DAIRY COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1166
Ledger of Baltimore County dairy company operating Garrettsville, Upper
Roods, and Salem Dairies, dating from 1893-1899. Volume shows profits,
expenses, and produce (milk, butter, meat, etc.); gives end of month
state-
ments; includes mention of vegetables, rice, flour, and other foodstuffs.
1 vol., 1893-1899.
D'ALESANDRO, JR., THOMAS, PAPERS, MS. 1843
Papers of this Baltimore politician and former mayor (b. 1903): photo-
graphs and printed ephemera related to his career; letters requesting
favors
and his responses, 1958-69; undated resolution urging D'Alesandro to
run
for the United States Senate.
3 boxes, 1940-69
DALLAM PAPERS, MS.1250
Major groups in this collection are letters from Francis J. Dallam
from
Nashville, Tennessee, on conditions in this country, 1804-1809; Richard
B.
Dallam and other members of the family on life in Kentucky and later
in
St. Louis, Missouri, 1814-1853; John Donnell's instructions to Griffin
Stith
for voyage to Batavia, 1820-1824, with data on East Indian coffee trade;
Stith's letters from Smyrna, 1826-1838, giving picture of Mediterranean
commerce. Lesser groups include Richard Dallam of Harford County,
Maryland, on business conditions and public affairs, including the
alleged
Burr conspiracy, 1806-1807. Francis J. Dallam's memorandum book and
diary with comments on Nashville social life, fights, and fires, 1806-1807;
Richard B. Dallam and William S. Dallam on Kentucky lands, 1809-1812;
Francis M. Dallam on Kentucky politics, 1812-1814; inventory of Josias
W.
Dallam's goods, January 20, 1821. Francis J. Dallam's diary of a trip
to
Saratoga Springs, New York, 1827. Thomas Yeatman on Andrew Jackson
and national politics, October 10, 1828. John Chaincey on life in Missouri
and the Mormons there, 1834. Thorowgood Stith from Smyrna, October
30,
1834, on life there and on British and U. S. naval movements. James
B.
Dallam from United States Anny posts in Florida, 1838-1839. H. Clay
Dallam as a student at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1848.
Francis J. Dallam's memorandum on Andrew Jackson and the alleged Burr
conspiracy, n. d.
491 items, 1792-1866, and n. d.
DALRYMPLE NOTEBOOK, MS.277
Commonplace book of Rev. Edwin A. Dalrymple, Baltimore Episcopal
clergyman, containing essays prepared while at Theological Seminary
of
Virginia. Notes on readings and lectures. In front of volume is a list
of
youths instructed by Dalrymple at Fairfax Institute, near Alexandria,
Virginia, during same period.
1 vol., 1840-1855.
DALTON PAPERS, MS.1251
Photostat copies of six land deeds-Daniel Stansbury of Anne Arundel
County, 1763 and 1764; Henry Hall of Baltimore County, 1671; Samuel
Dorsey of Anne Arundel County, 1771; William Slade of Baltimore County,
1694; Thomas Richardson of Anne Arundel County, 1671. Deeds were col-
lected by J. C. Dalton of Maryland.
6 items, 1671-1771.
DAMBMANN, C. F., LEDGER, MS. 1670
Private ledger and journal of C. F. Dambmann and Company, New
York importers of yarn goods: merchandise accounts; interest; stocks;
profits and losses; inventories; closing entries and trial balances.
Many of
the transactions concern the distribution of the estate of C. F. Dambmann
(d. ca. 1872) to his sons George and Charles F. A. Dambmann.
1 vol., 1867-80
DANEKER, WILLIAM H., PAPERS, MS.1252
Civil War letters of Lieutenant William H. Daneker, Company A, 9th
Maryland Volunteers, from Camp Lockwood, Maryland Heights, and Old
Point Comfort, Virginia, mainly to his parents. Official forms and
returns,
invitations, advertisements, etc. Bank notes and receipts of William
H.
Daneker.
c. 55 items, 1863-1864, 1876.
DANEKER, WILLIAM HENRY, PAPERS, MS. 1705
Baltimore and Woodberry, Baltimore County resident: poems and
school exercises from the Male Central High School in Baltimore, 1858;
bookkeeping ledger of Evans, Peters and Company, 1852-61; daybook of
William H. Daneker and Company, Baltimore, commission merchants,
1852, with business connections in Baltimore, Saint Louis, and Cincin-
nati-entries for food, clothing, and steamboat insurance; daybook ac-
counts for Daneker consisting of flour, tea, sugar, and tobacco, 1853;
accounts of the Exeter Sunday School of Baltimore, 1858-62; letters
from
Daneker with comments on the course of the Civil War, 1862; Civil War
pay accounts of the Ninth Maryland Volunteers, 1863-64; letters from
W.
F. Mitchell to Maj. W. S. Downer about military supplies, 1861-65;
clothing bills of Thomas McCormick, 1861-65; rent receipts from Wood-
berry home owned by Daneker, 1867-69.
Pedley, 425 1 box,1852-89
D'ARCY, MRS. JOHN N., ACCOUNT BOOK, MS. 2327
Accounts of household expenses of wife (1793-1857) of Baltimore mer-
chant: dairy; meat and produce; clothing; wages for servants; money
spent
on children.
1 vol., 1831-35
DARLINGTON ACADEMY MINUTE BOOK, MS.276
Records of the Darlington Academy, Harford County, incorporated March
30, 1836. Include Trustees' journal, 1835-1885; accounts, 1841-1842;
con-
tributions, 1841-1842, and general information on the beginning of
the
academy. Treasurers' records, 1876-1881, and a few newspaper clippings
involving accounts of the school and of the Darlington Civic Association.
1 vol., 1835-1937.
DARNALL, ROBERT, LEDGER, MS.272
Ledger of Robert Darnall of Poplar Hill, Maryland, has cash accounts
with
many persons in Prince George's County and Washington, D. C., including
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Daniel Carroll, Notley Young, Benedict
Calvert. Transactions with Robert Sewall, Darnall's brother-in-law.
1 vol., 1787-1821.
DASHIELL COLLECTION, MS. 1804
Registers and official recordings of meetings and names of the members
of Stepney Parish, Protestant Episcopal Church, Somerset County: parish
decisions to collect money for church repairs; recommendation of parish
rector, Joshua Reece, for priesthood, 1799; signatures of the members
of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland, Stepney Parish, 1799;
a list
of signatures of professing Christians at Stepney Parish, 1809-1812,
1820-
22, and 1833; deed for sale of land in Broad Creek, Delaware, 1804;
a
letter of E. Isaac W. K. Handy to George Riall discussing the Handy
family and expressing thanks for the use of Stepney Parish records,
1866;
a letter of Benjamin Dashiell to C. M. Dashiell about the first register
of
Somerset Parish (1678), 1932.
7 items, 1799, 1804, 1808-12, 1820-22, 1833, 1866, 1932
DAUGHERTY BANK BOOK, MS.1106
Bank book, 1871-1888, of John B. Daugherty of Dublin, Maryland. Book
is of Cecil National Bank, and shows deposits and withdrawals, and
addressees of checks. At back of volume are dimensions of lots of land,
ongins unknown.
1 vol., 1871-1888.
DAVIDSON ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.281
Business records of John and Samuel Davidson, Annapolis merchants.
Ledger, 1780-1783, includes accounts with Archibald Buchanan, Benedict
Calvert, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Sim
Lee,
Edward Lloyd, Robert Morris, William Paca, William Smallwood, and with
local businessmen Ralph Bassill, John Ball, George Mann, John Shaw.
Indi-
vidual accounts of John and Samuel Davidson contain many items shedding
light on the social history of Annapolis at this period. Daybook, 1784-1785,
lists purchases and their prices. Ledger, 1787-1795, has accounts of
cargoes,
merchants, and house expenses. Daybook, 1791-1794 (part missing).
Ledger, Mrs. Eleanor Davidson, 1795-1805, includes many store expenses.
2 boxes, 1780-1805.
DAVIDSON PAPERS, MS.1253
Business correspondence of James, John, and Samuel Davidson with mer-
chants in Rotterdam, Oxford, Maryland, and Cambridge, Maryland. Con-
cerns shipment of and payment for merchandise.
20 items, 1780-1813.
DAVIDSON RECORDS, MS. 1915
Copy of originals in the Maryland Historical Society (Pedley, 429):
two
daybooks listing purchases and prices, 1784-75 and 1791-94; three ledgers,
1780-83, of accounts with Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Thomas Sim
Lee,
William Paca, William Smallwood, and other prominent Marylanders,
1787-95, for cargoes, merchants, and house expenses; 1795-1805 ledger
of
Mrs. Eleanor Davidson including many store expenses. Copy of the
originals at the Library of Congress: a ledger of John Davidson (1738-94)
and possibly Samuel at the Davidson store in Annapolis, 1780-87, with
accounts of John Beale Bordley, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll of
Carrollton; a letterbook of Samuel Davidson, 1789-1809, with letters
from
Georgetown, Maryland, to business associates Archibald Moncrief, Alex-
ander Donald, Robert Peter, and several merchants abroad about prices,
shipping, and the collection of debts; letters of introduction and
a few
letters to the Commissioners for the City of Washington.
2 reels (nos. 737-38), 1780-1809
DAVIS ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1031
Record of sales of apothecary's supplies, Baltimore, ? by Robert Davis,
to
individuals, businesses, Penn Institute for the Blind, and the Foster
Home.
Rear of volume has pencilled copies of miscellaneous poems, etc.
1 vol., 1845-1847.
DAVIS, ALLEN BOWIE, LETTERS, MS.1511
Collection of letters of the Allen Bowie Davis family of Montgomery
County, Maryland, 1855-1904. Letters written to and by Allen Bowie
Davis,
his wife, Hester, daughters, Mary, Esther, and Rebecca, and son, W.
Wilkins
Davis. In addition there are 19 tributes to Allen Bowie Davis after
his
death in 1889, and 41 items addressed to Rebecca Davis from friends,
1862-
1904, a few from the Episcopal Church in Baltimore. 46 items from son,
W.
Wilkins Davis, to his family while a pupil at St. James's College (now
St.
James's School), 1858-1861, give a picture of the school. The letters
from
Allen Bowie Davis to his children contain references to the Civil War,
etc.
178 items, 1855-1904.
DAVIS, ALLEN BOWIE, PAPERS, MS.285
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Wilkins, Glenn, and Davis families.
Early items include family letters and deeds. Later material is poetry,
diaries of Mrs. Mary Wilkins Davis. Typescript article on Greenwood,
the
Davis family home in Montgomery County (10 pp.), by Mary Dorsey Davis.
Typescript (13 pp.) by Roger Brooke Farquhar on Allen Bowie Davis,
1930.
2 boxes, 1825-1932.
DAVIS COLLECTION, MS.1581
Real estate transfers for Towson, Baltimore County, 1862-1863. Real
estate
transfer book for Baltimore County, 1857. Baltimore County Court Docket,
March Term, 1856. Related complaints and warrants.
7 items, 1856-1863.
DAVIS, DAVID P., PAPERS, MS.232
Unindexed papers of the Davis, Cox, Cruikshanks, and related families
of
Cecil County, Maryland. Legal diaries of Nathaniel Cox, 1883-1887.
Farm
diaries of David P. Davis, 1865-1882, and family accounts, 1863-1947.
Personal diaries of Maria L. Davis, 1918-1941. Correspondence of various
members of the above families. Numerous accounts and other materials
relating to St. Stephen's Church and Chapel, N. Sassafras Parish.
13 vols., 1 box, 1794-1949.
DAVIS, ELIZABETH HUNTER, PAPERS, MS. 2043
Daily diaries, 1920-59, with gaps from 1930-39 and 1950-54: daily
activities of a resident of Roland Park in Baltimore and after 1922
as the
wife of an army officer, Thomas Meredith Hunter; journals of two trips
she took to Europe with her first husband, Robert Clinton Cole, 1911-13.
7 vols., 1911-59
DAVIS, HENRY WINTER, PAPERS, MS.286
Manuscript autobiography of Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), covering
his early life in Annapolis, Kenyon College, and the University of
Virginia.
Letter from A. Lincoln, March 18, 1863, "not for publication," stressing
importance of agreement among those U. S. Representatives supporting
the
Union, with regard to election of House Speaker.
1 box, 1817-1863.
DAVIS, JOHN LEDGER, MS. 1475
By John Davis of Cecil County: labor, taxes, sales of corn and wheat,
and some cotton accounts for 1868; a detailed inventory of the estate
of
James Round of Worcester County, 1774; notes on British activity in
Cecil
County, 1777; a song dedicated to George Washington.
1 vol., 1750-1781, 1868
DAVIS JOURNALS, MS.186
Vol. 1, dated Hagerstown, 1846-1848, mainly contains religious reflections,
and was presented by John Davis in 1855 to his niece, Elizabeth Whitelock.
Vol. 2 is autobiography of John Davis, 1849-1851, Hagerstown, and was
presented to his youngest son, Charles Whitelock Davis.
2 vols., 1846-1851.
DAVIS PAPERS, MS.1063
Short history of the Davis family. Family letters. Bulletin from the
com-
mencement exercises, Cathedral School of St. Paul, 1892. Essay, Life
at an
army post, c. 1891, by John Staige Davis. Essay, A United States Military
Hospital, by John Staige Davis (required essay in the military science
course at Yale). Letters concerning Davis family tree, and efforts
to trace
it, mainly addressed to John Staige Davis. Revolutionary war records
of
W. B. Davis, many other miscellaneous letters, and a few newspaper
clippings.
1 box, c. 1800-c. 1933.
DAVIS PAPERS, MS.1254
Miscellaneous Charles County land papers collected by B. H. Davis,
includ-
ing deeds, patents, plats, with several references to an estate called
Bach-
elor's Hope. Frequent signers are Luther Murdock, Raphael Bourman,
and
G. F. Dunnington.
15 items, 1687-1840.
DAVIS, REBECCA D., DIARY, MS. 2111
Young woman (1843-1921) from Brookeville, Montgomery County:
comments on family life; notes and letters from her brother, William
Wilkins Davis, mentioning Indians in Minnesota; letters from Henrietta
Steuart about the capture of Gen. George Steuart at the battle of Gettys-
burg; letters from Annie Disosway about the murder of William Disosway
at Williamsburg, Virginia; relates reactions to contact with troops
moving
through Maryland, the imprisonment of cousin John Glenn and others
for
disloyalty, and politics.
Pedley, 432-33 1 vol., 1863-64
DAWKINS, WALTER IRELAND, DIARY, MS. 2105
Baltimore lawyer and Judge (1858-1936): Democrats; the theatre in
Baltimore- labor disputes; professional boxing; religion; nativism;
the
protective tariff; vaccines; young women; Dwight L. Moody and Ira
Sankey; Maryland Gov. Frank Brown; the Chicago World's Fair; states'
rights; whiskey drinking; ballooning; Grover Cleveland's 1892 presidential
victory; his law practice.
1 vol., 1892-93
DAY COLLECTION, MS.287
Papers of the Day family of Harford County include four notebooks of
genealogical material on the Day, Oldham, 00e, Walker, Youn and
other related families. Miscellaneous poetry. Day family material also
includes plats, deeds, and descriptions of land. Day wills in the collection
include those of John Y. and Rebecca Y. Day. Miscellaneous business
papers
and inventory of the estate of Lloyd Day, c. 1814.
5 vols., 1730-1907.
DAY PAPERS, MS.1255
Plats, deeds, and descriptions of land-Taylor's Mount, Taylor's Enlarge-
ment, Dixon's Chance, Nothingworth, in Harford County, owned by
Edward A. Day, William Y. Day, Lloyd Day, et al. Two pages of type-
script notes by W. B. Marye. Miscellanea-poetry, election tickets,
news-
paper clippings, etc. Folder of Day family wills, 1746-1801, and 1830-1907.
Hand drawn maps of areas in Baltimore County. Miscellaneous business
papers of Lloyd, Edward A., William Y., and John Orso Day, 39 items,
1805-1880. Inventory of Lloyd Day's estate, c. 1814. Constitution of
Mount
Ararat Lodge, #45, A. F. and A. M., 1822.
80 items, 1730-1907.
DAY, WILLARD GIBSON, COLLECTION, MS.1606
Commonplace book of Willard Gibson Day, n. d.; scrapbook of musical
events in Baltimore; sermons; article on Baltimore as a Manufacturing
City.
Letters to Mrs. Lucy Emerson [Farnsworth] Day, 1892-1898, and to rela-
tives in Ohio and Indiana. Remainder of collection relates to the numerous
inventions made by Day. Includes patents for electric food preservation,
1870-1893; material on Day's Electric Fire Alarm Company; letters to
Presi-
dent McKinley from the Germless Food Company, users of Day's electric
light process to sterilize food. Patent applications for electric signals,
musical
instruments, distilled liquors, and a device for detection of icebergs.
Miscel-
laneous material on inventions and on Day's Atomic Chart, 1897.
2 boxes, 1856-1913.
DE BLOK AND MOLIER ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.290
Ledger of Frangois de Blok and Henry Molier, Baltimore shippers, showing
general receipts and expenditures, accounts for voyages in the brig
Pelican
and other ships, produce and general merchandise account. Commodities
mentioned include tobacco.
1 vol., 1794-1795.
DE BULLET PAPERS, MS.1256
Official French documents relating to the De Bullet family coat of
arms.
9 items, 1817-1847.
DEBUTANTE YEARBOOK, MS. 2117
Newspaper clippings, photographs, announcements about entertain-
ments in honor of the 1909 Baltimore debutantes, compiled by Mary
Hernsworth Crawford.
1 vol., 1909-10
DE DRUSINA, RIDDER & CLARK ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.293
journal of this merchant firm at Elkridge Landing, Maryland, shows
sales of
cloth, household articles, and staple groceries to various customers
in the
vicinity of Baltimore.
1 vol., 1786-1793.
DEER CREEK CLUB MINUTES, MS. 1680
Agricultural club, probably located in Deer Creek, Harford County:
agricultural discussions and the membership roll.
1 vol., 1875-77
DEER CREEK IRON COMPANY ACCOUNTS, MS.288
Cash books of the Deer Creek Iron Company, Harford County, giving full
details of receipts and expenditures.
2 vols., 1836-1856.
DEER CREEK WORKS POST OFFICE RECORD BOOK, MS.234
List of destinations of and charges for postage on all mail sent from
Deer
Creek Works.
1 pkg., 1838-1842.
DEFENCE RECORDS, MS.289
Volume containing records of the ship Defence, commissioned 1776 for
the defense of Baltimore. Includes dimensions of the ship, names of
crew,
and lists of equipment. Volume was compiled by Philip D. Laird in 1896
from papers in the Land Office of Maryland.
1 vol., 1896.
DEFENSE OF BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS. 2304
Purchase orders, receipts, payroll lists, and pay vouchers for the
defense
costs of Baltimore, 1813-14, borne by the municipal government and
citizens: technical data on the boom used to protect the entrance to
the
harbor; accounts for outfitting, manning, and supplying of the gun
barges;
depositions for the merchant vessels commandeered and sunk to block
the
entry to the harbor.
Microfilm only; originals in RG 217, National Archives.
3 reels (nos. 1447-49), 1813-14
DEFORD, BENJAMIN, PAPERS, MS. 2095
Letters from John Witherow and others of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
to Deford (1799-1870) and his leather company: shipment of leather
goods; payment; incidental references to weather and crops.
18 items, 1835-1917
DEFORD BUSINESS PAPERS, MS. 1964
Business and personal papers of leather dealers and commission mer-
chants Benjamin Franklin Deford (1836-97), his brother Thomas, and
partner George L. Hoffman: civic and military responsibilities assumed
by the Defords such as B. F. Deford's service on the Baltimore Police
Board, involvement as board member and financial contributor to the
House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, financial
support to the Johns Hopkins University, and his and Thomas's enrollment
in the Maryland militia; receipts and correspondence about stock shares,
credit, loans, orders, accounts, vehicle licensing, and property, bond
and
loyalty oath pass, 1862, enabling B. F. Deford to leave the city, and
a
provost marshal's pass, 1863, enabling him to take a team to Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania; receipts for clothing, accessories, jewelry, furniture,
house-
hold items, tobacco, liquor, supplies, rent, taxes, and medical, repair,
and
labor services.
1 box,1854-1918
DE LA ROCHE PAPERS, MS.1257
Collection of material of this Philadelphia and Baltimore family. Includes
letters of Captain George F. F. de la Roche in Bordeaux to his mother
in
Philadelphia, 1805. Bertha de Lutzow in Berlin to George F. F. de la
Roche
(cousin), 1825. Elzina de la Roche to granddaughter, 1835. Correspondence
of Elzina M. M. [de la Roche] Frailey with a friend, and with her husband,
Major G. C. Frailey. Translation of a letter of Baron Leon de Lutzow
to
his cousin, George F. F. de la Roche, giving the genealogical connection
between the two families. Letters of George F. F. de la Roche to his
son,
William, a machinist with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Wheeling,
Virginia, 1859. Correspondence of Elzina Frailey and her brother, William,
1864. Death notice of Marie-Louise-Berthe Dondut, nee Salis, 1870.
20 items, 1780-1864, 1870.
DE LA ROCHE PAPERS, MS. 2235
Two letters, 1807 and 1821, written by George de la Roche (1791-1861)
while in Baltimore and Philadelphia to his mother, Madame de la Roche
in France, about his health and that of his family, the outbreak of
influenza
in Philadelphia, his activities, his thoughts about leaving the United
States
Navy to enter the merchant service; a poem written by de la Roche,
1803,
and his obituary notice, 1861; a letter, 1853, from Henry Greenleaf
to his
mother, Mrs. Patrick Greenleaf, in which he describes the happiness
of his
recent marriage; a letter from Georgie Greenleaf, 1863, to her aunt
which
contains family news.
6 items, 1807-63
DE LA ROCHE, GEORGE, JOURNAL, MS. 1715
Log of the ship Ploughboy by de la Roche (I 790-186 1) on a voyage
from
Guadeloupe to Bordeaux, 1802; a letter by John Beale Bordley, July
1803,
describing medical treatments used in Maryland.
1 vol., 1802-03
DELPHIAN CLUB PAPERS, MS.284
Six volumes of the Delphian Club proceedings, and stories and poems
with
watercolor sketches. One bundle of folio sheets with abbreviated transcrip-
tions by Dr. John Didier Readel, Secretary, without illustrations.
Folder of
papers prepared for meetings of the club, including papers read, essays
and verses, and miscellaneous correspondence.
6 vols., 1 pkg., and 1 folder, 1816-1825.
DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOK, MS.291
Minute book of the Democratic City Convention Committee, Committee
of Law and Order, October, 1856 (formed to restore order in Baltimore
after election riots, maintain suffrage rights for all qualified voters,
etc.).
Shows action taken to procure military protection at time of presidential
election in 1856 when the police force was inadequate-resolutions signed
by prominent Baltimoreans who were members of the committee.
1 vol., 1856 (October).
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE SCRAPBOOKS, MS.292
One scrapbook includes clippings dealing with the Baltimore election
of
1885, taken from daily papers of September 15-November 7, compiled
by John Thomas Scharf, Secretary. Second volume relates to Democratic
State Central Committee and 1899 campaign.
2 vols., 1885-1899.
DENISON PAPERS, MS.1258
Collection of miscellaneous items of the John B. Pearce family and
the
Denison family, 1798-1917. Pearce family material includes commissions
and business papers, 1830-1848, and the Denison family papers include
land deeds, stock certificates, pension material, and passports.
68 items, 1798-1917.
DENISON RECORD BOOK, MS.297
Volume with MS. copies of legal documents relevant to the estates of
Marcus
and Andrew W. Denison. Includes will of Marcus Denison, inventories,
orders for sale of property, lists of debts, releases by beneficiaries.
1 vol., 1875-1880.
DENMEAD GAME RECORDS, MS.1561
Description of summer trip to Colorado made by Talbott Denmead, with
comments on points of interest, fishing, and grouse shooting, 1901
(2 vols.).
Notebooks recording fish caught, game killed, giving number, size,
species,
place of action, etc., with some photographs and newspaper clippings,
1903
-1963 (6 vols.). Folder with typescript Guide to the policies of the
Maryland
Game and Fish Commission and a paper on Legal Procedure in Law
Enforcement of the Game and Inland Fish Commission., by Talbott Den-
mead, 1948.
9 vols., 1901-1963.
DENMEAD, TALBOTT, COLLECTION, MS.1262
Collection of papers and correspondence concerned with guns and gun
makers, dealing primarily with hammerless shotguns from 1932. Collection
made by Talbott Denmead. Catalog of Clark & Sneider, Baltimore
gun
makers, 1878. Copy of an article by Talbott Denmead, The Original Ham-
merless, from Sports Afield, 1932.
30 items, 1878-1964.
DENNING, S. H. CLIFTON, LETTERBOOK, MS. 1669
Letterpress copybook of agent for the American Bicycle Company,
Rambler Sales Division. Business letters written while in York, Pennsyl-
vania, 1900-02; Wilmington, Delaware, 1902-3; and Baltimore, 1903 and
1922.
1 vol., 1900-3, 1922
DENNIS, JAMES T., COLLECTION, MS.233
Collection of autograph signatures and letters of famous people; personal
correspondence of James T. Dennis; land records. Includes letters of
Aaron
Burr, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Theodorick Bland, James Fenimore
Cooper, Horace Greeley, Alexander Hamilton, Johns Hopkins, Thomas
Jefferson, Francis Scott Key, Enoch Pratt, William Wirt. Miscellaneous
Maryland signatures.
2 boxes, c. 1651-1918.
DENNIS, JUDGE SAMUEL K., PAPERS, MS.1139
Correspondence of judge Dennis, papers relating to various trust estates,
arbitration case proceedings after 1944. Papers relating to cases in
whicb
Dennis was involved as a lawyer after 1944. Criticism of "Bond"court
reform
plan, 1938-1944. Correspondence dealing with the First Presbyterian
Church, especially the Westminster Burial Ground controversy, 1940s.
Speeches, political material, notes of recommendation, and congratulation
on appointment as U. S. Attorney. Congratulations on retirement from
Bench, 1944. (Little material on cases in which Dennis presided as
judge.)
IS boxes, 1904-1952.
DENNIS-ROGERS COLLECTION, MS.283
Business papers of Henry W. Rogers, President of Henry W. Rogers &
Company, real estate, loan and collection agency of Baltimore, Maryland.
Mostly receipts for the years 1859-1890, some letters to 1910, also
papers
and deeds dealing with Baltimore real estate. John McPherson Dennis
items
in the collection are personal letters and deeds for the year 1872.
Typed
business correspondence, and greeting cards for the year 1916.
8 boxes, 1859-1916.
DENT, EDWARD J., PAPERS, MS.1125
Booklet entitled Dent on the Dipleidoscope, by Edward J. Dent, M.S.
note
on the use of the dipleidoscope, 1867. Printed copy of Dent's Table
for the
Equation of Time, 1867, to Accompany his New Meridian Instrument. Bill
for $114.34 for the instrument, and booklet addressed to George W.
Dobbin,
1867. Fragment of a letter, presumably to Dobbin, concerning the dipleido-
scope, July 31, 1867.
6 items, 1850, 1867.
DENTON, LLOYD H., PAPERS, MS. 2203
Denton's (d. 1975) involvement with Saint Paul's Parish 275th anniver-
sary fund, 1967, and plans for the nation's bicentennial, 1972-73:
bulletins;
reports; committee minutes; correspondence; notes of the cemetery,
in-
cluding a list of interments, 1877-1926.
7 items, 1966-73
DENYS, BENJAMIN, PAPERS, MS. 2350
Letters to Benjamin Denys (1768-1817) of Baltimore: family and com-
mercial matters; shipments of cotton; goods seized by the British;
the
cessation of hostilities between France and England. All letters in
French.
Pedley, 641 5 items, 1801-03
DENYS LETTERS, MS.1260
Letters from the Denys family in France to the Denys family in Baltimore
in regard to commercial interests of the family. Written in French.
Some
political comment is made.
22 items, 1781-1826.
DE ROTH, HERBERT C., PAPERS, MS. 2212
History of the De Roth family in Germany and Austria including the
genealogies of Thomas Tobey of Sandwich, Massachusetts and Benjamin
Jones of Philadelphia; autobiography of Herbert C. De Roth (1892-1972)
describing his career as an insurance broker and banker, service in
the
Royal Field Artillery during World War 1, work for the First National
Bank of Boston, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
and the Henry Mann Securities Corporation; diaries of Herbert C. De
Roth, 1956-71; a description of travels in Italy by Mary Beveridge
Tobey,
1880.
20 vols., 1633-1964
DE ROTH, LYDIA HOWARD, PAPERS, MS. 1906
Diary of Lydia Howard de Roth (d. 1971), 1939-41, while serving as
an
air-raid warden in London about the London civil defense system, fitting
of gas masks, a warden's daily routine, training sessions on air raid
safety
procedures, and bombings; unpublished pamphlets including "A Hand-
book for Wardens" by de Roth and "On the Civilian Front" by de Roth;
scrapbook of poetry by de Roth, Nancy Venable, Hilda Reid and others
dealing with war, love, and religion; newspaper clippings reflecting
de
Roth's interests and her activities as a civilian defense worker; letters
of
commendation and recommendation to de Roth for work in civil defense.
2 boxes, 1904-70
DESPEAUX ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.294
journal of Joseph Despeaux, Baltimore shipwright, showing accounts
of
work performed at Fell's Point yard, 1807-1820 (records from 1807-1810
are
in French). Include cost of materials, wages paid out to laborers,
etc.
1 vol., 1807-1820.
DESPEAUX, JOSEPH, PAPERS, MS.260
Papers of Joseph Despeaux, French refugee from the Haitian rebellion,
1792, and of his family, who settled in Baltimore and ran a shipyard.
Later
members of the family whose names appear include Frances Ann Despeaux,
James Etchberger (? son-in-law), Peter, Mary Ann, and Sarah B. Gerahty.
The bulk of the items concern business affairs, with a few personal
letters.
Subjects include fire, life, and ship insurance; bills for ship repairs
and other
shipyard work; miscellaneous bills and receipts; letters from France,
Haiti,
and U. S. locations; notices of sales of French imports; miscellaneous
broad-
sides; legal papers; appointment of a warrant officer with signature
of
Andrew Jackson.
1 box, c. 1778-1884.
DEUTSCHLAND PAPERS, MS. 1661
Baltimore entry and departure papers, cargo manifests, and inspectors'
reports of the German submarine, Deutschland, Paul Konig, commander.
20 items, 1916-17
DIALECTIC SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE MINUTE BOOK, MS.299
Proceedings of this association founded by former pupils of the Baltimore
High School, to extend education, promote morality and literature,
and for
use as a social club.
1 vol., 1846-1848.
DICKINSON PAPERS, MS.184
Dickinson family records, tracing family history back to 14th century
in
Cheshire, England. Copies of land records from Talbot County Courthouse,
1684-1709. Two scrapbooks with death notices of the family and miscel-
laneous clippings, 1893-1918.
1 box, c. 1875-c. 1918.
DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SURNAMES, MS.1537
Manuscript dictionary of English surnames compiled by John Henry
Alexander in 13 vols., with a preface explaining the extent of the
work, why
it was undertaken, terms used, etc.
13 vols., 1859-1865.
DIDIER COLLECTION, MS.295
Henry Didier letterbook, 1809-1815, with MS. copies of letters from
Didier
in Paris, London, Cape Frangois, and Baltimore, on shipment of goods,
arrivals and departures, and sale of merchandise. Notebook with shipping
information, 1815-1817. Mainly deals with Didiees French contacts,
and
has list of merchants and customs officers in Bordeaux, charges for
docking
and shipping goods between Baltimore and Bordeaux. Lists of vessels
clear-
ing Odessa, 1816; China tea ports; origins of Sea Island cotton, lists
of
vessels owned by [Didier?]. American Rules on Shipping, 1815.
2 vols., 1809-1817.
DIELMAN COLLECTION, MS.301
Collection of miscellaneous material relating to the Dielman family,
especially Louis H. Dielman. Includes awards to him, manuscripts by
him,
indentures and land deeds, military papers, material relating to early
period
at Maryland Historical Society, and minutes of Saint Mary's Parish,
1884.
1 box, 17th-20th century.
DIELMAN, LOUIS H., PAPERS, MS. 2163
Letters from Louis H. Dielman (1864-1959) to Lester S. Levy (b. 1896)
about collecting sheet music, acknowledgernents for gifts, and a greeting
card.
Pedley, 468 10 items, 1941-55
DIGGES OF WARBURTON PAPERS, MS.246
Wills, deeds, letters, etc. relating to Digges real estate in Maryland
and
Virginia, 1680-1810, and to other family affairs. One letter from Bishop
John Carroll to Daniel Carroll of Duddington, 1802. Papers of Thomas
Att-
wood Digges. Genealogical materials on Digges, Brent, and Attwood
families.
73 items, 1680-1810.
DIGGES, WILLIAM, PAPERS, MS. 2088
Deeds and tax receipts related to Digges's property in Washington,
D.C., 1833 and 1836; two promissory notes relating to William Digges
for
the same years.
5 items, 1833-36
DIMMOCK CORRESPONDENCE, MS.1571
Nine letters to Brigadier General George Gibson from Lieutenant Charles
Dimmock, 1828. One (February 12) concerns the forwarding of docu-
ments authorizing Jacob Hurst to act for Mary Hurst as administrator
of
the estate of Bennett Hurst Lee. That of April 12 requests furlough,
and
the other seven concern the forwarding of returns for each month from
Fort Severn, where Dimmock was stationed. A tenth letter, November
7,
1832, is from Major T. Erving, Fort Severn, to Major George Bender.
10 items, 1828, 1832.
DISTILLERS' LICENSES, APPLICATIONS FOR, MS.1259
Applications for distillers' licenses for Anne Arundel County, 1798-1801,
made in connection with an act concerning duties on spirits operative
from
June 30, 1798 (act passed March 3, 1797). Applications show names of
distillers and number and size of their stills.
97 items, 1798-1801.
DIXON, JOHN A., ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.296
Records of general store in Church Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland,
kept by John A. H. Dixon.
2 vols., 1858-1873.
DOBBIN-BROWN PAPERS, MS.302
Collection includes 4 volumes of programs of the Otto Sutro Wednesday
Club, personal letters of George W. Dobbin, insurance policies, deeds,
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad papers. 3 volumes of estate material
where Dob-
bin was the executor. Autograph book, c. 1860. Volume of recipes and
household memoranda. journal in 2 volumes of Robert Davidson Brown,
1847.
4 boxes, c. 1700-1943.
DOBBIN FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2385
Diary of Mary Matthews Dobbin (1810-60), 1853-60: weather, visits
from friends, trips, household chores, religion; descriptions of Lexington
Market, telegraph, railroad wrecks, and yellow fever in New Orleans,
1853; extracts of diary of Richard Hallett Townsend; death notices
of
family members.
Business letters, 1883-94, from Joseph T. Moore (d. 1934), Thomas L.
Moore (1861-1929), and Robert R. Moore (d. 1934) in regard to the
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Sandy Springs, Maryland.
3 vols., 1853-60, 1883-84
DOBBIN, GEORGE W., PAPERS, MS. 1983
Two copies of "Account by Robert Davison Brown of his early life in
Baltimore, written for his son, George Dobbin Brown," describing his
life
in Baltimore, his mercantile activities, and his family and friends;
copy of
an undated poem, "Mrs. Farley's Wax Works Capor Springs," describing
the numerous figurines in a wax show and the travels of the wax show
to
various large eastern cities; letter from John H. B. Latrobe and others
to
George W. Dobbin (1809-91), 1883, pertaining to the presentation of
a
silver gift to Dobbin upon his retirement from the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore; letter from Dobbin to Latrobe and the others accepting the
gift and expressing his appreciation; two copies of the last will and
testament of George W. Brown, 1890; letters written at the time of
George
W. Dobbin's death in 1891. Includes letters of condolence and sympathy
to Robert A. Dobbin and family from the Johns Hopkins University
faculty, the board of trustees of Peabody Institute, and the board
of
trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Pedley, 473 1 1 items, 1883-91
DOBLER, JOHN J., TESTIMONIAL VOLUME, MS.298
Letters from Baltimore lawyers to John J. Dobler on his retirement,
paying
tribute to his long service on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City.
1 vol., 1922.
DOCWRA, EDWIN H., WRITINGS, MS-1164
A collection of the writings of Edwin H. Docwra in two volumes. Edwin
II.
Docwrds Arrested Thoughts 1844-1855 is a manuscript volume of original
poetry and prose; a clipping of a poem of Edgar Allan Poe and a review
of
it with an accompanying poem. 'Me second volume is clippings of Docwra's
newspaper articles, 1854, together with a copy of his published work,
The
Devirs Race Course, A Legend of Baltimore, 1854.
2 vols., 1844-1855.
DODSON, C. MARION, COLLECTION, MS.236
Account, Robert Dodson of St. Michaers, 1812-1830, with entries for
flour,
sugar, tobacco, etc. (continued after Robert Dodson's death in 1824
by an
undentified person). MS. copy of A Colonial Romance or How the Town
of
St. Michaers Was Founded, by an unidentified author. Reports of Com-
mittees on erection of Naval Veterans' Monument at Loudon Park National
Cemetery, 1896, and copy of act for the erection of the monument, in
the
same year. Roster book of Naval Veteran Post G.A.R., 1895, kept by
Dr.
C. Marion Dodson.
1 box, 1812-1896.
DODSON, C. MARION, DIARY, MS.303
Daily diary on board the USS Hollyhock, kept by C. Marion Dodson while
apothecary's assistant under Admiral David Farragut during the Civil
War.
Includes "Tunes used aboard USS Pocahontas, 1864.' Newspaper obituary
on Dodson, November 24, 1929.
1 vol., 1864-1865 (1929).
DOLFIELD, ALEXANDER Y., PAPERS, MS.280
Collection of the business correspondence and papers of Alexander Y.
Dolfield, relate to Baltimore City and County, 1872-1913. Cover the
period
when he was a land developer, founder of building and loan associations,
a real estate man, treasurer and President of the German American Bank.
Include receipts, bills, tax forms, contracts, etc. Many illustrated
bill and
letterheads, 1870-1900. Many of the bills are for builders' supplies
and give
information on materials used. Testimony of the alleged fraud of the
Franklin Bank, Baltimore, 1863. Correspondence with J. N. Casanova,
1886-1899. Two postcards sent to Miss E. Lamping with cartoons by VoIck,
1908.
5 boxes, c. 1872-1913.
DONALDSON, EDWARD, PAPERS, MS.1261
Commissions, orders, and official correspondence of Rear Admiral Edward
Donaldson, U.S.N.
10 items, 1834-1877.
DONALDSON PROTEST BOOK, MS.1160
Volume contains copies of depositions taken before Thomas Donaldson,
notary public for Baltimore County, consisting chiefly of statements
by
merchants and masters of vessels, members of crews concerning captured
and damaged ships and cargoes.
1 vol., 1793-1796.
DONE NOTEBOOKS, MS.306
Vol. 1 has notes by Josiah B. Done on his maternal (Leeds) family,
dated
Princeton, 1858. Autobiographical letter of Rachel Ann Kerr Done, Balti-
more, August 26, 1887. Vol. 2 has questions on history of Maryland
and on
geography, written by Rachel A. K. Done to teach her children, dated
at
Olney, near Princess Anne, Maryland, March, 1864.
2 vols., 1858-1887.
DORCHESTER COUNTY COLLECTION, MS. 1753
Collection of Dorchester County plats and surveys, 1702-1821; deeds
and mortgages, 1752-1847; copies of wills, 1697-1834; and bonds, 1743-
1847. Most pertain to the Goldsborough and Kerr families. Miscellaneous
essays on history and literature read by the donor's mother, Charlotte
D.
Maslin, at her book club and the Shoreland Club, 1914-28.
1 box,1697-1847,1914-28
DORCHESTER COUNTY LOYALIST NOTES, MS.308
Volume of Burnaby's Travels Through North America, c. 1775, annotated
with miscellaneous notes, stories, etc., by an unknown Dorchester County
loyalist, resident on the Choptank River, c. 1777. Include remarks
on Vir-
ginia trade in the West Indies, plan to clear the Falls of the Potomac,
the
habits of the Baltimore oriole, bundling as a method of courtship,
and
Pennsylvania on the eve of the Revolution. Book lacks binding and some
pages are missing.
1 vol., c. 1775-c. 1777.
DORCHESTER COUNTY SCRAPBOOK, MS.948
Scrapbook of newsclippings, pamphlets, and short historical notes about
the affairs of Dorchester County, and the Dorchester County Chapter
of
the Woman's Eastern Shore Society of Maryland. Membership lists, notes
and correspondence relating to the Dorchester Chapter of the Womaes
Eastern Shore Society, 1933-1944.
1 vol., 1933-1944.
DORSEY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.1035
Vol. 1, June, 1762-May, 1763, marked "Henrietta Maria Dorsey (Minor)
her journal." Includes rents paid, interest due, etc. Vol. 2, accounts
of Mrs.
Henrietta [Chew] Dorsey as administratrix of the estate of her husband,
Edward (d. 1760). Vol. 3, daybook of accounts labeled as those of Henrietta
Maria Dorsey, but dating from 1771 (presumably estate accounts of
Henrietta Maria Dorsey the younger, who died intestate and rich in
1766).
Shows payments in tobacco, [colonial] currency, and sterling to various
individuals. Lists debts, August-September, 1771.
3 vols., 1760-1771.
DORSEY-HANSON PAPERS, MS. 2249
Materials pertaining to the history of "Belmont," Elkridge, Maryland,
including an inventory of the estate of Edward Dorsey, 1799; the will
of
Priscilla Dorsey Hanson, 1849; notes relating to the history of the
house,
ca. 1952; transcripts of seven letters from Alexander Contee Hanson
(I 786-
1819) to Edward Coales, 1813-15, which discuss Hanson's disappointment
at the treatment he received from Baltimoreans, his unsuccessful attempt
to borrow money, his newspaper (the Federal Republican), his interest
in
engaging Coale as editor of that paper; a letter from Hanson to his
wife,
Priscilla Hanson, about the success of his wheat and clover crops.
Pedley, 720 16 items, 1799-1849, 1952
DORSEY, HENRIETTA MARIA CHEW, JOURNAL, MS.1774
journal of accounts of the estate of Mrs. Dorsey (1 730-62).
Pedley, 484 1 vol., 1763-65
DORSEY, JOHN W., ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1012
Account book of John W. Dorsey of Liberty Town, Maryland, 1786-1787,
dealer in general provisions, etc. Parts of volume used as scrapbook
of
clippings on miscellaneous subjects, 1843; collector unknown.
1 vol., 1786-1787 (1843-1844).
DORSEY, LEONARD, PAPERS, MS. 1874
Letters to a Philadelphia merchant from William Young and Amos
Loney, Baltimore merchants: prices of commodities; market conditions
in
Philadelphia and Baltimore; trade between the two cities; teal sugar,
tobacco, steel, rum, coffee, salt, whiskey, molasses.
16 items, 1778-79
DORSEY PAPERS, MS.1263
Letters of Thomas H. Hicks to James L. Dorsey of Baltimore, 1854-1864,
on political matters, description of Appleby property, presidential
campaign
of 1860, purchases of farm produce, sale of Appleby. Letters to George
Edwin Dorsey, lawyer and author, 1880-1881, on literary activities,
from
Edward Spencer, Severn Teackle Wallis, Eugene Lemoine Didier.
34 items, 1821-1881.
DORSEY, RICHARD, PAPERS, MS. 1764
Letters of Benjamin Rush and Joseph H. Lewis, Philadelphia physicians,
to Richard Dorsey (1 780-1850) about the cure of his sister Rebecca
from
"insanity," 1809-10; letters and miscellaneous documents about efforts
to
recover Dorsey's runaway slaves in New York and Pennsylvania, 1829-33;
letters and papers about the division of the family property, 1836-48;
papers of the estate of Elizabeth Dorsey, 1841-45, and Rebecca Dorsey;
deeds, 1774-1845; miscellaneous accounts and bills with stock certificates
for the Baltimore and Frederick-Town turnpike, 1807, and the Baltimore
Insurance Company, 1797.
1 box,1774-1868
DORSEY, REUBEN MERRIWEATHER, DIARY, MS. 1731
Diary of Anne Arundel County resident (1829-99): comments on farm
duties, weather, hunting, and family events in Anne Arundel County,
1843-47; accounts, mostly of pew rents, in a different handwriting,
1834-
43.
1 vol., 1834-47
DORTON, HENRY, DIARY, MS.1482
Well indexed diary of Henry F. Dorton while serving in the U.S. Navy,
1861-1870. Includes cruise on the USS Isaac L. Smith; capture by the
Confederates; service at Washington Navy Yard and with the Potomac
Flotilla; cruise on the USS Wissahickon from Philadelphia, and general
court martial off the Carolinas. After the Civil War, Dorton served
in the
South Pacific Squadron on the USS Dacotah, and on his return transferred
to the USS Penobscot, then to Pensacola Navy Yard. After leaving the
Navy
he became a member of the Light House Service. Diary was kept on a
day-
to-day basis.
1 vol., 1861-1869.
DORSEY, RICHARD, PAPERS, MS. 1653
Business and personal papers of Richard Dorsey (I 780-1850), Baltimore
merchant: correspondence on tobacco, corn, fish and flour with Washing-
ton Hall of Rolandsville (probably Cecil County); Larkin Lawrence Jacob
and Mary E. Lookerman of Easton, Maryland; Thomas Biddle and
Company of Philadelphia; William B. Dorsey of Ellicotts Mills, Maryland;
Thomas Hammond of Shepardstown, Virginia; Thomas Langsdale of
Savage, Maryland; other businessmen and relatives, mostly in Howard
County. Papers of Richard Dorsey, Jr. of Elkridge Landing in Howard
County, 1802-15, mostly about the estates of Edward Gwinn (1805),
Acksah Gwinn (1834), and William Dorsey (1802).
9 boxes, 1799-1848
DOUGLASS LETTERBOOK, MS.305
Volume with copies of letters of Baltimore trading firm of Richard
H. and
William Douglass to correspondents in American, West Indian, and Euro-
pean ports. About one-tenth of the letters are in French, mainly to
the
West Indies. Give names and movements of ships, names of business firms,
and details of general economic conditions. Detailed lists of prices
for
current articles are included in each letter. Goods traded in are dye
woods,
goatskins, tortoise shells, earthenware, lumber, tallow, spices, molasses,
grain, wines, rum, whiskey, sugar, tobacco, logwood, cotton, flour,
and
coffee. Occasional references to politics.
1 vol. (1600 letters), 1816-1818.
DOWNEY ACCOUNT BOOKS AND LEDGER, MS.309
Simple accounts dealing with day-to-day household expenses kept by
John
T. Downey, Baltimore house carpenter.
3 vols., 1840-1858.
DOWNS, HAMILTON, PAPERS, MS. 2048
Merchant of Williamsport, Maryland: receipts for sales of food, whiskey,
clothing, fuel, and cigars; payments to persons for performing services
for
Downs.
Register available. 46 items, 1852-75
DROHAN FAMILY SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2397
Baltimore family: poetry, short essays, cures for various diseases,
draw-
ings of bridges and abutments.
1 vol., ca. 1870
DROVERS AND MECHANICS NATIONAL BANK RECORDS, MS. 2168
Baltimore bank: deeds; assignments; leases for the acquisition of land;
miscellaneous bills and accounts.
2 boxes, 1844-1959
DRUGGIST'S RECORD BOOK, MS.319
Volume contains record of prescriptions made up and formulas, writer
unknown.
1 vol., 1880-1890.
DRY GOODS FIRM LEDGER, MS.1514
Ledger of an unidentified dry goods firm in Baltimore, 1884-1890, showing
wholesale transactions. Volume has also been used by proprietor or
other
to record pedigrees of fox terrier dogs. Volume originally from the
collection
of Dr. Thomas Dobbin Penniman.
1 vol., 1884-1890.
DUBOIS JOURNAL, MS.314
Journal kept by John L. Dubois on a cruise around the world from 1831-
1834 in the U.S. Frigate Potomac, commanded by John Downes. Includes
descriptions of visits to Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope, Sumatra,
the East Indies, Chile, Peru, and Ecuador. Three watercolor sketches
of
East Indian natives and two of South Americans.
1 vol., 1831-1834
DUBOIS PAPERS, MS.1264
Letters between Edmund C. DuBois of Washington County, Maryland,
and C. L. Warde of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, on personal and
business matters.
9 items, 1845-1849.
DUGAN, HAMMOND JAMES, COLLECTION, MS. 1859
Naval officer in the lighter-than-air program (1903-33): correspondence
of Dugan, especially Janson W. Baldwin and Hugh Allen; diplomas;
newspaper clippings and documents about German dirigibles; handbooks
and manuals; logs and journals; material relating to the United States
Naval Academy's class of 1924 and Dugan's student days at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology; articles, books, and photographs
of
zeppelins, dirigibles, and the United States Aeronautical programs.
For fuller description, see Nancy G. Boles, "The Hammond Dugan
Collection," Maryland Historical Magazine 68 (Spring 1973): 89-91.
13 boxes, 1924-51
DUKEHART, GRAHAM, PAPERS, MS. 1862
Correspondence of Baltimorean (b. 1839) serving with the Thirty-ninth
Regiment, New York Volunteers: camp life; combat (including battles
of
Bull Run and Fredericksburg, Virginia); officers; firearms; the Army
of
the Potomac; freeing the slaves; Abraham Lincoln; black Union soldiers;
black religious meetings.
2 boxes, 1861-63
DUKEHART, GRAHAM, PAPERS, MS. 1862.1
Letters of Dukehart to his father, Edward G. Dukehart, discussing his
clothing, recovery from a sprained ankie, a furlough cancelled by increased
troop movements, a skirmish with Confederate pickets, 1861; two volumes
of diaries discussing weather, duties, camp locations, mileage covered
by
marches, health, battles and skirmishes, a visit of Abraham Lincoln,
1862-63.
2 vols. and 1 item, 1861-63
DULANEY, CARROLL, PAPERS, MS. 1403
Collection of "Carroll Dulaney" (Richard D. Steuart) clippings from
his
column in the Baltimore News Post, Baltimore Day by Day, 1943-1951.
6 boxes, 1943-1951.
DULANEY VALLEY AND SWEET AIR TURNPIKE COMPANY RECORD BOOKS, MS.318
Minutes of meetings and accounts of the Dulaney Valley and Sweet Air
Turnpike Company, operating a road which may be the modem Old York
Road.
2 vols., 1817-1909.
DULANY FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1919
Letters exchanged between members of the Dulany family and their
relatives and friends: news of family events such as engagements, weddings,
illnesses, births, and deaths; visits; religion; fashions; homemaking;
poetry;
the purchase of slaves; opinions on historical personalities, events,
and
politics. Mostly correspondence between Catherine Dulany Belt and Henry
Dulany to Rebecca Dulany; two letters signed by Daniel Dulany, 1785-
86, about a bond and a property lease.
Pedley, 397, 496-98, 978 3 boxes, 1737-1897, 1920
DULANY-LINES PAPERS, MS.1562
First part of the collection consists mainly of legal opinions on the
legality
of claims to land in Maryland (chiefly Anne Arundel County) vs. Lords
Baltimore, c. 1746-1775, including mention of Roger Steward, John Sim-
mons, John Hall, John Eastland, Robert Eden, Isaac Lackland, et al.,
vs.
Calvert (28 items). Other papers deal with legal actions, etc., mainly
with
Daniel Dulany, Jr. as defendant, land surveys, accounts, deeds, 1751-1809.
Other parties are Walter Dulany, Daniel Dulany, Sr., John Tayloe. Isaac
Bringel, Mlle. Delavincendiere, Bennott, Buchanan, Ridgely, Raymer,
Shollman, Beckwith. Land includes Silver's Fancy, Locust Level. Original
survey of Dulany land in Frederick County (4244 acres), 1760.
c. 60 items, 1746-1809.
DULANY PAPERS, MS.1265
Correspondence and papers of various members of the Dulany family,
1659-1799. Correspondents include Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Rev.
Thomas Bacon, Governor Robert Eden, Hugh Hammersley. Subjects are
family and financial matters, the tobacco trade, iron works, political
disturb-
ances,, education, especially with regard to Maryland. Included are
Mat-
thias Van Bibber on the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary dispute; Mary
Hamilton in Scotland to her son, Alexander; letterbook of Dr. Alexander
Hamilton, 1739-1743; Daniel Dulany, Sr. to Lord Baltimore, 1741-1745;
Samuel Chew on the quarrel with Rev. Bennet Allen; correspondence of
Daniel Dulany, Jr. and George FitzHugh, 1781-1785.
320 items, 1659-1799.
DULANY RECORD BOOKS, MS.310
Log books of three ships-the Boston (1836-1837), the Cumberland (1846),
and the St. Lawrence (1851-1855)-all commanded by C. B. Dulany. That
of the St. Lawrence also includes letters written by Dulany while on
station in the Pacific, 1851-1855.
3 vols., 1836-1855.
DUNBAR, JR., GEORGE TOWERS, PAPERS, MS. 2407
Papers of Dunbar (1812-50), naturalist and civil engineer. Drafts of
Dunbar's letters to William Porter, editor of the New York sporting
weekly, The Spirit of the Times, including naturalist descriptions,
humourous
anecdotes, and fishing experiences and observations; these were written
under the pseudonym "Piscator." Typescript biography of George Towers
Dunbar, Jr. by his granddaughter, Nancy Knox, concerning his drawings
and paintings and his personal papers. 2 vols., n.d.
DUNCAN ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1114
Account book of Mrs. Effie C. Duncan of Baltimore County. Accounts
for
fertilizer, amounts of corn and wheat planted, work done, pay to farm
hands, money received for crops. Poems and other miscellaneous writings
of Mrs. Duncan. Addresses, etc.
1 vol., 1911-1914.
DUNKER SOCIETY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.313
Account book of John Stouffer, agent of the Dunker Society, Baltimore,
showing payments by individuals for lots in the burial ground.
1 vol., 1813-1863.
DUNLOP, G. THOMAS, PAPERS, MS. 2069
Letters, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings of Dunlop's involvement
in the voluntary Committee of Lawyers, Inc., a group which worked for
the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act.
55 items, 1929-32
DUNLOP PAPERS, MS.316
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Dunlop family. Include two
volumes
of accounts kept by James Dunlop, 1793-1811; James Dunlop volume of
debts and bills, 1809-1816. Miscellaneous letters and documents of
James,
R. T., George T., and Helen Dunlop and others, c. 1806-1821. Farm records
(1 vol.) of James Dunlop, c. 1806-1816. Family letters, c. 1853-1908.
Legal opinion (A.D.S.) of Francis Scott Key, March 14, 1812. Typescript
genealogy of the Dunlop family, etc.
1 box, 2 vols., 1788-1908.
DUNTON, DR. WILLIAM R., SCRAPBOOK, MS.311
Scrapbook kept by Dr. William R. Dunton, psychiatrist, on Harlem Lodge
Sanitarium, Catonsville, Maryland, of which he was the head. Contains
photos, bulletins, menus, pamphlets, and letters.
1 vol., 1891-1938.
DUVAL, ELIZABETH, PAPERS, MS. 2412
Papers of DuVal (b. 1893), the first woman wireless operator in the
United States doing sea service: newspaper clippings about her service;
correspondence concerning her work; her license as a Radio Operator
Commander, First Class and seaman's certificate of American citizenship;
twelve issues of Marconi' Service News mentioning DuVal, 1917-18; and
three issues of Ocean Wireless News.
30 items, 1917-18
DUVALL, MARIUS, JOURNAL, MS. 2387
Medical officer (1818-91) aboard the U.S.S. Constitution: flora, fauna,
native customs, topography, geology, mineralogy, and the meteorology
of
various parts of Florida, Cuba, South America, Africa, the Phillippines,
and Pacific island groups.
1 vol., ca. 1842-45
DUVALL, HENRY, MARITIME SCRAPBOOK, MS.315.1
Volume with newspaper clippings concerning mariners and ships. Includes
a History of the Steamboat on the Chesapeake Bay, from a newspaper,
authorship unknown.
1 vol., 1908-1935.
DUVALL, RICHARD MAREEN, PAPERS, MS.315
Complete papers of Richard Mareen Duvall, Baltimore lawyer, cover his
education at Baltimore Normal School, 1879, law practice from 1883,
membership and Vice-Presidency of Maryland Historical Society, member-
ship of Maryland Original Research Society, American Bar Association,
Bar Association of Baltimore City, Maryland State Bar Association,
etc.
7 boxes, 1879-1936.