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A Guide to Records of Ante-Bellum Southern
Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War 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
www.mdhs.org
Descriptive Summary
Account Book of Robert and Jacob Franklin, 1702-1901
MS 282
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
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Microfilm: Antebellum Southern Plantations, Reel 1 Jacob Franklin Accounts, 1702-1818, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, MS. 282 The earliest accounts in this book are those of Robert Franklin (d.1735). Accounts continue with those of Jacob Franklin (d. 1819). Records include farm and house accounts; births, marriages, and deaths in the Franklin family; and slaves owned by the Franklins with their births and deaths. Primary crops were wheat and tobacco, with livestock including beef, pork, and horses. Also noted are amounts of lumber sawn and the rental of houses. Introductory Materials. 2pp. 0001 Robert Franklin and Jacob Franklin, Account Book, 1702-1818. 53pp. 0054 Jacob Franklin, Accounts, 1761-1818. 15pp.
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