrs. Redwood after George was killed in France in 1918.
John Greene Proud's papers include a volume of poems (1832-1844) entitled Random Rhymes at Truant Times.
Container List
BOX 1 1828-1863 Letters to William E. Coale 1860-1882 Letters to George B. Coale BOX 2 1907-1908, 1917-1919 Letters to Mary Coale Redwood (Mrs. Francis T. Redwood) n.d. Poems - John Greene Proud, Jr. (one volume)
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