ABBOT, JULIA M., PAPERS, MS. 2209
Letters from Mrs. Julia M. Abbot of Frederick to Dr. S. S. Gibson about
Barbara Fritchie and her famous confrontation with Gen. Thomas J.
"Stonewall" Jackson during the Civil War.
5 items, 1909-17
ABELL PAPERS, MS.1083
Correspondence of Walter W. Abell with Arthur Cochrane of the College
of Arms in London, 1930-1933, concerning Abell genealogy. Also miscel-
laneous items on family genealogy.
c. 35 items, 1930-1933.
ABELL TELEGRAMS, MS.985
MS. copies of telegrams sent by George W. Abell, proprietor of A. S.
Abell Co., publishers of the Sunpapers, Baltimore, to A. S. Abell,
giving
news of the railroad strike of 1877 in Baltimore. One copy of a telegram
from E. T. Abell concerning the railroad strike.
1 box, 1877 (July).
ABERCROMBIE PAPERS, MS. 2295
Diaries written in 1868 by John Morrison Abercrombie (1842-1911)
and his wife, Elizabeth Daniel Abercrombie (1844-1907), during their
trip
to Europe for his health: the voyage on the steamship Berlin
from Baltimore
to Southampton, England; fellow passengers; weather; food; church ser-
vices; Southampton; the Isle of Wight; relatives James Netherclift
and
Lucy Fuller; castles; churches; museums; viewing Nelson's ship (the
Vic-
tory); a sea diver attempting to retrieve an iron chest; travels
to Rouen,
Paris, Geneva, and Bern; a cable car ride; a mountain climbing excursion;
Elizabeth's diary includes genealogical notes, 1866-1935, on the Nether-
clift, Daniel, Abercrombie, and Taylor families.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner of originals.
1 vol., 1866-1935
ABERCROMBIE PAPERS, MS.1
Correspondence of Dr. Ronald T. Abercrombie, Johns Hopkins Hospital
physician, requesting information on genealogy of Corbin, Winans, Scott,
Waters, Brown, Barclay, Gordon, and other families. Personal papers
of
Dr. Abercrombie.
6 boxes, 19th-20th centuries.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC SCRAPBOOKS, MS.977
37 scrapbooks deal with the Academy of Music, Baltimore, its students,
its
faculty, etc. Include newsclippings and miscellaneous material. No
volumes
for 1919-1920, 1928-1929.
37 vols., 1896-1930.
ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1499
Account book, 1877-1890, probably of a household in Baltimore; shows
gen-
eral expenses such as utilities, tuition, food, pew rents (Christ Church),
household upkeep, and repairs. Accounts received mainly from ground
rents. No details of family concerned are known.
1 vol., 1877-1890.
ACCOUNT BOOK COLLECTION, MS. 1688
Miscellaneous Maryland account books: daybook, 1827-29, of a grist
mill and cotton factory in Saint Mary's County with records of wages,
costs of raw cotton, and freight; cashbook, 1773-74, of a store, perhaps
located in Dover, Delaware or on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, showing
sales of hardware, furniture, rum, clothing, and ammunition; work book
of unknown canal including cost estimate for September 1837; printer's
ledger belonging to a G. Douglas, 1803-05; Annapolis daybook, 1787-89,
of Randall and Delozier, maintained by George Johnson, showing sales
of
food, clothing, building materials, and dry goods (lists Charles Willson
Peale as a customer).
1 box,1773-1837
ACKLAND ALBUM, MS.2
Album of verses inscribed to Miss Sarah Ackland by her friends.
1 vol., 1833-1834.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 1877.2
Two letterbooks, 1860s-70s, of Samuel Moor Shoemaker (1821-84), an
owner and officeholder in the Adams Express Company, with letters to
Adams Express Company agents, other businessmen, his partner, E. S.
Sanford, Henry Sanford, Harrison Phoebus, and Andrew Carnegie. Letters
comment on problems of the company, debts owed to Shoemaker, invest-
ments by Shoemaker and the company, and the 1873 financial panic.
Other records: a small group of loose letters and telegrams to Shoemaker
from company agents; bills, receipts, and vouchers, 1865-66.
1 box,1865-83
ADAMS, SIR THOMAS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, MS.1030
Biographical sketch of Sir Thomas Adams copied by George Lynn-Lachlan
Davis, 1860, from Biographia Britannica. Memoranda from Davis family
papers relating to the Maryland descendants of Sir Thomas Adams, includ-
ing the Claggett, Dorsey, Ridgely, and Chew families-their genealogies
and coats of arms. Eight loose clippings and notes about Bishop Claggett
and the above families.
1 vol. and 8 items, 1860.
ADAMS, SIR THOMAS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, MS.1630
Two nearly identical copies of a biographical sketch by George Lynn-
Lachlan Davis of his ancestor, Sir Thomas Adams. One volume was a copy
made for the author's nephew, Ignatius Thomas Davis, and the other
was
made for Albert Ritchie, also a nephew. Original sent as a gift to
the Prince
of Wales, 1860.
2 vols., 1859,1861.
ADAMS WHITE LEAD COMPANY RECORD BOOKS, MS.1608
Record book, 1873-1885, and account book, 1873-1881, of the Adams White
Lead Company, Baltimore. Record book has minutes of meetings of sub-
scribers, directors, etc.; statement of the condition of the company,
1884;
actions at the death, 1884, of S. M. Shoemaker, principal stockholder,
when
the patent rights were transferred to his son to secure the father's
investment
in the company. List of lead manufacturers with addresses, used for
advertis-
ing purposes. Letter to the Little Paint and Oil Company, Little Rock,
Arkansas, asking them to consider purchase of the company, and giving
as
reason for sale the death of S. M. Shoemaker, owner of two-thirds of
the
company and its patents.
2 vols., 1873-1885.
ADAMS WHITE LEAD COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 1877.3
Variety of materials relating to the manufacture and sale of white
lead
by the Adams White Lead Company, owned by Samuel Moor Shoemaker
(1821-84) and located in Baltimore. Correspondence, 1875-83, between
the company and representatives of firms in Cleveland, Detroit, Jersey
City, Omaha, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh: price quotations, orders,
complaints, product information, and requests for payments of debts;
stock certificate book, 1877-79; checkbooks, 1875-81; cancelled checks,
1868-69 and 1876-85; receipts, 1868-81; bills, 1876-88; orders, 1875-83;
promissory notes, 1872-82; account books, 1874-84; time sheets, 1877-83;
factory reports, 1877-81; an award received by the company from the
United States Centennial Commission, 1876; agreements between the
Adams White Lead Company and Sidney E. Locke, D. K. Tuttle, William
D. Waxter, and the Washington Lead Works.
6 boxes, 1868-86
ADDISON PAPERS, MS.3
Land grants, deeds, surveys, indentures, etc., of the Addison family
of
Maryland (Rev. Henry Addison, 1717-1789, and others), 1663-1906. Land
grants to Robert Groseman signed by Charles Calvert, c. 1675. Letters
of
Rev. Henry Addison, Henry A. Callis, Daniel Dulany, Jr., et al.
c. 200 items, 1663-1906.
ADDISON RECORD BOOK, MS.4
Volume containing copies of land transactions and other agreements
between Thomas Addison, Jr., and Rev. Henry Addison (1717-1789) of
Barnaby Manor and Little Gleaning in Prince George's County, Maryland.
1 vol., 1766-1768.
AIKEN LETTERS, MS.185
Letters to John Adams Aiken while a student at Phillips Academy, Andover,
and at Dartmouth, mainly from members of the family and personal
friends. Term reports and accounts of Aiken from Andover and Dartmouth.
Some personal letters to Aiken while a member of the Massachusetts
Legislature, to 1883.
1 box, 1865-1883.
AIKEN SCRAPBOOK, MS.5
Scrapbook of photographs, maps, sketches, etc., concerning Govans and
Waverly, Baltimore., dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of St. Mary's
Church, Govans, 1950, and the 50th Anniversary of the Woman's Club
of
Govans in the same year. Volume compiled by Virginia Jerome Aiken.
1 vol., 1950.
AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2038
Scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings, poems, photographs,
certificates, letters, and programs collected by Ingreet B. Weisheit
pertain-
ing to the Aircraft Warning Service during World War II: volunteers,
their training, and job details; information on installations in Maryland,
Virginia, and New York; the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps; volunteer
awards; celebrity visits (including Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker and golf
star
Bobby Jones); recruitment; advertisements using Aircraft Warning Center
settings; a copy of the volunteers' monthly magazine, Flash (July 1943);
Weisheit's identification card and certificate of honorable service.
1 vol., 1941-45
ALBERS, CHARLES F., PAPERS, MS. 2148
Officer (d. 1900) in the Fifth Regiment Infantry, Maryland National
Guard: notices of scheduled meetings; regimental and company orders;
excuses offered by his men for their absences; a letter from William
Dunlop
to Albers about the company's experience with camp life in Tampa,
Florida, 1898; a circular about business conducted at a meeting of
the
guard's board of officers, 1899; an undated book recording tests of
marks-
manship for the company.
15 items, 1889-99
ALDINE COLLECTION, MS.7
Collection of miscellaneous correspondence of Maryland figures, mainly
political, 1784-1938, named for the Aldine Bookstore, from which it
was
purchased. No other unifying factor to the collection. The largest
groups
of letters are from Philip Barton Key (to 1806 only), Levin Winder,
Theo-
dorick Bland, Ezekiel F. Chambers, Daniel Coit Gilman, Arthur Pue
Gorman.
2 boxes, c. 1784-1938.
ALEXANDER ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.11
Journal of Mark Alexander showing sales of general supplies to Baltimore
residents, 1756-1760. Volume with copies of invoices of cargoes
shipped to
Alexander from Boston (rum, foodstuffs, housewares, etc.), with accounts
of sales, 1773-1774. Costs of supplying the sloops Grampous
[sic] and
Nancy for voyages.
2 vols., 1756-1760, 1773-1774.
ALEXANDER, F. W., NOTEBOOK, MS.8
School notebook of F. W. Alexander on chemical, English, and literary
subjects. Some drawings.
1 vol., 1855-1856.
ALEXANDER, H. M., AARON BURR TYPESCRIPT, MS.9
Typescript of a work by Holmes Moss Alexander, published in 1937 by
Harper and Bros. as Aaron Burr: The Proud Pretender.
1 item, c. 1937.
ALEXANDER, JOHN H., PAPERS, MS. 2093
Correspondence of Maryland writer, cartographer, engineer, and sci-
entist (1812-67): letters from Alexander to Gov. William Grason submit-
ting a statistical report on the Maryland iron industry, 1840; Secretary
of
the Navy William A. Graham concerning an appointment to and the work
of a commission to study the use of condensers on marine engines, 1850-
51; Secretary of the Treasury George Harrington concerning weight
standards for gold and silver coins, 1864; Secretary of State William
H.
Seward about a suggested diplomatic appointment, 1864; a few business
letters and receipts; a Biographical Memoir of John Henry Alexander
by J. G.
Proud (Baltimore: William K. Boyle, 1868).
17 items, 1834-68
ALEXANDER PAPERS, MS.10
Correspondence, memoranda, official records, and personal items concern-
ing the interests and activities of John H. Alexander (1812-1867).
Included
are items concerning George's Creek Coal and Iron Company, weights
and
measures, maps and drawings, material for a treatise on levelling and
on
mathematical instruments. Paper on the history of metallurgy of iron,
1840.
Miscellaneous family material.
6 boxes, 1800-1883.
ALEXANDROFSKY AND THE CRIMEA VIEWS, MS.916.2
Photographs of The Crimea and Alexandrofsky, the homes
of Thomas
Winans of Baltimore. Alexandrofsky was on Baltimore and Hollins
Streets,
and The Crimea is now located in Leakin Park.
1 vol., 19th century.
ALLARD, THOMAS B., PAPERS, MS. 1953
Baltimore resident (1812-77): certificate of naturalization, 1833;
com-
mission and oath of allegiance as lieutenant colonel of the Baltimore
Light
Infantry Regiment of Maryland Volunteers, 1862; commission and oath
of allegiance as colonel of the Second Regiment of Maryland Volunteer
Infantry, 1862; certificates of administration of oaths required in
regard to
his commissions, 1862; diary of Allard with descriptions of the movements
of the Second Regiment of the Maryland Volunteer Infantry through
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee with
discussions of expenses, rations, weather, transportation of soldiers
and
supplies, defense of railroad depots, skirmishes and battles, and his
arrest,
trial, and resignation from the regiment, 1862-64.
6 items, 1833, 1862-64
ALLBRIGHT ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.12
Day book of John Allbright, Baltimore brickmaker, showing quantities
of
bricks supplied for construction work in the city.
1 vol., 1791-1808.
ALLEN, ETHAN, PAPERS, MS. 786.1
Volume of the Rev. Ethan Allen's (1797-1879) articles: theological
and
liturgical matters; educational interests; work on the history of the
Prot-
estant Episcopal church in Maryland; and the preservation of Maryland
public records. Mostly published in the Washington Theological Repertory
and
Churchman's Guide, Church Review, convention journals of the
Maryland
Diocese, and the Rev. William B. Sprague's Annals of the American
Pulpit.
1 vol., 1820-73
ALLEN, ETHAN, HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S PARISH, MS.13
Volume compiled by Rev. Ethan Allen (1797-1879) concerning the history
of St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County-organization, 1692, sketches
of
rectors and other personnel, later history and division of the parish.
Sum-
maries of the convention reports of the Episcopal Diocese. Two appendices
giving lists of taxables in St. Paul's Parish, 1774, from the sheriffs
records,
and the additions contained in Dr. West's list for 1786-1787.
1 vol., 1855.
ALLEN, ETHAN, OCCASIONAL SERMONS, MS.15
Volume entitled Occasional Sermons, containing forty sermons
delivered
by Rev. Ethan Allen before various organizations.
1 vol., 1823-1864.
ALLEN, ETHAN, SCHOOL DOCUMENTS, MS.14
Digest of educational legislation in Maryland, 1671-1860, compiled
by Rev.
Ethan Allen. Includes a list of educational institutions in the State.
1 vol., c. 1860.
ALLSTON ASSOCIATION RECORD BOOKS, MS.16
Records of the Allston Association, a group of Baltimoreans interested
in
literature and the fine arts, named for the artist, Washington Allston,
and
founded by Francis B. Mayer. Vol. 1 has constitution and signatures
of
members. Vol. 2, register of visitors, with addresses and names of
members
serving as sponsors, 1870-1875.
2 vols., 1870-1875.
AMELUNG CHANCERY CASE RECORDS, MS. 2227
Legal documents relating to the sale of real estate and John Frederick
Amelung's (ca. 1740-98) payments, both a result of the insolvency of
the
New Bremen Glass Manufactory located near Frederick, Maryland. Prin-
cipal persons involved include Amelung, John Frederick Magnus Ame-
lung, Abraham Faw, Peter Volkman, Samuel Moale, James Labes,
Thomas Johnson.
Microfilm only; location of originals unknown.
1 reel, 1785-96
AMELUNG COLLECTION, MS. 2242
Documents relating to the New Bremen Glass Manufactory owned and
operated by John Frederick Amelung (ca. 1740-98): petitions to the
United States Congress requesting financial aid and land, 1790; resurvey
grant for land in Frederick County, 1785; bill of complaint filed by
Abraham Faw against John Frederick Magnus Amelung, 1800.
Photocopies only; originals possibly located in the National Archives.
4 items, 1785-1800
AMELUNG PAPERS, MS.1543
Xerox copies of material collected by Mrs. W. R. Milford concerning
the
genealogy of the Amelung family from 1784. Letters on details of family
history, and on the founding of the New Bremen and Fredericktown glass
works, many from correspondents in Germany, 1952-1953.
c. 200 sheets, 1952-1953.
AMERICA LOG BOOK, MS.746
Journal of a cruise on the Baltimore privateer schooner America,
from
July 23, 1812, to November 26th of the same year. Entries by Captain
Richardson, Commander.
1 vol., 1812 (July-November).
AMERICAN PATENT ANCHOR COMPANY PAPERS, MS.17
Bound volume of stock certificates in the American Patent Anchor Company
of Baltimore, c. 1870. Stockholders included William De Gory and G.
C.
Pattison.
1 vol., c. 1870.
AMERICAN RED CROSS (BALTIMORE,CHAPTER) PAPERS, MS.1183
Correspondence relating to teaching and administration of first aid
classes
(Dr. J. Hall Pleasants was Director of Instruction, Baltimore Chapter,
American Red Cross). Expenditure sheets (salaries, food, etc.). Printed
instruction sheets. Two letters, March 14 and April 3, 1918, to Dr.
Pleasants, relating to discrimination against Americans of German origin.
c. 50 items, 1917-1919.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION, HISTORY, MS.685
Manuscript history of the American Revolution in Spanish, dated 1783,
authorship unknown. Entitled, Continuacion de Im Memorias Historicas
de
la Ultima Guerra con La Gran Bretana, Aflo 1776, 1777, 1778.
1 vol., 1783.
AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 2360
Baltimore-based copper smelting and refining company: general ledgers
containing a wide variety of accounts; copper receipts, 1887-1923;
shop
drawings and specifications for machinery and equipment, 1899-1926;
maps, plats, and plans of Canton Company property, Canton Railroad,
Canton Distilleries and Baltimore Copper Smelting and Rolling Company,
1887-1924; a photocopy of a letter from Thomas A. Edison, 1907, ordering
copper.
Register available. 29 vols., and 1 box, 1887-1926
ANACREONTIC SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS.1793
Baltimore music club: minutes, 1823-26; constitution, 1823; list of
members, 1823-24; financial records, 1820-24; and brief history of
the
club, 1820.
1 vol., 1820-26
ANDERSON, GEORGE M., COLLECTION, MS. 2092
Research done by George M. Anderson on Adalbert Johann Volck
(1828-1912), a Baltimore dentist and artist during the Civil War: letters
of Anderson concerning the life and work of Volck and about various
exhibitions of Volck's etchings with the Enoch Pratt Free Library,
the
Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of Fine
Arts, Peale Museum, Valentine Museum, the Maryland Historical Society,
and the Johns Hopkins University, 1932- 72; notes collected by George
M.
Anderson in preparation for the publication of his book, The Work
of
Adalbert Johann Volck, 1828-1912, Who Chose for His Name the Anagram
V.
Bleda (Baltimore: Privately published, 1970); notes about the
Wednesday
Club and the Charcoal Club, rough drafts of various parts of the book,
a
manuscript copy of the book, and newspaper clippings about Volck;
proposals and contracts from Schneidereith and Sons for the printing
of
Anderson's book; newspaper clippings concerning Volck and his work;
copies of a few Volck letters.
2 boxes, 1932-72
ANNAPOLIS CITY CORPORATION RECORDS, MS.20
Negative photocopies of records of the Corporation of the City of Anna-
polis, each volume indexed.
2 vols., 1757-1772.
ANNAPOLIS MAYOR'S COURT PROCEEDINGS, MS.19
Volumes of negative photocopies, one of the proceedings at the Mayor's
Court, Annapolis, 1720-1722, and a second of records of Annapolis land
deeds, 1722-1784.
2 vols., 1720-1784.
ANNAPOLIS PORT OF ENTRY RECORD BOOKS, MS.21
Vol. I contains a list of all ships entering the port of Annapolis,
with time of
entry, master's name, type of vessel, tonnage, armament, size of crew,
when
and where built and registered, name of owners, inventory of cargo,
etc.
Vol. 2 contains list of vessels leaving the port, with time of clearance,
full
details as in vol. 1, and destination. Entries made by Deputy Naval
Officers.
2 vols., 1756-1775.
ANNAPOLIS SURVEY CERTIFICATES, MS.18
Negative photostats of Liber TH No. 2 (original in office of Land Commis-
sioner, Annapolis). Show resurvey of Annapolis and appropriation of
lots
for various buildings-resurvey commissioned by a special act of the
Assembly, 1718.
2 vols., 1718-1725.
ANNAPOLIS TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION SCRAPBOOK, MS. 958
Comprehensive collection of clippings, programs, scripts, minutes,
etc., per-
taining to the celebration of the Tercentenary of the City of Annapolis
(1649-1949); collected and arranged by Sarah (Mrs. Henry) Robert,
Executive Director, Annapolis Tercentenary Commission.
1 vol., 1949.
ANNE ARUNDEL ACADEMY PAPERS, MS.23
Papers relating to Anne Arundel Academy, 1917-1918. Correspondence
to
and from Rev. C. W. Baldwin, President of the Board, concerning State
support for Anne Arundel Academy. Some letters of Governor Emerson
C.
Harrington, Senator J. Smith, Charles Linthicum, et al. Bills and receipts
for materials bought by the Academy and copies of acts concerning it.
c. 190 items, 1917-1918.
ANNE ARUNDEL CIRCUIT OF THE METHODIST PROTESTANT
CHURCH RECORDS, MS.25
Two volumes, 1844-1891 (bulk of material 1860-1890), contain lists
of mem-
bers at Holly Run, Brooklyn, Morley, White Marsh, and Severn parishes,
Anne Arundel County. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, lists
of
superintendents and assistants, names of Maryland Conference presidents,
with their dates of birth and death. Lists of ministers of the Maryland
Annual Conference from 1829. List of deaths of ministers of the Methodist
Protestant Conference, and lists of their marriages.
2 vols., 1844-1891.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY ALMS HOUSE MINUTE BOOKS,
MS.24
Records of proceedings of the Board of Trustees, regulations, accounts,
etc.,
of the Anne Arundel County Alms House.
2 vols., 1820-1871.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LAND DRAFTS, MS.26
Xerox and blueprint copies of material at the Land Office in Annapolis,
arranged alphabetically by the name of the tract concerned. Original
material is of varying dates. Date of compilation of volume not known.
1 vol., n. d.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LAND PAPERS COLLECTION MS. 2298
Plats, patents, grants, and deeds of Thomas Daniell, Ezekial, Amelia,
and Henry Gillis, John, Edward, and Nathan Dorsey, and Thomas and
George French; two letters concerning the address of Chester Mills
of
Queen Anne's County and the vacation of W. M. Lansdale of Bladensburg,
Maryland.
13 items, 1685-1792
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LAND RECORDS, MS.1164
Copies of wills, deeds, depositions, and court proceedings relating
to the
lands in Anne Arundel County, owned by the Brewer, Baldwin, Disney,
Maccubbin, and other families, 1690-1758.
1 vol., 1690-1758.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY RENT ROLL, MS.27
Rent roll of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with index, 1651-1774.
Early
entries are copies in an 18th century hand.
1 vol., 1651-1774.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY RENT ROLL, MS.28
Rent roll for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1753. Volume contains
the
bookplate of Henry Harford, dated 1779.
1 vol., 1753 (1779).
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SHERIFFS' ACCOUNTS, MS.29
Volume of accounts kept by sheriffs of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
1 vol., 1728-1742.
ANSPACH, TILMAN, AUTOGRAPH BOOK, MS. 2445
Autographs of Tilman Anspach's family in Bremen, Germany.
1 vol., 1793
ANTI-FEDERALIST PAPERS, MS.30
Depositions by principals and witnesses involved in the Anti-Federalist
Riots in Baltimore, 1813, especially concerning the destruction of
the
Federal Republican building. Witnesses include John Howard Payne,
Robert Cary Long, James Gittings, and forty others. These and some
others
later published in the Report of the Committee of Grievances
... Baltimore,
1813.
1 box, 1813.
ANTIETAM CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION SCRAPBOOK,
MS.942
Selected newspaper clippings from many states, mainly Maryland, concern-
ing plans for and events of the Antietam Centennial Commemoration and
Hagerstown Bicentennial Commemoration in the Hagerstown, Maryland,
area, August-September, 1962. Newspaper articles date from October,
1961-
September, 1962.
1 vol., 1961-1962.
APOTHECARY'S DAYBOOK, MS.32
Daybook showing sales of drugs, pills, and prescriptions to Baltimore
citizens. Indexed. Proprietor of business not known.
1 vol., 1854.
APOTHECARYS LEDGERS, MS.31
Apothecary's ledgers for years 1794-1795, 1801-1805, giving records
of pre-
scriptions and drugs provided for various customers in Harford County.
Several newsclippings pasted in over account pages.
2 vols., 1794-1795, 1801-1805.
ARCHER COLLECTION, MS.33
Letters from James J. Archer (1817-1864) of Rock Run, Harford County,
to his family. Subjects include his experiences in the Mexican War,
Indian
campaigns in Washington Territory, with descriptions of frontier life
and
politics. Many references to well-known army officers, specific campaigns
and raids, the Northwest Boundary Survey, etc. Later group of letters
is of
the Civil War period, when Archer served as a Confederate Brigadier
Gen-
eral, and was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. Letters
while a prisoner of war on Johnson's Island, Ohio, 1863-1864, the final
items
written within a week of Archer's death due to hardships suffered as
a
prisoner.
1 box, 1843-1864.
ARCHER, DR. ROBERT HARRIS, LEDGER, MS.1080
Ledger of Dr. Robert Harris Archer for 1804-1815 with accounts for
Balti-
more City, Cecil County. Shows purchases of land in Cecil County, 1805-
1815.
1 vol., 1804-1815.
ARCHER FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1920.1
Letters of Archer family members of Harford County and Texas.
Correspondents: John Archer (1806-89), Stevenson Archer (b. 1818),
Hannah Stump Archer, Thomas Archer, Dr. Robert Harris Archer (1 775-
1857), and Dr. George Washington Archer (1824-1907). Contents: west-
ward movement, physical surroundings, Indians, Mexicans, California
gold rush, conditions in the South after the Civil War, some Texas
towns.
Transcriptions only; originals at the University of Texas. Calendar
included with the collection.
1 box,1846-71
ARCHER, GEORGE W., COLLECTION, MS. 1678
Scrapbooks of notes, lectures, and articles on Harford County history:
county during the American Revolution; Benjamin and James Rumsey;
Thomas Cresap; Gunpowder Manor; York County, Pennsylvania. Family
letters and notes concerning Stephen Archer; a transcript of testimony
in
a court case involving the Susquehanna Power Company, in which George
W. Archer (1824-1907) served as attorney for the plaintiffs.
1 box,1859-91,1930
ARCHER, GEORGE W., TEXAS COLLECTION, MS. 1686
Manuscript copy of Archer's (1824-1907) novel, More Than She Could
Bear: A Story of the Gachupin War in Texas, A.D. 1812-13 (Philadelphia:
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1872) published under the pseudonym
"Hesper Bendbow" and a scrapbook of Texas history.
1 box,ca.1870-72
ARCHER, JOHN JR., SURGICAL NOTES, MS. 1650
"Manuscript Lectures on Surgery delivered by Philip Syng Physick
M.D., Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania," compiled
by Archer (1777-1830).
1 vol., 1804
ARCHER LEDGERS, MS.1502
Four medical ledgers-vol. 1, "Ledger F," kept by Dr. John Archer, 1786-
1795. Three remaining volumes kept by his sons, all of whom were doctors,
1815-1823, 1840-1846, 1842-1852-the second probably by John Archer,
Jr.,
and the last by Robert Harris Archer. The family were residents of
Harford
County, Maryland.
4 vols., 1786-1852.
ARCHER-MITCHELL-STUMP-WILLIAMS FAMILY PAPERS MS. 1948
Prominent and related families of Harford and Cecil Counties whose
members include Congressman and Judge Stevenson Archer (1 786-1848);
Judge Frederick Stump (1835-1901); Dr. James Archer (1779-1815);
Congressman and Dr. George Edward Mitchell (1781-1832); lawyer and
Congressman Stevenson A. Williams (1851-1932); and naval surgeon Dr.
Lewis J. Williams (1819-1888), who served under Commodore Matthew
C. Perry and in the Civil War. Papers: family and business correspondence;
biographical sketches and family genealogies; newspaper clippings;
scrap-
books; drawings; photographs; wills; land and estate records; account
books; receipts; bonds; agreements; indentures; legal commissions,
opin-
ions, and notes on cases; medical records; accounts of naval cruises
and
naval medical administration. Topics: family news; religion; education;
legal profession; local history; politics and presidential campaigns;
the
Revolutionary War; the War of 1812; the Mexican War; the civil wars
in
the United States and China; descriptions of Africa, Central America,
and
Asia; United States foreign relations and trade; slave trade and race
relations; Maryland flour and iron industry and general merchandising.
Register available. See also Barbara S. Murray, "The Archer-Mitchell-
Stump-Williams Family Papers (MS. 1948)," Maryland Historical Magazine
68 (Fall 1973): 330-32.
23 boxes and 2 items, 1712-1926
ARCHER SILVER MINE COLLECTION, MS. 2421
Correspondence of an owner of a silver mining operation in Presidio
County, Texas including personal information about the Archer, James,
and Spencer families. Correspondents include George Washington Archer
(1824-1907), Osceola Archer (fl. 1879), Stevenson Archer (b. 1818),
J. W.
Spencer (fl. 1883), and W. H. W. James (fl. 1886).
7 items, 1879-91
ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND, PHOTOSTATS AND TRANSCRIPTS,
MS.1172
Main part of collection is photostats of material, 1659-1676, from
the
Archives of Maryland. Includes Provincial Court Proceedings,
1665-1676;
Chancery Proceedings, Council Minutes, 1659; Provinciall Booke,
1666-1673,
with entries of writs. Correspondence concerning the publication of
the
Archives of Maryland, 1848. Editor's copy of Archives of
Maryland Calendar
and Report, vol. 1. Two galleys of vol. 65 of the Archives,
Provincial Court
Proceedings, 1670. Two bundles of manuscript transcripts of Proceedings
of
Council, 1687-1693, and Colonial Papers, printed in the Archives,
vols. 5
and 8.
1 box and 12 bundles, 1659-1951.
ARMIGER, GEORGE JONES, COLLECTION, MS. 1928
Papers related to Seaman George Jones Armiger (1899-1918) and the
disappearance of the U.S.S. Cyclops en route from the Caribbean
to
Baltimore in 1918: biographical information on Armiger; newspaper
clippings speculating on the ship's fate; certificates of recognition
for
Armiger.
5 items, 1918-38
ART LOAN EXHIBITION BOOK, MS.35
Volume of minutes of meetings of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore,
January 23-March 17, 1902, Waldo Newcomer, Secretary. Minutes con-
cern the Art Loan Exhibition.
1 vol., 1902.
ART LOAN EXHIBITION PAPERS, MS.1185
Correspondence concerning the Art Exhibition at the Fifth Regiment
Armory, March 3-29, 1902 (Waldo Newcomer, Secretary to the Committee
in charge of the Exhibition). Published guide entitled Art Loan
Exhibition
under the Auspices of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore. Fifth
Regi-
ment Armory, March 3-29.
c. 60 items and 1 vol., 1902 (January-March).
ARUNDELL CLUB RECORDS, MS.36
Records of the Arundell Club, formed to provide a center for women's
intellectual activities, include membership lists, yearbooks, accounts
of dues,
expenses, etc. Material on the Arundell Good Government Club, Baltimore,
a subsidiary organization.
2 boxes, 1894-1952.
ASCENSION CHURCH OF BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS.37
Two volumes of records pertaining to the Ascension Church of Baltimore,
and Prince of Peace Church, Walbrook, Baltimore (later merged). Vestry
minutes, 1838-1851. Register of members of parish, communicants, baptisms,
marriages, confirmations, burials, and offerings, 1855-1860.
2 vols., 1838-1860.
ASSOCIATE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MINUTE BOOK, MS. 2248.5
Board of trustees of this Baltimore church: establishment of the board;
financial matters; relations with associated churches; erection of
memorial
windows; social events.
1 vol., 1900-26
ASSOCIATED FRIENDS OF IRELAND IN THE
CITY OF BALTIMORE RECORDS MS. 1830
Proceedings, constitution, membership and officer list of the Irish
Eman-
cipation Society of Maryland, 1828-29, succeeded by the Associated
Friends of Ireland in the City of Baltimore, 1831-35.
1 vol., 1828-29, 1831-35
ASSOCIATED REFORMED CHURCH OF
BALTIMORE-FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF
BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS. 1742
Two congregations merged in 1900 as the Associated Congregational
Church. Associated Reformed Church: two volumes of ledgers listing
pew
rents, 1830-88;journal, 1824-45; cashbook, 1846-64; folder of miscella-
neous accounts of pew rents and promissory notes, 1880-84, 1887, and
1893-95; two volumes of registers, 1851-1900; two volumes of session
minutes, 1848-99; records of trustees' and congregational meetings,
1829-
85; act of incorporation, 1803; constitution, 1829. First Congregational
Church: one volume of memberships, 1865-91; one volume of registers,
1892-1900; two volumes of meetings' records, 1865-92, one including
the
constitution (1866), by-laws (1869), and an historical sketch of the
church.
6 boxes, 1803, 1824-1900
ASSOCIATION AGAINST PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
CLIPPINGS, MS.1544
Mounted clippings and advertisements of the Association Against Prohibi-
tion Amendment, 1916.
c. 850 items, 1916.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR MINUTES, MS.39
Minutes of the managers of the 11th ward, Association for the Relief
of the
Poor, led by Charles Howard. Deal with appointment of visitors, collectors
of funds, purchases of wood, etc.
1 vol., 1849-1850.
ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.40
Constitution, by-laws, and roll of association of Maryland citizens
who
volunteered their services in the Mexican War, with accounts of beneficial
society.
1 vol., 1849-1857.
ASSOCIATION OF THE DEFENDERS OF 1814 RECORDS, MS. 1812.1
Receipts, financial statements, reports of the secretary and treasurer,
and some letters of this patriotic organization.
50 items, 1865-72
AULD-COOPER PAPERS, MS.1186
Exercise copybook of letters of Ann, John, and Rosanna Auld to and
from
their parents. Accounts and insurance policies, etc., mainly relating
to Hugh
A. Cooper, especially in connection with the ship John Clark,
owned by
Cooper and Samuel Butler. Miscellaneous items.
20 items, c. 1769-1868.
AULICK EXPEDITION PAPERS, MS.1187
Copies of five documents relating to Commodore John Henry Aulick's
expe-
dition to procure a treaty from the Emperor of Japan-President Fillmore's
letter to the Emperor; Aulick's commission; his instructions from Secretary
of State Daniel Webster; a letter from Webster to Secretary of the
Navy
William A. Graham, and George L.-L. Davis's paper on The Origin
of the
late Japan Expedition. Aulick's instructions antedated Perry's
but he was
recalled and Perry sent instead.
5 items, 1851-1857.
AUTOGRAPH AND ENGRAVING COLLECTION, MS. 1941
Collection of letters, documents, and autographs of persons renowned
for their political, scientific, military, and literary achievements
including
James Monroe, Robert Fulton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert E. Lee,
Napoleon Bonaparte, and Queen Victoria. Each item is accompanied by
a portrait which has been removed to the Prints and Photographs Division.
Register available.
66 items, l7th-20th centuries (primarily 19th)
AUTOMOBILE SCRAPBOOK, MS.1060
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, etc., relating to early automobile
con-
struction in Baltimore, 1905-1908. Centers around the activities of
Howard
W. Gill and Arthur Stanley Zell.
1 vol., 1905-1908.
AVIATION ALBUMS, MS.704
Two scrapbooks on early aviation in Maryland, collected by Charles
F.
Elvers, builder of Maryland's first plane, 1909. Newsclippings, photographs,
etc., on aviation history in general and on Maryland in particular
(Howard
Gill, the first Marylander to fly, and the Glenn L. Martin airplane
factory).
Album of photographs of Glenn L. Martin planes presented to Dr. Elvers,
c. 1940, by the Glenn L. Martin Company.
3 vols., c. 1904-1940.