FAHRNEY PAPERS, MS.202
Letters and accounts of Dr. Daniel Fahmey with various druggists; with
businesses, especially Smith & Atkinson and E. H. Stabler Company
of
Baltimore. Accounts of Ann and Dr. Peter Fahmey (8 items). Group of
miscellaneous items.
95 items, 1817-1892.
FAIR AMERICAN AND CHASSEUR RECORDS, MS. 2230
Logbook of brig Fair American, William Spear, master, on round trip
voyage from Baltimore to Calcutta, 1810-11, with mentions of weather,
sightings, dealings with Calcutta merchants; logbook of brig Chasseur,
Hugh Davey, master, on round trip voyage from Baltimore to Canton,
China, 1815-16, with mentions of weather, sightings, conditions of
the
ship.
Microfilm only; location of originals unknown.
1 reel (no. 373), 18101-11, 1815-16
FAIR AMERICAN RECORDS, MS. 2253
Receipts and financial records for boat piloting, wharfage fees, crew
salaries, cordage, food, and repairs for the brig Fair American; lists
of court
costs and letters from lawyers and insurance companies to James Hamilton
(captain of the brig) and Levi Hollingsworth (owner) about its capture
by
a British vessel in 1810.
Microfilm only; location of originals unknown.
1 reel (no. 416), 1808-11.
FAIRBANKS SCALE COMPANY PAPERS, MS.1272
Letters written by agents of the Fairbanks Scale Company in Maryland
to Messrs. E. and J. Fairbanks in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Primary interest
is business conditions-success and failure of sale of these scales.
Other
topics of interest are building of new railroads and canals, opening
of
new areas and early development of towns, current prices, and health
conditions.
8 items, 1834-1848.
FAIRFAX FAMILY CASHBOOK, MS. 2033
Cashbook, related to the Fairfax family but having no other identifying
marks, recording incoming and outgoing payments.
1 vol., 1666-72
FALCONAR PAPERS, MS.345
Letters and papers relating to the Corinthian Lodge of Masons, Baltimore,
1815-1819, including those of A. H. Falconar, Grand Master of the Lodge.
1 box, 1815-1819.
FALCONAR PAPERS, MS.345.1
Business correspondence to Abraham H. Falconar, Baltimore cloth manu-
facturer, from his brother, Jonathan, in Jamaica, Cuba, Buenos Aires,
New
Orleans, 1815-1819. Miscellaneous letters to Abraham Falconar. Letters
to Mrs. Sarah Cantwell and Mrs. G. C. Falconar from son and brother,
James S. Cantwell and his wife, Sophia, from Apalachicola and St. Joseph,
Florida, 1836-1841. Miscellaneous letters to A. Smith Falconar, 1850-1852.
2 boxes, 1815-1852.
FALCONER PAPERS, MS. 2290
A listing of Alice M. Falconer's (d. 1943) share of her father's estate,
1908; first administrative report of Mary Falconer, executrix of the
estate
of Alice M. Falconer, her mother, 1945; the deed to the Gibson Island
property of Charles E. Falconer (1859-1937); correspondence, pencil
notes,
and a prepared report concerning the life insurance policies held by
Norwood B. Falconer (fl. 1915-31); a 1915 petition to sell the real
estate
of Marion 0. Falconer Lane, containing information about the entire
family and detailed history of titles of land originally owned by Thomas
Cale in 1686.
Pedley, 550-51 14 items, 1908-64
FARBER PAPERS, MS.1273
Collection donated by Henry Farber contains land papers, deeds, inden-
tures, leases and assignments to members of the McCormick and Stalford
families (John P. McCormick, et al.), in Baltimore County.
10 items, 1801-1855.
FARIS DESIGN BOOK OF SILVER, MS.348
Designs for silver by William Faris, Annapolis silversmith, including
pitchers, plates, strainers, ladles, clock faces, etc. Drafts of letters
on
business matters to DeDrusina, Ridder and Clark, in London, 1784-1785.
1 vol., 1784-1799.
FARIS-McPARLIN ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.353
Vol. 1, daybook in three different hands, and kept at three different
periods; a) New York, July, 1772, four pages of jewellery entries (?
of John
Howard); b) (at rear of volume) daybook, Annapolis, 1773-1784, in the
same hand as vol. 2, presumed to be that of William Faris; c) (from
page 4 at front of volume) William MeParlin [McFarlin, McParland]
accounts, 1827-1844, mainly for silverware, Annapolis. Customers include
George C. Brewer, Richard M. Chase, Dennis Claude, Richard Harwood,
F[rancis ?] Key, A. C. Magruder, Colonel Harry Maynadier, Alexander
Randall. Vol. 2, memorandum book of William Faris with accounts for
household work and food, 1790-1800.
2 vols., 1772-1844.
FARIS PAPERS, MS.343
Negative photocopies of papers relating to the estate of William Faris,
Annapolis silversmith. Include inventory of goods, sales of estate
and final
accounts, patents for improvement in propelling carriages, and a "water
elevator.'
44 items, c. 1797-1804.
FARIS, WILLIAM, ACCOUNT BOOKS AND DIARIES, MS.1104
Two original manuscripts-account of William Faris for repairs to clocks
at Government House, Annapolis, November, 1788-November, 1791.
Account for winding and chaining the kitchen clock, with money owed
to
Faris by the State of Maryland. Manuscript copy of account book, 1773-
1786, 1790-1800, and diary, December, 1792-june, 1804, all in one volume.
Diary entries are not comprehensive, but only represent some of the
entries
in the following volumes, i.e., two MS. vols. of the diary of William
Faris
(copies), covering 1792-1804. Typescript extracts from the diary, January,
1792-August, 1804.
4 vols. and 2 items, 1773-1804.
FARIS, WILLIAM, DIARY, MS. 2160
Annapolis silversmith (1 728-1804). Brief, daily entries: his family's
social activities and local news such as marriages, births, deaths,
burials,
fires, robberies, horse races, ship landings, weather; hiring of blacks
and
apprentices including William McParlin; preparation and planting of
his
garden and his family's illnesses and treatments; undated letter from
William McParlin to R. Calnury; a deed between Jacob Gans and John
Ross, 1759.
Partially published as "Extracts from Diary of William Faris of Annap-
olis, Maryland. January 4th, 1792-August 9th, 1804," Maryland Historical
Magazine 28 (September 1933): 197-244.
1 vol., 1759, 1792-1804
FARMERS BANK, FREDERICK, "SCRATCHER," MS.346
Rough daybook of the Farmers Bank, Frederick, Maryland, with daily
cash transactions, some of which relate to Roger Brooke Taney.
1 vol., 1808 (April-October).
FAYHEY NOTE BOOK, MS.1051
Note book of Nellie Fayhey, student at the Academy of Mercy, 1906.
Con-
tains compositions and verses to her parents, friends, sister, etc.
1 vol., 1906.
FEDERAL FIRE COMPANY MINUTE BOOK, MS.354
Minute book of the Federal Fire Company (renamed Independent Fire
Company, December, 1810), from 1799-1822. Shows proceedings at meet-
ings, constitution, and new constitution adopted January 1, 1816. Signatures
of members.
1 vol., 1799-1822.
FEDERAL HILL MALE SUNDAY SCHOOL MINUTE BOOK, MS.1108
Records of the Federal Hill Male Sunday School, instituted October,
1818,
and moved, June 12, 1819, into the "first Sunday School room ever erected
in the United States" (destroyed by fire the next day). This volume
has
scant accounts of morning and afternoon sessions from that time to
1827,
with notes on attendance, teachers, talks.
1 vol., 1819-1827.
FENDALL PAPERS, MS. 2207
Baltimore and Charles County family: bills, receipts, accounts, deeds,
surveys, and wills including three of Thomas Dye Cockey, father of
Frances
Thwaite Fendall; letters of Martha Ann Duvall to and from her family
while she attended the Visitation Academy (Georgetown) with family
news and admonitions from her father regarding her behavior and studies,
1834-35; a few letters to Duvall from her fiance', William Lux Duvall,
which include expressions of his religious convictions, ca. 1840; letters
containing genealogical information on the Fendall family, 1919-61.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner of originals.
70 items, 1762-1882, 1919-61
FENWICK, IGNATIUS, PAPERS, MS.1274
Letters from Joseph Fenwick, Bordeaux merchant and Consul, to his cousin
and patron, Captain Ignatius Fenwick, of Carrollsburg, Prince George's
County, Maryland. Describe changes in the French market in wines and
tobacco. Comments on the French Revolution and events leading to it,
1787-1795. Letters from John Ceslas Fenwick, near Antwerp, concerning
young Marylanders studying there. One letter from Joseph to James Fen-
wick, his elder brother and partner. MS. copy of a letter from Joshua
John-
son to Captain Ignatius Fenwick, October 14, 1779, from France, with
covering note and later additions, June 3, 1780, explaining that the
original
was thought to have been lost. Deals with business matters.
18 items, 1779-1795.
FERGUSON, BLANCHE SMITH, PAPERS, MS. 2070
Letters about the Society of Colonial Wars and the Darnall family;
notebooks of Ferguson (d. 1974) including drafts of her stories and
poems.
11 items, 1953-64
FERGUSON, BLANCHE SMITH, SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2070.1
Dedicated to Ferguson (d. 1974) containing poetry, literature, drawings,
paintings, newspaper clippings.
1 vol., 1940-42
FERGUSON, JOHN, PAPERS, MS.1275
Land papers of John Ferguson of Darlington, Harford County. Deeds to
Phillips Purchase, Drunkards Harbor, Addition to Drunkards Harbor.
Settlements of boundary disputes.
34 items, 1792-1883.
FERGUSON PAPERS, MS.359
Land and estate papers of the Ferguson family of Carroll County, with
several letters from members of the Semmes family.
1 box, 1761-1864.
FERGUSON, ROBERT, PAPERS, MS. 2065
Letters of merchant of Port Tobacco, Maryland: shipment of olive oil,
citrus fruits, grains, pipe staves, and editions of William Shakespeare;
commodity quotations, bills, accounts, and debts; letters from Baltimore
merchant William Cooke; an indenture agreement of Joseph Herzog for
two lots in Philadelphia, 1809.
Pedley, 712 11 items, 1768-1829
FERGUSON, THOMAS, COLLECTION, MS.356
Letterbook, 1825-1839, of Thomas Ferguson, Baltimore merchant, with
copies of communications to correspondents in ports from Boston to
New
Orleans. Letters show extensive dealings in tobacco, wheat, oil, and
other
staple articles. Volume contains some holograph copies. Account book,
1841-1867, begun by Thomas Ferguson, and continued by William B [oyd]
Ferguson & Company, Union Mills, Baltimore, refiners of mustard,
flour,
sugar, and cocoa. Book is entitled 'Cooperage Account," but contains
nota-
tions of wages paid to workers.
2 vols., 1825-1867.
FICKUS, CHARLES, COLLECTION, MS.361
Transcripts of items in newspapers concerning Maryland arts and crafts,
early manufactures, schools, etc., compiled by Charles Fickus for the
use
of Edgar Miller in a book on Maryland antiques (unidentified).
1 box, c. 1923.
FIFTH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RECORDS, MS. 2123
Baltimore election record with register of 2704 voters noting objections
for disqualifications and showing the victory of Samuel Smith over
James
Winchester.
1 vol., 1798
FIFTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MINUTE BOOK, MS.362
Records of meetings of the Fifth Presbyterian Church of Baltimore from
its
foundation in 1833 to 1858. Mainly concern disciplinary measures adopted
to punish betting, absence from worship, adherence to Millerism, intemper-
ance, elopements, etc.
1 vol., 1833-1858.
FIFTH REGIMENT RECORD BOOKS, MS.363
Proceedings of courts martial for the Fifth Regiment, Maryland Militia,
commanded by Colonel George H. Stuart. Mainly concern fines for absence
from parades, 1819-1821. Roll book of Company F, Fifth Regiment, Mary-
land Militia, kept by Sergeant J. W. Hunter, showing attendance at
drills
and parades, c. 1879.
2 vols., 1819-1821, c. 1879.
FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT, MARYLAND VOLUNTEER INFANTRY RECORDS, MS. 364
Roster with vital statistics of companies in this regiment, 1860-61;
minute and roll book, 1855-61.
Rewrite of Pedley, 568 2 vols., 1855-61
FILBY, P. W., COLLECTION, MS. 1868
Typescript of P. W. Filby's (b. 191 1) American and British Genealogy
and
Heraldry (Chicago: American Library Association, 1970) with corrections
and emendations by the chief editor of the ALA, Marion Dittman.
1 box, 1970
FINNEY, EBENEZER D., PAPERS, MS. 1978
Letters from Ebenezer D. Finney (1825-1904) to his son, William Parker
Finney, 1894-96, regarding occurrences in Mississippi during the Civil
War; letters from Mrs. William Parker to her grandson, William Parker
Finney, 1883-90, regarding family news and Finney's activities as a
student
at Princeton and as a pastor; pastor's pocket register belonging to
Ebenezer
D. Finney, 1888-1900, listing marriages, baptisms, and communions per-
formed; list of wedding gifts received by William Parker Finney and
Pamela R. Richardson, 1887; letter from Ebenezer D. Finney to his
mother-in-law, Mrs. William Parker, regarding the death of his wife,
Ann
Parker Finney; certification of rank in the United States Army of Walter
Finney, 1783. 13 items, 1783, 1864-1900
FIRE COMPANY RECORD BOOK, MS.358
Record book of an unidentified fire company, location not known, with
accounts of dues and membership lists.
1 vol., 1854-1856.
FIRE-FIGHTEWS SCRAPBOOKS, MS.1548
Scrapbooks covering the years 1878-1897, composed of newspaper clippings
from many parts of the United States, and covering many aspects of
fire-
fighting equipment, new theories, personnel, descriptions of famous
fires,
use of chemicals, etc. Volumes may have been kept by Charles T. Holloway
of the Baltimore Fire Department.
2 vols., 1878-1897.
FIRE INSURANCE PAPERS, MS.1276
Collection of Baltimore fire insurance policies. Some of the companies
represented are Firemen's Insurance Company, Baltimore Equitable
Society, Mechanical Fire Company (broadside 1832).
50 items, 1809-1862.
FIRE INSURANCE SALVAGE CORPS MINUTE BOOK, MS-357
Minutes of the Board of Management, Fire Insurance Salvage Corps.
Items covered include purchase of new wagons, widening of streets,
bids
for new building.
1 vol., 1897-1922.
FIRST MARYLAND INFANTRY MUSTER-OUT ROLL, MS.1479
The Muster-Out Roll of Company I, First Maryland Infantry, June, 1898-
February, 1899 (Captain Frederick 1. Mosher, Colonel William P. Lane),
Baltimore.
1 vol., 1898-1899.
FIRST MECHANICAL VOLUNTEERS RECORD BOOK, MS.365
Record book of the 1st Mechanical Volunteers, a Baltimore group attached
to the 5th Regiment, Maryland Militia, commanded by Captain Charles
Howard. Includes muster rolls, returns, and orders.
1 vol., 1826-1829.
FIRST WARD GUARD MINUTE BOOK, MS.366
Volume with proceedings and regulations of the Baltimore First Ward
Guard (Fell's Point), a branch of the City Guards, commanded by Captains
Patrick Cooney (to 1841) and John A. Robb. Minutes kept by John F.
Monmonier, Secretary.
1 vol., 1835-1841.
FISHER, SIDNEY GEORGE, PAPERS, MS. 1837
Diaries of Fisher (1807-71) of his life at Mount Harmon in Cecil
County: comments on agriculture, slavery, the South, and his social
life.
Photocopy of originals at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
The diaries have been published in Nicholas B. Wainwright, ed., A
Philadelphia Perspective: The Diary of Sidney George Fisher Covering
The Years
1834-1871 (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1967)
and
W. Emerson Wilson, ed., Mount Harmon Diaries of Sidney George Fisher
1837-
1850 (Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1976).
1 box,1838-50
FISHER TRANSCRIPTS, MS.360
Transcripts of papers in the Treasury and Public Record Office, London,
made by Richard D. Fisher, many of them relating to Maryland. Included
are Writs of Assistance, 1772; Maryland loyalist papers, 1771-1790;
notes
on the Revolution; transcripts of papers bearing 'cockets"-a seal belonging
to the King's Custom House; index to Maryland documents in the British
Treasury, 1753-1783; The Perils of a Surveyor of Customs in Maryland,
1775,
by Robert S. Byrne, Sassafras; Sir Robert Eden correspondence, 1769-1777;
Stamp Act papers, 1764-1771; papers on the brigantine Good Intent,
1770;
Anthony Stewart papers, from 1774; clippings on the burning of the
Peggy
Stewart, 1774; United States (1814-1816) and Maryland (1847-1851) rev-
enue die stamps.
12 vols., c. 1755-1851. Available on microfilm (no. 434)
FITCH FAMILY ALBUM, MS. 1807
Volume called "The Young Lady's Remembrancer Album" compiled
and kept by the Fitch family: newspaper clippings of religious and
romantic poetry; printed pictures of religious figures and Bible stories,
many with inscriptions written in French; records of first communion
of
Harriett Ann Fitch (1818), Eliza Catherine Fitch (1817), Mary Lucinda
Fitch (1825), and George Gorham Andrew Fitch (1825), in Saint Patrick's
Catholic Church of Baltimore; certificates of admission to the Apostleship
of Prayer and the Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1873),
the
Confraternity of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (181 1),
and the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1849); handwritten
notes recording the removal of family remains from the Old Cathedral
Cemetery to Bonnie Brea Cemetery, 1887; records of death dates of various
animal pets; copies of brief letters.
1 vol., 1811-1903
FITZGERALD PAPERS, MS.987
Diary of Alice Fitzgerald (nurse; became Director of Red Cross Nurses
of
America); autobiography, Memoirs of an American Nurse; Report on
General Conditions in the Balkans. Speeches and articles by and about
Alice
Fitzgerald. Letter of General Leonard Wood regarding Alice Fitzgerald's
work in the Philippines; European credentials; professional record;
cor-
respondence; autograph poem by Vachel Lindsay; photographs.
3 vols. and c. 50 items, c. 1916-1956.
FITZHUGH, WILLIAM, LEDGERS, MS. 1831
Calvert County plantation owner (1721-1798): records of rum, sugar,
corn, wheat, hogs, planking, shingles, and nails.
2 vols., 1761-64
FLOYD & THOMAS ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.368
Ledger kept by Floyd & Thomas for store in St. Mary's County, Maryland,
showing sales of miscellaneous goods (including food) to local residents.
1 vol., 1831-1834.
FLYNN AND EMRICH COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 1836
Baltimore machine manufacturer: daybooks, 1876-1904; ledgers, 1880-
1902; journals, 1882-89 and 1918-20; transfer ledgers, 1903-08; cashbooks,
1884-1959; and account books, 1927-46.
60 vols., 1876-1959
FOARD, F. MILLARD, PAPERS, MS. 1984
Correspondence of the alumni of Baltimore City College and F. Millard
Foard (b. 1898) in his position as alumni relations correspondent from
Francis B. Burch, Milton S. Eisenhower, Dr. William Sebastian Hunt,
Marvin Mandel, Theodore R. McKeldin, Garry Moore, Hyman A.
Pressman, and William Donald Schaefer; letters concerning Foard's posi-
tion as director of an Oriental art import concern, reunions of various
Baltimore City College classes (1921-49), and Foard's gifts to the
college
and Johns Hopkins University.
6 boxes, 1923-79
FORD'S THEATER COLLECTION, MS.369
Collection of records (created from a number of different accessions)
an
relating to Ford's Theater, Baltimore. Accounts, 1894-1919; daybooks,
1880-
1886; journals, 1893-1895; programs, 1875-1878, 1880-1881, 1888-1889,
1909-
1919. MS. volume of the libretto for Billee Taylor, a comic opera,
adapted
from a poem by Sheridan. Opera written by Stevens and Solomon (no
further details known) and produced April, 1881.
35 vols., 1875-1919.
FORD'S THEATER, WASHINGTON, D. C., PAPERS, MS.371
Collection of letters and papers all relating to the assassination
of President
Lincoln, 1865. Include letters of John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth, John
T.
Ford, Edwin Stanton (Secretary of War). Notes and articles by Edward
Spangler and John T. Ford (owner and manager of Ford's Theater at the
time of Lincoln's death). Newspaper clippings with accounts of the
assas-
sination, subsequent legal proceedings, and testimony of witnesses
of the
assassination and of Mary Surratt's hanging, 1865.
c. 60 items, 1865-1905.
FORMAN, MARTHA OGLE, DIARIES, MS. 1779
Diaries of life at "Rose Hill" in Cecil County: weather; social engage-
ments; purchases; the estate's slave community; and miscellaneous other
aspects of plantation life.
These diaries have been published in W. Emerson Wilson, ed., Plantation
Life at Rose Hill: The Diaries of Martha Ogle Forinan 1814-1845 (Wilmington:
Historical Society of Delaware, 1976).
Pedley, 581-82 6 boxes, 1814-54
FORMAN PAPERS, MS.403
Mrs. M. B. Fon-nan's diaries, 1814-1853; account books (various members
of family), 1818-1831, 1850-1908, 1866-1877. General Thomas Marsh For-
man's nursery and planting notes, 1821-1841. Memo book, William Y.
Day,
1822. Daybook, Chase & Tilyard, 1824. Notebooks (? Edward A. Day),
with commonplace book, 1813, giving examples of penmanship; geometry,
1816, and Spanish exercises, 1820. John Y. Day, accounts for Taylor's
Mount, 1818-1834, with wages paid to hired hands, numbers of sheep,
etc.
Day & Turner account book, 1868-1878. Samuel L. Wells's MS. notes
on
English law. Deeds (1732, 1742, 1744) and other land papers, MS. map
of
fisheries near Joppa, n. d.
14 vols., 1732-1908, and n. d.
FORMAN PAPERS, MS.1277
Letters of General Thomas M. Forman, his wife, Martha B. Forman, and
her sister, Mary A. Oldham. General Forman's letters relate to his
career
in the Revolutionary War. Miscellaneous items include commonplace
books, etc., of General and Mrs. Forman, Edward A. Day, William Y.
Day.
Law exercise book of Samuel L. Wells. Note book of Mary Forman Day.
Certified copy of the birth certificate of Mary Forman Day, 1929. Certificate
of alien registration, Mary Forman Day, July 30, 1930.
165 items, 1809-1937.
FORT McHENRY HISTORY, MS.1549
Three typescripts prepared by Lee H. Nelson, 1958, on different aspects
of
Fort McHenry. Positive photostat of pamphlet called Research for HARP
[Historical and Archeological Research Program, Fort McHenry National
Monument and Historic Shrine] in Annapolis, Maryland, by Franklin R.
Mullaly, concerning materials in Annapolis on Fort McHenry, 1958. List
of visitors to the fort, 19th and 20th centuries and of units present
at the
fort during the Battle of Baltimore, September, 1814. Negative photostats:
from the National Archives of letters and architectural drawings in
the
archives on the fort, 1814-1845. Photostats of the U. S. Army Recruiting
News, February 15, 1926, on the restoration of the fort, and of a typed
history of the fort from records in the Adjutant General's Office,
1929.
8 items, 1814-1958.
FORT WARREN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS, MS.337
Three volumes of autographs collected at Fort Warren, Boston, during
the
Civil War.
3 vols., 1861-1863.
FORT WARREN PRISONERS' RECORD BOOK, MS. 1957
Record of political prisoners kept at Fort Warren in Boston. Entries
written by individual prisoners include name, rank or office, place
of
residence and arrest, conditions and reasons for arrest, time of arrest,
and
places detained. Maryland prisoners include George William Brown
(mayor of Baltimore), Frank Key Howard (editor of the Baltimore Daily
Exchange), Henry M. Warfield (Maryland legislator), William H. Gatchell
(Baltimore City police commissioner), Charles Howard (Baltimore City
police commissioner), Severn Teackle Wallis (Maryland legislator),
Wil-
liam G. Harrison (Maryland legislator), 1. A. Thomas (Maryland legisla-
tor), Charles H. Pitts (Maryland legislator), George Armistead Appleton,
Laurence Sangston, and Harkins Scott (Maryland legislator). Also records
of prisoners from Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Louis-
iana, and Kentucky.
Pedley, 584, 642, 914, 1117, 1235, 1525 1 vol., 1861-62
FORWOOD AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, MS.935
First part of volume has newsclippings and greeting cards. Later section
contains autographs of many prominent figures, including Edison, Robert
Browning, Grover Cleveland, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Carl Schurz, and Oliver Wendell Holmes (67 in all).
A
note in front of the volume says, "Katie S. Forwood from Mrs. Henry
Miller,
December 25, 1881," Katie and "Lizzie" Forwood appear to have collected
the autographs together.
1 vol., 1881-1925.
FOSTER, JAMES W., PAPERS, MS.2002
Collection of material made by James W. Foster relating to the biography
of George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore. Includes survey of the material
(made by Dr. Kent Roberts Greenfield for members of the Maryland His-
torical Society Publications Committee). General notes on Calvert;
notes
on portraits of him with description and location; correspondence with
Mr.
Jacob France on Calvert biography; notes on Botelers, Talbots, Calverts,
et al. Bibliographical material and notes for further research. Completed
chapters 1-4 of Mr. Foster's projected book on Calvert, with annotations.
c. 1000 items, mid 20th century.
FOULKE FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2122
Letters from Elizabeth Foulke to her brothers William Parker Foulke
and Francis V. Foulke discussing their family, 1845-59; land papers
concerning property mostly in Nicholas County, West Virginia, of William
DeVeaux Foulke and John Francis Foulke; notes and sketches by William
DeVeaux Foulke on the craft of violin making; letter from Marie Caroline
studying veterinary science in Paris, 1833.
1 box,1833-1929
FOURTH MARYLAND REGIMENT ACCOUNT BOOK, MS. 1655
Account book of the paymaster of the regiment under the command of
Col. Josias C. Hall: clothing requisitions; pay abstracts; daily receipts.
Pedley, 587 1 vol., 1777
FOURTH REGIMENT RECORD BOOK, MS.338
Weekly returns for the 4th Maryland Regiment, Continental Army, com-
manded by Colonel Josias Carvil Hall. Records are entered at Middlebrook,
Buttermilk Falls, near Morristown, New Jersey, and en route to the
Caro-
linas. Shows reasons for absenteeism, and places where absentees may
be
found.
1 vol., 1779-1780.
FOWLER, ANN, PAPERS, MS.1278
Deeds and related items, tax receipts for Baltimore County, 1797-1889,
the
greater part issued to Ann Fowler (dates not known). Certified true
copy
of Poll Book of voters in 11th District, 2nd Precinct, Baltimore County,
1886. Miscellaneous receipts.
109 items, 1763-1887.
FOWLER, DAVID, PAPERS, MS. 1876.1
Baltimore County Judge (1 826-191 1). Legal papers: two dockets of
the
Court of Common Pleas and Circuit Court of Baltimore County, 1862-
82; deeds and wills of his father-in-law, Joseph Brinkley, and of C.
Louisa
Leeds, upon whose estate Brinkley had claims. Financial papers: ledger
of
money received, 1875-76; mortgages; leases; insurance; promissory notes;
property and estate accounts, including those of his father, Robert
Fowler
(1812-74). Correspondence: letters from other Judges commenting on
Fowler's career, politics, and acquaintances; one from Fowler to United
States Senator P. T. Mathias about a Congressional apportionment; a
letterbook of outgoing correspondence, 1881-87. Other family items:
a
biographical sketch of Robert Fowler; essays and biographical sketches
written by Fowler on Patrick Henry and Reverdy Johnson, poetry, and
other topics; confirmation and marriage certificates and legal appoint-
ments; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on legal news and local politics,
1870s-80s. Records of Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church, Catonsville,
Maryland: account books, 1866-73; receipts; mortgage; list of pew holders;
letters and other items relating to a controversy concerning Dr. Libertus
Van Bokkelen.
Pedley, 590 6 boxes, 1853-1909
FOWLER, JOHN H., PAPERS, MS. 1876.2
Bal timore commission merchant (1835-1901): agreements, letters,
promissory notes, receipts and statements relating to the estate of
Robert
Fowler; a court decree of John and David Fowler's share of the estate
of
Priscilla and Edward Jacob; auditor's statements for an equity case;
a
letter from Fowler to Congressman L. E. McComas about a Civil War
claim for whiskey destroyed by Federal troops; papers relating to the
sale
and lease of property.
25 items, 1873-98
FOWLER, LAURENCE HALL, PAPERS, MS. 1876.3
Letters from Columbia University professor and architect William
Ware, 1898-1909, discuss college education, illness, and Fowler's trip
to
Paris; letters from his parents, David and Mary Fowler, discuss family
health, visits, gifts and money, and Fowler's career and studies; notebooks
of lectures and assignments at Columbia University and L'Ecole des
Beaux
Arts on architectural history and theory, engineering and mathematics,
and a geometry textbook; notes on construction of a building in New
York; a scrapbook, 1879-94, of newspaper clippings on various subjects.
Pedley, 589 2 boxes, 1879-1951
FOWLER, LAURENCE H., ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, MS.370
Architectual drawings of Montpelier, in Prince George's County (built
1740), made in 1918 by Laurence Fowler. Include measurements, etc.
2 vols., 1918.
FOWLER PAPERS, MS.347
Letters, clippings, obituaries, photographs, printed legal opinions,
and mis-
cellaneous material, relating to judge David Fowler, his parents, Robert
and Susan Fowler, and other members of the family.
1 box, c. 1874-1938.
FOWLER PAPERS, MS. 1940
Records of ground rents, 1932-46; some items relating to Laurence Hall
Fowler's (1876-1971) involvement with the American Institute of Archi-
tects; genealogical notes on the Fowler, Wilson, and Oliver families;
newspaper clippings, 1909-24, on Maryland towns, Baltimore, art mu-
seums, and architecture; correspondence between Dr. Christopher John-
ston and J. Blake about the cost of genealogical work, 1902; an account
book of David Fowler (1836-1911), 1875-86.
Pedley, 588-90 2 boxes, 1875-1924
FOWLER, ROBERT, PAPERS, MS. 1876
Maryland businessman and politician (1812-74): letters about court
cases and legal suits, 1844 and 1871-74; business papers concerning
stock
holdings, especially the Frederick and Baltimore turnpike (1862), Fountain
Hotel, Barnum Hotel, and Berlin Hotel (1862 and 1865-91); records of
land holdings, 1866 and 1871-72; the estate of Robert Fowler, 1874.
Pedley, 590 1 box,1844-91
FRANCE, JOSEPH IRWIN, PAPERS, MS. 2329
Maryland state and United States Senator (1873-1939): printed
speeches, 1913-35, on cost of living, Russian trade, agriculture, Allied
war
debt, economic policies of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt;
remarks and extracts from speeches, 1921-22, on Russian relief and
Allied
war debt; resolutions introduced before congress, 1921, about world
eco-
nornic problems, Russia, and Allied war debt; campaign literature,
1922-
36, from United States senatorial and presidential races; newspaper
clip-
pings about his political campaigns, ideas on Russian relief, farm
in Cecil
County, a tribute to Sen. William E. Borah; correspondence, 1935, with
Neale Smith about holding company legislation and the 1936 Republican
party platform.
Pedley, 951 46 items, 1913-67
FRANCE, JOSEPH I., CLIPPINGS, MS.1578
Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on the Democratic senatorial
campaign of 1919, and the senatorial campaign of Joseph I. France in
1922.
2 vols., 1919, 1922.
FRANK PAPERS, MS.1279
Collection of materials relating to the immigration of Leon Frank to
Balti-
more, and his property in the city. Includes certificate of naturalization,
and vaccination certificate. Mortgages, deeds, etc., for three lots
in Balti-
more City. Principal signers are Charles Demangin, Daniel Bosley, Francis
Vanet, John Francis French, and William Barnett. Also included in the
col-
lection is Lesser Franles Bavarian army discharge, certificate of good
behavior, and other German papers.
30 items, 1804-1854.
FRANKLIN ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.312
Expense accounts of Star Franklin as a cadet at Virginia Military Academy,
showing various types of personal expenditure.
1 vol., 1867-1871.
FRANKLIN FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2256
Anne Arundel County family: prices of cordage, butter, sugar, rum,
wheat, hay, and building supplies; records of births, deaths, and marriages.
Microfilm only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
1 reel (no. 435), 1702-1829
FRANKLIN, ROBERT, ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.282
Account book of Robert Franklin of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, con-
taining farm and house accounts; births, marriages, deaths in the Franklin
family, and slaves owned. Franklin died 1735, but family record continued
through 19th century.
1 vol., 1702-1901.
FRANKLIN SOCIETY MINUTE BOOK, MS. 2248.3
Debating club: society business; debate topics; names of members;
newspaper clippings of obituaries of eight women; patterns for standard
and eyelet embroidery for infants' and women's clothing.
1 vol., 1840-41
FRASER PAPERS, MS.1280
Printed official commissions of Gilbert Fraser at various stages of
his diplo-
matic career (2nd Vice Consul in New York, 1874; British Consul-General
in Baltimore 1891), with official seals of British crown and signatures
of
Presidents Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses
S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson,
12 items, 1874-1913.
FRAZIER, JOHN M., LEDGERS, MS.1533
Accounts of John M. Frazier, Baltimore maritime lawyer, giving names
of
clients and amounts owed by them.
2 vols., 1866-1869.
FREDERICK COUNTY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1489
Account book of an unidentified resident of Frederick County 1832-1838,
with a diary in the same volume, 1881-1898, 1918. The name of Miner
occurs frequently. Specific nature of accounts not known.
1 vol., 1832-1838,1881-1898,1918.
FREDERICK COUNTY COMMITTEE OF OBSERVATION PAPERS, MS.577
Minutes and journal of the Committee of Observation in the Middle District
of Frederick County, 1775-1776. Some of the items deal with lists of
soldiers
furnished, patriotism in Western Maryland, and provisions and supplies
raised in the provinces for Maryland troops. Minutes of the Committee
of
Observation in the Elizabeth Town District of Frederick County, 1775-
1776.
2 boxes, 1775-1776.
FREDERICK COUNTY DOCUMENT COLLECTION, MS. 2401
Land indentures, deeds, bills of sale, mortgages, petitions, bonds,
prom-
issory notes, and recognizances for Raphael Taney, Joseph Chapline,
Daniel Dulany, Matthew Bartgis, and the Lohr Family.
Register available. 1 box, 1749-1841
FREDERICK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION, MS. 2417
Correspondence, genealogical information, and legal papers relating
to
Frederick County families, mostly during the Civil War. Prominent indi-
viduals represented include John Ross Key (1754-1821), William P.
Maulsby (1816-94), John McPherson (1760-1829), and Roger Brooke
Taney (1777-1864).
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
Register available. 8 boxes, 1741-1935
FREDERICK COUNTY LAND RECORDS, MS. 2420
Surveys, plats, and indentures concerning properties in Frederick
County. Includes records of Samuel Duvall (1 708-181 1), Benedict Calvert
(ca. 1723-88), and Thomas Johnson (I 732-88).
Pedley, 417, 531, 880, 937 100 items, 1752-1906
FREDERICK COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR'S LEDGER, MS.1028
Tax collector's ledger, Frederick County, 1805-1806, showing assessments
and sums due and paid by citizens of Upper Antietam, Elizabeth, Salisbury,
Conococheague, and Fort Frederick Hundreds. Amounts of tobacco fre-
quently mentioned. In front of volume is list of warrants delivered
to Super-
visors of Public Roads (n. d.).
1 vol., 1805-1806, and n. d.
FREDERICK COUNTY TREASON PAPERS, MS.576
Box of documents relating to the trial of several persons for treason,
Fred-
erick County, in 1781. Includes warrants for execution and petitions
for
clemency. Also included are a few items relating to enlistments and
deser-
tions in the American army.
1 box, 1777-1781.
FREE NEGRO PAPERS, MS.1281
Collection of seven items, 1824-1849, includes permit from Orphan's
Court
for Negro to leave the state and return; order for appearance at Orphan's
Court of three free Negroes and children as being without visible means
of
support. Indentures for Negro children to be trained as servant, farmer,
etc.
Material pertains to Cecil County, Maryland.
7 items, 1824-1849.
FREE SUMMER EXCURSION SOCIETY RECORDS, MS.372
Records of the Free Summer Excursion Society, an organization founded
in 1875 to provide outings for underprivileged children of Baltimore.
Min-
utes, 1875-1960; financial accounts, 1906-1954; scrapbooks; lists of
contrib-
utors; deed and lease for Chesterwood, the Free Summer Excursion Society
park, 1880; two plats of Chesterwood, 1937. (Photographs formerly
included in this collection now transferred to the Maryland Historical
Society photographic file.)
20 vols. and 1 portfolio, 1875-1960.
FREIGHT RECORD BOOK, MS.1098
"Freights Inward" section of volume shows cargoes carried to Baltimore
from various European ports, with details of shippers, consignees,
articles
concerned, size, value. Relate to ship Armata trading at Rotterdam,
Liver-
pool, Hamburg, Amsterdam, to Baltimore, 1822-1825. Pocahontas, trading
at Liverpool and Gibraltar, 1825. Several lists have copies of the
signature
of William & James Brown & Company, Liverpool shippers. Name
of the
company handling the Baltimore end of the trade has not been traced.
"Freights Outward" section is empty, except for details of tonnage,
etc., of
ships Armata, Plato, Pocahontas.
1 vol., 1822-1825.
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.375
Ledger with accounts of Maryland troops in the French and Indian War;
contains separate alphabetical listings for companies commanded by
Colonel John Dagworthy, Captains Alexander Beall, Joshua Beall, Francis
Ware, and Richard Pearis. Lengthy entries under Dagworthy, relating
to
a hospital, and a 7,12% deduction from the pay of both officers and
men. The
lists of names also include dates of service, amounts of pay due, and
remarks
on each soldier.
1 vol., 1762.
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR RECORDS AND CLAIMS, MS.375.1
French and Indian War records consist of four small volumes of muster
and
pay rolls of Captains John White, Peter Butler, Elias Delashmut, William
Luckett, John Middaugh, Joseph Chapline, Jonathan Hager, Thomas Nor-
ris, Henry Casson, Peregrine Brown, Peter Bainbridge, Stephen Ransberger,
Moses Cbapline, Joshua Beall, Tobias Stansbury. Accounts for provisions
and for quartering troops. Maryland soldiers' claims, with orders to
pay
soldiers for time served.
4 vols., 1756-1770.
FRENCH NAVAL LETTERS, MS.1534
Contemporary manuscript copies of letters written by the Chevalier
dAnne-
mours, first French Consul in Maryland, and by commanders of French
vessels, to Governors Thomas Sim Lee and William Paca, in regard to
clearance of French merchant ships in the Chesapeake and the operations
of the French fleet there.
8 items, 1782-1783.
FRICK, FRANK, SCRAPBOOKS, MS-1539
Two bound volumes of newspaper clippings kept by Frank Frick, Balti-
more merchant. Vol. 1, 1861, deals with events leading up to the Civil
War
and the occupation of Baltimore by Federal troops. Clippings describe
political and military events. Vol. 2, has a clipping of the "President's
Proc-
lamation' on emancipation taken from the Boston Courier. The rest of
the
material is chiefly from southern newspapers and includes letters from
General Wade Hampton to General Sherman on the destruction caused by
northern forces. The last letter is dated July, 1865.
2 vols., 1861-1865.
FRICK RECORD BOOKS, MS.376
Volumes of real estate records of William Frick, Baltimore lawyer and
judge. Vol. I has copies of deeds, 1815-1867, and six plats of property
pur-
chases. Vol. 2, deeds, 1819-1873, with detailed plats for each tract,
including
several on the development of Beethoven Terrace and Frick's Folly.
Vol.
3, ground rents and amounts received, 1856-1871.
3 vols., 1815-1873.
FRIDAY CLUB MINUTE BOOK, MS.378
Constitution and proceedings of the Friday (sometimes called Lawyers')
Club, organized in 1852 by a group of Baltimore lawyers. Members included
Severn Teackle Wallis, Henry Winter Davis, William Frederick Frick,
George William Brown. The club disbanded at the outbreak of the Civil
War, but meetings resumed in 1868 for one year.
1 vol., 1852-1869.
FRIENDS' RECORD BOOK, MS.377
Record book has lists of officials of Gunpowder monthly meetings, compiled
by Joseph Townsend, c. late 18th-early 19th centuries. Includes clerks,
min-
isters, and elders, "Ministering Friends from Europe," and "Ministering
Friends who Visited Europe."
1 vol., 1656-1818.
FRIENDSHIP FIRE COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MINUTE BOOK, MS.373
Minute book of the Friendship Fire Company, Baltimore, contains articles
of association, lists of officers, and minutes of quarterly meetings.
1 vol., 1798-1822.
FRIESE ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.933
Accounts of the shipping house of Philip Friese (1776-1857) of Baltimore
and Bremen; shipments of coffee, tobacco, sugar, etc. Numerous ports
used
include Richmond, Georgetown, Annapolis, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Amster-
dam. Accounts of John Frederick Amelung and the New Bremen Glass
Works contained in the later volume are of particular interest. At
the back
of the later volume are lecture notes and general memoranda pertaining
to
Philip Christopher Friese (1817-1898), dating from 1874-1876. Include
notes on Plato's Republic. Collection also includes a Xerox copy of
the
Amelung accounts.
2 vols. and 1 copy, 1799-1808, 1805-1812 (1874-1876).
FRITCHIE, BARBARA, SCRAPBOOK, MS.967
Clippings, letters, and other materials relating to Barbara Fritchie,
Civil
War heroine, and her home in Frederick, mainly dealing with the contro-
versy as to whether the story in Whittier's poem is fact or fiction.
Material
relating to the dedication of Barbara Fritchie's restored home, July
4, 1927.
1 Vol., 1869-1937.
FROELICHER, FRANCES MORTON, COLLECTION, MS. 2437
Papers concerning Hans Froelicher, Jr. and Frances Morton Froe-
licher and their involvement in urban renewal and desegregation in
Baltimore, 1940s-1960s: reports; correspondence; secondary accounts
of
their work; history of the Lafayette Square Community Center and
Citizen's Planning and Housing Association; early work of the Mount
Royal Protective Association.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
5 items, 1972-78
FULFORD AND MILLER, ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS. 2388
Baltimore commission merchants for cheese, lumber, flour, whiskey,
and
whale oil: financial Journal, 1844-49; invoice and sales book, 1844-49;
letterbook, 1845-48; cashbook, 1846-48. 4 vols., 1844-49
FULTON, JEAN BOYD, DIARIES, MS-1157
Diary of Jean Boyd Fulton of Salisbury, Wicomico County, describing
family life and local events with much material on Protestant church
life
and teaching.
4 vols., 1876-1881.
FULTON, MRS. NANCY, RECIPE BOOK, MS.1158
Volume of miscellaneous recipes for cakes, cookies, etc., kept by Mrs.
Nancy
Fulton. (The identification of the particular Mrs. Fulton is uncertain-
probably Mrs. Nancy Helen White Fulton, 1860-1935, wife of Dr. John
S.
Fulton.)
1 vol., C. 1900.
FULTON STREET PERMANENT BUILDING ASSOCIATION MINUTES, MS.374
Minutes of meetings, accounts, and two letters from H. Edgar Johnson,
counsellor. Listing of new directors and officers of the association.
1 Vol., 1874-1876.
FULTON STREET PERMANENT BUILDING ASSOCIATION RECORD BOOKS, MS.980
Record books of the Fulton Street Permanent Building Association of
Baltimore.
14 vols., 1876-1942.
FURBER, LYMAN VAN BUREN, PAPERS, MS. 2442
Correspondence of Lyman Van Buren Furber, mostly about his service,
1861-62, in the Sixth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia;
these letters comment on daily life and describe his observations of
the
Baltimore-Washington-Annapolis area. Also, Furber and Coburn family
letters and genealogical notes on the Furber, Otis, and Spofford families.
50 items, 1827-79
FURLONG-BALDWIN PAPERS, MS.193
Correspondence of Mrs. Richard Baldwin of Waterbury, Anne Arundel
County, from son, L. W. Baldwin, while he was employed by Illinois
Central Railroad, 1897-1901. Also included are letters from her husband
and
friends. Personal correspondence of Rev. Henry Furlong from parishioners,
family, and friends. These letters contain news of events in the Baltimore
District of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
2 boxes, 1822-1901.