HAGER, JONATHAN, MANUSCRIPTS, MS.1295
Collection of notes, photostats, etc., relating to the Hager [Hagar] family
and Hager House. Includes typed list of patents pertaining to town lots
in Hagerstown, Hager genealogy, typescript warrant for Hager's Fancy,
etc. Much of this material was collected in connection with the restoration
of the Hager House by the architect, Francis H. Jencks in 1951-1952.
40 items, c. 1740-1952.
 

HAGER PAPERS, MS.1296
Copies of depositions and petitions taken in the dispute between heirs of
Jonathan Hager as to division of his estate, c. 1785, Hagerstown.
17 items, c. 1785.
 

HAGERSTOWN MERCHANTS DAYBOOK, MS.421
Daybook of an unidentified hardware merchant at Hagerstown, Maryland,
showing sales of tools, nails, and miscellaneous supplies.
1 vol., 1829-1834.
 

HAINES NOTEBOOK, MS.414
Notebook of Stephen Haines, resident of Frederick County, with examples
of algebra.
1 vol., 1821.
 

HALL ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.415
journal of C. W. Hall, Brookeville, Montgomery County, showing sales in
his general store, 1840-1841. Cash book, including summaries of sales, 1840-
1842; in same volume, in different hand, inventory of T. M. McCormick's
stock, March, 1845 McCormick owner of the same store after Halls
death).
2 vols., 1840-1845.
 

HALL, AQUILA, ASSESSMENT LEDGER, BALTIMORE COUNTY,
MS.1565
Assessment ledger of Sheriff Aquila Hall for Baltimore County, 1763-1764.
Listed are the property holdings and assessments of some 1380 persons and
places, including such names as the Principio Company, Lancashire Iron
Works, Nottingham Company, St. Paul's Parish, Captain John Paca, Steven
Onion heirs, Colonel Charles Ridgely, Colonel John Hall, Colonel Thomas
White, Charles Carroll.
1 vol., 1763-1764.
 

HALL, AQUILA, PAPERS, MS.1298
Correspondence of Aquila Hall and Hall & Gilbert with Christopher Court
& Company, London, concerning tobacco trade (in later letters Court &
Company dun Hall for payment of account); account statements; invoices
of goods shipped from London; tobacco grading and prices; tobacco sales
accounts; ships and masters in the tobacco trade; hogsheads' marks; effect
of European affairs on the trade.
26 items, 1758-1775.
 

HALL, BENEDICT EDWARD, PAPERS, MS.1297
Letters to Benedict Edward Hall of Harford County from Benjamin
Rumsey, Otho H. Williams, John Eager Howard, Samuel Smith, 1773-1780.
Many of these letters relate to the proceedings of the Maryland Convention
of 1776. Also included is MS. copy of minutes of Committee of Safety of
Harford County, 1774-1777 (original owned by Harford County Historical
Society).
29 items, 1759-1824.
 

HALL, EDWARD, PAPERS, MS.1300
Business correspondence of Edward Hall, Baltimore merchant, 1788-1826;
letters re shipment of merchandise from merchants in Kingston, St.
Thomas, Cayes, Bordeaux, Hamburg, and Bremen; correspondence with
General John Mason, Georgetown, D. C., agent for Edward Hall; HalFs
letterbooks of items written while in Baltimore, Charleston, and abroad;
correspondence with Charles Hopfengartner, C. B. Kuehlman, Christopher
Hughes, James Grant Forbes, and others.
234 items, 1788-1826.
 

HALL FAMILY PAPERS, MS.1299
Papers relating to the Hall family of Harford County. There are deeds,
letters, receipts, 1750-1889, of Aquila, George William, Thomas White and
Edward H. Hall. One letter from Burton Harrison, secretary to Jefferson
Davis, and other letters, written from Richmond, Virginia, 1864-1865, give
an account of conditions in the city at that time.
c. 150 items, 1750-1889.
 
 

(MISSES) HALL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION, MS. 1958
Alumnae association of the Hall School, a private school for girls located
in Baltimore: annual meeting minutes, 1936-44; treasurer's financial
records; biographical data about Ann, Elizabeth, and Mary Hall; infor-
mation about the school; fund raising records for the art students' dormi-
tory supported by the Alumnae Association.
22 items, 1915-44
 

HALL OF RECORDS, "RAINBOW' SERIES, ABSTRACTS, MS.1515
Seven slim and imperfect volumes of miscellaneous notations and memo-
randa copied from volumes of the Hall of Records "Rainbow" Series, relat-
ing to the Government of Maryland in the colonial period. All volumes are
MS., some in pencil. Compiler and date of compilation are unknown. Sub-
jects covered date from c. 1740-c. 1780.
7 vols., n. d.
 

HALL, THOMAS JOHN, COLLECTION, MS.1970.1
Papers collected, notes, and drafts by Thomas John Hall (1883-1953)
for his book, The Hall Family of West RI'Ver and Kindred Fami'lies (Denton,
Maryland: Published by the author, 1941); notices, vestry minutes, lists of
rectors and communicants for the 250th anniversary (1974) of Saint James
Parish, Lothian, Maryland; records of Saint James for parishioners, as-
sessments and other funds, 1878 and 1887; record of A. Hamilton Hall,
Maryland Justice of the peace, for summons and writs of replevin, 1868-
1900.
4 boxes, 1870-1940
 

HALL, THOMAS W., PAPERS, MS. 2390
Correspondence with his parents related to the imprisonment of the
Baltimore attorney and newspaper editor for being a southern sympa-
thizer; descriptions of imprisonment in Forts McHenry, Monroe (Vir-
ginia), Lafayette (New York), and Warren (Massachusetts); his service in
the Confederate Army in Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, and North
Carolina.
Pedley, 708 1 box, 1861-67
 

HAMBLETON DIARY, MS.983
Manuscript copy of a diary kept by Samuel Hambleton (1777-1851), purser
in the U. S. Navy during the War of 1812 at Lake Erie and later in service
throughout the world.
3 vols., 1813-1832.
 

HAMBLETON FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2021
Correspondence of Samuel Hambleton (I 7 7 7-185 1) and John N. Ham-
bleton (1798-1870), both pursers in the United States Navy: letters of
Samuel Hambleton comment on his participation in the Battle of Lake
Erie, a dinner engagement with Andrew Jackson, his friendship with
Commodore David Porter, activities at the naval yard in Norfolk, and his
cruises in the Carribbean, 1813-32; letters of John N. Hambleton describe
cruises in South America (commenting in detail on social customs and
politics), in the Gulf of Mexico, Carribbean, and the Mediterranean,
1820-32, and in one letter comments on Nat Turner's rebellion, 1831; a
1775 promissory note; a copy of the will of William Hambleton and
several letters to his son, Samuel; some letters of Samuel Hambleton, Jr.;
other materials related to James Parrott, Josephine Owings, John H.
Hambleton, T. Edward Hambleton, and Susan Parrott.
For a fuller description see Richard J. Cox, "Two Marylanders in the
Early Navy: The Hambleton Family Papers, MS. 202 I," Maryland Historical
Magazine 69 (Fall 1974): 317-21.
Pedley, 7 10 1 box,1775-1914
 

HAMBLETON, SAMUEL, COLLECTION, MS. 2381
Letters of Samuel Hambleton (1777-1851), naval officer from Mary-
land, about the efforts of Capt. Jesse Duncan Elliot to discredit 0. H.
Perry's performance in the battle of Lake Erie, 1813.
Photocopies only; originals at the William L. Clements Library,
University of Michigan.
52 items, 1813-43
 

HAMILTON & HOOD PAPERS, MS.1302
Small collection of letters to Hamilton & Hood, Philadelphia merchants,
from customers in Maryland; dealt in rum, sugar, etc.
26 items, 1810-1835.
 

HAMILTON PAPERS, MS.1301
Letters from James Lawson of Glasgow to Alexander Hamilton, merchant
of Port Tobacco and Piscataway, Maryland, 1760-1770, and from Hamilton
to Robert Ferguson at Port Tobacco, 1785-1798. Deal with tobacco trade,
troubles over notes drawn in excess of proceeds, and local business affairs.
List of bonds, notes, and other papers belonging to the store of John
Glassford, May 24, 1785. Also letters from Governor William Smallwood to
Robert Ferguson.
40 items, 1760-1800.
 

HAMMER ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.423
Ledger of Frederick Hammer, Baltimore merchant who dealt in goods
from Germany, kept by him, 1796-1817, and continued by Thomas S.
Alexander to 1859. Vol. 2 has administration accounts of Hammer's estate
(August Hammer and Laurence Thomsen, administrators). Includes
detailed inventory of property-houses, stock in trade, furniture, bank and
turnpike stocks, ships, etc., totalling more than $75,000. Lists of articles
sold at auction, lists of debts due Hammer, copies of letters, and court
settlements.
2 vols., 1796-1859.
 

HAMMER, FREDERICK, LETTERBOOK, MS. 423.1
Correspondence of Baltimore merchant (I 753-1818): ordering glassware
from Bremen, Germany; with various merchants in Maryland and Virginia about
wine, wheat, and dry goods.
Pedley, 713 1 vol., 1801-6
 

HAMMOND FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2210
Genealogy of the Hammond family of Maryland compiled by Edward
Hammond, Jr.
Restricted. Use only with the permission of donor.
1 vol., 1624-1931
 

HAMMOND-HARWOOD HOUSE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION,
MS.1303
Collection of papers from the Hammond-Harwood House; includes land
transactions of the Jeremiah T. Chase family; letters of Loockerman and
Harwood families; two letters from Thomas Stone, and two from Nicholas
Harwood concerning the capture and burning of Philadelphia during the
Barbary Wars, 1803. Engraved reproductions of Townley family and Wil-
liam Eddis coats of arms.
28 items, 1679-1845.
 

HAMMOND HARWOOD HOUSE COLLECTION, MS. 1303.1
Papers compiled by Mrs. Miles White, Jr.: a list of Maryland churches
owning antique silver; a list of silver pieces in several Maryland churches;
a short history of Somerset Parish; a history of a silver service presented to
Somerset Parish in 1712; a resolution on the death of W. T. Thalin from
officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1894.
Pedley, 714 5 items, 1894
 

HAMMOND LETTERBOOKS, MS.426
Manuscript and typescript copies of letters received by Maria Johns Ham-
mond from artists, authors, editors, and others. Several Greek exercises of
Charles H. Hammond, Jr., are also included.
4 vols., 1880-1930.
 

HAMMOND, NATHAN, LEDGER, MS. 429
Ledger of Annapolis merchant: trade in rum, sugar, salt, tobacco, spices,
and thread; several pages kept by unidentified person in 1814-15.
1 vol., 1764-68, 1814-15
 

HAMPTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE SCRAPBOOK, MS.954
Clippings from the scrapbook of Helen West [Stewart] Ridgely, organized
by Edith Rossiter Bevan, 1950. Notes by Helen West Ridgely, typed from
the scrapbook original. Scrapbook is entitled Hampton and the Ridgely
family, 1700's-1920's. Subjects covered are the gardens at Hampton, and
the building of the house in 1785; weddings and entertainments at Hamp-
ton,- the Hampton estate; clippings on land division in 1905; the Ridgely
family and relatives. Also includes death notices, wedding announcements,
and other material on the history of the Ridgely family.
1 vol., 1950.
 

HANDICRAFT CLUB OF BALTIMORE ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.425
Record of collections, deposits, expenses of the club; prospectuses, lists of
members, etc. Program of The Magic Ballads, performed at the Lyceum
Theater, December, 1911. Two catalogues of exhibits at the Peabody Insti-
tute, March, 1913 and Aprfl, 1915.
1 vol., 1910-1914 (1915).
 

HANDY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.1027
Vol. 1, Colonel George Handy's account book as Treasurer of Washington
Academy, from 1784. Vols. 2-3, ledgers of George Handy, Jr. as Clerk of
Somerset County, Maryland, with fees for various services.
3 vols., 1784-1826.
 

HANNAY SCRAPBOOK, MS.424
Scrapbook with programs and other material relating to theaters in Balti-
more, Washington, D. C., and New York, donated (? and collected) by
William M. Hannay.
1 vol., 1889-1893.
 

HANSON FAMILY PAPERS, MS.408
Miscellaneous Hanson family letters include correspondence from Alex-
ander Contee Hanson to George Corbin Washington; Alexander Contee
Hanson to John Elihu, concerning the burial of General James Lingan.
Accounts and other business papers concerning the Elk Ridge Company
(Caleb Dorsey & Company Iron Furnaces), 1757-1787. Twenty letters of
Alexander Contee Hanson, Jr.
1 vol. and 2 portfolios, 1737-1877.
 

HANSON, JOHN, PAPERS, MS. 1785
Letters written by Hanson (1721-83) to his son-in-law, Dr. Philip
Thomas of Frederick, Maryland: military campaigns; scarcity of food and
money; difficulties in fulfilling Maryland's quotas of men and supplies;
the weakness of the government; the Andr6-Arnold plot to capture West
Point; the surrender of Cornwallis; naval engagements off the West Indies;
the peace negotiations; the opening of the Philadelphia National Bank in
1782; family health; management of his plantation and slaves. During this
period Hanson was a member of the Continental Congress and President
of the United States in Congress assembled.
For further notes see Nancy G. Boles, "The John Hanson Collection,"
Maryland Historical Magazine 65 (Fall 1970): 304-5.
Pedley, 314, 644, 721 1 box,1780-83
 

HANSON, JOHN, LEDGER, MS. 1785.1
Records of Maryland planter and politician (1721-1783): accounts of
household and plantation expenses; accounts of the Council of Safety for
purchasing guns, blankets, and other materials; the Continental Congress's
account with the Frederick County Committee of Observation; the Con-
tinental Congress's account for prisoners.
1 vol., 1775-82
 

HANSON, JOHN AND WALTER, PAPERS, MS.1579
Correspondence and petitions to the Maryland General Assembly concern-
ing the sum of 1000 lbs. of tobacco lent to John and Walter Hanson by the
Council of Safety, Annapolis, 1776, for the building of a powder mill.
9 items, 1776-1791.
 

JOHN HANSON SOCIETY RECORDS, MS. 2086
Organized in 1932 to honor Hanson as the first president of the United
States: correspondence; newspaper clippings; papers concerning other
Swedish-American groups.
84 items, 1932-74
 

HANSON,  M., COLLECTION, MS. 2352
Correspondence about Maryland Governor Horatio Sharpe, 1952 and
1975; transcript of the will of Horatio Sharpe, 1790.
7 items, 1952 and 1975

 
HARDING FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2347
Correspondence of Harding family members in Elkton, Maryland,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, and Kentucky, chiefly
from Amelia Giles Harding (1787-1864), Walter Elias Harding (1816-
1858), and Mary Woelper Harding, about family matters, health, births,
deaths, and religion; commonplace books of Mary Elizabeth Harding
(1845), Florence Harding (1858), and Philip Harding (1859); three scrap-
books of newspaper clippings, poetry, drawings, and religious instruction
prepared by Amelia Giles Harding for her grandchildren; genealogical
materials about the Woelper, Giles, Weary families.
2 boxes, 1807-1957
 

HARDING, WALTER E., RECORD BOOK, MS. 2297
Income and expenses of Walter E. Harding, his mother, Amelia Hard-
ing, and brother, Philip: accounts with the Eastern Shore Railroad Com-
pany which rented the family home in Elkton, Maryland; Walter and
Philip's board in their Baltimore home; tobacco and newspaper subscrip-
tions; labor; household furnishings; repairs; maintenance; fuel; groceries;
clothing; books; travel; entertainment.
1 vol., 1836-40
 

HARDWARE ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.428
Account book of an unidentified hardware store, including entries on
numerous items of hardware and cutlery, with price and sources of supplies.
1 vol., 1838-1840.
 

"HAREWOOD" COLLECTION, MS. 2396
Collection of papers concerning "Harewood," the estate of Robert
Oliver, Baltimore merchant: sale of "Harewood" to Gustav W. Lurman,
1836; papers of the trustees of Oliver's estate and agreements between
Robert M. Gibbes and William and Joshua Hitch; estimates of income of
"Harewood," 1836, and memorandum of crops; accounts of the sale of
"Harewood," 1836; deeds relating to the original land book, 1758 and
1771.
Pedley, 1186-87 25 items, 1758, 1771, 1835-36
 

HARFORD CIRCUIT REGISTER, MS.427
Record book of the Harford Circuit, Methodist Church, covering Harford
County, Baltimore County, and York County (Pennsylvania). Includes
register of births and marriages, dated 1809 on title page but including
many entries for other years, both earlier and later. Minutes of the Quar-
terly Conference of the Harford Circuit, and accounts, 1832-1842. Miscel-
laneous later (20th century) notes on Methodism and temperance in Har-
ford County in the 19th century, and notes (made 1911) on the career of
Colonel William Smith (d. 1835).
1 vol., 1776-1871 (1911).
 

HARFORD COUNTY DRUGGIST'S LEDGER, MS. 1689
Customer accounts of a Harford County drugstore, perhaps for Dr. W.
S. Richardson and Son: sales of medicine, spices, and tobacco; customers
include Harford County jail and alms house.
1 vol., 1887-94
 

HARFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS, MS.2000
A collection of papers relative to Harford County and its residents, and to
the county's role in State and National affairs, c. 1660-1936. Included are
letters and documents of men prominent in the economic and political
development of the county. There are account books, bills, blotters, bonds,
broadsides, colonial land grants, courses, county, State and Federal papers,
daybooks, deeds, depositions, diaries, estate inventories, family and busi-
ness correspondence, genealogies, indentures, ledgers, maps, military
papers, newspaper clippings, organizational papers (fraternal, religious,
school), plats, pamphlets, receipts, surveys, scrapbooks, wills, 1660-1870.
Many of these papers were collected by George W. Archer from various
sources; private families (genealogies, letters, wills, deeds, inventories,
etc.), schools, churches, business concerns, county and State records, indi-
viduals prominent in history, medicine, politics, etc., and were used by him
as source material for a projected book on the county. Many papers and
notes of Archer; his extracts from Maryland history textbooks, from the
Archives of Maryland, the Acts of Assembly, newspapers, magazines. In
addition there are Archer's personal papers-medical, family, military and
business, many of these having been annotated by Archer for reference and
clarity. More specifically the collection consists of the following major
groups: c. 3,000 letters and papers of a legal nature sent to Otho Scott,
lawyer of Bel Air, and to his partner Henry Farnandis (19th century).
Colonial land grants, surveys and plats, including many of Colonel Thomas
White (1704-1779). Lists of taxables in the hundreds of the county, 1774-
1776. County militia subscribers, 1775-1776. Lists of subscribers to the
Association of Freemen of Maryland, 1775-1776. Lists of persons taking the
Oath of Allegiance in 1778. County election returns, 1789-1812. c. 4,000
papers of the Hall family (Aquila Hall, etc.), including account books,
ledgers, deeds, bills, receipts, etc., and business correspondence relating to
the shipping and mercantile interests of several generations of the family,
c. 1700-mid 19th century. A collection of c. 4,000 papers of members of the
Archer family, concerned with business and miscellaneous ventures, 1700-
early 20th century. Thomas Hays papers (early 19th century) dealing with
legal, county, and military affairs. Records of the Deer Creek Farmers'
Club, 1873-1890. Bel Air Fee Books, 1813-1815. Military items, including
letters, muster rolls, commissions, recruiting service letters, quartermasters'
receipts, bounty rolls, 1754-1865. Property evaluations for the U. S. direct
assessments for the county, 1814. Baltimore and Harford Electric Railway
papers of J. Alexis Shriver, 1911-1913. Shriver correspondence, 1913-1936,
etc.
c. 36,000 items, c. 1660-1936.
 

HARFORD COUNTY MILITIA RECORDS, MS. 1681
Depositions, letters, and petitions of the court martial proceedings
against Thomas Casper Stump, militiaman, accused of refusing to march
to Baltimore in August 1814.
8 items, 1814-16
 

HARPER, CATHERINE CARROLL, PAPERS, MS. 1901
Letters of Harper (1777-1861) from Paris to Charles Ing (1823-58), her
financial representative in Baltimore, about the collection of rents, stock
prices, requests for money, and a political revolution in France.
5 items, 1851
 

HARPER, ROBERT GOODLOE, PAPERS, MS. 1884
Correspondence of Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) about legal
matters, cases, and trial dates. Correspondents: James McHenry, 1799;
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1802; Benjamin H. Latrobe, 1803 and 1816;
Aaron Burr, 1803; James Bayard, 1805, concerning a bill before the United
States Senate making legal the arming of merchant vessels; Philip Barton
Key, 1812; Thomas Swann, 1813; Edward Livingston, 1813; Josiah
Quincy, 1814, dealing with the constitutionality of admitting Louisiana to
the Union; Alexander Contee Hanson, 1814, on the conflict between the
Western and Eastern shores of Maryland regarding the election of senators;
Roger Brooke Taney, 1815; George Armistead, 1816, of a weapons exper-
iment at Fort McHenry; Luther Martin, 1817; William Henry Winder,
1817; William Wirt, 1819; Richard Peters, 1820, on agriculture in the
United States; Joseph Speed, 1822, concerning the Deep Creek Lake
project.
Pedley, 109, 309, 729-32 1 box,1797-1824
 

HARRIS, WILLIAM HALL, SCRAPBOOK, MS. 1979
William Hall Harris (1852-1938), postmaster of Baltimore during the
Theodore Roosevelt administration: poems; photographs; newspaper and
magazine clippings on Harris and his appointment as postmaster; his will,
obituary, funeral sermon, and tributes; summaries of his activities on the
board of trustees of the Peabody Institute and patriotic societies; copies of
letters of condolence written to the family after his death.
Photocopy only; permission for publication must be obtained from the
owner.
1 vol., 1904-41
 

HARRISON, GEORGE, PAPERS, MS. 2436
Poetry, writings, and personal papers of George Harrison (1861-1954),
teacher and businessman. Diary of Mrs. Gertrude Gorsuch Harrison
(1883-1979), 1954.
300 items, 1932-54
 

HARTMAN, ALFRED Z., METHODIST HISTORY MANUSCRIPT, MS. 1739
Manuscript history, never published, of the Methodist church in Mary-
land, 1770-1912, with emphasis on the church in Baltimore and education.
Restricted to photocopy in the Society's library.
1 vol., ca. 1912
 

HAVRE DE GRACE LICENSE AND ENROLLMENT RECORDS, MS. 1898
Licenses and enrollments for ships engaged in coastal trade for the
district of Havre de Grace, Maryland. Lists names of schooners, sloops,
and owners.
1 vol., 1813-17
 

HAYNIE FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1815
Transcripts of letters published in Doris Maslin Cohn, "The Haynie
Letters," Maryland Historical Magazine 36 (June 1941): 202-214 and "Letters
of the Haynie Family," ibid. 38 (December 1943): 345-61.
1 box,1760-90,1810-39
 

HAZELHURST COLLECTION, MS. 1725
Biographical sketch of Isaac Hazelhurst, a prominent Philadelphia
merchant and father-in-law of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, by Julia E.
Latrobe (1804-90) and annotated by George Blagden Hazelhurst in 1898.
Comments on the occupation of the family home in New Jersey by British
troops during the Revolution.
Biographical sketches of Isaac Hazelhurst's son, Richard Hunter Hazel-
hurst, and grandson, Henry Richard Hazelhurst, by George Blagden
Hazelhurst in 1898-1900.
1 vol., 1874, 1898-1900
 

HUGHES, CHARLES, HARFORD COUNTY COLLECTION, MS. 1675
Material collected on the history of Harford County by Hughes (1904-
1967). Original papers include: Dr. John Archer's prescription and case
book copied by his son, Robert H. Archer, while a student at Medical
Hall, 1792-93; records of the Bel Air Academy, 1829-33; papers on the
draining of Cranberry Swamp, 1794; will of James Ford, 1702; two
daybooks of Aquila Hall's general store at Bush Town, 1756, 1775-76;
plats, deeds, and surveys of the Hall family estate, "Shandy Hall"; records
of the sale of John Hall's estate, 1804; Edward Hall's bills of lading for the
Santo Domingo trade, 1795-1807; records of the sale of James Hall's
estate, 1808; land records of the Hall family, 1703-1821; enrollment lists
of Harford County militia units, 1775-76; a volume of taxables for Bush
River Lower Hundred and Harford Lower Hundred, 1776; autographs of
Harford County physicians; July 30, 1834 letter of Robert E. Lee to John
Archer requesting building stone for Fort Calhoun; sabbath school roll
book of Garrettson's Methodist Church, 188 1; a "List of Persons that Hath
taken the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Maryland," 1778; North East
Forge day-books, 1835-38; records of Joseph Whitaker and the Principlo
Iron Works, 1826-35; act of aid for Deer Creek Monthly Meeting, 1789;
plat and survey for Trap Episcopal Church, 1815; surveys and field book
of Thomas White, 1725-44; large collection of Harford County land
papers, 1665-1868.
Other items: Dr. George Archer's historical notes, manuscript articles
on local history, and genealogical correspondence with the Rev. George
Leakin, Judge Albert Ritchie, and Samuel W. Bradford about the Penn-
sylvania-Maryland boundary disputes, the history of Palmer's Island,
Abingdon Academy, the Catholic Chapel at Priests Ford, Quakers; Joseph
L. Hughes's notes and manuscript notes on "Shandy Hall," Harford
County, American Revolution, Garrison Church of Saint Thomas's Parish
in Baltimore County, the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson, iron forges in Harford
County, Deer Creek Monthly Meeting, Baltimore County courthouses,
land along the Bush and Gunpowder Rivers.
Pedley, 47-9, 704-08, 724-25, 1648 9 boxes, 1665-1965
 

HARFORD COUNTY COMMITTEE OF OBSERVATION RECORDS, MS. 2159
Minutes of the Committee of Observation, 1774-77, including discussion
of the Boston blockade, the illegal landing of British goods in Baltimore
and Harford Counties, election of delegates to the Maryland Convention
in Annapolis, and the forming and equipping of militia companies;
authorization of a census of Harford County; summary of the committee's
financial accounts, 1777; list of non-associators and non-enrollers in Har-
ford County, 1775; census of Harford County, 1776; inventory of arms
and supplies belonging to the state of Maryland held by Harford County,
ca. 1777; minutes of the Committee of License, Harford County, 1775-76;
financial accounts of the Committee of Observation, 1776; financial
accounts in equipping Capt. Francis Holland's militia company; payments
to census takers, 1777.
Published in Walter W. Preston, History of Harford County, Maryland
(Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1972).
Photocopy only. 1 vol., 1774-77
 

HARFORD COUNTY RECORD BOOKS, MS.1516
Large group of account books, etc., (1750-1901) all relating to individuals
and businesses in Harford County. Many of the locations are unspecified
but they include Bel Air, Conowingo, Manayunk, Havre de Grace, White
Hall, Dublin, Rock Run. Bulk of account books are for stores selling general
merchandise, especially foodstuffs, the great majority falling in the period
1820-1860. Other topics covered are medicine, education, iron manufacture,
livestock, agriculture, innkeeping, blacksmithing, liquor sales, and flour
milling in the same period. Names of firms and individuals include Dr.
Robert Harris Archer, Jr., Samuel Brown, J. C. Breckenridge, C. D.
Boulden, Darlington Mutual Building Association (1896-1901), Deer Creek
Iron Company, James Ferguson, Franklinville Forge, Joseph Gorrell,
Griffin & Hopkins, Benjamin Guyton (1813-1815), Harlan family (1769-
1858), Harris & McClure (1761-1768), Thos. A. and Nathl. W. S. Hays,
J. Higginbotham, Joshua Husband, Barnett Johnson (1803-1812), Kell
family (1794-1799), W. B. Ling, Ramsey McHenry, Wm. McClaskey, Wm.
Mady, Saml. and Benjamin Richardson (1798-1839), W. & D. G. Clements
(1888-1889), John Sappington (1812-1814), John W. Stump, Tidewater
Canal Company, John Ward, William Woolsey. All of these fall approx-
imately in the period previously mentioned except where otherwise indi-
cated. Three groups within the collection are of particular interest-the
Hall family record books, 1750-1827 (vols. 18-25), the Silver account books,
1833-1847 (vols. 71-77), and the Swansbury Mills account books, 1832-
1852 (vols. 79-105). The Hall family material includes ledgers of Aquila
Carvil Hall both as an individual and in various partnerships (with Colonel
John Hall, uncle, and Jacob Giles; as Hall, Gilbert, & Hall, with son,
Thomas, and with Michael Gilbert; and as Hall & Son). Daybook of Wil-
liam R. Hall, 1788-1796. Edward Hall letterbook, 1809-1816, and ledger,
1814-1827, concerning commerce, especially with European and American
ports, and Hall's farm. Letterbook also includes material of Sanderson &
Hall, 1791. Silver account books mainly relate to the general store of
Benjamin Silver and his partnerships with his sons, etc. These volumes
include material on local politics, 1836-election returns: for election of
sheriff, delegates to the Assembly, and senatorial election. The twenty-six
volumes of Swansbury Mills accounts cover every aspect of the running of
this concern and the store attached to the mill (run by Gillespie [William]
and Nelson, and by Gillespie & Co.). Included are inventories, letters con-
cerning sale and freight of flour and meal, accounts for food, cloth, clothing,
china, etc., sold in the store with entries showing credit of various customers
for work performed in the mill. A detailed listing of all tbese account books
is available.
112 vols., 1750-1901.
 

HARFORD COUNTY REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS, MS.655
Proceedings of the Revolutionary Committee of Harford County, Maryland,
covering c. January, 1775-March, 1776. 41 (positive and negative)
photostats.
41 items, 1775-1776.
 

HARFORD MEDICAL SOCIETY RECORDS, MS. 1897
Transactions of the Harford Medical Society (of Harford County), an
organization founded for the "mutual improvement by the perpetuation
of important facts and the encouragement of well-regulated disputes."
Consists of twenty papers on medicine, chemistry, botany, natural history,
and agriculture. Participants include Robert Harris Archer, John Archer,
Jr., James Archer, George W. Archer, William Harris, Adam Clendinen,
and James Walker.
Microfilm only; originals owned by the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
of the State of Maryland and permission for publication must be received
from it.
1 reel (no. 806), 1797-98
 

HARPER, J. FRANK, PAPERS, MS.1540
Political papers of Senator J. Frank Harper, including petitions from his
constituents, requests for appointment to positions, discussions of bills
before the legislature, etc. Many papers relating to his office as a member
of the Public Service Commission. A few personal letters are included.
2 boxes, c. 1902-1916.
 

HARPER LETTERBOOK, MS.1029
Letterbook of Charles Carroll Harper, Secretary of the U. S. Legation in
Paris. Letters discuss French political scene, Paris life, and the question of
forwarding private mail in diplomatic pouches. Correspondents include H.
D. Gilpin, Daniel Brent, and Mrs. Susan Decatur.
1 vol., 1829-1830.
 

HARPER LETTERS, MS.1304
Indexed letters to Robert Goodloe Harper from various correspondents.
Include letters from Mrs. M. E. Latrobe, Robert Milligan, Samuel Smith,
Alexander Nisbet, Thomas Tenant, A. McKim, Christopher Hughes, Jr.,
Philip C. Pendleton, Charles W. Hanson, General Ame'de'e Willott, General
John Swan, Philip B. Key, G. H. Stewart, Joseph Sterett, R. R. Wormeley,
John Donnell, William Rawle, Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Harper Carroll,
Robert Oliver. Also seven letters to John P. Kennedy, Severn T. Wallis, and
other writers.
38 items, 1817-1912.
 

HARPER, MARY DIANA, LETTERS, MS.430
Letters to and from Mary Diana Harper, c. 1800-1818. Correspondents
include Charles Carroll Harper, D. Donlevy, Elizabeth H. Carroll, Eliza-
beth A. Seton, Mrs. Robert Patterson, and Robert Goodloe Harper.
2 vols., c. 1800-1818.
 

HARPER-PENNINGTON PAPERS, MS.431
Family letters, 1774-1880, with letters from Robert Goodloe Harper, Mary
Diana Harper, Elizabeth Harper, Charles C. Harper, and Robert G. Harper,
Jr. (2 boxes). Letters and papers of Robert Goodloe Harper from 1784-
1825, consist of four boxes of letters, partially indexed. Correspondents
include Richard Caton, Charles Carroll of Carrollton (with many letters
dealing with politics), John Eager Howard, John F. Mercer, Samuel Smith,
Alexander Contee Hanson, John H. B. Latrobe, Robert Walsh, and various
members of the Carroll and Caton families. Deeds dealing with Harper and
Carroll Baltimore County land. Papers, letters and deeds of Richard Crox-
all, c. 1701-1750s (1 box). Poems, notes, and letters of Josias Pennington,
with notes on the Harper papers and a letter to John P. Kennedy.
9 boxes, 1701-1899.
 

HARPER-SPEED LETTERS, MS-1305
Letters of Robert Goodloe Harper to his nephew, Joseph John Speed, con-
cernina the latter's career as a lawyer and member of the legislature, and
on family matters.
35 items, 1820-1824.
 

HARRIS-BRENT PAPERS, MS.1095
Genealogical materials and other papers of the Harris and Wilson families,
especially Mrs. Robert F. Brent (nee Alice Harris), Miss Helen Nicholson
Harris, Joseph James Nicholson; application of Mrs. Brent to join the
Colonial Dames of America; family photographs; bookplates of Cohen
family; newspapers from 1870s; death notices of Commodore John James
Nicholson, 1881. Naval commissions of Joseph J. Nicholson, 1810-1827, with
presidential signatures. Commission of John S. Nicholson in Marine Corps,
1847. Letter from Navy Department to Joseph J. Nicholson telling him of
his commission in the Navy, 1812, etc.
c. 100 items, 1810-1940s.
 

HARRIS, MRS. BENJAMIN G., DIARY, MS.1585
Diary of Martha Elizabeth Harris over forty years of life as the wife of
a political figure, Benjamin G. Harris. Her personal recollection of events
in Maryland and Washington, D. C., particularly with reference to the
Civil War, with material for the study of politics in Maryland in the latter
half of the 19th century. Collection also contains some scattered accounts
and newspaper clippings of personal interest to Mrs. Harris.
20 vols., 1850-1891.
 

HARRISON ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.434
Vols. 1-2, cash books showing expenses of George Law Harrison (d. 1902)
for a wide variety of items including coffee, sugar, cigars, wines, molasses,
fruit, etc., also for sails, duties, insurance, and other shipping expenses. Vol.
3 contains bills owing and shows names and amounts, 1853-1860. Vol. 4,
letterbook, 1873-1885, dealing with real estate transactions in Baltimore.
4 vols., 1853-1885.
 

HARRISON COLLECTION, MS.432
Notes and drafts of articles by Dr. Samuel A. Harrison on Talbot County
history, many published in Talbot County newspapers; include 58 MS. vols.
of the Annals of Talbot County, interspersed with news articles. The War
of the Rebellion in Talbot County, MS. volume. 7 vols. of scrapbooks of clip-
pings of Dr. Harrison's articles, c. 1880-1890. Miscellaneous notes and
letters of Dr. Harrison, c. 1880s (1 box), and letterbook, 1870-1660. MO-
for lectures given at various clubs, etc., on Talbot County history and
schools, 1866-1886. MSS. of various articles which appeared in newspapers,
and of others not known to be published-subjects include the Lloyds of
Wye House, St. Paul's Parish.
66 vols. and 7 boxes, 1790-1890.
 

HARRISON JOURNAL, MS.432.1
journal kept by Dr. Samuel A. Harrison of events in Talbot County, Mary-
land, during the Civil War. Full daily entries with newspaper clippings
attached, showing reactions of the community and items of interest.
1 vol., 1861-1865.
 

HARRISON, LUCY HARWOOD, SCRAPBOOK, MS.304
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1889-1930, mostly on prominent figures
in the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Also articles pertaining
to the Maryland Historical Society, and an article on jenny Linds centenary.
1 vol., 1889-1930.
 

HARTFORD STEAMSHIP LOG, MS.965
Volume of rules and regulations to be observed on the U. S. Steamship
Hartford, flagship of the East India Squadron, Charles Lowndes, Com-
mander, 1859. Includes twenty-six communications from June, 1859-Janu-
ary, 1861, mostly signed by the Flag Officer, C. K. Stribling; a Fire Bill;
General Orders; and colored drawings of pennants to be used on the vessels
Saginaw, John Adams, Dacotah, and flagship Hartford.
1 vol., 1859-1861.
 

HARVEY PAPERS, MS.1306
Commission of Thomas Harvey as postmaster at Middletown, Delaware,
and miscellaneous items (accounts, receipts, drafts) dealing with that office.
8 items, 1822-1832, 1860.
 

HARWOOD FAMILY PAPERS, MS.1022
Letters and other papers of the Harwood-Kemp-Glenn family. Include cor-
respondence of Bishop James Kemp, Bishop C. C. Grafton, the Rev. Milo
Mahan, and other figures of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Four letters
of Duff Green; letters of James K. Harwood on Perry's Japanese Expedition,
1853-1854. Diary of Henry Harwood's voyage to Australia, 1886, and memo-
rabilia relating to his career as a "gentleman jockey." Civil War letters and
papers of Edward Noel Cox Harwood and James Kemp Harwood. Small
group of literary manuscripts include stories and plays by various Har-
woods and correspondence with Anna Katherine Green on a dramatization
of one of her novels.
3 vols. and c. 50 items, c. 1790-1955.
 

HASLUP, REBECCA B., CYPHERING BOOK, MS.1071
Copybook of Rebecca Brinker Haslup while a student in Prince George's
County, Maryland. Contains mathematical problems such as simple interest
and insurance commission, essays, and poetry.
1 vol., 1847-1855.
 

HASLUP STORE DAYBOOK AND LEDGER, MS.1128
Daybook of a general store at Savage, Maryland, kept by James Polk
Haslup. Commodities mentioned include food, fabrics, hardware. Ledger
of the same store, showing state of account of various individuals. Includes
statement by Haslup of his financial position, 1863.
2 vols., 1859-1863.
 

HAWKINS COLLECTION, MS.438
Business papers, 1884-1902, of Gilbert S. Hawkins, lawyer of Bel Air,
Harford County, Maryland. Include correspondence with lawyers-letters
concern legal cases, bills and receipts, political matters, etc. Correspon-
dence with Maryland Democratic Central Committee; some personal cor-
respondence. Twelve letter books with copies of the correspondence of
Hawkins, 1895-1902. Minute book of the Bel Air Fire and Salvage Com-
pany, January 28-June 14, 1898, kept by Gilbert S. Hawkins, Secretary
Three ledgers of Hawkins, 1889-1902, showing legal fees, settlement of
estates, costs, etc.
16 vols. and 3 boxes, 1884-1902.
 

HAX-WILKINS PAPERS, MS.439
Deeds of members of the Hax family, including Christian and John B. Hax.
Letters to and from various members of the Julius Wilkins family in
America and Germany.
c. 150 items, 1849-1883.
 

HAYDEN CIVIL WAR SCRAPBOOK, MS.440
Scrapbook of clippings dealing with the progress of the Civil War kept by
Miss Kate Hayden of Ellicott's Mills; includes references to invasion of
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and has photographs of prominent figures in
the war. Stress is laid on political aspects of the war.
1 vol., 1862-1865.
 

HAYDEN COLLECTION, MS.140
c. 1000 items on many aspects of social life, mainly of the early 19th century.
Subjects covered include transport (mail coaches, steam boats); hotels
and inns, social functions, education, various trades, etc. The material con-
sists of advertisements, tickets, accounts, certificates of stock, broadsides,
etc. Typed list of social invitations, c. 1780-1920, is included. Collection of
lottery tickets, broadside announcements of lotteries (Washington Monu-
ment Lottery, etc.), with list of lottery material, c. 1750-1856. Provenance
of collection not certain but is thought to have belonged to William M.
Hayden.
c. 1000 items, c. 1750-c.1920.
 

HAYES NOTEBOOK, MS.441
Undated notebook kept by Thomas G. Hayes while a law student, ? c. 1870.
1 vol., n. d.
 

HAYWARD, WILLIAM HENRY, PAPERS, MS.1307
Legal and financial documents collected by William Hayward. Pertain to
George Morris, George Morris Bond, Nicholas R. Griffith, James Ballantyne.
Include deeds, etc.
18 items, 1849-1911.
 

HAZEN & COMPANY, AND HOOPER & HAZEN LEDGERS, MS.1532
Account books of H. G. Hazen & Company, and Hooper & Hazen (Thomas
H. Hooper), two Baltimore shipbuilding firms.
2 vols., 1863-1864,1867-1868.
 

HEARD, JOHN WILSON, PAPERS, MS. 2132
Editor (1819-75) of the Frederick Herald: notes and proceedings of John
Wilson Heard's treason trial at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
1 vol., 1863
 

HECHT-KOENIGSBERGER SCRAPBOOK, MS.1609
Scrapbook kept by Moses Hecht of J. containing clippings and formal
announcements of engagements, weddings, and other data on the Hecht
and Koenigsberger families. Telegrams of congratulation and good wishes.
1 vol., 1895-1947.
 

HECHT PAPERS, MS.1308
Copies of deeds to Jacob Hecht, 1874, and Nathan Hecht, 1905. Unsigned
letter, 1904, describing Baltimore after the fire. Miscellaneous papers relat-
ing to Jennie Friedenwald and her later marriage to Leonard A. Hecht,
1899. Letters to Mrs. Hecht on civic affairs, 1918-1939 (13 items); letters
from Archbishop Michael Curley, 1928-1943 (14 items); three letters from
Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Hecht, 1935-1938; two resolutions passed on the
death of Mrs. Hecht by the National Council of Jewish Women.
40 items, 1874-1943.
 

HEIDE ESTATE BOOK, MS.442
Volume containing will of George Heide, 1829, with accounts of the settle-
ment of his estate.
1 vol., 1829.
 

HEIDE PAPERS, MS.1309
Small collection of papers of George Heide and family, pertaining to land
and business transactions.
30 items, 1783-1864.
 

HELMS VS. LANGLEY, MS.1589
Volume recording the case, February 4-21, 1811, of Thomas Helms vs. John
Langley and Sarah, his wife, continuing the case instituted in 1788 on
Helms's behalf by his guardian, Ambrose Geoghegan, concerning land in
Washington County.
1 vol., 1811.
 

HEMPSTONE PAPERS, MS.1310
Letters to Miss Annie M. Hempstone of Leesburg, Virginia, from Missis-
sippi soldiers stationed near her home in the early Civil War. Include
communications from camps, battlefields, prisons. Main correspondent is
G. Berkley Greene, while a prisoner in Fort Delaware and after his return to
Mississippi at the close of the war.
19 items, 1861-1866.
 

HEMSLEY-THOMAS PAPERS, MS.1311
Deeds and indentures, 1659-1837, relating to various properties in Talbot
County, Maryland. Among the principals concerned is William Hems1ey,
fl. c. 1674. Letters to Governor Philip F. Thomas, regarding appointments
of midshipmen, military affairs, railroad passes, the operation of the Balti-
more Customs House, and the Old Defenders of 1814. (Letters to Thomas
cover 1847-1891.)
150 items, 1659-1837, 1847-1891.
 

HENNINGHAUSEN, LOUIS P., COLLECTION, MS.1493
A collection of essays mainly concerning the Germans in North America
and Maryland, written by L. P. Henninghausen for various publications
and for presentation before the William Wirt Literary Association. Hen-
ninghausen presents the role of the Germans in politics, education and
other phases of life in Maryland. About one-half of the collection is written
in German. Included are two typescripts-The Kremien Case, and The
Early German Settlements in Western Maryland.
c. 100 items, 1868-early 20th century.
 

HENRY, JOHN, SURVEY OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND, MS.1111
Survey field book of John Henry, Deputy Surveyor of Worcester County,
Maryland, 1742-1755. Reports of surveys in Worcester and Somerset Coun-
ties. Hand-drawn maps of the areas surveyed. Collection has index.
1 Vol., 1742-1755.
 

HEPBRON FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2410
Letters from Sewell Hepbron and his wife Martha P. Hepbron, farmers
in Madisonville, Ralls County, Missouri who had emigrated from Mary-
land, to Thomas Sewall and Mary A. E. Hepbron in Kent County,
Maryland: farming in Missouri, especially prices for wheat, oats, corn, and
hemp; slavery; cholera outbreaks; death of children; and the California
gold rush in 1850.
Register available. 31 items, 1837-53
 

HERING FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1917
Two volume autobiography of Joshua Webster Hering (1833-1913);
two scrapbooks of Hering and his family; family calling cards; correspond-
ence; and financial records. Autobiography: Westminster in Carroll
County before and during the Civil War; personal observations relating to
temperance, revivals, elections, slavery, Southern sympathies and secession,
the battle of Gettysburg, the surrender of Robert E. Lee, and the assassi-
nation of Abraham Lincoln. Scrapbooks, 1874-1913: personal mementos
and newspaper clippings relating to Joshua Webster Hering's political
career as a state senator, comptroller, and public services commissioner,
his interests in tax and road reforms, and his involvement in the Methodist
Protestant movement; family history and notes.
Register available. 2 boxes, 1774, 1833-1939, 1951
 

HERON ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.444
Account book of James and Alexander Heron, dry goods merchants of Balti-
more. Ledger contains total of profits and losses of the firm but does not
list sales to customers.
1 vol., 1826-1837.
 

HERRMAN, AUGUSTINE, NOTEBOOKS, MS.437
Eight notebooks of data on the life of Augustine Herin an of Bohemia
Manor, collected and arranged by Paul G. Burton. Some notes on the
Herrn an family are also included.
8 vols., c. mid 20th century.
 

HEWITT SCRAPBOOK, MS.436
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, especially of poems and articles by or
about John H. Hewitt; also included are articles and poems by others,
particularly William M. Marine and "Jenks.'
1 vol., 1884-1887.
 

HEYSER, GEORGE F., PAPERS, MS. 2191
Annual harvest rolls for wheat and corn of Heyser's (1816-71) farm in
Hagerstown, Maryland: workmen list; amount of work; wages; size of
harvest; retention for home consumption; notes on seeding; 1783 account
from military service of William Heyser during the Revolutionary War;
one 1864 roll mentions the Confederate looting of Heyser's crop.
48 items, 1783, 1822-55, 1861-65
 

HIBERNIAN SOCIETY RECORDS, MS. 2029
Correspondence about meetings, annual banquets, and membership
applications; minutes of meetings; by-laws and acts of incorporation;
treasurer's reports; luncheon records; financial records; essay on the history
of the society; scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the society; records
of the John Oliver Hibernian Free School.
18 boxes and 1 vol., 1816-1978
 

HICKMAN PAPERS, MS.1312
Personal bills and accounts of Nathaniel Hickman of Baltimore.
76 items, 1835-1867.
 

HICKS CORRESPONDENCE, MS.950
Eighteen letters from Captain Ratcliffe Hicks to his son, Charles, on family
and business affairs (Captain Hicks sailed mainly to East India ports),
1833-1845. Typed copy of an extract from Nilee Register, and quotation
from Governor Hoppin (1884) concerning the adventures of Captain
Hicks; an appreciation from the journal of his son, Alfred Hicks. 17 letters
to Charles R. Hicks from William Harding and his wife, Elizabeth [Hicks]
Harding, on family and business affairs, 1842-1878. Three letters from
Alfred to Charles R. Hicks, mainly on tea cargoes from the east, 1840-1848.
Notes on the genealogy of the Hicks-Randall family by Richard H. Randall,
1967.
40 items, 1833-1878, 1967.
 

HICKS FAMILY GENEALOGICAL PAPERS, MS.1154
Genealogical collection compiled by Admiral Thomas Holliday Hicks in
the 1930s includes manuscript, typed, and photostat material-land grants,
wills, deeds, etc., and correspondence with relatives and research workers.
Photostat chart of the Hicks family of the Eastern Shore and miscellaneous
printed material. Material relating to Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks,
grandfather of Admiral Hicks. Ten letters of Dr. Mary A. Waters to Admiral
Hicks, 1933-1934. Envelope of items on the Dorchester County Agricultural
Society.
3 boxes, 1659-c. 1934.
 

HICKS PAPERS, MS.1313
Letters to Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks concerning the disturbed state
of affairs during the first months of the Civil War and the effort to keep
Maryland loyal to the Union, 1860-1862. Correspondents include George
W. Childs, Thomas J. Davis, John F. Dent, S. Guiteau, Anthony Kimmel,
J. M. Lucas, W. R. Mortimer, William C. Payne, William Louis Schley,
B. Everett Smith, E. W. Hickney, Edward L. Thomas, George Vickers, and
James C. Welling. Of particular interest is a letter from Hicks to President
Lincoln, May 26, 1862, concerning the preservation of the Union. Included
in the collection are notes by Anna Ella Carroll on the letters received by
Hicks from 1860-1864.
23 items, 1860-1864.
 

HICKS, THOMAS H., PAPERS, MS. 2104
Papers from the Maryland governor (I 798-1865) in the early months of
the Civil War to Governor Magoffin of Kentucky, Governor Burton of
Delaware, J. J. Crittenden, Winfield Scott, Secretary of State William H.
Seward, and President Abraham Lincoln and others: secessionist activities
in the South and Maryland and the raising of troops and supplies for
Maryland; an attempt to kill Lincoln as his train passed the Back River
Bridge, 1861; severing of communications between the Eastern Shore of
Maryland and the Western Shore of Virginia; an anonymous letter to
Hicks urging him to support the South, ca. 1861; printed form letter from
Gov. A. W. Bradford to James A. Waddell about the formation of a
committee for recruiting rin Dorchester County, 1862; letter from Hicks to
Waddell about efforts to displace Waddell's son as collector of customs in
Vienna, Maryland, 1865.
Pedley, 486, 765-66 19 items, 1860-65
 

HIGGINS, EDWIN, SCRAPBOOK, MS.445.1
Clippings collected by Edwin Higgins (b. 1841) on subjects relating to
temperance and prohibition.
1 vol., late 19th century.
 

HIGGINS NOTEBOOKS, MS.445
Notes made by Edwin Higgins (b. 1841) on Francis Scott Key, Strolls in
Baltimore, and Great Cities Ancient and Modern.
1 box, c. late 19th century.
 

HIGH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH MINUTES, MS.443
Volume containing minutes of the High Street Baptist Church, Baltimore,
1875-1898.
1 vol., 1875-1898.
 

HILL, CLEMENT, PAPERS, MS.446
Clement Hill, Sr., papers include Calvert County survey book, 1682-1684;
Calvert and Prince George's Counties survey book, 1698-1714. Land office
warrant book, Calvert County, 1670-1715, signed also by C. Boteler, Deputy
Surveyor. Papers of Clement Hill, Sr., or Clement Hill, Jr., are letter-
book, 1698-1799. Letterbooks (3 vols.), 1685-1802, with bills of lading,
surveys, deeds, indentures, and letters to and from various tobacco factors;
accounts, including those of Daniel Carroll. Account books, 1699-1725,
1783-1785. Loose bills of lading and accounts, with frequent mention of
Daniel Carroll. Ledger of Clement Hill, Jr., 1766-1784.
9 vols. and 1 box, 1670-1805.
 

HILL SCRAPBOOK, MS.1161
Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings from domestic and foreign news-
papers, several of Chestertown, Maryland, 1897-1902. Some concern Harriet
(Mrs. Thomas) Hill of Baltimore, presumably the compiler of the volume.
1 vol., 1897-1902.
 

HINCKS PAPERS, MS.1314
Letters dealing with business matters addressed to Joseph Hincks of the
Baltimore firm of Roger Hincks. Correspondents include J. W. Foussat of
Philadelphia, J. A. Honore' of Hartford, A. Pignot of New Orleans, and
A. Rainetaux of New York.
7 items, 1803.
 

HINKLEY, EDWARD OTIS, PAPERS, MS.187
Letters to Edward Otis Hinkley and rough drafts of some of his replies,
1845-1857, 1869. Many of these relate to his activities as a lawyer. Letters
of Hinkle Is father, Edward; father-in-law, Samuel Kumli (KeemM), Anna
Maria Kumli (later Mrs. Hinkley), and Rev. John Hargrove, grandfather
of E. 0. Hinkley. Considerable material on Swedenborgian church. Letters
from Robert Carter of Nomini Hall and some letters to Carter. Miscella-
neous invitations., menus, calling cards, programs, etc.
9 boxes, c. 1790-1891.
 

HIPSLEY, FREEBORN G., JOURNAL, MS. 2270
Howard County farmer (1798-1870): sowing; plowing; harvesting;
slaughtering live-stock; cutting wood; death dates for acquaintances and
neighbors; local news; an index of names and places found in the journal
and some miscellaneous notes about thejournal, both compiled by William
Hollifield III.
Transcript only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
1 vol., 1838-52
 

HITCHCOCK SCRAPBOOKS, MS.936
Newspaper clippings collected by Charles Bishop Hitchcock, representa-
tive of the Havre de Grace Ferry Company, and pasted into record books
of that company. First volume has material on curiosities, election returns,
jokes, poetry, etc., of the 1850s. Vols. 2-3 have Civil War material, July-
October, 1861.
3 vols, c. 1850-1861.
 

HOCHSCHILD, MAX, PAPERS, MS.482
Business papers of Max Hochschild, founder of Hochschild, Kohn depart-
ment store, Baltimore. Include ledgers, journals, receipt books, etc., pass-
ports, marriage certificate, birthday congratulations, newspaper articles on
him.
2 boxes, 1879-1955.
 

HODGES, JAMES, PAPERS, MS. 2126
Hodges's (1822-95) production of dinner plates each bearing the likeness
of a woman socially prominent during George Washington's presidential
administration: letters from owners of original portraits of these women;
reprint of an article about the history of the collection of plates.
1 vol., 1876-88
 

HODGES PAPERS, MS.447
Receipts and attested documents of Thomas Hodges, who served as justice
of the Peace, Montgomery County; records of the Mountain School District,
of which Hodges was treasurer, 1850-1860. Papers of Benjamin, George, and
Charles Hodges.
1 box, 1814-1876.
 

HODGSON & THOMPSON ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.448
Ledger, 1799-1805, of Baltimore firm of Hodgson & Thompson, showing
dealings with businesses in Maryland and Virginia. Cash book, 1799-1802.
Daybook, 1803-1811, including records of transactions in hardware and
metal goods (spurs, snuffers, knives, kettles, etc.), tables. One of the pro-
prietors of the business was Henry Thompson (1774-1837); no details of
Hodgson known.
3 vols., 1799-1811.
 

HOEN, ALFRED T., PAPERS, MS. 2342
Baltimore lithographer (1898-1941): correspondence, 1933-41, about
his involvement in the Rotary Club; judicial and political appointments;
donations of maps, pictures and books to the Enoch Pratt Free Library,
Peabody Conservatory, and the Baltimore News American.
28 items, 1864, 1933-41
 

HOFFMAN & COMPANY LETTERBOOK, MS.450
Letterpress book of Hoffman & Company, a Baltimore firm of auctioneers
and commission merchants, conducted by Samuel Hoffman. Includes many
letters to William M. Vanderbilt and Louis Morton concerning ships going
to California during the boom period of the Gold Rush.
1 vol., 1847-1851.
 

HOFFMAN FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1743
Land papers of William Hoffman, Sr. (I 740-181 1), William Hoffman,
Jr., and Henry Hoffman of Baltimore County, 17 71-182 1, mostly relating
to the sites of the Clipper Paper Mill and Gunpowder Paper Mill; deeds
and leases relating to Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Congregation,
1808, and the constitution of this church, 1855; will of William Hoffman,
Sr., 1811; miscellaneous legal papers, 1811-69; militia appointments of
William Hoffman, Jr., 1799, 1807, and 1812; bills for slave purchases,
1812-5 1; will of George Wareheim, 1858.
1 box,1770-1869
 

HOFFMAN PAPERS, MS.1315
Letters of Samuel Hoffman to his wife, Elizabeth, 1838-1847, describing his
travels, etc. Letters to Elizabeth from various members of the family and
from friends, from 1823. Civil War papers of Captain Richard Curzon
Hoffman, 30th Virginia Regiment. Correspondence, souvenirs, and miscel-
laneous receipts of Dora Hoffman, daughter of Samuel, c. 1871-1888. Letters
of Louis McLane and Sophie Hoffman (later Mrs. McLane). Miscellaneous
letters and papers of other members of the family and their friends.
c. 80 items, 1823-1888.
 

HOFFMAN RECORD BOOK, MS.449
"Family memoranda, receipts and records"; many lists of guests at dinners
given by George Hoffman, Philip R. Hoffman, and William H. Hoffman,
with accounts of food served. Inventories of silver and china; receipts;
lists of Directors of Bank of United States and of other corporations; mis-
cellaneous data. In rear of volume are accounts of ground rents, and houses
owned by George Hoffman from 1826-1829.
1 vol., 1820-1860.
 

HOFMANN FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2171
Genealogies of the Hofmann family and related Kustner and Meyer
families.
11 items, 1681-1860
 

HOGG-BREADING PAPERS, MS. 1933
Letters to and between members of the family of George Hogg, merchant
of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and receipts from the grocery business of
James E. Breading, also of Brownsville. Hogg family correspondence:
George and Mary Hogg and their children, George E., Nathan, John, and
Mary; news from family and neighbors concerning deaths, illnesses, gifts,
visits, George and Nathan's education, and descriptions of European travel
by Mary Hogg Brunot. Breading papers: receipts for a variety of grocery
items (mostly staples and tobacco, clothing, and blankets); promissory
notes.
1 box, 1815-97
 

HOLLAND NOTEBOOK, MS.451
Notebook of Francis Holland, lawyer, dealing with legal and scientific
matters and including some forms for use in law transactions.
1 vol., 1773-1794.
 

HOLLANDER, SIDNEY, PAPERS, MS. 2044
Baltimore businessman (1881-1972): activities in more than sixty social
welfare and reform organizations at local, state, and national levels;
correspondence, 1926-73, with numerous organizations; speeches, ad-
dresses, and a television interview; biographical information, including
accounts of his activities and reminiscences by his son; awards and tributes
to him; newspaper clippings; programs; documents such as passports,
visas, certificates, and degrees; receipts, ledgers, invoices and insurance
papers.
Register available. 90 boxes and 1 vol., 1926-73
 

HOLLINGSWORTH PAPERS, MS. 1849
Family letters of the Hollingsworth family of Baltimore and Elkton,
Maryland. Correspondents: Lydia E. Hollingsworth (d. 1865) and her
sister Ann Maria of Nancy (d. 1847), daughters of Thomas and Ann
Hollingsworth of Baltimore, to their cousin Ruth Tobin (d. 1818) and
their aunt Mrs. Ruth Hollingsworth (1745-1817) of Elkton; Deborah
Cochran (ca. 1770-1821), sister of Ruth and Ann Hollingsworth; after
1818 mostly addressed to Ruth Tobin's sister Rachel or to her niece, Sarah
Elizabeth Moody, of Wilmington, Delaware, and Kent County; Samuel
Hollingsworth, brother of Thomas and husband of another Adams sister;
Levi Hollingsworth; William Cochran; Eliza Ruth Hollingsworth; Sally
C. Gibson; Sarah Tobin Moody, sister of Ruth and Rachel Tobin; George
Adams; P. 0. Porter.
Subjects: news of family and friends, marriages, illnesses, and deaths;
mentions of the Ridgelys, Chestons, and Merrymans; family business
matters such as the distribution of bank stock dividends to the estate of
Ruth Tobin; references to Baltimore social doings and personalities, such
as Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, Dr. James Kemp, and the building of
a new Saint Paul's Church, 1814 and 1817; accounts of functions honoring
Oliver Hazard Perry and the civilian side of the Battle of Baltimore during
the War of 1812; five letters in 1827-28 from William Cochran describe
his travels in the United States and Great Britain; description of the
destruction of the Hollingsworth-John B. Morris home on South Street,
Baltimore, by a mob in August 1835.
Transcripts only; location of originals unknown.
Pedley, 362, 782-83 113 items, 1802-37
 

HOLLINGSWORTH LAND PAPERS, MS.1605
Collection of indentures and grants relating to the holdings of the Hollings-
worth family of Cecil County, Maryland, especially Friendship and Clair
Mont in Cecil County.
10 items, 1741-1840.
 

HOLLINGSWORTH PAPERS, MS.452
Administration accounts of the estate of Levi Hollingsworth, 1822-1838,
with inventories, including copper mill equipment (1 vol.). Account book
(unidentified), 1823. Miscellaneous personal and financial papers, letters,
etc., of Zebulon, Mrs. jean, Colonel Henry, and Levi Hollingsworth.
Fragments of several MS. maps of Cecil County roads and land. Miscella-
neous land papers, commissions, etc., include Nathan Dorseys medical
diploma from Medical College of Philadelphia, 1787, and commissions to
posts in Pennsylvania. Brief naval diary of John Dorsey, 1804.
2 boxes, 1732-1891.
 

HOLLOWAY, SAMUEL STUMP, FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1676
Letters of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stump Holloway of Darlington, Har-
ford County, to Mrs. Susannah G. Ramsay and other family members:
Quakers in Pennsylvania; personal and family news; weather.
2 boxes, 1857-96
 

HOLLYDAY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.454.1
Ledger kept by Colonel James Hollyday (1722-1786), of Readbourne,
Queen Anne's County, Maryland. Concerns transactions in wheat and
tobacco, purchases of slaves, dealings with and payments to carpenters,
physicians, sheriffs, and tailors. Accounts include those of William Anderson
and John Hanbury & Company (London), Speirs & French (Glasgow),
James & Drinker, and Willing & Taylor (Philadelphia).
1 vol., 1746-1784.
 

HOLLYDAY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.455
Account books of Clement Hollyday, general merchant at Acquasco Mills,
Prince George's County, Maryland. Vol. I also includes religious diary of
Hollyday.
4 vols., 1805-1819.
 

HOLLYDAY DEEDS AND PLAT, MS.831
Grant to Seth Forster of Choptanke Island by Cecil, Lord Baltimore, 1659.
Grant by Cecil, Lord Baltimore, to John Morgan, 1661, badly damaged.
Patent for 50 acres called Winton's Addition from Charles Calvert to
Nathaniel E [ ... ], 1667. Declaration by Charles, Lord Baltimore, concern-
ing Peregrine Frisby's title to land in Cecil County, 1746 ( ? relates to
Baltimore Fields Resurvey). Indenture between Mabell Hall of Liverpool,
England, legatee of Lawrence Knowles of Talbot County, and James
Knowles of Queen Anne's County on the one part, and on the other part
Matthew Tilghman of Talbot County. Petition to the justices of the Provin-
cial Court by Matthew Tilghman and J. Nichols against Risdon Boyman
concerning Sherwoods Neck, with plat, n. d. Collection named for donors,
Misses Clara G. and Elizabeth T. Hollyday.
6 items, 1659-1759, and n. d.
 

HOLLYDAY, HENRY, ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.454
Account book of Henry Hollyday of Ratcliffe Manor, Talbot County, from
1745-1790, with accounts with merchants in London, merchants and plant-
ers in Chestertown and the nearby countryside. Names mentioned include
William Anderson and John Hanbury & Company (London), Sarah Croft,
Catherine Fleming, Matthias Cole, William Hughes, William Nichols,
Thomas Ringgold.
1 vol., 1745-1790.
 

HOLLYDAY, HENRY, PAPERS, MS.1316
Correspondence of the Hollyday family of Ratcliffe Manor and Readbourne
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (Henry Hollyday, 1725-1789, and others).
Correspondence mainly relates to family genealogy and to genealogical
material compiled by various family members, much undated. Included is
a family chart by Thomas Worthington Hollyday, poems, other family
trees. Epistle of William, Lord Russell, to William, Lord Cavendish, July
20, 1683, in Newgate Prison. Letters of Tench Tilghman and Anna Maria
Ringgold.
23 items, 1683-1925. Available on microfilm (no. 505)
 

HOLLYDAY PAPERS, MS.453
Letters and papers of the Hollyday family (James Hollyday, 1695-1747,
et al.), and the Ward, Carvill, and Denwood families. MS. poem, The
Engagement of Long Island by John Horn, concerns the battle of 27
August, 1776 (probably contemporary).
1 box and 1 item, 1715-1891.
 

HOLLYDAY PAPERS, MS.1317
Correspondence of the Hollyday family of Ratcliffe Manor and Readbourne
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on family, business, legal and land
matters. Includes letters of William & James Anderson, London merchants,
on the tobacco trade and other topics, 1748-1774. Henry Hollyday, I (1725-
1789) to his brother, James, on smallpox inoculations, 1777, salt making,
1779, Continental Currency, 1780, and the British in the Chesapeake Bay,
1780-1781. Papers of Peter Collinson, 1751-1754, 1764; Richard Lloyd and
Thomas Ringgold on the French and Indian Wars, 1754-1755. Correspon-
dence of Sarah Anderson, Henrietta Maria Goldsborough, Mrs. Margaret
Carroll (inventory of property, 1817), and Henry Hollyday, III (1798-
1865). Tabulation of duties levied on the Eastern Shore for the importation
of Negroes, Irish servants, liquor, and exportation of tobacco, tar, pork,
1727-1745.
c. 600 items, 1677-1905.
 

HOLLYDAY PAPERS, MS.1508
Group of family papers consisting of wills, deeds, letters and miscellaneous
items, 1711-19th century (and a few 20th century items). Many letters are
genealogical in content, and there are genealogical notes on the Greenfield,
Waring, Wilkinson, Beall, Wallis, Covington, Hollyday, Gantt, and Hall
families. Wilkinson family items include a diary of G. D. Wilkinson relating
events during the Civil War, June and July, 1861, also his military pass
(oath of parole), July, 1865. Land surveys of Waring and Covington prop-
erties, 18th century. Revolutionary War letter of Captain Basil Waring to
his uncle, December 25, 1782, describing the death of Captain William
Wilmot on James Island, South Carolina. Clement Hollyday marriage
license, 1816.
88 items, 1711-1934. Selections available on microfilm (no. 505)
 

HOLY CROSS ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF SAINT CATHERINE'S NORMAL INSTITUTE RECORDS MS. 2103
Two scrapbooks on the Saint Catherine's Normal Institute, the Holy
Cross Alumnae Association, the Maryland Chapter of the American
Federation of Catholic Alumnae, the Sisters of the Holy Cross, and
Catholic affairs in general; a volume of meeting minutes, 1921-23; two
annual reports of the social service department of the Holy Cross Alumnae
Association.
12 items, ca. 1890-1970
 

HOMER, CHARLES C., MEMORIAL VOLUME, MS.463
Volume containing announcements of the death of Charles C. Homer,
letters of condolence on the occasion, etc.
1 vol., 1914.
 

HOMER, CHARLES C., PAPERS, MS. 1981
Baltimore merchant and president of the Second National Bank: settle-
ments, bank statements (1860-1914), water problems on his property, and
purchases; an address that he made on the creation of a safe and elastic
currency to the American Bankers'Association in 1894; notes on a meeting
of the Baltimore Clearinghouse Association, 1896; resolutions of the
L'Hirondelle Club, 1927; a letter from his daughter; a birthday poem;
some German report cards.
22 items, 1860-1927
 

HOMONY CLUB RECORDS, MS. 2081
Annapolis social club minutes: notes on elections of officers and mem-
bers; trials of members accused of not attending meetings, giving improper
toasts, or negligent handling of important papers; reading of original
poetry and debates of procedures. Members: Anthony Stewart; Jonathan
Boucher; William Eddis; Charles Willson Peale; William Paca.
Microfilm only; originals located at the Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vania.
Pedley, 644 1 reel (no. 464), 1770-73
 

HOOD, ALICE W., COLLECTION, MS.1318
Biographical and genealogical material concerning the Hood family. Cor-
respondence of Alice W. Hood and John M. Hood, Sr., on miscellaneous
subjects. Poem by Kenneth Dann Magruder. D. A. R. application of Alice
W. Hood by virtue of her descent from Alexander McCaskey.
c. 100 items, 1873-1951.
 

HOOD PAPERS, MS.465
Letters to John Mifflin Hood on the 25th anniversary of his presidency of
Western Maryland Railway, 1899, and on his assumption of the presidency
of United Railways, 1902. Letters to Mrs. Hood, with condolences on the
death of J. M. Hood, 1906.
1 box, 1899-1908.
 

HOOPER COLLECTION, MS.1319
Letter of Charles H. Hooper to his aunt, Mrs. Sarah Hooper Fulton, 1847,
with a later MS. copy (n. d.). Letters of William E. Hooper to an unnamed
cousin, May, 1867, and to his sister, May, 1847. Letter of Theodore Hooper
to his father, William E. Hooper, 1861, and two letters to his wife, Margaret
Esther Ann [McWilliams] Hooper, 1861. Manuscript volume containing
extracts from all conveyances and other land deeds relating to William E.
Hooper recorded in Baltimore City and County, 1832-1886, prepared by
Charles W. Nash, January, 1887. Miscellaneous loose material.
1 vol. and 6 items, 1832-1886.
 

HOOPER ESTATE BOOKS, MS.992
Three volumes of legal documents pertaining to the estates of James
Hooper, Sarah E. Hooper, John P. Hooper, James Hooper, Jr. Include such
items as wills, inventories, accounts of property sales.
3 vols., 1852-1874.
 

HOOPER SCRAPBOOKS, MS.456
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings kept by Alcaeus Hooper concerning
his career as Mayor of Baltimore.
11 vols., 1856,1895-1896.
 

HOOPES PAPERS, MS.457
Miscellaneous land papers of the Hoopes family. English and German
patents to William H. Hoopes for his invention of an improvement in the
manufacture of artificial stone, 1880.
1 box, 1829-1880.
 

HOPEWELL ASSEMBLY MINUTE BOOK, MS.458
Minutes of the Hopewell Assembly, Knights of Labor, Ellicott City, 1886-
1887; also the Oriole Assembly, Knights of Labor, Industrial Hall, Balti-
more, 1890-1902. Include data on local labor problems and on various
questions of national interest. Newspaper clipping concerns strike at new
Customs House, n. d.
1 vol., 1886-1887,1890-1902.
 

HOPKINS ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.459
Daybook of Thomas C. Hopkins (location and type of business not known).
Entries are confined to the general heading 'Merchandise."
1 vol., 1844-1846.
 

HOPKINS, C. A. PORTER, COLLECTION, MS.2005
Miscellaneous political material relating to the career of C. A. Porter Hop-
kins, principally printed material on the Constitutional Convention, 1966-
1967, with manuscript annotations by Hopkins.
1 box (in progress), [1966-1967.]
 

HOPKINS, C. A. PORTER, PAPERS, MS. 2005.1
Maryland politician: special projects committee of the Maryland His-
torical Society, 1958-63; conservation measures and natural resources in
Maryland; conservative Republican politics, 1960-63; miscellaneous news-
paper clippings about the Civil War and national politics.
Pedley, 801 2 boxes, 1864, 1876-79, 1900-10, 1958-65
 

HOPKINS, G., PAPERS, MS.1320
Invitations, cards, printed circulars, and badges connected with Union
activities in Baltimore during the Civil War. All made out in the name of
Gerard T. Hopkins.
16 items, 1861-1866.
 

HOPKINS, H. HANFORD, COLLECTION, MS. 1896.1
Manuscript by H. Hanford Hopkins entitled, "The Mail Bag Papers: A
Study of East View, Tobacco Plantation of Thomas Wood in Southern
Maryland." Discusses the operations of the plantation, 1795-1854, and
the genealogy of the Wood family of Prince George's County.
1 box, ca. 1971
 

HOPKINS, D. LUKE, PAPERS, MS. 2267
Baltimore banker and civic leader (1898-1976): correspondence between
D. Luke Hopkins and members of various political, social, economic, and
cultural organizations in Baltimore and Maryland related to financial
matters and fund raising campaigns as a result of Hopkins's expertise in
banking affairs.
Register available. 13 boxes, 1936-76
 

HOPKINS ORCHESTRA PAPERS, MS.470
Records of The Johns Hopkins Orchestra and Musical Association, 1930-
1942, collected by Dr. W. R. Dunton, Jr. Records consist of postcards notify-
ing members of rehearsals, programs and commencement exercises of the
orchestra, etc.
1 bundle, 1930-1942.
 

HOPKINS, RICHARD, PAPERS, MS.460
Correspondence of Dr. Richard Hopkins before and after medical school
in Philadelphia, 1783-1786. MS. of a discourse in favor of temperance
societies, 1831.
14 items, 1783-1831.
 

HOPKINS, JR., ROGERS B,. COLLECTION, MS.1789
Collection of documents related to Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
(1785-1879): investments made by and for Bonaparte mostly concerning
a permanent bond by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1836-37 and
1870; investments of Charles J. Bonaparte and Jerome N. Bonaparte.
Collection, 1812-20, concerning Michael B. Carroll (1792-1821), son of
Gov. Thomas King Carroll; Carroll was a captain in the United States
Navy during the War of 1812.
Pedley, 189
30 items, 1812-1973
 

HOPPER, CHARLES C., PAPERS, MS.461
Recollections and historical studies (mainly typescript and apparently
unpublished), by Charles C. Hopper, concerning many aspects of life in
Maryland in the period immediately following the Civil War. Topics include
the islands in the Chesapeake Bay, blacksmithing, funerals, Eastern Shore
politics.
c. 200 items, 1920-1940.
 

HORN ALBUM, MS.462
Album of verse, 1855-1857, by Caroline Horn, later Mrs. Henry Nicholas
Bankard.
1 vol., 1855-1857.
 

HORNER, KENNETH, COLLECTION, MS. 2400
Bills and receipts of Baltimore's municipal government for gas and
water fixtures, stoves, coal, lumber, rubber, sheet metal, and printers and
newspaper work.
20 items, 1877
 

HOROWITZ AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION, MS.1321
Collection of autograph items made by Miss Carolyn N. Horowitz include
letters from John Quincy Adams, June 11 and June 16, 1825; James
Buchanan, October 21, 1837, and March 24, 1851; Henry Clay, October 7,
1851; William Henry Harrison, February 2, 1825; Nathaniel Hawthorne,
February 5, 1848; Andrew Jackson, September 24, 1822; James Madison,
September 8, 1803; James Monroe, June 10, 1821; Franklin Pierce, June 2.0,
1845; Zachary Taylor, September 26, 1849; Bushrod Washington (signature
only) and others. Fully indexed.
40 items, 1803-1851.
 

OUTERBRIDGE HORSEY COLLECTION OF LEE, HORSEY, AND CAROLL FAMILY PAPERS MS. 1974
Collection being prepared for microfilm edition.
10 boxes, 1684-1890
 

HOSKINS, CHEYNEY, PAPERS, MS. 1761
Account book, 1847-84, by Cheyney Hoskins (1805-87) containing
journal entries, 1847-84, about the sale of fertilizers (including poudrette,
one of the first commercial fertilizers); journal entries, 1849-65, relating to
Hoskins's activities in Harford County, including farming (with notes on
what he sowed and when), notes on the weather, whom he employed, and
supervision of road repairs in the county; ledger, 1865-87, showing sales
of farm products (such as butter, eggs, bacon, cattle, and sheep), wages
paid for labor, and bridge and road repairs; copies of a rental agreement
and of four letters, three of them about road obstructions in 1854 from
Hoskins as a supervisor of the Bel Air District, Harford County.
Ledger, 1847-74, of Cheyney Hoskins, containing an account with the
Marine Bank of Baltimore, 1847-51; an account generated by Hoskins's
activity as a provost marshall of Harford County, 1862; reports of the
condition of several Harford County schoolhouses in 1865 and Hoskins's
accounts as a school commissioner, 1865-66; notes of the weather and on
gardening; some miscellaneous accounts, 1870-74, including those with
employees and stores, of farm products sold, and a list of levies in Harford
County for bridge and road repairs and of the supervisors appointed to
oversee various sections of the road, 1854.
Other items: Hoskins's appointment as a Harford County road super-
visor for 1872-73; letters from relatives, 1884-87, including some from
cousins Mary G. Downing of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Hannah
Rebecca Hoopes, a librarian in.Bloomington, Illinois; a typescript of the
constitution of the Fallston Farmers Club in Harford County.
1 box, 1847-87
 

HOTEL RENNERT REGISTERS, MS.684
Volumes of registers for the Hotel Rennert, Baltimore. The years 1896-
1900, 1904-1907 are not included in the collection.
57 vols., 1895-1920.
 

HOUGH, MARY, PROPERTY BOOK, MS.1168
Manuscript account of the properties of the estate of Mary Hough with
names of leaseholders, 1894-1909. Also included is a document, 1921, on a
question of property transfer, Samuel L. Hough vs. Onno G. Gorter.
1 vol., 1894-1909,1921.
 

HOUGHTON DAYBOOK, MS.1591
Account and daybook of Henry Augustus Houghton, supercargo on ships
( ? owned by Hugh Jenkins) in the Baltimore, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos
Aires trade, carrying general cargo from Baltimore and returning with
coffee, etc. Ships involved are the schooner Cadmus, master James Hors-
ford, and the brigs Amazon, Ohio, and Gracchus. Other cargoes include
leather, fabrics, crackers, codfish, and flour.
1 vol., 1831-1835.
 

HOUGHTON PAPERS, MS.467
Correspondence and accounts of Henry A. Houghton concerning trade with
South America, especially Rio de Janeiro. Lists of duties charged on cargoes
in Bahia, 1833; Rio, 1836, 1838; Buenos Aires, 1836. Detailed reports on
market at Rio, 1836, 1838, 1839.
1 box, 1831-1843.
 

HOWARD, CHARLES McHENRY., SCRAPBOOKS, MS.469.3
Collection of clippings made by Charles McHenry Howard. Vol. 1, material
relating to the selection of statues for Statuary Hall, 1897; monument to
Roger B. Taney, 1872; statue in Baltimore to honor John Eager Howard
(1752-1827). Vol. 2, clippings concerning monument to Francis Scott Key
to go over his grave in Frederick, 1897-1898. A third volume is genealogical
clippings from the Sunday Herald, compiled by Miles Cary, 1898-1901.
3 vols., 1872-1901.
 

HOWARD, CHARLES McHENRY, PAPERS, MS.468
Plats and maps of sections of Baltimore City, including Lunn's Lot, showing
their ownership. Letters of Charles McHenry Howard to William Bose
Marye, 1931-1938, concerning the history of Western Maryland, Indian
relics, place names, early roads, and other topics. Scrapbook of newspaper
clippings on political subjects, 1857-1863. Papers on the settlement of the
estate of James Howard McHenry (1820-1888). Depositions concerning
the lunacy of Major John Eager Howard (1821-1862) by members of the
family including his mother, Cornelia, 1859-1860.
1 box and I portfolio, 1857-1938.
 

HOWARD, CHARLES (MAJOR), PAPERS, MS.469.4
Requisitions, receipts, vouchers, orders, etc., accumulated by Charles
Howard, Commander of Supplies in the Confederate Army in Virginia. No
personal papers are included in the collection.
1 box, 1861-1865.
 

HOWARD, CORNELIUS, PAPERS, MS.469.5
Cornelius Howard, Sr., material includes surveyor's daybooks, 1718-1727,
1745-1747. Deed book ( ? Baltimore) with copies of deeds and list of lands
owned by "Charles Carroll Esq. and the Iron Works" (not further iden-
tified), 1 vol., 1699-1755. Deeds, plats, etc., of Cornelius Howard, Sr. and
Jr., 1748-1848, with material on the Maryland Club, 1818. Cornelius
Howard, Jr., letterbook, 1798-1811 (mainly political), inventory of estate,
1844. Accounts for surveys of Baltimore County, 1806, and invoices for
miscellaneous goods, 1805-1807. MS. copy of Act ascertaining the Bounds
of lands, 1699-1718 (61 pp.). Farm daybooks, 1803-1844 (3 vols.), with
daily accounts for livestock, slaves, food. Surveyor's daybooks, 1797-1810.
Baltimore City survey book, 1794-1807, and survey notes, 1785. Survey
notebook of Cumberland, 1799, and notebooks of Philip Jones, Jr., deputy
surveyor, Baltimore County, 1727-1730.
5 boxes, 1699-1848.
 

HOWARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT RECEIPT BOOKS, MS.471
Receipts written by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Howard County, for
documents in cases tried before the court, giving names of parties con-
cerned and dates of the case.
5 vols., 1852-1873.
 

HOWARD, EDWARD G., COLLECTION, MS. 2184
Bibliographer and rare book consultant (1917-72) for the Maryland
Historical Society: annotated bibliographical cards on Maryland publi-
cations for 1810-12; list of Maryland Historical Society annual reports,
1844-1915; page proofs of his pamphlet Marylandia: Some Rare Books Recently
Acquired by the Maryland Historical Society (Baltimore: Maryland Historical
Society, 1969); a partially annotated list of publications available at the
Society; miscellaneous notes on bibliographical subjects.
7 items, ca. 1969
 

HOWARD, ELIZABETH PHOEBE KEY, PAPERS, MS. 1839
Five Civil War items: long letter from Elizabeth Phoebe Key Howard
(1804-97) to her husband Charles Howard, September 1862, describing
her visit to Confederate encampment at Frederick, Maryland, her sons
Charles and Edward, who were in the Confederate Army, and commenting
on the condition of the Confederate troops, the death of Gen. Charles
Sidney Winder, and the activities of Columbus O'Donnell; two letters
from Maj. Charles Howard (chief commissary for a Confederate cavalry
division) to his mother, 1864-65; copy of a notice of deposit in a Richmond
bank of funds subject to the order of Major Howard and Maj. W. M.
Tate, 1865; an undated notice from H. B. Scott forwarding a letter from
Maj'. Charles Howard to Mrs. Charles Howard.
Family letters, 1886-97 and undated, mostly from Elizabeth Phoebe
Key Howard to her daughter-in-law Mary (Mrs. Charles Howard) and
granddaughters Ruth Howard, Elizabeth Key Howard Tyson, and Rose
Howard: news of family health and activities; feelings about growing old;
two copies made by Elizabeth Phoebe Key Howard of hymns and poems
by her father, Francis Scott Key, including a copy of the "Star-Spangled
Banner."
19 items, 1862-97
 

HOWARD FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2232
Newspaper clippings, published material, and miscellaneous papers
relating to the Howard family of Maryland with a 1902 certification of
baptism of John Eager Howard and copies of the 1738 wills of Joshua
Howard, Richard Edelen, and Thomas Plummer.
9 items, 1738-1902
 

MRS. HOWARD'S RECIPE BOOK, MS. 2325
Compiled by Mrs. F. K. Howard for food, medicine, and household
tasks.
1 vol., late 19th century
 

HOWARD LAND PLATS, MS.1569
MS. and hand drawn land plats, descriptions, and valuations of real estate
of William Howard in Mount Vernon Place, Howard Street, etc.
1 vol., c. 1850.
 

HOWARD, JOHN EAGER, ESTATE INVENTORY, MS. 2450
Sales book, containing a record of private sales and auction sales of
property of John Eager Howard (I 752-1827) of Baltimore. Includes roorn-
by-room inventory of his estate, "Belvidere" and sales of the items; sale of
items from Howard's "Lodge Farm" in Patapsco Neck; details of furniture,
glassware, silver, wines, textiles, decorative arts, farm animals and imple-
ments, and slaves.
Register available.
Pedley, 151, 819-20 1 vol., 1827-28
 

HOWARD, MRS. JOHN E., JR., PAPERS, MS.469.6
Collection of material all pertaining to Mrs. Cornelia Howard; includes
deeds to Howard home (Charles and Franklin Streets, Baltimore), the
General Wayne Inn, etc., dating from 1819-1853. Store bills, tax accounts,
and miscellaneous business papers, 1835-1865; household expense book,
1826-1832; accounts of affairs conducted by Mrs. Howard for her brother-
in-law, Captain Charles W. Morgan, U. S. N., 1828-1842.
1 box, 1819-1865.
 

HOWARD PAPERS, MS.469
A collection of Howard family material formed from several different
accessions.
1. Land Papers of the Howard Family and John Eager Howard, 1662-1882,
9 boxes.
Leases, deeds, etc., 1662-1882, including the deed to Baltimore College,
1810 (3 boxes). Leases, mainly of Colonel John Eager Howard's Baltimore
land, 1768-1825 (3 boxes). Baltimore plats, deeds, and leases to land on
Jones Falls, Pratt Street, and Mount Vernon Place, 1711-1834. Litigation
on sale of Jerdone Castle, Virginia, Hanson's Improvement, Salisbury Plain,
and land owned by Samuel Chase. Litigation involving Howard family
land (1 box). Reports and letters on Cromwell Case, 1678-1786; Robert
Gilmor vs. Owen Dorsey, 1824; Robert Bigham, 1822; Howard vs. Moale,
1792-1814; Nicholas Rogers vs. John E. Howard, 1806-1817.
2. Papers of Colonel John Eager Howard, 1778-1826, 1 box.
Ledger, 1796-1798, of moneys paid. Papers on land, business and public
affairs. Correspondence with Otho Holland Williams, Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, George Washington, judge William Johnson, Colonel Henry
Lee.
3. Francis Scott Key Papers, c. 1760-1870,2 boxes.
Correspondence of members of the Key and Ross families. Correspondence
of Francis Scott Key with John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia, 1814,
Thomas Swann, and on the Arkansas lands of Thomas Barnard, 1835-1841.
Poetry. Estate papers of Mary T. Key, 1859-1870.
4. Roger Brooke Taney Correspondence, 1817-1872, 1 box.
Correspondence of Taney with his family, and with Andrew Jackson, Martin
Van Buren, James Buchanan, and Albert Gallatin, 1817-1864. Notes on
Ex Parte Merryman, 1861. Notes on moral philosophy, Dickinson College,
c. 1792-1795. Letters from J. Mason Campbell on the death of Taney, 1864-
1872.
5. Captain John Eager Howard Papers, 1847-1859, 1 box.
Correspondence of Captain John Eager Howard with his mother, Mrs.
Cornelia Howard, mainly describing his activities in the Mexican War.
Reports, muster rolls, orders, etc., of the company of "U. S. Voltigeurs"
commanded by Howard in the army of General Winfield Scott, 1847-1848.
6. Papers of Charles Howard, 1830-1864, 1 box.
Correspondence of Charles Howard to his wife, mainly from prison during
the Civil War (in which he was a C. S. A. officer). Many pencilled copies,
originals not traced.
7. Papers of Dr. George Howard and his wife, 1826-1848, 1 box.
Land papers, deeds, letters. Material on disposition of Waverly and of land
in Howard County. Account with "Trustees," 1836-1839.
8. Howard & Poor Papers, 1853-1856, 1 box.
Accounts and receipts, 1853-1856; letterbook, 1854, of Howard & Poor (type
of business not known).
9. Benjamin Chew Howard Papers, 1793-1905,6 boxes.
Legal, land, personal, and political correspondence. Letters from Princeton
to William Gilmor, W. H. Fitzhugh, George M. Dallas. Correspondence
on the 5th Maryland Regiment, Howard vs. Moale, Baltimore riots of 1835.
Correspondence with Benjamin Chew and Colonel John Eager Howard.
Case of Schultz vs. Kipp & Gist, 1825-1839. Letters of General Benjamin
Chew Howard, 1854; letters on occupation of Federal Hill, c. 1862. Political
papers, 1821-1856 (many while in Congress) on Foreign Affairs Committee.
Correspondence with Montgomery Blair, Brantz Mayer, Edward Everett,
Roger B. Taney, Thomas Sully, Andrew Jackson Donelson, Reverdy John-
son, Samuel Smith, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, James
K. Polk.
10. McHenry Howard Papers, 1857-1919,3 boxes.
Photograph albums of Maryland scenes, 1882-1886 (3 vols.). Two auto-
graph books, and notebook from Princeton, 1857-1858. Diaries (3 vols.,
n. d.). Knipe, Arnold, and Ross family letters, 1724-1788, copied by
McHenry Howard, 1896-1897, and a typescript of Some Old English Letters,
published in the Maryland Historical Magazine, IX, pp. 107-156. Fishing
notes, 1865-1882 (1 vol.). Correspondence, 1860-1919, with many letters
relating to the Civil War when McHenry Howard was a prisoner.
11. Miscellaneous Howard Family Letters, 1799-1878,2 boxes.
William S. Howard letters, 1817-1871. Will of Cornelius Howard, n. d. John
Eager Howard and Jacob Wall accounts, 1850-1863 (7 vols.). Papers of
Julia Douglas Howard, Charles Howard, and Elizabeth Phoebe Key
Howard, 1799-1878.
12. Howard Family Estates and Lands, 1826-1915, 3 boxes.
Genealogical data, wills, inventories. Include papers on the estate of
Colonel John Eager Howard, 1826-1860. Will of Francis Jerdone, 1781.
Papers on the estates of Margaretta S. Ridgely, 1904, Cornelia Howard,
1863 (plats of Baltimore lands), Elizabeth Gray Howard, 1915 (plats of
Baltimore lands), Prudence Howard, 1845-1848, Violetta West, 1875-1877,
Anne Maria Chew, 1871-1879, Nicholas Carroll, 1813-1814.
13. Miscellaneous Items, 2 boxes.
Correspondence of M. J. Terrill, Dr. Upton Scott (1753-1809), General
Charles S. Winder on campaigns in Virginia, 1862, and Brazilian Prize
Money, 1855-1858. Copy books of Peggy Chew (2 vols.). Bills, newspaper
articles, broadsides, family portraits, data on disposition of Howard wine
cellar, 1825-1868, and dancing instructions.
31 boxes, 1662-1919.
 

HOWARD RECORD AND ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.469.1
Vol. 1, description of 76 lots in Baltimore City, owned by Howard family,
c. 1830. Vol. 2, accounts of James, Charles, and Benjamin Chew Howard as
trustees of George Howard; administration accounts; will of John Eager
Howard ( ? Jr.) with inventory, and inventory of estate of Mrs. Cornelia
Howard. Vol. 3, drawings of plats of land owned in Baltimore, 1853-1860,
with records of sales. Vol. 4, accounts showing payments of ground rent,
1868-1870. Vols. 5-6 show payments in cash from estate of Colonel John
Eager Howard to Nicholas Wood, Joseph Barling, Peter Hoffman, James
Porter, et al. Vol. 6 is daybook of estate of J. E. Howard from 1827-1835,
6 vols., 1827-1870.
 

HOWARD, WILLIAM GILMOR, PAPERS, MS.469.2
Three letterbooks of William G. Howard, including his letters as a tea
agent in India, mainly addressed to his mother, 1860-1866. Vol. 4, common-
place book with letters of Benjamin C. Howard and Richard Rush to
various addresses, concerning their mission as U. S. Peace Commissioners
in the boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan. Volume also includes
orders, etc., relating to the Fifth Regiment, Maryland Militia, and to other
militia, 1835. Genealogy of the Gilmor family by Robert Gilmor; genealogy
of the Howard family by James McHenry Howard.
4 vols., 1835,1860-1866.
 

HUBER AND BOERSTLER LETTERBOOK, MS. 2236
Baltimore dry goods merchants: receipts; demands on debtors; pur-
chases; sales; some mentions of the Washington Monument lottery and
War of 1812.
1 vol., 1810-17
 

HUGHES, DR. ALFRED, ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.472
Account books of Dr. Alfred Hughes, physician in Richmond, Virginia, and
Baltimore. Lists names of patients, including Duff Green, Mrs. William H.
Winder.
2 vols., 1861-1879.
 

HUGHES, DR. GEORGE, PAPERS, MS. 1786
Two daybooks, 1819-2 1, and one ledger, 1819-55, of this New Market,
Frederick County physician (I 768-1859): daily rounds; patients; prescrip-
tions; charges; construction of his house in 1819; a number of newspaper
clippings from the mid-to-late-nineteenth century collected by Margaret
Jane Downey.
1 box, 1819-55
 

HUGHES PAPERS, MS.1322
Hughes family papers from the estate of Harry E. Hughes. Include letters
concerning the estate of George W. Hughes; Mary Knapp to her children,
1802; John Hughes to Henrietta Hughes (concerning a trip to the Caribbean,
etc.), 1831-1832; Colonel Watson to John Hughes from on board a troop
transport, 1846 (3 items); Mr. Heitman and Mrs. Jurgens to John Hughes,
protesting the high fees in the Orphans' Court, Baltimore, 1850-1851
(4 items); Mary M. Daiger to her mother, 1860; Civil War letters of Cap-
tain Chauncey (on loyalty to the Union, use of torpedoes). Certificate
allowing John Hughes & Son to use patented corpse preserver in their
undertaking business. Account of expenses of Griggs, attorney, relating to
the estate of George W. Hughes.
28 items, 1802-1888.
 

HUGHES, JUDGE SAMUEL, COURT DOCKET, MS. 1775
Court docket for October term, 1805, of Samuel Hughes (b. 1741), a
justice of the Washington County Court and Orphan's Court: list of a few
cases of 1799-1804; prominent residents mentioned include Jonathan
Hager, Tench Ringgold, Thomas Beall, Jacob Schnebly, Benjamin Clag-
gett, and Joseph Spriggs.
1 vol., 1799-1805
 

HUGHES, THOMAS, PAPERS, MS. 1982
Letters on legal affairs and business appointments from attorney Charles
J. Bonaparte (1851-1921) to his client Thomas Hughes (1850-1941) and
one from Hughes to Bonaparte.
Pedley, 188-89, 674 5 items, 1883-1906
 

HUGHES, THOMAS, PAPERS, MS. 2056
Twelve letters, 1908-16, to attorney Thomas Hughes from Mrs. W. M.
Ellicott about a nurse's fund; his sister, Mary Jane Moneure, about
financial matters; and his client, Harper Pennington, about references for
his future son-in-law, his own divorce, terms of settlement involving the
return of some books by John James Audubon. Funeral announcements,
1874, for Mrs. Edward P. Harrison.
13 items, 1874-1916
 

HULL, WILLIAM S., PAPERS, MS. 2135
journal of Hull's (1822-1909) journey to California from Baltimore,
1849: evening entertainments; meals; weather; marine life; ship's course;
various South American cities visited; bull fighting; architecture; agricul-
ture; racial characterizations; expenditures. A copy of Hull's speech on
westward expansion, his fictional article on the "History" of a dime, and
a 1909 newspaper clipping on Hull's life.
Deposit only; permission for publication must be obtained from owner.
3 items, 1840-49, 1909
 

HULL, WILLIAM S., PAPERS, MS. 2135.1
Odd Fellows membership certificate, 1849; marriage certificate of Wil-
liam S. Hull (1822-1909), 1859; checkbook, 1861-86; letter from Joseph
T. Hull discussing the Hull genealogy, 1898; poems written by Hull.
Deposit only; permission for publication must be obtained from owner.
6 items, 1847-98
 

HUNGERFORD, JAMES, POEMS, MS.473.1
Volume of poems entitled Guendoleen and Other Poems, dated Reisters-
town, 1850, and composed by James Hungerford.
1 vol., 1850.
 

HUNGERFORD PAPERS, MS.473
Manuscripts of two unpublished novels by James Hungerford-The Frights
at Playwood, 1867, and The Mystery of Eldan (in 22 parts), c. 1870.
2 items, 1867, 1870.
 
 

HUNT ALBUM, MS.474.1
Album of Miss Esther Hunt, with signatures of Theodore Roosevelt, A. C.
Ritchie, and others. Letters from representatives of the White House and
Buckingham Palace, acknowledging letters from Miss Hunt.
1 vol., 1901-1918.
 

HUNT CIVIL WAR SCRAPBOOK, MS.474
Clippings on Civil War, 1861-1862, pasted into a Baltimore City directory,
all taken from Baltimore newspapers. Clippings on World War I, 1914-
1915. This volume may have been compiled by Miss Esther Hunt (donor).
1 vol., 1861-1862,1914-1915.
 

HUPPMANN LETTERBOOK, MS.475
Letterbook of Nicholas Huppmann, Baltimore dry goods merchant, with
letters to Andreas Popplein of Frankfurt, and other German correspondents.
Letters are in German and English.
1 vol., 1845-1857.
 

JOHN E. HURST AND COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 2061
Baltimore dry goods and notions firm: letters from salesmen requesting
the filling of orders and commenting on competition prices; orders from
companies in Baltimore, Danville (Virginia), New York, Savannah, Bos-
ton, and Chicago.
44 items, 1902
 

HUTTON PAPERS, MS.1323
Correspondence of Major Nathaniel Henry Hutton, chief engineer and
president of the Baltimore Harbor Board, about harbor matters and Jones
Falls improvements. Two letters from Benjamin H. Latrobe to Richard B.
Magruder about Annapolis Harbor, 13 and 18 March, 1818. Policy M-1222
to Mrs. Meta M. Hutton, The Spring Garden Insurance Company, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1891.
40 items, 1876-1877.
 

HUTZLER PAPERS, MS.476
Correspondence, 1867-1911, of David Hutzler and family. Includes cor-
respondence between David and his wife, Ella [Gutman] Hutzler, their
children, members of the Gutman family, and other relatives. Many aspects
of social history are covered, and there are accounts of trips abroad and to
resorts in Florida, etc.
6 boxes, 1867-1911.
 

HUTZLER PAPERS, MS.476.1
Account books, including journals, ledgers, daybook, receipt book and
expense accounts of Hutzler Brothers, 1879-1897.
8 vols., 1869,1879-1897.
 

HYATT ALBUM AND PAPERS, MS.1007
Collection of letters, 1859-1901, to Alpheus Hyatt from Louis Agassiz,
Alexander Graham Bell, Spencer Baird, Joseph Henry, Herbert Putnam,
Justin Windsor, and others, on literary and botanical subjects, all in one
volume. Correspondence of Hyatt and U. T. Gulick on the shells of the
Sandwich Islands. Two printed sketches of Hyatt.
1 vol. and 30 items, 1859-1928.
 

HYDE ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.480
Account book of John Hyde, blacksmith of Prince George's County, Mary-
land, giving a record of work done on farm tools, furniture, horse-shwing,
etc., for customers who included Clement Hill, Benedict Calvert, Charles
Carroll, Jr., and Daniel Carroll.
1 vol., 1759-1763.
 

HYDE, GEORGE W., FARM BOOK, MS. 2429
Record of a Prince George's County farmer including information on
crops, sales, and purchases.
1 vol., 1840-88
 

HYDE, MOSES, DIARY, MS.1131
Personal diary from 1830-1833 of Moses Hyde, Assistant Superintendent at
the Oldtown Factory School. Also involved with the "Sabbath School at
Brooks Factory." Clipping enclosed (1836) records the marriage of Mr.
Moses Hyde to Miss Anna Maria Pechin, daughter of Colonel Wm. Pechin.
1 vol., 1830-1833 (1836).
 

HYDE PAPERS, MS.1324
Collection of photocopies. Correspondence of Thomas Hyde of Annapolis
with Perkins, Buchanan & Brown of London, 1765-1774, regarding purchase
of merchandise; shipping invoices of Thomas Hyde; John Gillard's citizen-
ship papers, 1800; miscellaneous Hyde family items, 1765-1813.
45 items, 1765-1813.
 

HYGEIA HOTEL RECORDS, MS. 1877.1
Letters from Harrison Phoebus (1840-86), proprietor of the Hygeia
Hotel in Old Point Comfort, Virginia, to Samuel Moor Shoemaker (1821-
84) of Baltimore County about changes taking place at the hotel, guests,
and managerial problems; letters to Shoemaker from those accepting or
declining his invitations to visit the Hygeia; letters to Augusta E. C.
Shoemaker from Phoebus; letters to both Samuel Shoemaker and Augusta
Shoemaker from F. N. Pike, the hotel's manager; mortgage agreements for
the hotel, 1876 and 1881; transfer of title, 1874; statement of the cost of
the building, furniture, and equipment, 1874-75; legal case involving the
hotel and its former owners, John E. Clard and Henry Wilson; correspond-
ence with the United States Secretary of War about enlargement and
renovation of the hotel, 1874-76 and 1883.
1 box,1874-85

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