LABRARE-ROGER ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.419
Receipt book of Henry Labri6re, 1800, and of Labri6re & Roger,
1800-1801.
Many notations are in French and deal with the importation of luxuries
such
as silk gloves and stockings. Volume is continued, 1801-1805, by Arthur
L.
Roger and Roger & Hincks, merchants for French luxury goods. In
rear of
volume are accounts, mainly for personal expenses such as food, of
A. L.
Lemonnier (unidentified), 1872.
1 vol., 1800-1805,1872.
LABROQUERE, BERNARD TITON, PAPERS, MS. 1848
Bills and receipts for a cooper's supplies and shop; ledger, naturalization
papers, and correspondence concerning Bernard Titon Labroquere (b.
1784), who fled Santo Domingo for Baltimore after a slave uprising,
1805;
an 1827 notarized statement of his escape in 1805.
29 items, 1813-33, 1878
CUSTIS-LAFAYETTE CORRESPONDENCE MS. 2408
Fifteen letters, 1811-28, from the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)
to
Eliza Custis (1776-1832) about family and mutual friends, introductions
for friends visiting America, and his travels in the United States
in 1824-
25. Other letters of Lafayette to M. Gerard, French Ambassador to the
United States, 1778, about the American Revolution; to Madame Barlow
in Paris, 1813; to George Hay, 1825. Other correspondence includes
five
letters from George Washington Lafayette to Eliza Custis, 1825, about
travels with his father in 1825; two letters from daughters of Lafayette
to
Eliza Custis, 1825; and one letter from Mary A. R. Custis to her aunt,
Eliza Custis, 1825.
Register available; photocopies only. 27 items, 1778-1828
Pedley, 189, 959, 1005, 1045, 1117, 1408, 1447, 1602, 1622
LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL STATUE HEARING RECORDS, MS. 1710
Stenographer's records of the hearings in Baltimore before Mayor James
H. Preston and the Municipal Arts Commission about the location of
Andrew O'Connor's equestrian statue of Lafayette. Controversy concerned
its location in Mount Vernon Square below the Washington Monument
(where it is now located).
1 vol., 1923
LAFEVRE , CHARLES E., PAPERS, MS. 1943
Baltimore cabinetmaker (d. 1891), in whose shop the first Union soldier
was killed in the Civil War (during the April 1861 riots): correspondence
about Lafevre's offer to return the soldier's cap and scabbard to his
Massachusetts regiment and the regiment's response.
5 items, 1891
LANAHAN SCRAPBOOK, MS.520
Scrapbook of religious items relating to the Methodist Book Concern,
Balti-
more, kept by the Rev. John Lanahan (1816-1903), assistant book agent
from 1868.
1 vol., 1869-1872.
LANAKAI CHRONICLE, MS.841
Chronicle of the voyage of the USS Lanakai, commanded by Lieutenant
Commander Kemp Tolley, through enemy waters from Manila Bay to Perth,
Australia, from December 26, 1941 to April 27, 1942. This volume was
copied from Lieutenant Commander Tolley's official report to the Navy,
by
his father, Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Kemp Tolley. Includes map and
news
clippings of the voyage and material relating to the presentation of
this
volume to the Maryland Historical Society by Lieutenant Colonel Tolley.
1 vol. (40 pp.), map, and 1 pkg., 1941-1942.
LAND AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF ELLICOTT CITY RECORDS, MS.
2167
Three volumes of weekly meeting minutes; account book with a mem-
bership list; business letters; receipts for money, taxes, and services;
postcards; a small map of Palestine and Assyria.
1 box,1877-1920
LAND PAPERS, MS.1341
Collection of miscellaneous land papers, some with typed transcripts,
relating to land in all sections of Maryland.
c. 600 items, c. 1640-1900.
LAND PAPERS, MS.1342
Miscellaneous collection of land grants, etc., mainly relating to Maryland,
1658-1915. Lots concerned are in Baltimore, Calvert, Prince George's,
Anne
Arundel, Talbot, Somerset, Harford, Queen Anne's, Frederick, Worcester,
Cecil Counties; Baltimore City; Virginia; one grant of land in Illinois
Terri-
tory, 1805. Deed of Thomas Bladen to Daniel Dulany, 1746, Annapolis.
[John] Abell, 1767, from Frederick, Lord Baltimore.
101 items) 1658-1915.
LAND PAPERS AND WILLS COLLECTION, MS. 2362
Deeds, 1786-182 1, for properties in Baltimore City and County; wills
of
Thomas Morrow (1799), Jeremiah Williams (1815), John Knott (1818),
and John Stack (1821); miscellaneous items including promissory notes
and genealogical notes.
27 items, 1786-1829
LANDLORDS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
SCRAPBOOK, MS.524
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, membership cards, and other material
pertaining to the Landlords' Mutual Protective Association. Also clippings
on real estate, annexation of areas to Baltimore City, and city laws.
Name
of the association changed to the Tax Payers'Association in 1889.
1 vol., 1876-1937.
LANG, G. E., SCRAPBOOK, MS.1170
Indexed scrapbook kept by G. E. Lang of pictures and articles on events
occuring c. 1800- c. 1900, clipped from magazines and newspapers. Most
concern Baltimore and Maryland.
1 vol., c. 1800- c. 1900.
LANG, MILTON C., COLLECTION, MS. 2219
Mostly papers of Georg Adam Lang (1815-ca. 191 1), a German immi-
grant and schoolteacher in Baltimore and Annapolis and his son, Otto
Friedrich Lang: four volumes of accounts for Georg Lang's boarding
house
and piano students in Philadelphia, 1854-56; lists of students in his
Baltimore school and accounts pertaining to them, 1867-68; list of
students
and teachers of the Locust Point Protestant School of Baltimore, 1861-62;
minutes of meetings for the formation of "Diesterweg Institut" in Balti-
more, 1870; list of students in Annapolis, 1875-76; membership listings
for various German-American organizations, 1872; various accounts and
inventories, some relating to the purchase and sale of property in
Anne
Arundel County, 1872-191 1; some speeches of Georg Lang and a collection
of humorous stories and articles by Otto Friedrich Lang, 1900s; Karl
(Carl) Stubenrauch's account book for his egg business with some formulas
used in the 'ewelry trade, 1916-20; a roll book for the Ladies Auxiliary
of
the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, 1893-
94; poems collected by Elizabeth Halwadt, ca. 1840; newspaper clippings
collected by Christian Deetjen concerning H. L. Mencken, 1927-36;
material pertaining to C. T. Trautman's service as a surgeon in the
Second
Regiment, United States Veterans Volunteers, 1865.
37 items and 10 vols., 1854-1936
LANG, MILTON C., COLLECTION, MS. 2219.1
Record book of Georg Adam Lang (1815-ca. 191 1) which contains
genealogical information; lists of fruit and vegetable seeds ordered
from
Germany, 1873; a description of a Bauverein (building association);
a
weather record for 1881; accounts and student rolls for Lang's school
in
Baltimore, ca. 1867; a diary and commonplace book kept by J. Edwin
Hengst with a few entries by his father, Benjamin Hengst, 1826-1907;
two
record books of the Baltimore and Ohio Women's Music Club, 1941-61;
Moses Johnson's discharge papers from the United States Army, 1864;
David Hanson's apprenticeship papers, 1883; papers relating to C. T.
Trautman's service as a surgeon during and after the Civil War, 1863-
7 1.
13 items and 6 vols., 1863-1961
LANG, MILTON C., COLLECTION, MS. 2219.2
Diary of Joseph Patrick Matthew Smythe of Madison, New Jersey,
1917, about family affairs and a few references to World War 1; an
autograph album belonging to Marion Oliver, 1887-90; an account book
of H. Schaefer of Jackson and Tyler, railroad and machinist suppliers
of
Baltimore, 1878-79; a list of subscribers to a fund for erecting a
monument
in Baltimore to veterans of the Mexican-American War, 1903; a pamphlet,
The Convict Ship Success, ca. 1912; a release signed by a prisoner
at the
Maryland Penitentiary enabling Milton C. Lang to perform a vasectomy,
1923.
1 1 items and 4 vols., 1878-1903, 1903-23
LANSDALE PAPERS, MS.1343
Papers relating to the estate of Mrs. Cornelia Lansdale of Anne Arundel
County (Samuel Sprigg, son-in-law, and Dr. James Cheston, grandson-
in-law, executors). Legatees include daughter and son-in-law, Violetta
and
Samuel Sprigg; daughter, Cornelia Thomas; son, Philip Lansdale; daughter,
Eliza Cox. Will made in 1838.
25 items, 1853-1863.
LARWOOD PAPERS, MS.1344
Letters, 1745-1755, of John Larwood of Queen Anne's County concerning
his claim to the estate of John Larwood of Amsterdam (d. c. 1745),
and
later papers on the similar attempt to claim made by his son, John,
1790-
1791.
11 items, 1745-1755,1790-1791.
LATROBE, BENJAMIN H., COLLECTION, MS.2009
14 sketchbooks of watercolors, wash, pen and ink, and pencil, with
explana-
tory notes in ink illustrating Benjamin Latrobe's observations during
the
time from his departure from England, 1795, to his death in New Orleans,
1820. 23 manuscript journals, with some sketches describing his activities
in the United States in the following states: New Jersey, New York,
Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington,
D. C., 1796-1820. 19 volumes of letterbooks, mostly of a business nature
(architecture, etc.), September, 1803-December, 1817. Replica map (in
watercolor) of a survey of navigation of the Susquehanna River, 1801.
56 vols. and 1 item, 1795-1820. RESTRICTED
LATROBE, JR., BENJAMIN HENRY, PAPERS, MS. 1832
Letters between Benjamin H. Latrobe, Jr. (1806-78) and John Bloom-
field Jervis (I 795-1885) about the formation of a national society
of
engineers; the construction of wooden railroad bridges; the best fuel
for
locomotives; experiments with coke; use of the "triple rail"; help
in
securing more money to complete the Pittsburgh-Connellsville Railroad.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be received from
the
owners, the Jervis Library in Rome, New York. Collection also includes
published inventories to the Jervis papers at the library.
7 items, 1839-62
LATROBE, BENJAMIN HENRY, PAPERS, MS. 2121
Letters from Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1766-1820) to the mayor and
council members of New Orleans concerning a plan to supply water to
the
city; a resolution passed by the New Orleans city council about the
proposed waterworks including a statement of intent written by Henry
S.
Latrobe (1793-1817); a list of the stockholders in the waterworks corpo-
ration; Benjamin Henry Latrobe's specification for a custom house to
be
built in New Orleans; letter from Latrobe to-the mayor of New Orleans
concerning the restoration of a church and the improvement of a public
square; a letter from Latrobe to John Rogers about the death of his
son,
Henry S. Latrobe.
Restricted.
Pedley, 1942-45 1 box,1807-19
LATROBE COLLECTION, MS.523
Sketchbooks of John H. B. Latrobe. 'Odds and Ends" letterbook, 1829-1835.
Russian correspondence, 1857-1858. Diary of European trip, 1847. Com-
monplace book kept while a student at West Point. Printed material,
mainly
speeches of John H. B. Latrobe. Manuscript of John E. Semmes, John
H. B.
Latrobe: His Life and Times. Legal notebook of John H. B. Latrobe,
report
on English statutes and miscellaneous material. Letters from Zachary
Taylor, Reverdy Johnson, Roger Brooke Taney, Benjamin H. Latrobe,
Charles Carroll, Washington Irving, Daniel Webster.
11 vols., 1796-1853. RESTRICTED
LATROBE, EDNA CLAIBORNE, PAPERS, MS. 2119
Field inspector for the American Committee for the Relief of Russian
Children: letter of rejection from Atlantic Monthly to Edna C. Latrobe
(d.
1949) for her manuscript, "A Tenderfoot in Russia"; lengthy, untitled
narrative of Labrobe's trip to Russia in 1926; customs and reforms.
Printed
material, circulars, and letters from this committee; twenty-seven
photo-
graphs of Russia and one passport photograph of Latrobe.
40 items, 1926-27
LATROBE, MRS. GAMBLE, COLLECTION, MS.1638
Letters and papers of Benjamin H. Latrobe, 1801-1835. Correspondents
include Mary Elizabeth Latrobe, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Goodloe
Harper. Long letter on New Orleans levees, sketches of White House
furni-
ture, and of the Latrobe family New Orleans home. Letters and papers
of
Benjamin H. Latrobe, Jr., 1819-1877. Include sketchbooks (3 vols.),
diaries,
journals, and accounts, 1833-1878, including memoranda on bridges,
etc.,
erected by him. Correspondence with John H. B. Latrobe, Samuel Hazle-
hurst, Maria E. Latrobe, William 0. Hughart, Charles Shaler, A. S.
Russell,
James S. Howard, S. D. Wyeth, William J. McAlpine, and various railroads,
including the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pittsburgh & Connellsville.
Letters
of Charles J. Latrobe, especially to Julia and Peter Latrobe. Items
pertain-
ing to Charles Hazlehurst Latrobe, particularly concerning the Civil
War.
Letters of condolence to him on the death of his father, Benjamin H.
Latrobe, Jr., in 1878. Newsclippings on the Latrobe family and their
public
buildings, c. 1881-1899.
6 boxes, 1801-1899. RESTRICTED
LATROBE , JOHN H. B., DIARIES, MS. 1677
Baltimore lawyer (1803-91): admission to the bar; personal and legal
activities; fees received; memos; business notes; abstracts of legal
corre-
spondence.
Pedley, 943-47 3 vols., 1824-40
LATROBE, MARY TENANT MACTIE, R PAPERS, MS. 1758
Efforts to recover claims made by Alexander Mactier and Thomas
Tenant (Baltimore merchants) and their heir, Mary Tenant Mactier
Latrobe (1849-1915), for ships and cargoes lost to the French before
1800
and for Mactier's ship, America, captured by the British at the outbreak
of
the War of 1812. Includes insurance papers, 1805 and 1812; a cargo
invoice and accounts for the America; copies of Mactier's petitions
to
Congress, 1821 and 1828, and correspondence about his claims, 1823-31;
printed circulars by James H. Causten concerning the progress of Congres-
sional bills to pay the French spoliation claims; letters, 1885-88,
between
John E. Semmes, Baltimore lawyer representing some of the claimants,
and Richard Steuart Latrobe (1845-1900), husband of Mary Tenant
Mactier Latrobe; and documents (accounts, releases, checks, and letters)
concerning the distribution of the monies paid under Tenant claims,
1891
and 1905-7; folder of newspaper clippings concerning the history of
the
French spoliation claims.
1 box,1805-1907
LATROBE PAPERS, MS.526
Plays, addresses, Civil War letters and diary of Colonel Osmun Latrobe.
Letters relating to the capture and wounding of Stewart Latrobe, 1863-1864,
including one from Robert E. Lee to John H. B. Latrobe. History of
the
Washington Navy Yard, 1800-1889, and The Robber's Castle, by John H.
B.
Latrobe, both typescript. John H. B. Latrobe, Ode and West Point Memo-
randa. A copy of Maryland in Liberia, 1885, a history of the colony
planted
by the Maryland State Colonization Society, read by John H. B. Latrobe
before a meeting of the Maryland Historical Society. Miscellaneous
papers
concerning Benjamin H. Latrobe, including newspaper articles and cor-
respondence. List of Latrobe family papers.
2 boxes, 1 pkg., 1816-1947.
LATROBE POETRY BOOK, MS.523.1
Volume of miscellaneous verse by John H. B. Latrobe on a variety of
topics.
Titles include Fairy-Knowe, To Mary O'Connor, etc.
1 vol., 1821-1853.
LATROBE-SHEPPARD PAPERS, MS.1492
Letters from John H. B. Latrobe to Moses Sheppard, January, 1831-january,
1857, and n. d., on miscellaneous topics relating to legal practice,
finance,
colonization (c. 33 items). Letter from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Jr.
to
Sheppard (legal). Three letters from Sheppard to John H. B. Latrobe,
December, 1834-March, 1853, pertaining to the American Colonization
Society. Printed circular to the clergy of the State of Maryland from
the
office of the Maryland State Colonization Society, June, 1849, composed
by
John H. B. Latrobe, this example addressed to the rector of St. Michaers
Parish, Royal Oak (Joseph Spencer). Circular, October, 1850, on the
Indus-
trial Exhibition of 1851 to be held in London (John H. B. Latrobe was
Chairman of the state committee on the exhibition).
39 items, 1831-1857.
LATROBE-VINTON COLLECTION, MS. 2009.1
Letters, military papers, invitations, and reminiscences of the Brown,
Kirby, and Vinton families of Brownville, Jefferson County, New York
and of the Latrobe family of Baltimore: four letters, 1796-1828, dealing
with Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown (1775-1828) and the struggle to select
Brown's successor as senior officer of the United States Army; military
orders and commissions of Brown's son-in-law, Col. David Hammond
Vinton (1804-90), 1803-1873; a brief Vinton genealogy; Latrobe items
include a notebook of Julia E. Latrobe (1804-90), 1812, in which she
recorded dance steps she learned, reminiscences of her childhood, and
an
invitation, 1824; two other invitations, 1799 and 1836-37, and a valentine
greeting card.
19items,1796-1867
LAUVER ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.531
Account book of Michael Lauver, merchant of Fairfield, Pennsylvania,
in
which are pasted receipted bills for merchandise purchased from various
Baltimore firms.
1 vol., 1838-1842.
LAW, GEORGE, PAPERS, MS.1346
Business papers of George Law (1785-1848), Baltimore shipper and lawyer.
Contain news of friends, shipping arrangements, patents handled by
John
H. B. Latrobe, miscellaneous bills and receipts. Insurance policies
on ships'
cargoes. Papers on the Baltimore Insurance Company.
45 items, 1798-1848.
LAW PAPERS, MS.1345
Letters from B. Beaumer to Thomas Law, "Federal City, Maryland" [Wash-
ington, D.C.], 1795-1798, concerning an expedition to examine lands
in
Western Pennsylvania; letters from Calcutta on the state of trade between
India and America. Letters from General James Wilkinson to John Law,
1808-1816, concerning his defense against charges and suits arising
from
Aaron Burfs alleged conspiracy. Letterbook of John Law, 1792-1794.
Letter of Thomas Law to John C. Calhoun on the Negro problem, August
10, 1821. Letter of Thomas Law to Dudley Selden on currency and the
banking system, May 29, 1834.
1 vol. and 46 items, 1792-1834.
LAW FAMILY PAPERS MS. 2386
Papers of Thomas Law (I 756-1834) and his two sons John (ca. 1784-
1822) and Edmund (I 790-1829): correspondence of Thomas Law, 179 1
-
1834, about American and European politics and economics, land specu-
lation in Washington, D.C., building and local construction in Washing-
ton, D.C.; correspondence of Edmund Law, 1804-1829, of personal finan-
cial affairs, American politics, internal improvements, Washington,
D.C.,
and travel in the United States and Mexico; correspondence and estate
papers of John Law, 1797-1825, with legal correspondence and letters
about his student life at Harvard University in 1800-4. Correspondents
include William Blaine, John Browne Cutting, Willie Eustis, James Gad-
sen, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Frederick May, Cary Selden, Benjamin
Stoddert, William Thornton, and Alexander White.
Register available.
Pedley, 950 8 boxes, 1791-1834
LAWRENCE ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.529
Receipt book of Elizabeth (Mrs. Upton) Lawrence, of Hagerstown, Mary-
land, for food, clothing, children's tuition, and miscellaneous household
expenses.
1 vol., 1813-1825.
LAWRENCE FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1794
Chiefly legal and business papers about property owned by the Wright,
Downey, and Lawrence families of New Market and Unionville in Fred-
erick County, 1814-1909: plats, surveys, and deeds pertaining to Samuel
Wright, 1820-27; release, promissory note, receipts, indentures, and
a
mortgage pertaining to Jesse Wright (d. 1870), 1827-56; records of
Jesse
Wright's estate, 1870; business correspondence and documents of William
Downey (b. 1825), son-in-law of Jesse Wright, 1856-82; small group
of
personal letters to Frank Downey, 1911, and Jane Downey, 1932 and
1948-49, about the Lawrence family genealogy.
1 box,1814-1949
LAWS OF MARYLAND INDEX, MS.528
A manuscript index to the laws of Maryland, 1800-1810, with the inscrip-
tion "No. 6 of Miscellaneous Maryland MSS. Bound Book," and stamped
"J. S. Skinner, 1823."
1 vol., 1800-1810 (1823).
LAWSON PAPERS, MS.1347
Business papers of Stephen Lawson, landowner and merchant. Include
bills of sale, receipts, real estate material pertaining to Lawson
and his
associates in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and London.
150 items, 1791-1852.
LAWYER'S ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1536
Ledger of an unidentified Baltimore City lawyer, July, 1882-August,
1884,
showing cases handled, charges, etc.
1 vol., 1882-1884.
LAZARUS COLLECTION, MS.1348
Lazarus collection covers correspondence of the Lazarus family (E.
M.
Lazarus, E. M. Lazarus, Jr., Isabel Lazarus, et al.) from 1824 to 1909.
Miscellaneous family topics, poetry, artistic work. Autograph verse
of Henry
W. Longfellow, 1860, and a letter from Martin Van Buren, 1835. Various
writers include Marie Geraldy (undated letters), Jules Lefebvre, 1894;
Kenyon Cox, 1901; Edward H. Griffin, 1900; Professor A. F. Bledsoe,
1857;
Jeanne A. Seligmann-Lin, 1918.
1 vol. and 25 items, 1824-1918.
LAZARUS SCRAPBOOK, MS.533
Autograph book with signatures of prominent men and women in many
fields including literature, drama, politics. Most of the signatures
are on
cards. A few notes are also included. Kept by Miss Isabel Lazarus (d.
1951).
1 vol., 1883-1897.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSOCIATION, MARYLAND BRANCH RECORDS, MS. 1674
Records of the Maryland Branch of the League of Nations Association
collected by Miss Jessie Snow (b. ca. 1886), executive secretary of
the
League of Nations Association, the Committee to Defend America by
Aiding the Allies, and a founder of the United Nations Association.
Box
1: records of the League of Nations Association, 1928-43, with minutes
and correspondence of committees; reports from the League of Nations
General Assemblies in Geneva, 1928 and 1932, by Jessie Snow; newspaper
articles by Snow; policy statements and literature on the association's
stand in World War 11; correspondence and speeches of Snow as executive
secretary of the association. Box 2: notices of meetings with texts
of
speeches for the League of Nations Association, 1930-40. Box 3: records
of
the United Nations Committee of the League of Nations Association,
1942-43 and 195 1, with correspondence, minutes, texts of radio programs,
texts of speeches, form letters, news letters, and other material on
the
promotion of the war effort and formation of the United Nations. Box
4:
financial statements, annual reports on American war resisters compiled
by the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, Maryland
branch, 1940-43. Boxes 6 and 7: letters, informational bulletins, policy
statements from the National Committee of the League of Nations Asso-
ciation to local chapters. Box 8: records of local committees of the
Maryland branch of the association with instructions and lists of individ-
uals contacted including Baltimore ward leaders. Box 9: records of
activ-
ities, lists of available speakers, meeting reports, texts of speeches,
and
arrangements for parades and celebrations of the Maryland branch. Box
10: letters of the Maryland branch to members of Congress urging
legislation to aid the Allied cause; letters to President Franklin
D. Roose-
velt and various cabinet members, especially on the repeal of neutrality
legislation, and letters to Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor and members of
the
Maryland House of Delegates urging aid to Great Britain. Box 11:
publicity of the National Committee and Maryland Branch of the League
of Nations Association about anti-Nazi motion pictures, texts of radio
speeches, debates, news releases, and spots on Baltimore radio stations.
Boxes 12 and 13: a volume of treasurer's accounts of the League of
Nations
Association and of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies;
three scrapbooks of the activities of the latter, 1940-41.
13 boxes, 1928-51
LEAKIN ESSAY BOOK, MS.527
Volume of three essays relating to James Wilson Leakin (1857-1922).
Includes a sketch of his life by ( . . . ) Sioussat; Lawyer and Traveller,
by
Susan Leakin; and Ancestors by ( ... ) Fickus. Copy of the last will
and
testament of James Wilson Leakin.
1 vol., c. 1922.
LEAKIN NOTEBOOK, MS.530
Volume with manuscripts of sermons preached by the Rev. George Arrni-
stead Leakin while rector of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Balti-
more. Includes one on the "Labadists of Bohemia Manor."
1 vol., 1877-1878.
LEAKIN PAPERS, MS.1349
Papers of Sheppard Church Leakin (1790-1867) include letters from
Benjamin Franklin, John Marshall, the Marquis de Lafayette, Albert
Gal-
latin, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton that provide material on the
War
of 1812 and various court cases. Sheet of minutes of the first meeting
of the
Association of Defenders of Fort McHenry, in the handwriting of Sheppard
C. Leakin.
20 items, 1766-1857.
LEAKIN SCRAPBOOKS, MS.1538
Scrapbooks kept by the Rev. George Armistead Leakin containing miscel-
laneous newspaper items on politics, etc.
13 vols., 1871-1899.
LEAKIN-SIOUSSAT PAPERS, MS.1497
Papers of the Leakin, Sioussat, Hoxton, and Dobbin families. Include
George Armistead Leakin papers-records of Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church, Baltimore, the Church Mlss,,oa tv Scaincn, varlous npi5cupta
Church organizations, letters, diaries, sermons, and miscellaneous
items.
Letters to Mrs. Albert W. Sioussat. Deeds and other papers relating
to land
in Charles and St. Mary's Counties, especially of the Somervell. family.
Material concerning the Women's Auxiliary. Civil War scrapbook of Emily
McKim Reed. Papers on the Colonial Dames of America, the Central Direc-
tory, the Forestry Association, Maryland Federation of Women7s Clubs,
Annie Leakin Sioussat notes, typescripts, etc., on Maryland history.
St.
George Leakin Sioussat papers concerning the American Philosophical
Society, the Library of Congress, etc. Material of William Ridgely
Leakin
(1859-1918), attorney of Savannah, Georgia. Correspondence of Annie
L.
and St. George L. Sioussat relating to the publication of Old Baltimore.
20 shelf feet, c. 1650-c. 1960.
LEE COLLECTION, MS.532
Collection of material of Elizabeth Collins Lee (d. 1949), relating
to the
Civil War. Includes book with signatures of officers and men in West
Hos-
pital, 1863. Books of signatures of Confederate officers imprisoned
on
Johnson's Island, Ohio, 1865, with pencilled sketches of the prison.
Memo
book of expenses for prisoners, kept by Miss Fannie V. Morfit.
2 files, 1832-1884.
LEE, GERTRUDE, SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2124
Information on the Lee, Jenkins, Randolph, Carroll, Digges, Horsey,
and O'Donnell families; poems and newspaper clippings on world events,
personalities, and human interest stories.
1 vol., 1898-1940
LEE PAPERS, MS.536
Correspondence of John W. M. Lee (1847-1896), Librarian of the Mary-
land Historical Society, with other American libraries and the Public
Record Office, London, concerning book exchanges and material for the
early volumes of the Archives of Maryland. Typed sketch of George B.
Massey, M.D. (1856-1927). Copy of letter giving John W. M. Lee's resigna-
tion as Librarian of the Mercantile Library Association. Copies of
poems
( ? by Lee). Papers presented by Mrs. Ruth Lee Briscoe, John W. M.
Lee's
daughter, Librarian of the University of Maryland Medical School, con-
sisting of several annual reports and miscellaneous material.
1 box, 1856-c. 1930.
LEE, RICHARD, JR., PAPERS, MS. 2177
Loyalist claims of Richard Lee, Jr. (d. 1834) and Alexander Lawson,
Jr.
(d. 1798); Lee's insanity and the inheritance of his estate.
Photocopies from the Audit Office of Public Records in London;
permission for publication must be obtained from owner.
7 items, 1775-1858
LEESBURG UNION CEMETERY RECORDS, MS.535
Typed copies of records of Union Cemetery at Leesburg, Virginia. Contain
lot numbers, names of lot owners, birth and death dates of those buried,
1946-1947. Also included in this collection is an account of Mrs. William
Spinks's tour of the Alamo in Texas; and a history of San Antonio and
the
Alamo entitled Lest We Forget; the Heroes of the Alamo, 1948.
1 pkg., 1946-1948.
LEGAL CASEBOOK, MS.623
Volume mainly of notes taken at trials of various cases, c. 1866. Many
of
the cases may be English. No other information on the volume available.
1 vol., c. 1866.
LEGAL NOTEBOOK, FORMS, MS.1103
Notebook with copies of legal forms used in the late 18th century.
Many
of the forms were for use in Maryland courts. No further identification
of
the material or its compiler has been made.
1 vol., late 18th century.
LEGAL PAPERS, MS.1350
Collection of legal documents illustrative of the forms used in legal
trans-
actions in Maryland-leases, bills of sale, inventories, etc.
65 items, 1754-1862.
LEGG, JOSEPH B., COLLECTION, MS.539
Manuscript copies made by Joseph Baker Legg (1855-1940) of articles
from magazines, etc., concerning Waverly, Fell's Point, Old Town, High-
landtown, Mount Washington, Walbrook, Hampden, and other Baltimore
localities. Scrapbook of photographs taken by Mr. Legg in Canada and
nortbem states. Manuscript and typed accounts of Annapolis. Research
on Baltimore and accounts of the city's commercial development, mainly
copied from newspaper articles. Notes on inns, tavems, roads, and bridges
in Baltimore and Maryland and the legislation pertaining to them. Miscel-
laneous items on Canada, Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., the west
and
south, from various sources. Volume of poems, essays, etc., copied
by Mr.
Legg.
18 vols. and 1 pkg., 1906-1934.
LEHR PAPERS, MS.709
Early Lehr and Moale family papers from the late 18th-carly 19th centuries
(Thomas Moale, Richard Moale, Judith C. Moale, et al.). Moale family
genealogical material. Large collection of receipts and bills for books,
china,
glass, and household items of William A. Moale, mid 19th century. Inventory
of William A. Moale (1800-1880). Index of titles of paintings owned,
with
their values, 20th century. Cookery book of Mrs. William A. Moale,
c. 1850.
Diaries of trips to Italy, 1922, Far and Middle East, c. 1934-1939,
kept by
Mary E. Reed. Maryland Assembly book of subscribers, 1875-1876. Com-
mission of John Moale in the Revolutionary Army, 1776, signed by Charles
Carroll and others. Papers of Dr. Louis Charles Lehr (d. 1930), concerning
World War I; include miscellaneous army papers and typed diary from
June-August, 1917, in France. Copy of a letter from Mrs. Eleanor Addison
[Moale] Lehr (d. 1964) to Mark Sullivan of the New York Herald Tribune
(a criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt), with Sullivan's reply. Single
letters
from Representatives Ralph 0. Brewster and James C. Oliver and Senator
Wallace H. White, Jr., in reply to letters from Mrs. Lehr, 1938.
1 box, c. 1760-1960.
LEHR PAPERS, MS.1351
Group of six documents relating to the appointment of Robert Lehr as
Belgian Consul at Baltimore, 1879. Passport of Robert Lehr to leave
Prussia,
1849. Naturalization of Lehr as American citizen, 1855. Membership
certifi-
cate (No. 1) of Lehr as a member of the Maryland jockey Club, 1870.
Assignment of land in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, by Brice Virgin,
1773, with deposition of Thomas Bassfield, Augusta County, Virginia,
1775.
11 items, 1773-1880.
J. C. LEIB AND COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 1857
Produce and commission merchants of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania and
Baltimore: receipts, bills, correspondence about oil, coal, grain,
bedding
supplies, labor, fertilizer, agricultural implements.
84 items, 1893-1906
J. C. LEIB AND COMPANY RECORDS, MS. 1806
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania firm trading with produce and commission
merchants: receipts for the sales of oil, grain, flour, hardware, bedding
supplies, lumber, agricultural implements, and fertilizers.
250 items, 1895-1910
LEMMON PAPERS, MS.1352
Letters from Robert Lemmon to his mother, Mrs. William P. Lemmon, of
Baltimore, describing his career as an officer in the Confederate forces
in
Virginia; cover his trip to Richmond to enlist, campaign of Pocahontas
County, Jackson's Valley campaign, and the battle of Sharpsburg [Antie-
tam]; accounts from the field of action, with information on camp life,
and news of other Baltimoreans.
18 items, 1861-1862.
LEVERING ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.537
Account book of the firm of Jesse Levering & Sons, Baltimore merchants,
showing the state of their accounts with various customers, but giving
no
indication of the commodities concerned.
1 vol., 1836-1839.
LEVY, KATHARINE, CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPTS, MS.1086
File of miscellaneous material concerning the military career of Captain
Theodore M. Bartholomee. Includes muster rolls, ordnance reports, lists
of stores and clothing, relating to Company A, 12th Regiment Maryland
Volunteers (c. 38 items), 1864. Volume of company orders of the same
company. Manuscript copies of military orders-appointments, etc.-leave
slips, printed forms, and circulars, Confederate bank note, 1864. Company
descriptive book with list of officers, but rest of volume not completed.
Later material in the collection includes temperance pledge of F. T.
Bar-
tholomee, etc. Collection named for donor, Mrs. Katharine Levy, grand-
daughter of Captain Theodore M. Bartholomee.
1 box, 1860-1882.
M. S. LEVY AND SONS, INC. RECORDS, MS.2019
Baltimore hat manufacturing firm: order records for straw and felt
hats;
manufacturing expense accounts; monthly financial statements; a design
book; minutes of meetings of the board of directors; blueprints for
plant
additions.
1 box,1893-1957
M. S. LEVY AND SONS, INC. RECORDS, MS. 2019.1
Baltimore hat manufacturing firm: legal agreements between Levy
family members and stockholders and directors concerning company
organization and finances, ca. 1886-1927; annual reports, auditor's
re-
ports, and financial reports, 1912-39; papers on the company's reorgani-
zation and merger with the New England Panama Hat Company, 1939;
correspondence from John Welsh to William Levy, 1910-22, about the
finances of the company; paper concerning the felt hat workers strike
of
1935; history of M. S. Levy and Sons by Lester S. Levy.
2 boxes, 1884-1958
M. S. LEVY AND SONS RECORDS, MS. 1091
Baltimore manufacturer of straw, felt, and cloth hats: inventory of
stock
and machinery, 1884-87; trial balance sheet, 1891-92; ledger, 1905-07;
contracts concerning purchase of Horner Miller Straw Goods Manufac-
turing Company, 1895; formula for bleaching straw hats; printed ephem-
era and catalogues for the sale of hats, 1898.
2 boxes, 1884-1958
LEWIS, MARY, DIARY, MS. 2112
Travels of Mary Lewis (b. 1842) to Europe and Australia with her
husband, Ray T. Lewis (b. 1838), captain of the Lelia M. Long and Lathley
Rich: weather conditions; ship sightings; ports of entry; health; family
deaths; landmarks of interest.
1 vol., 1870-77
LEWIS NOTEBOOK, MS.538
Collection of bound MS. letters dealing with religious subjects and
dated
1844-1846. Authorship is unknown, but name "Lewis" appears on front
cover. Also contains newspaper clippings contemporary with the MSS.,
referring to the Baptist Church of the City of Baltimore.
1 vol., 1844-1846.
LEXINGTON ALARM PAPERS, MS.628
Volume of official dispatches and letters from Massachusetts, with
news
of the Battle of Lexington, sent out immediately after the battle and
trans-
mitted to other colonies. Includes many autograph signatures.
1 vol. (20 items), 1775.
LIBERTY FORGE LEDGER, MS.975
Volume with accounts of workmen's wages and supplies at Liberty Forge
located at Lisburn, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
1 vol., 1808-1810,1818-1819.
LIGHTNER, GEORGE, ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1173
Account book of George Lightner, Baltimore tinsmith from 1808-1823.
Mention is made of William Stewart and George Davis, who worked for
him; also of John and Michael Lightner.
1 vol., 1808-1823.
LINCOLN ASSASSINATION COLLECTION, MS. 2447
Copy of Thomas A. Jones, J. Wilkes Booth: An Account of His Sojourn
in
Southern Maryland After the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, His Passage
Across
the Potomac, and His Death in Virginia (Chicago, 1893), annotated by
Samuel
Cox, Jr. (1847-1906), a nephew of Samuel Cox who was involved in the
events of the assassination. Jones (b. 1820) was a farmer in Charles
County.
1 vol., 1893
LINES COLLECTION, MS.1353
Collection of original material, donated by Mrs. Stanley Lines, and
photo-
stats: (of material still held by Mrs. Lines), mainly relating to William
Cooke (1746-1817), Maryland lawyer. Includes business papers of Cooke,
with letters and papers pertaining to the Dulany family predominating.
Miscellaneous material, chiefly of an economic nature.
50 items, 1774-1815.
LITCHFIELD SCRAPBOOKS, MS.1529
Two Victorian scrapbooks or commonplace books of Miss Grace Denio
Litchfield (the second made for her ? ) in Detroit, 1872. Both contain
fanciful descriptions of romantic courtships. Pictorial letter to Miss
Litch-
field from William ( ... ) of Detroit, March 21, 1877.
2 vols. and 1 item, 1872-1877.
LITERARY MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION, MS. 2169
Poems, stories, letters, and essays about the history of Prince Geor,ge's
County; Saint Mary's City; Claiborne, Maryland; the Chesapeake Bay
in
the American Revolution; and the Homony Club of Annapolis, Maryland.
Also one poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
2 boxes, 1700-1974
LITTIG, GEORGE, LEDGER, MS. 1657
Ledger of Baltimore hatter (1773-1829), 1796-99, mostly of customer
accounts. Continued by Rachel Littig (1774-1839) with accounts for
rent
paid by various tenants of Gough Street, Baltimore: ground rents; house-
hold accounts, 1830 and 1836; house repairs, 1840; hired servants,
1840-
43 and 1861-78; purchase of a slave, 1843; notes of the voyages of
G.
Wells Littig, a seaman, 1832 and 1836.
1 vol., 1796-1878
LIVEZEY LEDGER, MS.1126
Ledger, 1885-1911, of Jacob Livezey. Farm accounts for pickles, oats,
vinegar, sheep, lambs, wire, etc. Loose receipts and checks from Harford
County Bank. Receipt from McComas Bros.) dealers in lumber, coal,
general farm supplies, tools, etc. Livezey farm located at Bel Air,
Maryland.
1 vol., 1885-1911.
LLOYD COLLECTION, MS.2001.1
Documents, receipts, letters, etc., all addressed to Edward Lloyd,
V, Gov-
ernor of Maryland, at Wye House, Easton, and Annapolis. Bulk of material
is receipts and accounts of Lloyd (458 items). 23 business letters
and
requests for money, eight letters requesting various favors. Accounts
of
Lloyd to William Clark, 1796-1809 (42 pp.). Chaffinch family vs. Lloyd,
1809. 'Materials on survey of Lloyd's GI-ove, 1809. Patent, Benjamin
B.
Bernard, 1810. Letter of Philemon ta4y to Lloyd,,1808, concerning The
Mista,ko;'W. Bruce to Llovd, April 2,1810, concerning Small Meadow;
Will
Harrison, Jr., to Lloyd, July 6, 1810; T. Thomas to concerning
medicine.
c. 500 items, 1796-1817.
LLOYD PAPERS, MS. 2289
Love letters and post-cards to Ella Lloyd from a suitor identified
only
as "Jack," a traveling salesman, 191 1; 1954 post-card to Ella Lloyd
from
her sister Florence.
33 items, 1911-1954
LLOYD PAPERS, MS.2001
Farm journals, 18th and 19th centuries; land papers, late 17th and
18th, and
some 19th century; personal and business correspondence, 18th and 19th
centuries, of the Lloyd family of Wye House, Talbot County. Particularly
concern Edward Lloyd, III (1711-1770); Edward Lloyd, IV (1744-1796);
Edward Lloyd, V (1779-1834), Governor of Maryland; Edward Lloyd, VI
(1798-1861); Edward Lloyd, VII (1825-1907). Some material, but indirect,
concerning Edward Lloyd, H (1670-1718), and Philemon Lloyd (1646-
1685). Farm journals show crops planted and harvested, livestock, race
horses, slaves, etc., particularly in farms in Talbot County. Land
papers-
contemporary copies of deeds, certificates, patents, transfers, etc.
Original
deeds and patents; plats. Mainly concern tracts in Talbot, Queen Anne's
and Kent Counties. Personal correspondence-family letters, especially
19th
century. Business correspondence, 18th and 19th centuries. Some genea-
logical material on the Lloyd family.
Papers, 10 feet; unbound and bound ledgers, 19 boxes, 1660-1890.
LOGBOOK OF THE PRIVATEER SCHOONER HARPY, MS.2321
Cruise from New York to Portsmouth, New Hampshire via the Azores,
April 15-August 10, 1814; comments on the dissatisfaction of the crew.
Microfilm only; permission for publication must be obtained from the
owner.
1 reel (no. 460), 1814
LOGBOOK OF THE 213th AERO SQUADRON, MS. 2324
Logbook and history of the squadron, 1917-19, maintained by Lt. W.
P. Norfolk: formation of the squadron; voyage to Europe; travel and
quarters in England and Ireland; pilot training in Scotland; records
of
combat missions.
2 vols., 1917-19
LOGBOOK OF THE U.S. SLOOP-OF-WAR PEACOCK, MS. 2315
Daily record of voyage from New York around the Cape of Good Hope
to Batavia, January 30-july 10, 1815; discussion of capture of H.M.
Brig
Nautilus.
Microfilm only; location of original unknown.
1 reel (no. 617), 1815
LOG INN RECORDS, MS. 1850
Correspondence between William Tilghman Emory (1872-1960), man-
ager and chief stockholder of the Log Inn (a summer hotel in Annapolis),
and the hotel's attorney, Daniel Richard Randall (1864-1936), 1919-32:
taxes; stockholder affairs; miscellaneous legal problems such as use
of a
private road and with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers for playing copyrighted music without a license; miscellaneous
financial statements; copy of articles of incorporation.
290 items, 1912-37
LOMAX-EARLY PAPERS, MS.1354
Official military papers of the cavalry division under the command
of
General Lunsford Lindsay Lomax (1835-1913), in General Jubal A. Early's
Confederate forces in Virginia, all on a poor grade of paper. Include
sheafs
of provision returns for units during the fall of 1862 (mainly for
various
Virginia regiments but also the 12th Georgia Volunteers). Officers'
pay
vouchers, invoices, forage reports. Receipts from the quartermasters
stores, 1864, showing articles purchased-food, clothing, and equipment;
also services rendered, repairs, etc. Data on the supply problem behind
the lines.
c. 2000 items, 1862-1865.
LONACONING IRON WORKS RECORDS, MS. 2292
"Memoranda of Calculations and Determinations for the Construction
of the Lonaconing Iron Works and Daily Transactions from 21st day of
August 1837 to 21st Septmr. 1838" and "Lonaconing Transactions":
details of the construction and operation of the Lonaconing Iron Works
in
Allegany County, one of the first blast furnaces in the United States
to use
coal as fuel.
Transcript only: published in Katherine A. Harvey, ed., The Lonaconing
journals: The Founding of a Coal and Iron Community, 1837-1840. Transactions
of the American Philosophical Society, 1977.
1 vol., 1837-1840.
LONDON TOWN FERRY LEDGERS, MS. 1687
Ledgers of London Town Ferry of Anne Arundel County, compiled by
William Brown, ferry keeper.
2 vols., 1778-79
LONG FAMILY COLLECTION, MS.1643
Fifteen bills of sale, including bills of sale for the schooners Commerce
and
Hope. Letter from Hester Redden to David Long, 1830, concerning slaves.
14 miscellaneous items-deeds, bonds, awards, certificates, etc., all
concern-
ing the Long family and primarily David Long. 32 deeds and copies of
deeds involving land in Worcester County (Cowley, New Town, and
Piney Point) and Somerset County (Puncheon Landing), David Long
again being the main person concerned.
62 items, 1782-1855.
LOUD-GOLDSBOROUGH PAPERS, MS. 1513
Papers of the Loud and Goldsborough families of Talbot County:
accounts of Nicholas Goldsborough (fl. 1790); estate papers, 1831,
of
Nicholas Hammond concerning the inheritance of his son-in-law, the
Rev.
Robert W. Goldsborough (1800-57); shipping accounts for Goldsborough
tobacco, 1742 and 1772, and statement, 1769-72, of tobacco account
with
a London merchant; land papers of Nicholas Lowe (1662-1714) and
Foster Turbutt (1679-1721); estate papers of James Faulkner (d. 1848),
1832-46. Papers of John W. C. Loud: bills and legal documents, 1845-58;
appointment as postmaster of Columbus, Florida, 1843; post-office vouch-
ers; two business letters, 1847 and 1856; records of the general store
of
Loud and Sadler of Columbus, Florida, 1834-5 1.
1 box,1659-1883
LOWE-ENSEY PAPERS, MS. 2221
Family of Talbot County and Baltimore: documents pertaining to John
Lowe and his wife Mary, 1845-52; a library card, 1839; stock certificate,
1891; confirmation certificates, 1844-46; a few letters regarding Lowe
family property and the running of the Lowe family home; will of Lot
Ensey, 1704; marriage, confirmation, and insurance certificates pertaining
to Loulie Seth Lowe and her husband, Lot Ensey, 1879-89; two deeds,
1849-51; a history of "Mary's Delight," Talbot County, by Mary Grace
Ensey; a few letters to John Lowe and Mary Grace Ensey about family
history and property, 1909-24; newspaper clippings regarding "Mary's
Delight" and Lowe-Ensey family members, especially James M. Seth,
Joseph B. Seth, George W. Fahnsestock.
Pedley, 985 50 items, 1823-1924
LOWE FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1949
Autobiography of Mrs. Enoch Louis Lowe (Esther Winder Polk) written
in 1913: recollection of her childhood in Princess Anne, Maryland;
com-
ments on the effects of isolation on the people of the Eastern Shore,
transportation, entertainment, the fear of slave revolts, life in Frederick
County with the Vincendiere family, anti-Protestant feelings, life
in An-
napolis from 1851 to 1854, the immigration of the Vincendiere family
from Santo Domingo to the United States, the flight south during the
Civil War, refugee life in Virginia and Georgia, family life during
the Civil
War, changes on the Eastern Shore during the Civil War. Other papers:
miscellaneous wills and deeds of the Lowe family; genealogical records
of
the Lowe, Magruder, and Polk families; biographical sketch of Enoch
Louis Lowe (1820-92).
27 items, 1692-1970
LOWE-SETH PAPERS, MS.1567
Business papers of various members of the Lowe, Seth, and Ensey families,
consisting of indentures, deeds, inventories of household goods, etc.
c. 75 items, 1709-1909.
LOWNDES SCRAPBOOKS, MS.956
Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings kept by the Hon. Lloyd Lowndes (1845-
1905), relating to Maryland politics, primarily in the years 1893-1895.
Also
include numerous items on the campaign for governor of Maryland, 1896,
in which Lowndes was the successful candidate. One volume relating
to
the War Savings Drive of World War I and including some later material
( ? kept by Mrs. Lowndes).
7 vols., 1872-1931.
LOWRY, ROBERT K., PAPERS, MS.1576
Correspondence between Robert K. Lowry, American Consul at La Guayra,
and Captain Robert T. Spence, commander of the USS Cyane, 1822, con-
cerning the crisis in Venezuela and the protection of American citizens
and
their property. Miscellaneous items of Lowry, 1793-1825.
9 items, 1793-1825.
LUCAS, FIELDING , JR., COPYBOOK, MS.2083
Copybook, 1800, of Fielding Lucas, Jr. (I 781-1854) with extracts of
literature, history, geography, music, a list of books, and sketches
of
furniture; copybook continued by Crawford Cadwallader Adams includ-
ing an autobiographical sketch, 1879.
1 vol., 1800, 1879
LUCAS PAPERS, MS.540.1
Photostatic copies of correspondence between Fielding Lucas, Jr. (1781-
1854), and Matthew Carey, taken from originals in the collections of
The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (22 items, 1813-1821). Letters from
Fielding Lucas, Jr., and Fielding Lucas, III, in Baltimore to Edward
Carrell
Lucas in Philadelphia, concerning publishing books, business matters,
and
family affairs, 1834-1836.
40 items, 1813-1821, 1834-1836.
LUCAS-GIDEON PAPERS, MS. 1709
Letters from Fielding Lucas, Jr. (I 781-1854) of Baltimore to George
S.
Gideon and Company: sale of printing supplies; personal references;
Lucas
land holdings.
Pedley, 988-89 9 items, 1849-50
LUCAS RECORD BOOK, MS.540
Record book of Fielding Lucas, Jr. (1781-1854), Baltimore bookseller
and
publisher, dating from 1836-1855. Includes stock list of books and
number
of copies on hand, 1836-1853. Amount of publishing work done, 1839-1842,
with number of copies printed, cost, and name of printer. Prices of
binding,
1855.
1 vol., 1836-1855.
LUCAS-WHITE PAPERS, MS. 2277
Baltimore families. Lucas section: letters between Fielding Lucas,
Jr.
(I 781-1854) and friend Eliza Slough, 1807-8, and Fielding Lucas, Jr.
and
his wife Eliza M. Lucas, 1810-11, on family news and Lucas settling
in
Baltimore; letters between Kate Lucas and her mother, 1855-57, while
she was at school in Eden Hall.
White section: letters between Thomas Hurley White and his father,
Ambrose Abram White, 1872-73, about the firm of White and Elder,
agents for the Chesapeake Sugar Refinery in Baltimore and the coffee
trade and fertilizer business; letters from Thomas Hurley White to
his
wife, Kate Butler Lucas White, 1870-1902, about business trips to various
parts of the United States, the United States Centennial Exhibition
in
1876, the Southern campaign of U. S. Grant and William T. Sherman,
Abraham Lincoln's death, Robert E. Lee's surrender.
Other correspondents include Ethel White, Catharine Lucas, Edward
C. Lucas, and John Charles White.
2 boxes, 1806-1911
LUMBER EXCHANGE OF BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS. 1963
Minutes of general exchange meetings and of the managing committee:
election results; finances; admission of new members; development of
lumber inspection regulations and licensings of inspectors; arbitration
between companies and assessment of fines; relations with the city
govern-
ment (in regard to police protection, conditions of wharfs and roads,
and
taxation); relations with railroads; relations with other lumber societies
in
the city and on the national level; membership in the Board of Trade;
relations with the Chamber of Commerce; statistics of lumber stock;
relief
to disaster victims; conservation and tariff measures; consolidation
in 1957
of the major lumber groups into the Lumber Exchange.
6 boxes, 1875-1900
LURMAN ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.541.1
Volumes of accounts kept by Gustav W. Lurman, Jr. (1844-1927), Balti-
more farmer. Include cash book, 1867-1871; ledger, 1867-1872; daybook,
1870-1873; daybook, 1872-1878; ledger, 1872-1878; profit and loss ledger,
1872-1882.
6 vols., 1867-1882.
LURMAN PAPERS AND GENEALOGY, MS.541
Papers relating to the property and business affairs of the Lurman
family,
coffee traders and farmers in Baltimore. List of stock holders in the
Catons-
ville Casino Company. Legal papers relating to Farmlands. Maryland,
Virginia, and North Carolina hunting records, 1900-1905, kept by John
Stephan Lurman. Lurman family genealogical records. Volume, The
Adventures of the Last Alencerage, translated by Theodor Lurman.
2 boxes and 1 vol., late 19th and early 20th centuries.
LURMAN RECORD BOOKS, MS.541.2
Records of Theodor G. Lurman & Company, Baltimore coffee importers.
Include bank books with Merchants' National and Gallatin National Banks,
and comprehensive records of the business. Cables sent and received,
accounts of sales and shipments of coffee, insurance carried, 1882-1919.
Index to ledgers of Lurman & Company, 1866. Folder of loose business
papers of Theodor G. Lurman & Company covering 1898-1911. Papers
pertaining to the liquidation and final distribution of the company
between
C. Morton Stewart & Company and John Stephan Lurman, 1911.
21 vols. and 1 pkg., 1882-1919.