McALL ASSOCIATION PAPERS, MS.542
          Records of the McAll Association (La Mission Populaire Evange'lique),
          consisting of annual reports, photographs, papers pertaining to French war
          relief, 1917-1922. Baltimore Auxiliary Company records, 1903-1938;
          correspondence of Miss Dora Murdoch, President of the Baltimore branch,
          1929-1933; sketches of the association.
          1 box, 1903-1938.

McBLAIR PAPERS, MS.1355
Correspondence of Michael McBlair (1775-1861) includes letters from his
wife, Pleasants Goodwin McBlair from Wye House (personal); A. J. Elder,
J. Hickey, and others of St. Mary's College concerning tuition; various Phila-
delphia merchants, 1818-1819; U. S. Post Office Department on the estab-
lishment of an office at Ring's Tavern, 1828; George Cooke, 1839-1848; Lyde
Goodwin, 1815-1828; Frances Remshaw, 1842-1843; Charles G. Ridgely,
1823-1828; London merchants and sea captains concerning shipments, 1800-
1819; A. A. Gould of Boston on the operation of the Maryland Manufactur-
ing Company; J. Mason Campbell on legal matters; Edward Lloyd on
business transactions. Family correspondence with letters of Michael
McBlair to and from his children, 1831-1847. Letters to William McBlair,
U.S.N., 1839-1844. Accounts, etc., including those of various merchants
with the Maryland Manufacturing Company.
7 boxes, c. 1797-c. 1855.
 

McCABE, JAMES D., PAPERS, MS.1527
Letters from R. B. McCabe to his nephew, James D. McCabe, giving his
views on Masonry, 1837; two acknowledgements of James McCabe's book,
History of the Centennial Exhibition, 1877 and 1878. Letter from the
Department of State, Richmond, Virginia, 1862. Passport, 1880.
5 items, 1837-1880.
 

MCCAFFRAY,  GEORGE,  PAPERS,  MS. 2076
Prisoner (b. 1836) at Fort McHenry in Baltimore for Southern sympa-
thies: letters to his fiance, Susanna Connelly, with comments on prison
conditions and the charges against him; receipt to Ludwig Unger from
George McCaffray, 1870.
14 items, 1862, 1870
 

MCLANE-FISHER FAMILY PAPERS,  MS. 2403
Correspondence and financial and legal papers of the McLane and
Fisher families of Bohemia in Cecil County and Baltimore. Mostly McLane
family materials: Louis McLane and his wife Catherine, Louis McLane,
Jr. and his wife Sophie and their family. These papers document the
political career of Louis McLane and the naval and financial careers of
Louis McLane, Jr. Papers of the Fisher family related to the McLanes by
marriage consist of family correspondence of D. K. Este, 1800-30, and D.
K. Este Fisher, 1875-1906, especially his genealogical research.
Register available.
Pedley, 779 15 boxes, 1800-1906
 

McCLEERY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1642
Account book showing work done for, supplies provided for, and money
owed by various clients to Henry McCleery, 1815. Miscellaneous notations
concerning legal matters (bonds, etc.), pertaining to Andrew McCleery,
c. 1805-1815. Drawings of buildings, plans for an exchange, etc., made by
Robert McCleery, architect, early 19th century. The McCleery family
apparently both supplied building materials and undertook some construc-
tion work and designing. The accounts and notations are in various hands
and the identification of these is tentative. The variant spelling 'McCleary"
also occurs.
1 vol., c. 1805-1815.
 

McCLELLAN, W. J., NOTES, MS.433
Volume of MS. notes made in the 19th century by W. J. McClellan, con-
cerning Baltimore town and neighborhood. All notes taken from the Mary-
land Gazette (Annapolis), 1728-1777.
1 vol., 19th century.
 

McCONKY, PARR & COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1036
Ledger of this Baltimore grocery concern, 1856-1870, showing accounts
with Baltimore Milk Company, James Oler for ice, employees' salaries, and
gross receipts.
1 vol., 1856-1870.

 
McCORMICK EDUCATION NOTES, MS. 1647
Notes used for the Rev. Leo Joseph McCormick's Church-State Relation-
ships in Education in Maryland (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of
America Press, 1942), 1941 dissertation at Catholic University.
Pedley, 999 3 boxes, 1942
 

McCORMICK PAPERS, MS.560
Manuscript copy of Church-State Relationships in Education in Maryland,
a Ph.D. thesis by the Rev. Leo Joseph McCormick, published by the
Catholic University of America, 1941.
1 vol., 1941.
 

McCREERY, WILLIAM, PAPERS, MS.1155
Two journals written by William McCreery on business journeys to France,
1781, 1793. Discuss various aspects of French life, including homes,
churches, people, villages, and customs. Five letters concerning a suit
brought by Samuel Walker against certain legatees of William McCreery,
1823-a suit governed by a law sponsored by McCreery when a member of
Congress from Maryland, concerning the inheritance of property by aliens.
2 vols. and 5 items, 1781, 1793, 1823.
 

McCULLOH FAMILY PAPERS,  MS. 1770
A collection of letters between members, friends, and business associates
of the McCulloh family: letters between Nathaniel Irish and Samuel
(1772-1848) and Andrew McCulloh about the development of the Mc-
Culloh land tract near Pittsburgh, specifically the building of a barn, saw
mill, and house, 1800; letters about the hardware business of McCulloh
and Poor in Baltimore, 1810; letters about the sale of McCulloh land in
Pennsylvania, 1817-18; letterbook concerning the legal issues involved
with the estate of Col. John M. McCulloh and the sale of his land, 1849-
54; letters among members of the McCulloh family, including Samuel and
Eleanor McCulloh, Eleanor Browne Roupell, George Leith Roupell, J. B.
Roupell, John Stuart Roupell, Thomas Browne Roupell, Sarah M. Boyd,
Robert Boyd, Anne Simpson, and William Simpson; a book of monthly
expenses for food, clothing, and wood kept by Anne McCulloh, 1800-1.
Pedley, 1001 4 boxes, 1800-54
 

McCULLOH FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2110
Correspondence related to John McCulloh's (I 747-1800) Philadelphia-
based importation business: importation of mahogany, rum, silk, china-
ware, cotton, indigo, tea, rugs, and tobacco in the Mid-Atlantic region-
mostly in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, and New York; letters from
Europe, England, and India; mercantile firm of Knox, Usher, and Mc-
Culloh, located in Baltimore, is a principal correspondent in the 1780s;
numerous references to medical training of Samuel McCulloh (1772-
1848). Other papers: letters from George B. McCulloh on his service in the
United States Navy in the early 1820s, information of westward migration
with letters from Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky, mostly from the Todd
family; and comments on religion, slavery, and politics; some papers on
land owned in Pennsylvania.
Partially published in Richard J. Cox, "'A Touch of Kentucky News
& State of Politicks': Two Letters of Levi Todd, 1784 and 1788," Register
of the Kentucky Historical Society 76 (July 1978): 216-22.
Pedley, I 00 1 6 boxes, 1773-1848
 

McCULLOH PAPERS, MS.1356
Correspondence between members of the McCulloh family in Rockland,
Baltimore County, and their relatives in England. Volume with invoices of
goods shipped by Samuel McCulloh from Canton, Maryland, and from
England, including copies of his business correspondence.
50 items and 1 vol., c. 1827-c. 1836.
 

McCULLOH,  DR. SAMUEL,  DIARY, MS. 2118
Travels of Samuel McCulloh (1772-1848) through the eastern United
States and midwest with dates, times, mileage, and expense; information
on property in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and near Pittsburgh.
Pedley, 1001 1 vol., 1826-41
 

MACHEMER RECEIPTS, MS.1522
Collection of c. 60 miscellaneous receipts pertaining to various Baltimore
businesses and institutions, c. 1860-c. 1897. Named for donor, A. F.
Machemer.
c. 60 items, c. 1860-c. 1897.
 

McDOWELL, MARGARET R., AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, MS. 2423
Autograph albums collected by Margaret R. McDowell.
2 vols., 1827-34, 1876-87
 

McHENRY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.544.2
Two volumes of accounts of James Howard McHenry (1820-1888), 1843-
1856, containing personal expenses, to 1847, and receipts for Sudbrook, the
McHenry estate near Pikesville, 1856. journal of farm affairs at Sudbrook,
partially pasted over with Civil War clippings, broadsides, and miscella-
neous papers of Samuel Mettam, a soldier in the Confederate Soldiers'
Home at Pikesville. Last will and testament of James Howard McHenry
with settlement of his estate.
3 vols., 1843-1888.
 

McHENRY FAMILY PAPERS, MS.647
Correspondence and papers of various members of the McHenry family.
Includes correspondence of James McHenry on Baltimore City Corporation
and on civic affairs. John McHenry & Company speculation in Continental
securities. Material on state elections. Estate papers of Stephen Raphel.
Material on James McHenry's official and commercial activities. Howard
and Galloway family papers. Baltimore Fire Insurance Company items.
Will of Cornelius Howard. Letters of Daniel of St. Thomas jenifer, Thomas
Harwood, Jr., William Smallwood, Colonel John Eager Howard, Otho
Holland Williams, David Poe, Levin Handy, Joshua Seney, Richard Caton,
John Gwinn, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Robert Gilmor, Henry Dearborn, John
McKee, Felix D. St. Hilaire, Peggy Caldwell (Mrs. James) McHenry.
Family correspondence (c. 500 items), 1807-1825. Domestic Bagatelles,
a series of newsletters of the McHenry family for 1805, written by James
McHenry.
5 boxes, c. 1770-1876.
 

McHENRY, JAMES, PAPERS, MS.1476
One original letter-David Carroll to the Rev. John Carroll, June 11, 1788.
Remainder of collection is copies of some of James McHenry's cor-
respondence with George Washington, Lord Sterling, Alexander Hamilton,
the Marquis de Lafayette, John Adams, Timothy Pickering, Oliver Wolcott,
Uriah Tracy, Thomas Paine, and others. Diary of Captain Wilson Miles
Cary, C. S. A., July, 1862-February, 1864. Volume with notes on letters and
papers of James McHenry. Booklet listing "McHenry Papers Deposited at
the Maryland Historical Society in 1889."
2 boxes, 1776-1877.
 

McHENRY JOURNALS, MS.544.1
journals of James Howard McHenry (1820-1888). Accounts of daily life
at Sudbrook, the McHenry estate near Pikesville, and in Baltimore. Diaries
of trips to South America, the Mediterranean, Great Britain, and the Con-
tinent. Notebook of impressions while on a trip to Europe made by
McHenry-education, conditions of life, places seen, etc. Undated notebook
of miscellanea.
17 vols., 1836-1878.
 

McHENRY LETTERS, MS.1509
Group of letters of the McHenry and Boyd families, 1838-1859, with an
extract from one letter of Sophia McHenry to James Howard McHenry,
dated December 9, 1873. Topics are business and family affairs. Collection
includes 60 letters from Ramsey McHenry to his cousin, James McHenry
Boyd, 1838-1847, and 29 letters from various relatives to James Howard
McHenry, 1850-1851.
c. 100 items, 1838-1873.
 

McHENRY PAPERS, MS.544
Correspondence, 1840-1878, of James Howard McHenry (1820-1888). Of
especial note are letters to him during the Civil War, 1861 (several from
Charles Howard while in prison). Bulk is family letters, especially from his
children (Julia, et al.). Accounts, receipts, and memoranda relating to
McHenry's estate Sudbrook, near Pikesville. Bills and receipts from Euro-
pean trips. Album of Juliana Howard McHenry with verses, 1817-1819.
Book of verse of James Howard McHenry copied from various sources,
1836. Clippings gathered by McHenry on cattle and horses (vol. 1), on
local and national politics, including the first months of the Civil War (vols.
2-3).
3 boxes and 9 vols., 1840-1890.
 

MACHEN, ARTHUR W., COLLECTION, MS. 2446
Letter, 1930, from Gov. Albert C. Ritchie to Arthur W. Machen, about
Machen's resignation as chairman of the Anti-Prohibition Committee.
Letter, 1930, from United States Senator William Cabell Bruce about
Herbert Hoover.
2 items, 1930
 

MACHER ALBUM, MS.557
Volume of autograph verses, etc., many inscribed to Miss Maggie Macher.
1 vol., 1865-1874.
 

McILVAIN COLLECTION, MS.1081
Collection, named for donor, Miss Elizabeth McIlvain, consists of papers
of Mrs. Emily McKim Reed. Includes memorandum on trial of Abraham
Carlisle for treason against the U. S., 1778 (20th century copy). Manu-
script list of Colonial Maryland Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposi-
tion, probably in the handwriting of Mrs. Reed. Official directory of the
Exhibition, 1893. Account book relating to the World Fair, 1892-1893, kept
by Mrs. Reed, including miscellaneous receipts, accounts, letters, and
addresses. Manuscript copy of "Facsimile of General Washington7s hand-
writing and Sketches of his Private Character," by Richard Peters, 1811
(imperfect). Printed handbill issued by the Washington Statue Association
requesting funds to complete the base of the statue to be presented to
France. Accompanied by a letter, March, 1900, from Mrs. Mary M. Kelley,
Secretary of the association, to Mrs. Reed, a member of its executive com-
mittee, indicating that Mrs. Reed was to represent the association at the
statue's presentation to France. Typescript of The National Relief Associa-
tion of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, by Mrs.
Reed as National Secretary of the Colonial Dames. Miscellaneous IeUers
to Mrs. Reed, 1909-1922, including a small group from the poet, Dr. Basil
L. Gildersleeve. Pencilled notes on the situation in China, 1857, including
the surrender of the Taku forts to Sir Michael Seymour. Manuscript
(? 18th century) of "Brief of Stephen Reeve's Title," 1694-1792, concerning
his right to a plot of land.
20 items, 1694-1922.

McILVAIN SCRAPBOOK, MS.543
Combined scrapbook and album belonging to Miss Annie C. McIlvain of
Harford County, in the mid-19th century. Contents all of an earlier date,
with clippings of poetry and essays, and many pieces of verse copied in
latter part of volume.
1 vol., c. 1852.
 

McINTOSH PAPERS, MS.1032
Small group of papers, mainly in French, relating to Duncan McIntosh,
merchant of Aux Cayes, St. Domingo, concerning his heroism during an
attack on white inhabitants by Negro slaves.
c. 15 items, 1808-1827.
 

McJILTON PAPERS, MS.1357
Miscellaneous business papers of Rev. John F. Mcjilton, 1818-1846, includ-
ing promissory notes, bills for supplies, etc. Papers of Daniel Delozier in
settlement of estate of Samuel Harvey Harvard, 1805-1813. McJilton's cor-
respondence on lectures at the Fifth Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, 1845-
1846.
100 items, 1805-1846.
 

McKEAN-McCLELLAN PAPERS, MS.545
Land papers, etc., of the McKean and McClellan families (John McKean,
John McClellan, et al.), many dealing with the case of Charles Carroll of
Carrollton vs. John McClellan (trespass case over the boundary of Farrishes
Range, owned by John McClellan).
17 items, 1732-1853.
 
COSMO MACKENZIE'S SCHOOL LEDGER MS. 1697
School ledger of Calvert County: tuitions, names of the pupils and
students' parents.
1 vol., 1803-10

McKIM COLLECTION, MS.547
Papers of Dr. William Duncan McKim (1855-1935) and the McKim family
include land papers, indentures, and plats (roads in the York Road section
of Baltimore with mill and factory); business papers and correspondence
of Messrs. McKim & Company and the Maryland Chemical Company.
Genealogical notes. Letterpress book of Haslett McKim, Birmingham, 1835-
1836. Dr. William Duncan McKim's letters from Switzerland and Germany,
1876-1880. Medical drawings of Dr. McKim and medical tracts by him.
Commonplace book of Dr. McKim.
2 boxes, 1798-1937.

McKIM FAMILY PAPERS MS. 2146
Letters among David Telfair McKim (1794-1847), Ann McKim, Mar-
garet McKim, and Elizabeth McKim Hazelhurst, 1832-53, about the
health and residence of David McKim, the illness and death of Mary
Hawkins McKim (d. 1834), visits with relatives, a resort in Hot Springs,
Virginia; a bill issued to Elizabeth V. McKim from Mr. and Mrs. Archer's
Academy, 1844; a deed from Elizabeth D. Thomas of Howard County to
Elizabeth Hazelhurst, 1856.
16 items, 1832-56
 

McKIM PAPERS, MS.547.1
Six deeds, mainly relating to William D. McKim (1808-1879) and all con-
concerning land in Baltimore. Dates are 1815, 1824, 1828, 1886, 1894, 1915.
6 items, 1815-1915.

MCKIM SCHOOL RECORDS, MS. 2022
Baltimore school: by-laws and proceedings of the board of trustees,
1820-57; roll books, 1820-39; payments of ground rents to the trustees,
1821-1918; pupil progress records, 1820-58.
4 boxes, 1820-1918

MCKIM, THOMAS, COMMONPLACE BOOK, MS. 2278.1
Record of Delaware merchant (d. 1784): navigational, astronomical,
and trigonometric problems and solutions; tabulated course of the vessel
Mary Galley to Cape Clear, Ireland from Cape Henlopen, Delaware and
back; accounts for goods and voyages; carpentry and household instruc-
tions; religious sentiments; account practices.
1 vol., 1732
 
McKITTERICK, CLAUDIA OLD, DIARY, MS. 2115
Travels of Claudia Old McKittrick (d. 1943) to Manila, Burma, Sing-
apore, India, Cairo, Java, China, and Russia; local history, politics,
customs, and superstitions; the invasion of China by Japan, 1937.
2 vols., 1923-37

MACKUBIN, FLORENCE, DIARY, MS. 2114
Travels of portrait and miniature painter Florence Mackubin (1861-
1918) to Europe with descriptions of Dresden, Milan, Florence, Edinburgh,
and Manchester; art work (portraits and miniatures); family; friends
(especially Fanny Cochran); visits to the studio of Julius Rolshoven.
1 vol., 1885-86
 

MACKUBIN PAPERS, MS.551
Miscellaneous land and business papers of the Mackubin family. Annual
accounts of George Mackubin, Treasurer of the Western Shore, 1826-1843.
Letters of appointment of Mackubin as Treasurer, and his removal from
office. Papers of Ella Mackubin (1756-1856). Miscellaneous family material
including plats of land, pay-roll of Captain Roger Boyce's troop of light
dragoons, n. d. List of prices current, 1765, bills of lading to and from
Barbados. Text of John Boyce's speech in debate, November 19, 1783.
Receipts for contributions to Annapolis Theater, 1828-1830. Letter to ( ... )
Skinner on religion, 1830. Two essays prepared by George Mackubin, Jr.
at St. John@s College, 1843, 1847. Copies of Mackubin family wills. Papers
of Elizabeth Mackubin (1795-1845). Small collection of bills and receipts,
tickets for Fort Cumberland lands. Account of Thomas Bowie with William
Brewer. Receipts from the estate of George Mackubin.
2 boxes, 1765-1847.
 

McLURE ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.552
One volume of accounts dating from 1781-1784, of John McLure, Baltimore
merchant. Accounts of ships for trading voyages (including expenses for
the upkeep of the vessels), and of goods purchased for re-sale. Shows heavy
dealings in flour and tobacco, with reports of clothing, hats, hose, rum,
wine, tea, sugar, spices, china, knives, scissors, tools, tables, buckles, etc.
1 vol., 1781-1784.
 

McPARLIN RECEIPT BOOK, MS.549
Volume of receipts, 1827-1859, for taxes paid, and miscellaneous transac-
tions; also promissory notes. The majority concern William McParlin of
Annapolis and some concern Thomas Andrew McParlin, U. S. Army
surgeon.
1 vol., c. 1827-1859.
 

McPHAIL PAPERS, MS.1358
Legal papers, letters of recommendation, and invitations relating to Lieu-
tenant Daniel McPhail, 1848-1874.
10 items, 1848-1889.
 
MCPHERSON-JOHNSON FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1714
Papers of the Johnson and McPherson families of Frederick, Maryland:
letters of Charles Carroll of Annapolis to Daniel Dulany, Sr., about land,
1729 and 1731; letter of Charles Carroll of Annapolis to Daniel Dulany,
Sr., about the death of a Mrs. Bennett, 1740; letter of Thomas Johnson,
Jr. (1732-1819) to George Washington about the type of labor to be used
on the Potomac Canal, 1785; promissory note of Thomas Johnson, Jr.,
1803; drafts of Thomas Johnson, Jr. letters written in 1813 about the
proposal to move the state capital from Annapolis to Frederick, reflections
on the Revolutionary War and the first three presidents, and opinions on
the Federalists and elections; a letter from W. H. Stallings about a trip to
Liverpool, England, 182 1; letter to John McPherson about politics, 1815;
letter from a W. L. McPherson describing a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia
to the West Indies, 1823; volume of Margaret R. Graham describing visits
in 1847; two undated recipe books; letters to Dorcas Johnson McPherson
describing Frederick, 1830 and 1842.
13 items, 1729-1847
 

McSHERRY PAPERS, MS.1359
Grant of land in Berkeley County, Virginia, to Richard McSherry (1747-
1822), 1804. Commission of Richard McSherry (1817-1885), as Assistant
Surgeon in the Navy, 1844. Typed genealogy of the MeSherry family (19
pp.) with two copies of letters by Dr. H. Clinton McSherry on family
history.
5 items, 1804-c. 1890.
 

MACTIER, HENRY, LETTERS, MS.1360
Xerox copies of letters to Mrs. Frances Mactier from her son, Henry, from
the West Indies and England; give details of Henry's mercantile ventures,
news of the family, etc.
31 items, 1813-1815.
 

MADDOX PAPERS, MS.1361
Small collection of deeds and other papers relating to lands owned by the
Maddox family of St. Mary's County. MS. map of St. Mary's County and
land plots in it.
25 items, 1650-1775.
 

MAGRAW ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.555
Ledger of the firm of F. J. and R. M. Magraw, 1840-1842. Deals in sale and
barter of goods, both foreign and domestic, at store in Havre de Grace,
Maryland.
1 vol., 1840-1842.
 

MAGRUDER AND RELATED FAMILIES' PAPERS, MS.961
Scrapbook containing clippings, letters, photographs, and memorabilia of
the Magruder, Morgan, Beall, and Brooke families, covering events during
the 18th and 19th centuries. The area covered is mainly Montgomery
County, with several photos and articles.
1 vol., c. 1700-c. 1900.
 

MAGRUDER, JAMES A., ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1079
Account book from 1852-1860 of Captain James A. Magruder for his mill
located in Salisbury, Maryland. Items mentioned include flour, plaster, mill-
stone, salt, coffee, whiskey, guano.
1 vol., 1852-1860.
 

MAGRUDER PAPERS, MS.546
Notes by Henry Maynadier on Maynadier family genealogy. Civil War
letters and papers of Colonel James A. Magruder, 15th New York Regiment;
papers of Magruder while serving as School Commissioner in Washington,
D. C. Washington Canal Improvement papers, 1870-1871; subscription lists
of Union prisoners, 1865-1871; Grant statue correspondence (signature of
Ulysses S. Grant). Miscellaneous correspondence, 1724-1848.
1 box, 1724-1881.
 

MAGRUDER, TAYLOR & ROBERTS PAPERS, MS.553
Papers of Magruder, Taylor & Roberts Company, Baltimore dealers in
hardware; include bills, receipts, invoices, bills of lading for customers in
numerous localities, among them Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Some of the letters for 1861 have comments on the political situation in the
south and orders for firearms.
5 boxes, 1858-1862.
 
MALE FREE SCHOOL AND COLVIN INSTITUTE FOR GIRLS RECORDS,
MS. 2427
Various receipts of the Baltimore school for the education of poor
children reflecting the operation and maintenance of a school building.
81 items, 1828-86
 

MALLERY PAPERS, MS.554
Box of correspondence of Rev. Charles Payson Mallery and others concern-
ing the history of Bohemia Manor and of the Bayard Family, 1806-1879.
MS. volume Historical Collections of Bohemia Manor, 1660-1916.
1 box and 1 vol., late 19th-early 20th century.
 

MALLOY SCRAPBOOKS, MS.556
Scrapbooks of clippings dealing with Baltimore and Maryland people and
places, kept by Miss Louise Malloy.
2 vols., 1893-1907.
 

MALOY PAPERS, MS.1362
Material relating to Rev. William C. Maloy and his service as a chaplain in
a Mississippi regiment, C.S.A. Certificate of membership in Masons Lodge,
1887. Letters concerning his military enlistment and commission as chap-
lain. Typed list of "Ministers in my family ... seen during my lifetime," by
Margaret Hopkins Maloy, wife of William C. Maloy. Newspaper obituary
notices. Typed copies of genealogical material and correspondence of the
Maloy family.
c. 50 items, 1863-1930.
 

MALOY, WILLIAM MILNES, SCRAPBOOK, MS.1611
Scrapbook of clippings kept by William Milnes Maloy concerning the
attempt to introduce legislation to liberalize the Maryland Sunday Blue
Laws, and the opposition to this attempt by Maloy, 1932.
1 vol., 1932.
 

MANCHESTER EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH RECORDS,
MS. 1852
Register, in German, of this congregation originally in Baltimore
County, now Carroll County: lists of baptisms, 1760-1836; communicants,
1783-1823; deaths, 1813; a congregational pledge; a deed transferring
land to the congregation, 1762; lists of contributors to the schoolhouse;
and miscellaneous papers including some genealogical notes.
An English translation of this register is available in the Society's library.
8 items, 1760-1836, 1884, 1908

MANCHESTER GUARDIAN COLLECTION, MS. 2288
Items relating to the return in 1946 of the deed to the Scott Trust for
the British newspaper, Manchester Guardian, by Paul Patterson (1878-
1952) of the Baltimore Sun: three photographs; newspaper clippings; two
complete copies of the Manchester Guardian containing articles on the
matter; a copy of the deed making Patterson a trustee, 1940; a letter to
Patterson from J. R. Scott discussing the Scott Trust.
14 items, 1940-46
 

MANKIN PAPERS, MS.558
Collection of poems, c. 1860-1868, written by General Henry Mankin on a
variety of subjects, including the Civil War.
1 box, c. 1860-1868.
 
MANN COOKBOOKS, MS. 2374
Cookbooks owned by Ann Matilda Hartsock Mann (1819-1902) of
Frederick and her daughter Josephine Mann Koehler (1840-1910) of
Hagerstown. 2 vols., ca. 1890-1900
 

MANOR MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY PAPERS
AND RECORD BOOKS, MS.559
39 vols. include full record of the Manor Mining and Manufacturing
Company, formed in 1853 to operate three veins of coal in a tract of land
on the north branch of the Potomac River, in Garrett County, Maryland.
Cover land problems, leases to tenants, sales, timber, etc. Names involved
are John Swann, William F. Frick, James Swann Frick. Volumes have
minutes, letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence, letters received
(under L. C. Bray, Andrew B. Crichton, Albert A. Doub, John T. Mitchell,
and miscellaneous), deeds and leases, rentals, lists of stockholders, divi-
dends, loan certificates, etc. Record books date from 1877-1943. Also
included in the collection are six boxes of papers of the same firm with land
records, particularly grants of land owned by the company, reports of coal
veins, etc. Papers date from 1790-1940.
39 vols. and 6 boxes, 1790-1943.
 

MANUFACTURERS' LIST, MS.1504
Part of a list of manufacturers for 1927, Baltimore City, from Pacific Coast
Hops & Malt Company to Zschunke Brothers.
1 item, 1927.
 

MARCH OF DIMES SCRAPBOOKS, MS.966
Ten scrapbooks of newsclippings on President Franklin D. Rooseveles
Birthday Balls for the Benefit of the Polio Fund.
10 vols., 1934-1943.
 

MARIETTA LOG BOOK, MS.1147
Log book of the barque Marietta, 1848, travelling between New York,
Mtansas (Matanzas), Falmouth, and Bremerhaven and apparently carrying
a cargo of sugar. Log gives weather, position of the vessel, shipping sighted.
Master of the Marietta was Charles W. Denison.
1 vol., 1848.
 
MARINE, MATTHEW, ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.1016.1
Account books, mainly of Matthew Marine (1777-1854). Include Cratchees
Ferry account book, 1822-1846, recording shipments and sales of lumber,
foodstuffs, wheat, whiskey, coffee, and other commodities. Account books,
ledgers, etc., 1831-1845, 1829-1841 (including records of the schooner New
Citizen); 1831-1835 (with New Citizen accounts); 1854-1870 (settlement
of the estate of Marine, material on schooners Lively Dove, Elite); 1829-
1830; 1833-1836 (Marine [Marain] & Twilly store accounts); 1835-1841
(1840-1841 kept by Fletcher E. Marine, son); 1859-1861 (Nancy Marine &
Sons; also includes log of Idea, Captain William Kirby, trading between
New York and Baltimore, and to Providence, 1845; also accounts of wages,
etc., on Sage, Captain George Bennet); 1840-1844; 1841-1851 (shipyard);
1844-1849 (mentions lace, cottons, etc.); 1847-1853; 1852-1858.
15 vols., 1822-1870.

MARINE, FLETCHER E., COLLECTION, MS.1016.2
Account books of Fletcher E. Marine (1821-1889), concern his store and
freighting business. Daily record of purchases and sales, commissions as
merchant for tobacco, snuff, fish, and other commodities. Commissions on
freighting business. Names of debtors. Ledger, 1852-1853, has list of bal-
ances before moving from Dorchester County to Baltimore in 1854. Fletcher
Marine accounts date from 1852-1873. Also included in the collection are
account of James H. Marine for 1873-1876 (possibly working for his father,
Fletcher). Accounts of W. G. Marine concerned with running the Maryland
Independent, 1867-1883.
3 boxes, 1852-1883.
 
 THE REV. FLETCHER E. MARINE COLLECTION,  MS. 1016.3
Papers collected by Marine (1821-1889) for his biography of the Rev.
John Hersey (1786-1862), Methodist minister and missionary. Unbound
signatures, proofs, partial manuscripts, reviews, and advertisements of
Sketch of Rev. John Hersey (Baltimore: Hoffman and Company, 1879).
Personal effects, 1829-58, of Hersey: autobiography; sermons; accounts;
journals of travels; sermon notes. Correspondence, 1835-62, of Hersey
about the state of the Methodist church and the effect of the Civil War
upon it with the following: the Rev. Charles Rees; the Rev. Thomas
Cathcart; the Rev. John S. Kennard; H. A. Bourland; Tyson Dines;
William and Sarah Welsh of Baltimore; Robert Turner, Baltimore mer-
chant; miscellaneous Methodist ministers in the South and Pennsylania.
John B. Boles, "John Hersey: Dissenting Theologian of Abolitionism,
Perfectionism, and Millenialism," Methodist History 14 (July 1976): 215-34
makes extensive use of this collection.
Pedley, 1038-40 2 boxes, 1829-89

MARINE, WILLIAM M., COLLECTION, MS.1016
Collection of material of William M. Marine includes correspondence and
estate papers of Colonel Ephraim Anderson, appraiser for the Port of Balti-
more. Papers of William M. Marine as Collector of the Port of Baltimore
(court cases, claims, etc.). Notebooks of clippings on politics, the Civil War,
Harper's Ferry, the assassination of President Lincoln, and other topics.
Material on Marines law practice, e.g., German Bank vs. Old Town Build-
ing Company, 1874. Political material on the Republican Party. Penmanship
books. Papers relating to the estates of clients. Diaries of trips to Europe,
1899-1901. Account books, 1858-1859. Letter books, correspondence as
Collector.
24 boxes, 1860-1904.
 

MARION RIFLE CORPS RECORD BOOKS, MS.561
Four volumes of records of this Baltimore military group include rolls and
returns, 1823-1825; printed constitution, 1831, signed by 124 members; brief
records of survivors and contributing members, 1877-1879; history of the
organization by John H. Hewitt (1801-1890), with final notation December
13,1888.
4 vols., 1823-1888.
 
MARKET HOUSE LOTTERY RECORD BOOK, MS. 2248.6
Meetings and ticket sale of the managers appointed by a legislative act
in 1803 to raise money by lottery to build a market house in the western
section of Baltimore.
1 vol., 1804-9
 

MARYLAND MARITIME COLLECTION, MS. 1931
Miscellaneous papers of a number of vessels, shipping companies, and
maritime agencies: cargo manifests and bills of lading; customs records on
imports and exports, tonnage, seizures of ships and goods, and health
certificates for crews and passengers; stock certificates for shipping com-
panies; ships' passes and registrations, including one from Secretary of
State James Monroe, 1812; papers relating to insurance, sales, and repairs;
journals and logbooks for a privateer in the War of 1812 and a United
States naval vessel during the Spanish-American War; several articles on
ships, shipbuilding and sailing; articles on the Ark and the Dove Society
and its gift to the Maryland Historical Society; bills and advertisements
including a list of vessel arrivals in Maryland, 1634-79.
Register available. 1 box, 1633-1965
 

MARKLAND COPYBOOK, MS.570
School book of Richard Markland, typical of its period (1802), but Mark-
land at a later period entered death notices of some 300 persons.
1 vol., 1802, and n. d.

MARON CONFECTIONER COLLECTION, MS. 1679
Collection of manuscript and typed notes on the history of Maron's,
Baltimore confectioner: newspaper clippings and articles on Conrad Ma-
ron, purchaser of this business in 1893; his son, Alfred C. Maron (d. 1929);
articles and advertisements from trade magazines.
9 items, 1894-1960

MARON'S OF BALTIMORE, INC. RECORDS, MS. 1679.1
Articles of co-partnership and bill of sale, 1917; auditor's report, 1914-
17; excise tax forms, 1936; employer's contribution returns, 1936-37; copy
of the 1956 issue of Baltimore with information about this company.
8 items, 1917-56

MARRIOTT PARK COLLECTION, MS. 2218
Photocopies of newspaper clippings concerning the Marriot Corpora-
tion's proposed amusement park for Howard County and efforts to stop
its construction.
215 items, 1972
 
MARSH FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2106
Land deeds, surveys, and plats of Marsh family holdings in the "Valley
of Jehosophat" (Dulany Valley) in Baltimore County; wills and related
papers of Joshua Marsh, Dennis Marsh, Amos Matthews, Elijah Marsh,
and Josiah Marsh.
34 items, 1785-1869
 

MARTENET SCRAPBOOKS, MS.972
Scrapbooks of James Blankford Martenet (1898-1957). Vol. 1, World War
I, mainly concerns Martenet's unit and includes pictures, cartoons, Welcome
Home programs, etc. Vol. 2, trips to Florida, Chicago World Fair 1933,
Greece, New Orleans, and the Bahamas. Vol. 3, trips to Williamsburg,
Puerto Rico. Invitation to Franklin D. Roosevelfs inauguration. Cards from
E. E. Duvall, ship's officer. Vol. 4, trip to Europe, 1927 (mainly France),
to visit battle monuments. Picture postcards of European works of art.
4 vols., c. 1914-1941.
 

MARTIN ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.564
Receipt book of John Martin, Baltimore tailor; most of the items are
unspecified, but seem to relate to day-to-day expenses, such as rent, mate-
rials for a house, taxes, etc.
1 vol., 1793-1802.
 

MARTIN, DUBOIS, PAPERS, MS.307
Correspondence of Martin relative to Lafayette's embarkation for the U. S.
in 1776. Papers relative to Martin's services with French and British
armies, life in Haiti and Santo Domingo. Two documents of Louis XV,
1762, 1766. French items in the collection include MS. account of Lafayette's
voyage to America, dictated by Lafayette to Martin.
c. 100 items, 1762-1824.
 

MARTIN, JOSEPH, PAPERS, MS.1364
Group of letters to General Joseph Martin, Virginia's Indian agent in deal-
ings with Cherokees. Subjects include the Virginia-Tennessee boundary
dispute and land purchases.
7 items, 1783-1805.
 
MARTIN, LUTHER, COLLECTION, MS. 1751
Collection of correspondence of Luther Martin (1744-1826): the Revo-
lution; Martin's law practice, especially the criminal court and land sales;
the illness of Martin's daughter, 1815; Maryland politics, 1780-1821.
Correspondents include Thomas Sim Lee, 1781; Otho Holland Williams,
1783; John Eager Howard, 1789; Robert Carter, 1791; John Nicholson,
1799; Tench Ringgold, 1801; William Hammond, 1801; and Robert
Goodloe Harper, 1817.
Collected for Paul S. Clarkson and R. Samuel Jett, Luther Martin of
Maryland (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970). Photocopies only; per-
mission for publication must be obtained from owner of originals.
1 box,1766-1821

MARTIN PAPERS, MS.1363
Miscellaneous letters and land papers of the Martin and Johnson families
(Henry Johnson, William Martin, et al.), including correspondence to and
from Europe. Approval for embarkation for France of Henry Johnson, July
12,1809.
c. 75 items, 1780-1862.
 

MARYE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, MS.562
Biographical sketches of four Baltimoreans by William Bose Marye, 1950.
Subjects are Joseph Cushing, Sr. and Jr., Joseph Mackenzie Cushing, and
Dr. George Brown Mackenzie. Photographic reproductions of the above,
and also of Rebecca Edmunds Cushing (Mrs. Joseph Cushing, Sr.).
1 vol., 1952.
 

MARYE COLLECTION, MS.563.1
Collection contains bank book of Mrs. Elizabeth M. B. Marye (1853-1928), from 1900-1928. Account book of Mrs. W. Nelson Marye from the estate of William Bose, 1895. Religious tract and sermons, and several portrait photographs of William B. Marye (b. 1866) and family. Correspondence of the Gittings and Marye families. 1 box, 1830-1928.

MARYE COOKBOOK, MS.563
Cookery book of Elizabeth Mary Bose [Gittings] Marye, c. 1890. Conven- tional recipes of the period (Lobster h la Newburg, dandelion wine, pre- serves, hair tonic, cough remedies, etc.). 1 vol., c. 1890.

MARYE LAND RECORDS COLLECTION, MS.1165
Collection of negative photocopies of land records and MS. notes on them made by William B. Marye. Includes original surveys and re-surveys, mostly of 17th and 18th centuries, of land on the east side of Bush River from the head of Church Creek to the mouth of the river at Abbey Island, and along Chesapeake Bay to the mouth of the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace; also inland, with some omissions, in the area bounded by Bush River, Swan Creek, and Chesapeake Bay. 1 file, 17th-19th centuries.

MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, BOTANICAL SECTION, MINUTES, MS.1614
Minute book of the meetings of the Botanical Section of the Maryland Academy of Science for November 8, 1917-March 9, 1926. Minutes and other papers of the Botanical Section, 1917-1934 (mainly in the hand of the recording secretary, Osborne D. Heard). Some typed copies of minutes. Mimeograph copy of the Natural History Society of Maryland Bulletin, July, 1934. Subjects covered by this collection are primarily natural history, botany, and genetics. 1 vol. and 50 items, 1917-1934.

MARYLAND BAPTIST UNION PAPERS, MS.1365
Collection of correspondence of Maryland Baptist Union Association, with printed reports, programs, etc. Concerns relationship with Southern Baptist Convention and miscellaneous church affairs. Typed extract of address of President John R. Sampey of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis- ville, September, 1929. Printed pamphlets, etc. c. 50 items, 1906-1932.

MARYLAND BOOK: "CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS OF MARYLAND, MS.1644
Manuscript of Charities and Corrections of Maryland by David Isaiah Green, published, 1893, in the Maryland Book for the Chicago World Fair of that year, by the Maryland Board of World's Fair Managers. 1 vol. and I letter, 1893.

MARYLAND CADETS AND MARYLAND GUARD RECORDS, MS. 2165
Record book, 1842-46, of the Maryland Cadets, Fifty-third Regiment
of Volunteer Infantry, with copies of invitations extended to or received
from other military units; descriptions of regimental parades and a trip to
Boston; accounts of business conducted at special and quarterly meetings;
membership lists. Record book, 1861, of the Maryland Guard, Fifty-third
Regiment of Volunteers Infantry with minutes of monthly meetings, lists
of the units' members or those proposed for membership.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
2 vols., 1842-46, 1861
 

MARYLAND CHEMICAL WORKS ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.547.2
Financial records of this Baltimore chemical company, of which David T. McKim was President. Vol. 1 is payroll record, 1827-1831. Vol 2, journal, 1828-1833. 2 vols., 1827-1833.

MARYLAND CHAPTER OF THE WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION FOR PROHIBITION REFORMS. 1684
transferred to Prints and Photographs Division

MARYLAND CLUB RECORDS, MS.974 Records of the Maryland Club, a Baltimore social organization, include minutes, invitations, visitors' register, letterbooks, financial accounts. Also included in the collection are three volumes of records of the Baltimore Club-record book, 1844-1857; cash book, 1845-1862; strangers' book, 1844- 1857. 58 vols., 1844-1925.

MARYLAND CLUB RECORDS, MS. 2225
Baltimore social organization: treasurer's ledgers, 1893-1920; general
cashbooks, 1948-57; accounts 'ournals, 1939-50; guest registers; diaries of
the kitchen manager, 1935, 1939, 194 1; record books with the constitution,
by-laws, officers, and members, 1898, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912,
1935, 1940, 1946; minutes of the board of governors' meetings, 1940-44;
applications for membership, 1924-43; audits, 1937-38 and 1944; Federal
Alcohol Control Administration regulations, 1934; correspondence about
insurance, repairs, restaurant operations, employees.
6 boxes and 6 vols., 1893-1957

MARYLAND CLUB RECORDS, MS. 2225.1
Baltimore social organization: ledgers, 1927-36; general cashbooks,
1936-48; sales record book, 1954; employee record book 1951; kitchen
manager's diary including menus, food prices, and recipes, 1937.
11 vols., 1921-51
 

MARYLAND COLONIAL PHOTOSTATS, MS.565
Negative photostats of original materials in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Consist of Acts of the General Assembly, 1757 (5 items); letters of Sir Francis Nicholson, 1695-1700, to the 3rd Earl of Bridgewater; letters of Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, 1755-1758. 1 pkg., 1695-1758.

MARYLAND COMMISSION TO THE JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2068
Maps, printed ephemera, and correspondence of the activities of the
Maryland Commission to the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. Collected by
Frederick M. Colston (1835-1922), chairman of the Maryland Commis-
sion.
Pedley, 852, 1309, 1606 1 vol., 1905-07

MARYLAND CONVENTION OF 1776 JOURNAL, MS.1776
Name of the delegate, county representing, number of days in attendance and in travel, payment.
1 vol., 1776
 

MARYLAND COUNCIL RECORDS, MS. 1954
Proceedings of the council consisting of reports of daily business includ-
ing legal interpretations; decisions on petitions from violators of ordinance
and liquor laws and debtors; applicants for justices of the peace, Judges,
and agents; orders for treasury disbursements for salaries of council
members, clerks, and messengers; naturalizations; information about Rev-
olutionary War veterans who were awarded certifications of depreciation;
and installment payments on purchases of confiscated British property.
Photocopies only; originals located at the Maryland Hall of Records.
Some have been published in Richard Walsh, ed.Journal and Correspondence
of the Council, 1789-1793. Archives of Maryland, vol. 72 (Baltimore: Maryland
Historical Society, 1972), pp. 228-357.
6 boxes, 1791-1807

MARYLAND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH COLLECTION, MS. 2269
Family history research papers written by undergraduate students of
the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Towson State Univer-
sity; additions will be made to this collection as future family history
courses are offered.
Register available. 49 items, 1976-77
 

MARYLAND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH PAPERS, MS. 2372
Family history research papers written by students of the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owners. 9 items, 1977
 

MARYLAND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH PAPERS, MS. 2443
Family history research papers prepared for a course at the University
of Maryland at Baltimore County. Families include Drohan, Jackson,
Kulacki, Lewis, Weaver, and Yoncha families.
Researchers may not cite proper names or directly quote.
7 items, 1978

MARYLAND FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH PAPERS, MS. 2443.1
Family history research papers prepared for a course at the University
of Maryland at Baltimore County. Families include Collins, Cox, Holland,
Horwath, Keith, Meickle, and Omer.
Researchers may not cite proper names or directly quote.
7 items, 1979

 
MARYLAND FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS WAR SERVICES SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2336
Newspaper clippings, programs, and correspondence: concerts; donation
of musical instruments, sheet music, records, phonographs to service clubs,
hospital ships, and servicemen overseas during World War 11.
1 vol., 1941-46

MARYLAND FOLKLIFE COMMISSION RECORDS, MS. 2046
Correspondence, minutes, publications, and studies of the commission.
100 items, 1968-71
 
MARYLAND FOX HUNTERS ASSOCIATION RECORD BOOK, MS. 2248.4
Minutes of the August 1874 meeting held at the home of John N.
Carroll for the purpose of founding the association: copy of the association's
constitution; names of officers- correspondence with the secretary (Charles
Semmes); lists of members' names.
1 vol., 1874
 

MARYLAND GUARD RECORD BOOK, MS.566
Constitution of this Baltimore military organization with signatures of 226 members. In rear of volume are articles of association and signed roll of 256 members of four companies attached to the 53rd Regiment of Infantry (with data on their ages, occupations, places of birth, residences, and places of business). 1 vol., 1859.
 
 

MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ADDRESSES, MS.1366
Addresses to the Maryland Historical Society, 1876-1963, mainly typed copies, some bound. Speakers included Clemenceau, December 4, 1922; Harry S Truman, March 27, 1945; General G. C. Marshall, June 11, 1945; Dr. George C. Finney, February 26, 1946; Gerald W. Johnson, September 14, 1954; W. Stuart Symington, various dates, etc. 2 boxes, 1876-1963.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES AND PAPERS, MS.2008
General Material 1. Minutes, 1844-1934; index, 1844-1900; Council minutes, 1901-'. 2. Correspondence (President, Corresponding Secretary, and general), 1844-1917; letterbooks; letters to the Society, 1844-1858, 1861-April, 1914. 3. Financial papers, including Treasurers' letters, accounts, etc., 1881-1909, 1921-1922. Treasurers' accounts, 1871-'; Treasurers' account books, 1924- 1950; early accounts, 1844-1870; cash receipts, 1926-1945. 4. Celebrations, receptions, etc., Baltimore Settlement, 150th anniversary, 1880; American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1908; Calvert Night, 1888; Centennial, 1944; Clemenceau's visit, 1922; opening of new Keyser Building, 1919. 5. Miscellaneous items. Notices of meetings, 1919-'; necrology, 1887-1918; newsclippings and scrapbooks, 1844-1919; scrapbooks, 1879-1; membership lists, nominations, etc., 1844-'; officers, standing committees, 1844-1898; constitution, by-laws, officers, etc., 1844, with manuscript additions to 1857; constitution, by-laws, officers, etc., 1867, with manuscript additions to c. 1875; building proceedings, 1845-1848; Women's Committee minutes, 1958-*; miscellaneous unsorted papers. 6. Baltimore Athenaeum, proceedings of Council of Government, 1848- 1883. Library Accession books, 1844-1867 (Mercantile Library Association ? ); accessions to the Library, 1844-1866, 1876-'; borrowers' books, 1848-1948; Library Committee minutes, 1865-' (including minutes of Committees on Heraldry and Genealogy, 1906 to its cessation in 1939); guide to the articles donated to the Cabinet of the Society, 1844-1909, 1913-1922; newspaper catalog of the Society, ? 1844; catalogs to 1860s; to 1872 ?; to c. 1880; to 1879; printed list of pamphlets of the Society, 1844; records of photostat and other repro- duction orders, 1954-'; letterbooks of Librarian and Acting Librarian, 1901- 1917; letters of J. G. Gatchell (Librarian) to other librarians; Librarians' account books, 1880-1914; visitors' books, Maryland Historical Society and Library Company of Baltimore, 1848-1877, 1893-1949, 1955-'. Gallery Gallery Committee minutes, 1848-1853; exhibition of paintings, etc., 1849- 1850; natural history specimens catalogue, 1859; catalogue of maps, medals, coins, MSS., etc., 1854; gallery catalogue, 1907; accessions, 1844-1913; exbi- bition catalogues. Publications Publications, stock distribution, payments, etc.; Archives of Maryland Calendar of Publications Committee, 1883; list of publications, 1844-1901; Rainbow Series, index; Publications Committee minutes, 1883-1884; manu- script of Fund Publication 7; cuts for Maryland Historical Society publica- tions, 1934-'. ' Items followed by ' are in progress. 104 boxes, 1844 to date.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY DINNER RECORDS, MS.1366.1
Miscellaneous material pertaining to dinners given by the Maryland His- torical Society; programs, lists of subscribers., newselippings, letters of acceptance, etc. c. 50 items, 1850-1853.

MARYLAND HOUSE OF DELEGATES RECORDS, MS.567
Journal of the Committee of Accounts, Maryland House of Delegates, Annapolis, December 3-15, 1708. Shows amounts payable to those doing duties for the Crown, including amounts allowed by members of the House "reduced from their tobacco allowances." Appointed to the Committee were James Philips (Chairman), Joseph Hill, John Bradford, Robert Ungle. journal of the House of Delegates, September 27-October 5, Novem- ber 20-December 17, 1708, with detailed record of the proceedings of the House. journal commences with speech from the Governor (John Seymour) on behalf of the Crown. These records are certified official manuscript copies of those sent to England. 1 file, 1708.

MARYLAND LEVY, LAND, AND COURT RECORDS, MS.1117
Levy lists and papers of Baltimore County, 1777, 1781; Charles County, 1793; Dorchester County, 1782-1786 (returns 1781 and 1790); Frederick County, 1782, 1785, 1787; Harford County, 1781; Montgomery County, 1782, 1787-1788, 1790-1792; Prince George's County, 1798, 1820; Queen Anne's County, 1813, 1816-1819, 1823; St. Mary's County, 1771, 1782, 1825; Somerset County, 1781-1788, 1790-1791, 1815-1816, 1820, 1822-1823, 1827; Washington County, 1781-1788, 1790-1701, 1809, 1814-1817. Land records include abstracts of deeds (various counties), 1785-1788; list of leases in the hands of Colonel Edward Lloyd, Queen Anne's Manor, 1713-1765; certificates to land (various counties), 1782-1852, and miscel- laneous land papers, 18th century; list of Maryland land certificates, 1769; deed by Charles Bevin to Alexander Chappell for Smith's Delight, Calvert County, 1688; patent of Alexander Whitaker for addition to Coles Purchase, Frederick County, 1788; Basil Dorsey's patent to resurvey of Hobsofes Choice, 1753; copy of Dulany deed, Baltimore County, 1776; confirmation of sale of confiscated property from the Esau Fishwicke estate to Dr. James Murray, 1789; list of lands devised by last will and testament, 1733-1734, in Anne Arundel, Calvert, St. Mary's, Kent, Charles, Talbot, Baltimore, Somerset, Cecil, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, and Prince George's Counties; land papers dealing mainly with estates and administration. Court records, miscellaneous accounts, and other material include rough drafts of letters between Governors of Maryland and Virginia on the bound- ary survey of 1833. Account of Thomas Russell, North East Forge, October, 1764-October, 1782. Prerogative Court and miscellaneous land papers, Maryland, 1683-1807. Naval Officers' Audits, 1755-1760. Account of money paid to Maryland militia officers in service of the U. S., 1776. Retailers' and tavern licenses granted in Baltimore Town and County, 1789, 1790. List of seals and taxes, 1798. Summary list of military supplies, St. Marys and Washington Counties, 1783. List of fines and forfeitures, Washington County, 1790, 1814-1815. Tax list, Patapsco Lower Hundred, 1783. Miscel- laneous printed and manuscript material. 2 boxes, c. 1683-c. 1852.

MARYLAND LIBRARIES COLLECTION, MS. 2259
Papers collected by Richard Parsons, editor of the defunct quarterly,
Maryland Libraries: correspondence with authors about the publication of
their articles and purchases of books by the Baltimore County Public
Library; the careers of Gilbert Byron, Joseph L. Wheeler, Mary Lemist
Titcomb, Louis Henry Dielman; Bishop John Carroll's contributions to
libraries and education in Maryland; the United States Naval Academy
library; the Mercantile Library Association of Baltimore; and the library
established by the Jesuits of Frederick, Maryland in 1899.
34 items, 1966-75
 

MARYLAND LINE RECORD BOOK, MS.124
Pay list of the Maryland Line at its discharge in 1783, with names and ranks, when commissioned, reasons for leaving the service, time of service, amount of pay, money received, and balance due. 1 vol., 1783.

MARYLAND LOYALISTS' MUSTER ROLLS, MS.548
Photocopies of muster rolls of Maryland Loyalists, showing names of Mary- landers enlisted in the British army in Canada. 400 items, 1777-1783.

MARYLAND MANORS HISTORY RECORDS, MS.572
A brief typed report on the history of the manors of Maryland, with records of these manors on file cards, compiled by Francis C. Nicholas. 187 items, c. 1935.

MARYLAND MECHANICS INSTITUTE LETTERS, MS.1646
Five letters, two with bills, from Fielding Lucas, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Maryland Mechanics Institute, ordering various items of Mechanical apparatus and giving Shipping instructions, 1827-1828. Items are Lucas to M. Pixii, Paris, June 25, 1827, with order and description of apparatus, and Lucas to Pixii, January 11 and May 25, 1828. Lucas to W. & S. Jones,London,with order and description, July 30, 1828. Lucas to Bach and Bradish, New York, August 27, 1828 (copy) 5 items, 1827-1828.

MARYLAND MILITARY DOCUMENTS, MS.1477
Military items, 1818-1887, many relating to Fort McHenry. Include material on the Baltimore arsenal, Baltimore artillery,, lists of equipage, bills for goods delivered to the United States Department of War, Mount Vernon Mills; estimates and accounts for supplies to Pikesville, Cumberland, and Frederick. Material on cemeteries at Loudon Park, Antietam, and Anna- polis. Printed proclamation for Congressional elections to be held, signed Sam Brady, Mayor of Baltimore, May 7, 1841. Letters signed by General George Gibson, 1828; General Irvine, 1840; S. B. Dusenbery, 1841; General Jessup, 1847-1851; Henry Stanton, 1847-1850. c. 150 items, 1818-1887.

MARYLAND MILITIA RECORD BOOK, FIFTH AND THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENTS, MS. 2195
Muster rolls, orderly reports, and regimental orders of the Fifth and
Thirty-ninth Regiments of the Maryland Militia, 1813-14; references to
the height, age, description, occupations, and terms of service of each man;
copies of letters in support of William Roney's (1 782-1844) effort to be
appointed the inspector of domestic distilled liquor in Baltimore, 1830 and
1833.
1 Vol., 1813-V., 1830, 1833

MARYLAND MILITIA THIRD BRIGADE RECORD BOOK MS.568
Record book of the Maryland Militia, Third Brigade. Includes several regi- mental returns, company returns, annual returns. Roster with dates of com- missions from 1807-1829; brigade orders, 1821-1855; courts martial records; several newspaper clippings dated 1824, one concerning General Winder's funeral and Lafayette's arrival in Baltimore. 1 vol., 1807-1855.

MARYLAND MISCELLANEA, MS.1134
Miscellaneous collection of Maryland material consisting of a tax list, Talbot County, 1782; William Harwood resignation, 1778; assessors returns for first, second, and third districts of Calvert County, 1783; an account book (unidentified), 1762-1763, which lists sales, monies lent, receipts, deliveries of tools and Ironware, sales of iron and rental paid to the Elk Ridge Company. 8 items, 1762-1783.

MARYLAND NAVAL OFFICE SHIPPING RATES, MS. 2331
Volume of entrances and clearances recorded, 1689-1701, in the districts
of Annapolis, Patuxent, Pocomoke, and Williamstadt (Oxford) with the
names of the vessel, the master, the owners, when and where built and
registered, type and rig, tonnage, number of guns and size of crew, home
port, destination, cargo; entrances and clearances of Patuxent district,
1754, and Annapolis district, 1754-64, with the same information.
Microfilm only; originals at Public Record Office in London.
Pedley, 32, 105, 133, 1197, 1667 1 reel (no. 757), 1689-1701, 1754-64
 

MARYLAND PAMPHLETS, MS.1552
A collection of 19th century MS. copies of early pamphlets relating to the history of Maryland in the 17th century by Father Andrew White, Roger Heaman, John Hammond, Sir George Calvert, et al. Pamphlets contain material on the foundation of the colony, religious controversies in the early period, etc. 5 items in 1 vol., 1634-1655 (19th century).

MARYLAND PORTS OF ENTRY RECORDS, MS. 2355
Entrances and clearances of vessels at the ports of Annapolis (1748-75),
North Potomac (1751-57), Oxford (1742-73), Pocomoke (1751-57), Ches-
ter (1771-72), Patuxent (1745-57): names of vessels; date; rig and build;
tonnage; guns and men; names of the owner and master; location of
construction and registrations- ports of departure and destination; cargo.
Microfilm only; composite of originals at the Maryland Historical
Society (MS. 21, 638, 670) and the Maryland Hall of Records.
1 reel (no. 1460), 1745-75
 

MARYLAND SERVICEMEN CLIPPING FILE, MS. 2413
News releases and photographs of Marylanders in the United States
armed forces sent to the Baltimore News American by the military:
information on names, parents' names, address, education, military train-
ing, promotions, and transfers.
10,250 items, 1950-70

MARYLAND SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PAPERS, MS.1097
Collection of material, both printed and manuscript, covering every aspect of the organization of the Maryland Sesquicentennial celebrations in 1880. Correspondence on the celebrations with John H. B. Latrobe, President of the Maryland Historical Society, mainly replies to official invitations; vari- ous accounts, including a volume with accounts of the artistic committee. Printed material includes official programs, invitations, broadsides, souvenir publications. c. 500 items, 1880-1881.

MARYLAND SESQUICENTENNIAL SCRAPBOOKS, MS.1097.1
Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, etc., centered around the Mary- land Sesquicentennial celebrations held in Baltimore in 1880. A compre- hensive collection, including photographs. 2 vols., 1880.

MARYLAND SOLDIERS HOME MANAGERS RECORD BOOK, MS.569
Volume with reports of admissions to the Maryland Soldiers Home; record of expenditures; minutes of the meetings of the managers. 1 vol., 1865-1868.

MARYLAND STATE COLONIZATION SOCIETY PAPERS, MS.571
Comprehensive records of the Maryland State Colonization Society from 1827-1871. Include all correspondence received by the Society, much of it from Africa. Records of all letters sent by agents, corresponding secretaries, and managers of the State Fund. Financial records, with infon-nation on all receipts, transactions, and expenditures. Manumission books and copies of extracts from wills, etc., freeing slaves. Extensive material reflecting the work of John H. B. Latrobe, Dr. James Hall (1802-1889), and John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851), Governor of Maryland in Liberia. Numerous contemporary pamphlets. Maryland Colonization Journal, 1835-1861. 100 vols., 1827-1871.

MARYLAND STATE GAME AND, FISH PROTECTION ASSOCIATION MINUTES AND RECORDS, MS.573
Scrapbook of clippings and printed materials on the activities of the asso- ciation, 1907-1917. Minutes of meetings, 1903-1924. Minutes, 1895-1902, and book of constitution and minutes, 1874-1877. Volumes and folders of minutes of general meetings, Executive Committee, and Board of Directors. 7 vols. and 4 folders, 1874-1959.

MARYLAND STATE GAME AND FISH PROTECTION
ASSOCIATION RECORDS,  MS.573.1
Minutes (November 1970-September 1975); treasurer's reports (November 1970-October 1975); requests- from Baltimore City and Baltimore, County public schools for "Ecology in the Classroom" kits.
Pedley, 1076 1 box, 1970-75

MARYLAND STATE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORTS, MS.1034
Typed reports of the Maryland State Planning Commission on various aspects of Maryland-population, white, colored, and total; finance; con- servation; land use; highway construction, etc. 16 items, 1934-1936.

MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORICAL SCRAPBOOK, MS. 1808
Scrapbook on Maryland history, winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution national history scrapbook contest in 1949.
1 vol., 1946-49
 
MARYLAND STEAMBOAT COMPANY SCRAPBOOKS, MS.2316
Newspaper clippings on the operation of the company, about the
activities of employees and owners, and interesting events relating to the
line.
Microfilm only- permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
1 reel (no. 518), 1888-94
 

MARYLAND TAX LISTS, MS.807
Large collection of tax records for Maryland and Washington, D. C., 1798- 1799. General and particular assessments of dwellings, land, slaves, taxes, in 1798, Baltimore City, 8 vols. Baltimore County, 6 vols. Baltimore County land sold for taxes, 1805, with Baltimore City uncollected taxes, 1801. Anne Arundel County hundreds, 1 vol. Caroline County hundreds, 3 vols. Charles County hundreds, 2 vols. District of Columbia, 1 vol. Harford County hundreds, 4 vols. Prince George's County hundreds, 2 vols. Queen Anne's County hundreds, 3 vols. Somerset County hundreds, 3 vols. St. Mary's County hundreds, 4 vols. Talbot County hundreds, 3 vols. c. 632shelf feet, 1798-1805. Available on microfilm (nos. 603-612)

MARYLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE RECORD BOOK,
MS. 2181
Income from private lines and eight telephone exchanges; expenses for
materials and labor; a list of the capital shareholders; rates; payments for
private lines; tax records.
1 vol., 1879-81

MARYLAND TERCENTENARY RECORDS, MS.574
Large collection of material relating to the preparations for and celebration of Maryland's Tercentenary in 1934. Includes Maryland cachets, collected by Harriet P. Marine; Maryland designs and seals used in connection with the celebrations, 1934. Correspondence, newspaper reports, manuscript copies of newspaper reports; miscellaneous items; reports of the various committees of the Tercentenary, 1930-1933. Copies of legislation relating to the celebrations (Acts of the General Assembly); expense vouchers; pro- grams, addresses, invitations and other ephemera; scrapbook kept by Bryant L. Mather, Maryland Tercentenary St. Mary's City, Maryland, 1934. Material relating to the part of St. Mary's City in the celebrations, including resolution thanking the city for land given for a state park; letters, deeds, plats, etc., on the same subject; plans for a monument at St. Mary's. Material on the Old State House. List of members of the committee appointed by Governor Albert C. Ritchie and the General Assembly. Material on the refurbishing of the Old Senate Chamber, Annapolis, W. Hall Harris, Chair- man of the Commission. Material covers 1930-1948. Includes report for 1931; letters on items of furniture; research reports, 1938-1940; sketches, pic- tures, and estimates, 1935-1948; letters to donors, data collected by Dr. Henry Berkley; floor plans, letters, and estimates, 1930-1932. Correspondence relat- ing to the Tercentenary between R. M. Duvall, Chairman of the Executive Committee, William Marbury, General Chairman, Governor Ritchie, Pro- fessor Matthew Page Andrews, Chairman of the Committee on Celebra- tions, 1927-1933. Folder on educational aspects of the celebration-visual aids, radio transmissions, reaching of young people's groups, the Frederick Vining Fisher Plan (Frederick V. Fisher, national lecturer on America for the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, 1926). Correspondence of Dr. James A. Magruder, Governor of the Society of the Ark and the Dove, Governor Ritchie, etc. Letters on and photographs of the Cowes Tablet, 1933. Folder of plans for memorials, monuments at St. Mary's and St. Clement's and correspondence on Blakistons Island (St. Clement's), 1933. Senate Bills and Acts, 1931-1932. Material on the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities, 1932; Cowes Inscription, 1931-1932. Correspondence between R. M. Duvall and Lord Fairfax, 1930-1932. portfolio of commemorative issues of various magazines, 1934. Include Baltimore Catholic Review, The Blue and Gray, Columbia, Gardens, Houses and People, Historical Bulletin, Messenger of the Sacred Heart, Sons of the American Revolution Magazine, Washington Diocese. 9 boxes and 1 portfolio, 1928-1948.

MARYLAND TERCENTENARY SCRAPBOOK, MS. 2293
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Maryland's tercentenary cele-
bration in 1934: various celebrations across Maryland; the state's history,
geography, and local customs.
Pedley, 1079 1 vol., 1934
 

MARYLAND TEST BOOK, MS.1033
Volume of oaths taken by all civil and military officers of the State of Maryland (of allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the State, the United States, and the Christian religion), with signatures of those taking the oaths and dates taken.
1 vol., 1825-1857.

MARYLAND-WEST VIRGINIA BOUNDARY PAPERS, MS.609
Papers pertaining to the survey to determine the correct boundary between Maryland and West Virginia. Include proceedings in the United States Supreme Court, 1909; instructions to the commission from Isaac Lobe Straus, Maryland Attorney General; photographs; briefs prepared by W. McCullough Brown tracing the history and settlement of the controversy; six large maps of the disputed territory; data pertaining to Maryland's western boundaries, together with the history of the "Fairfax Stone." Final map of the boundary, 1911.
1 box, 1909-1911.

MARYLAND WESTERN BOUNDARY SURVEY RECORDS, MS. 1654
Survey of the Maryland-Virginia boundary from the "Fairfax Stone,"
originally erected in 1746: boundary markers; distances and elevations;
astronomical observations.
Pedley, 644, 1063 1 vol., 1859-60

MARYLAND WILLS, MS.1550
Collection of early Maryland wills of the following: Thomas Ringgold, 1710; Thomas Marsh, 1679; Richard Fillingham, 1677; Disborough Bennett, 1677; Alexander Nash, 1676; Samuel Wickes, 1729; Arthur Wright, 1676; Augustine Hemnan, post 1660 (copy, imperfect).
8 items, c. 1660-1729.

MARYLAND WORLD WAR II COLLECTION, MS. 2010
Materials collected by the World War II Records Division of the
Maryland Historical Society: discharges, separations, and numerous news-
paper clippings concerning Maryland's military, industrial, agricultural,
and civilian contributions to the war effort.
Used in compilation of Maryland in World War II, 9 vols. (Baltimore:
Maryland Historical Society, 1950-65).
Separate index available; advance notice of intent to use this collection
must be provided.
241 boxes, 1945-65
 

MASON, JR., JOHN THOMAS, PAPERS, MS. 2224
Correspondence of John Thomas Mason (I 765-1824), John Thomas
Mason, Jr. (1815-73), and John Thomas Mason III (fl. 1868): majority of
letters to John Thomas Mason, Jr. discussing his education at Mount
Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland and at the College of
New Jersey (later Princeton); comments on state and national politics,
1840-70; correspondence between members of the Mason family in Wash-
ington County, Hagerstown, Clear Spring, and Baltimore, about law,
medicine, tobacco and flour merchandising, slavery.
Register available. 7 boxes, 1744-1882
 
MASON, LOUISA G., DIARY, MS. 2248.1
Diary discussing social events and the weather in Washington, D.C.,
Baltimore, and Philadelphia; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; the
difficulties of traveling from Philadelphia to Washington.
1 vol., 1864-65
 

MASON PAPERS, MS.1004
Four letters written to Mrs. Elizabeth Mason by her husband, Thomas,  while serving with the General Assembly at Annapolis from 1799. Mentions death of Washington, and period of mourning; the problems before the delegates. One letter to Mrs. Mason from Mr. John Comly, schoolmaster at Holmesburg, in reference to the education of her daughter, Susan, 1810. Undated draft of a resolution against severing relations with the Federal Union. Gives the names of committee members and the names of ten Maryland delegates ( ? 1859).
6 items, 1799-1810, c. 1859.

MASON SCRAPBOOK, MS.1480
Scrapbook of clippings from newspapers mainly of the early Federal period and especially relating to Maryland and Washington, D. C. Nothing is known of the provenance of the volume except for the name "Mason' pencilled inside its front cover.
1 vol., early 19th century.

MASTER ABSTRACTS OF LICENSES FOR VESSELS UNDER TWENTY TONS AT BALTIMORE, MS. 2368
Chronological abstracts of licenses issued at the Port of Baltimore: the
date and serial number of the license; name and official number of the
vessel; reason for the license; date and place where issued.
Microfilm only; originals in RG 41, National Archives.
1 reel (no. 1466), 1876-1912
 

MATHEMATICS EXERCISE BOOKS, MS.1481
Two mathematics exercise books of 1790-1791, carrying the name of William Watson (has not been identified). Problems, geometrical drawings, etc.
2 vols., 1790-1791.

MATTAPANY-SEWALL PAPERS, MS.578
Miscellaneous papers of the Sewall family of Maryland include patents,deeds, wills and land grants, especially relating to Mattapany, St. Mary's County, SewaIrs Manor, Cecil County, Maryland. One grant from Charles, Fifth Lord Baltimore, to Nicholas Sewall, 1746, retains its original seal.
32 items, 1650-1840.

MATTHEWS LETTERBOOK, MS.579
Journal of William Matthews (1732-1792), Quaker minister, during his travels to meetings along the eastern seaboard; his letters to his sister, Mary Brooke, 1781-1791; also letters to William Matthews from friends in England, 1782-1790. Later letters to a Hannah Briggs.
1 vol., 1770-1807.

MAY, ALONZO J., COLLECTION, MS. 2300
Manuscripts of two unpublished books by May (1856-1912), "Men and
Women of the Stage" and "Lord Baltimore's Diary (1633-1882)," com-
piled for the Maryland Historical Society, with manuscript notes, news-
paper clippings, biographical sketches.
Pedley, 1088 3 boxes, ca. 1902-11
 

MAY'S DRAMATIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BALTIMORE, MS.995
Histories (mainly day-to-day accounts) by Alonzo J. May of Baltimore theaters, 1750-1904. Include Holliday Street, Front Street, Ford's Grand Opera House, Lyric. Also taverns and coffee houses giving entertainment. Biographies of prominent personalities connected with the theaters, and of celebrities including Edmund Kean, Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, Jenny Lind, Charles Dickens; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; Barnum and Bailey Circus; Oscar Wilde, Nellie Melba, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Sarah Bernhardt, Maude Adams, Ethel Barrymore, John Drew, David Belasco, Weber and Fields, Marie Dressler.
6 boxes, c. late 18th-early 20th centuries.
Available on microfilm (nos. 519-526)

MAY, WILLIAM, COLLECTION, MS.575
Collection of material relating to the naval career of William May. Includes rules and regulations of the U. S. Frigate Congress. Ship's articles signed by Thomas T. Craven, Commander, November, 1835. List of disciplinary  offenders on an unnamed vessel, 1857. List of individuals granted liberty, and condition on return to ship at Constantinople, Naples and Leghorn, 1857. Individual duty stations and instructions for different sailing conditions. Watch and quarter bills. Notebook on naval gun drill. May's journal of a cruise round the world on the U. S. Frigate Potomac, John Downes, Commander. Sketch of the Potomac and list of officers, 1831-1833.
7,vols., 1831-1857.

MAYER AND BROTHER PAPERS, MS-580
Business letters of Mayer and Brother, Baltimore firm of merchants, importers of French and German goods. Collection consists of freight inyoice's, bills, receipts, bills of lading, correspondence with manufacturers and customers. Much of the business dealt with textiles and clothing.
1 box, 1843-1872.

MAYER AND ROSZEL PAPERS, MS.581.3
The major part of this collection is correspondence of the Mayer family from 1798. Includes letters from Lewis Brantz to Christian and Katrina Mayer, 1798-1799; correspondence of Brantz Mayer (1809-1879) from 1837-1879, including letters from Alfred J. Miller, John Neal, Alexandre Vattemare, Park Benjamin, J. Morrison Harris, C. S. Todd, W. Gilmore Simms, Joseph Henry, John Pendleton Kennedy, Benson J. Lossing, and E. A. Dalrymple. Drafts of letters from Brantz Mayer. Inventory of the estate of Cornelia (Mrs. Brantz) Mayer. Manuscripts of speeches, essays, and articles by Mayer. Lecture by him on "True Americanism," 1860. Roszel family data. journal kept by Brantz Mayer on a voyage to China, 1827-1828.
3 boxes, 1798-1934.

MAYER, BRANTZ, PAPERS, MS.581
Mayer family papers including letters from Christian to Katrina [Catherine] Mayer, 1791-1804; Frank B. Mayer to Alfred M. Mayer, 1868-1896; Charles F. Mayer to Brantz Mayer, 1818; Brantz Mayer to Christian Lewis; drawings by Frank B. Mayer; letters of Alfred Mayer to noted scientists; miscellaneous patents; diary of trips to London, Canada, and Mexico; correspondence of members of the Mayer and Blackwell families, including letters of Francis Blackwell, his daughter, Eliza [Blackwell] Mayer, her foster father, mother, and sister, Dr. James P. Smith, A. C. Smith, Flora P. Smith. Correspondence of Charles F. Mayer, including several letters from him to Lewis Brantz in Mexico.
2 boxes, 1791-1896.

MAYER, BRANTZ, PAPERS, MS.581.1
Miscellaneous printed leaflets pertaining to the Maryland Historical Society; printed material relating to the Military Order, Loyal Legion of the United States; letters concerning the Kenly Guards. Correspondence between Brantz and Alfred Mayer, 1869-1878.
1 box, 1850-1878.

MAYER, BRANTZ, RECORD BOOK, MS.581.2
Catalogue of the library of Brantz Mayer, with prices for most of the items, compiled by Mayer. 1 vol., 1855-1863.

MAYER-CLARKE PAPERS, MS. 2287
Letters from Brantz Mayer (1809-79) to Mrs. Mary Bayard Devereux
Clarke: Mrs. Clarke's poetry; conditions in Mexico; the effects of the Civil
War; attempts to convert Mrs. Clarke to Northern views on the war,
postwar Reconstruction, the Union Army, politics; mentions of Robert E.
Lee, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Edward Stanton, Mayer's autograph
collections, economic conditions in Baltimore.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
Pedley, 1091-96, 1445, 1589 12 items, 1866, 1868
 

MAYER, MICHAEL S., COLLECTION, MS. 2250
Photocopy of the manuscript of a book by Michael S. Mayer, "An
Office and a Conscience: The Role of the Solicitor General in the Peters
Case," considered for publication by the Maryland Historical Society in
1974-75: Judge Simon E. Sobeloff's (b. 1894) role in the Peters case;
constitutional questions involved; circumstances surrounding its being
brought before the United States Supreme Court; the aftermath of the
case; correspondence between P. William Filby (director of the Maryland
Historical Society), the author, Dr. Maxwell Bloomfield of the Catholic
University of America, and H. Walker Lewis about the possibility of the
Society publishing it and criticism of the manuscript.
17 items, 1974-75
 

MAYER PAPERS, MS.1574
Mayer family letters, 1811-1863, with material of Charles F., Eliza (Mrs. Charles F.), Brantz Mayer, and others. Subjects include family affairs, Civil War. Family letters from Blackwells and Robinsons in Ireland to Captain Francis Blackwell and his daughter, Mrs. Eliza Mayer, 1804-1842. Business papers of Mayer & Brantz (Christian Mayer and Lewis Brantz), 1785-1833, concerning trade in tobacco and other commodities to Europe. Personal and business letters  of C. F. Mayer, 1837-1887, with comments on politics, French spoliation claims prior to 1800. Letters from his sons. Letter from C. F. Mayer, Jr. to Norther Frank describing the battle of New Orleans, expedition to Brazil. Miscellaneous family items, 1799-1848, including letter from Eliza to her father on the marriage of Joseph Bonaparte.
c. 360 items, 1785-1887.

MAYER PAPERS, MS.1574.1
Letters from Francis Blackwell to his daughter, Mrs. Eliza Mayer, 1827-1855. Letters and papers, 1840-1882, on French spoliation claims; family letters from cousins in Paris; letters from Alfred Mayer describing cruise on Dolphin. Notebook of Brantz Mayer on China and the Chinese. Letters of Captain Matthew Smith to his wife. Letters to Eliza Mayer from cousin, Eliza (Mrs. S. J.) Meany, 1846-1851. Brantz Mayer scrapbook with newspaper articles, and tributes from many sources on his work with U. S. Legation in Mexico, the Maryland Historical Society, and as an author.  Group of letters from various institutions in regard to gifts from the Mayer family of furniture, letters, pictures; papers on Brantz Mayer; miscellaneous letters, some addressed to A. Hyatt Mayor, 1931-1964.
c. 225 items, 1827-1964.

MAYHEW SCRAPBOOK, MS.582
Volume of miscellaneous clippings gathered by William G. Mayhew (1844-1863), including verse, small scenic engravings, Baltimore election tickets, copies of the Quodlibertarian (1859), published by the Medfield Literary Society, of which Mayhew was proprietor. Photographs of George Peabody. Pencil sketches.
1 vol., c. 1855-1860.

 MAYNARD FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2049
Family of the Maryland counties of Montgomery, Prince George's, and
Frederick. Correspondence about family news, agriculture, business, and,
most often, religion; numerous references to Methodism including a
description of plans for a quarterly meeting, 1802, and an account of a
camp meeting in Baltimore, 1840; references to study at Princeton Semi-
nary, 1826; several letters reflecting religious activities in Russelville,
Logan County, Kentucky. Land patents of family holdings in Frederick
County, mid-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries.
Register available. 1 box,1732-1911

MAYO SCRAPBOOK, MS.583
Collection of clippings made by Commodore Isaac Mayo (1791-1861) concerning public affairs and naval matters. Numerous notes, invitations, visiting cards received during cruises on the ships Constitution and Macedonian to African and Caribbean waters are included. Special items are statement of naval forces in Turkish waters, pencil sketch of "Navy Battery before Vera Cruz, 25 March, 1847."
1 vol., 1842-1853.

MECHANICAL FIRE COMPANY RECORD BOOKS, MS.584
Records of this Baltimore fire-fighting organization founded in 1763 and chartered in 1851. Include rules, dues and fines of members, minutes, registers of fires and services, record of subscriptions to Christmas festivals, volumes pertaining to the Library Association of the company, miscellaneous accounts. Minute book in which the name of Edward Gray (and his company) occur frequently (connection uncertain). This volume also includes record of bets on the election of General Taylor for the presidency, 1847, and material on miscellaneous social activities of the company.
20 vols., 1769-1789, 1804-1860.

MEMORANDUM BOOK, MS.1144
Diary of daily events and activities in the life of a young woman, residence and name unknown. Includes accounts of visits to friends, sermons.
1 vol., 1837-1838.

MENCKEN CLIPPINGS, MS.1577
Collection of newspaper clippings by or about Henry Louis Mencken.
1 box, 1920-1956.
 
MENCKEN, H. L.,  MANUSCRIPT, MS. 1824
Manuscript of Mencken's A Book of Prefaces (Opus 13) (New York: Knopf,
1917).
On indefinite loan to the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore.
1 vol., 1917
 
MENCKEN-MALONE COLLECTION, MS.2100
Letters from H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) to Kemp Malone (1889-1971),
professor of linguistics at the Johns Hopkins University: affairs at the
university; vacations; Mencken's work on the fourth edition of his The
American Language (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1936); social engagements;
articles by Malone; personal comments.
32 items, 1933-50
 
MENCKEN-SCHECTER PAPERS, MS. 2137
Letters between H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) and Louis E. Schecter,
advertising executive and member of the American Jewish Congress: the
use of words in advertising; the "honest ad"; the nature of Mencken's
readers, agnosticism, forthcoming marriage, his popularity with women,
advertising, prohibition, and genius. A copy of a letter from presidential
nominee John F. Kennedy to Schecter about Arab discrimination against
Americans; a typed report on why the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution financed restoration of the Calvert papers.
30 items, 1921-74
 

MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PAPERS, MS.585
Collection of material of the Mercantile Library Association includes notices, lists of rules, rolls of members, annual reports, broadsides and newspaper reports. Original draft of address to those considering the formation of the Library Association in 1839; first report, 1840; constitution, 1841. Autograph book containing signatures of Poe, Thackeray, Longfellow, Cooper, Irving, and others.
2 boxes, 1839-1873.

MERCERET ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.586
Records of sugar, coffee, rice, cotton weighed by Louis Merceret, public weigher, for Baltimore merchants. Indicate consignees of shipments and vessels on which they arrived.
1 vol., 1861-1874.

MERCHANTS AND MINERS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RECORDS,
MS. 1841
Letters to and from James B. Sweeney, vice-president and traffic man-
ager of Merchants and Miners Transportation Company located in Bal-
timore, 1931-41: articles about the company to be published in business
and nautical journals such as the Marine News, Commerce and Industry
Magazine, and The Nautical Gazette; the history of the company; United
States government acquisition of ships in the company fleet during World
War 11; general business subjects. Other correspondents include A. D.
Stebbins, president; Alexander Gawlis, assistant general freight agent; and
W. T. Gardner of the Victor Lynn Transportation Company of Salisbury,
Maryland. Financial analysis of the company, 1928, and miscellaneous
magazine articles and newspaper clippings about it.
1 box,1924-41

MERCHANTS AND MINERS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY RECORDS,
MS. 2166
Baltimore-based shipping company: business correspondence, 1854-
1952, mostly concerning the dissolution and liquidation of the company
in 1948-52; miscellaneous tax papers, insurance records, stockholders
reports, ship inventories, contracts and legal records, claims, salary records,
and audit reports; minute books, 1870-1939; journals, 1854-82, 1907-30,
and 1933-52; cash disbursement 'ournals, 1938-52; depreciation schedules,
1942-48; transfer books, 1855-1930; stock records, 1854-1926; accrued
records, 1916-48; vouchers, 1941-52; cashbooks, 1868-84; financial and
statistical reports, 1913-47; annual statements, 1941-49; expense books,
1941-47; war shipment records, 1942-46; general ledgers, 1854-195 1;
insurance records, 1914-54; records of subsidiary companies including B.
F. Bond Paper Company (1918-39), Merchants Steam Lighter Company
(1918-29), Coastwise Express Company (1922-41), Massachusetts Steam-
ship Company (1902-18), Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company
(1891-1918).
33 boxes and 160 vols., 1852-1952
 

MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE READING ROOM RECORD BOOKS, MS.610
Records of arrivals and clearances, port of Baltimore, maintained by the Merchants'Exchange Reading Room, and covering the period to 1899 when the organization was absorbed by the Chamber of Commerce. Records  cover domestic shipping with full details of vessels, cargoes; daily weather, important events, and logs of vessels entering and clearing the port; ships entering from foreign ports, with full details. Also included in the collection is a minute book of the Reading Room, 1835-1899, with a history of the organization, and visitors' register.
72 vols., 1832-1899.

MERCIER SCRAPBOOK, MS.587
Volume with collection of data (mainly newsclippings) on Cardinal Mercier's visit to Baltimore, 1919. Included are copy of letter from P. L. Goldsborough to Cardinal Gibbons concerning the visit. Copy of letter from Cardinal Mercier to C. T. Williams. Names of  members of the committee to greet the Cardinal and official program of his visit.
1 Vol., 1919.

MEREDITH PAPERS, MS.1367
Letters to and papers of Jonathan Meredith (1785-1872), especially in connection with his dealings with Robert Gilmor, Sr. ( 1748-1822). The main subject of the correspondence is John McPherson Brien and the iron works at Catoctin and at Antietam. Correspondents include Daniel Crummelin, Holker Hughes, William Price, John G. Bailey, William Rawls, William J. Ross, John L. Smith, Andrew Hunter, Francis L. Smith, Alexander Neill, Sr. and Jr., Robert Gilmor, Sr., Howland & Aspinwall, J. Dixon Roman, and Michael Doran. Miscellaneous items in the collection include certificate for copper ore shipped from Wales.
71 items, 1807-1853.
 

MEREDITH, THOMAS, PAPERS, MS. 1795
Business and personal correspondence and financial records of Baltimore
dry goods merchant Thomas Meredith (ca. 1790-ca. 1865) relating to the
following companies: Mummey, Meredith and Company, 1817-33; Mer-
edith and Spencer, 1833-41; and Meredith, Spencer and Company, 1841-
66. Business correspondence, 1818-50: orders for groceries and other items;
debts; promissory notes; bill collecting; property purchases and land
speculation; law suits; requests for employment; advice of investments,
starting businesses, and estates and guardianship. Family correspondence
from his sisters and nephews convey news of health, education, careers,
visits, and deaths. Other correspondence and legal papers, 1772-1872,
include papers about land; law suits; Congressional roll call votes on
abolition of slavery and a highway; war claims; the great Patapsco flood,
1868; a letter to Gov. Thomas H. Hicks about war supplies, 1861; copy of
the marriage record of John Adams and Elizabeth Crane, 1816; and will
of George Poe, 1823. Documents of James and Isaac White relating to
their New Hampshire militia service and financial and legal affairs;
receipts and power-of-attorney to collect bounty for individuals in the
United States Fourth Regiment of Colored Troops, 1865; and documents
(in German) of Nicholas Roeder and Anna Beck including records of
employment, work and character references, and school and military
papers.
4 boxes, 1772-1872

MERRICK BOOK COLLECTION, MS. 2279
Collection related to the publication of Lois B. McCauley, Maryland
Historical Prints 1752 to 1889 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society,
1975), funded by Robert G. Merrick: several stages of drafts of text;
materials related to the selection, preparation, and photography of prints;
the original manuscript; production masters, revised copy, layouts, and
page proofs; committee reports, progress reports, invoices, estimates, and
correspondence.
Register available. 7 boxes and 1 vol., 1972-76
 

MERRITT, ELIZABETH, PAPERS, MS. 2200
Correspondence, notes, original manuscript, and corrected galleys of
Merritt's (d. 1972) Old Wye Church: Talbot Couno, Maryland 1694-1949
(Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1949). Correspondents include
Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Thomas Donaldson, W. I. Tuttle, and the
architectural firm of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn.
1 box,1946-51

MERRYMAN ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.588
Waste book and ledger of Moses Merryman of Baltimore County showing
commercial transactions and ventures, including voyages abroad, and car-
goes purchased from vessels, 1825. In the back of the volume is work record
of Michael Riley, 1852-1853.
1 Vol., 1825, 1852-1853.

MERRYMAN, JOHN, COLLECTION, MS. 2431
Documents concerning the arrest and imprisonment of Baltimorean
John Merryman as presented before the United States Supreme Court.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
Pedley, 1231 12 items, 1861
 
MERRYMAN PAPERS, MS. 2285
Baltimore County family: deeds, mortages, rental agreements, receipts
for ground rents, and several surveys of Merryman land and adjoining
property including a twentieth-century copy of the original grant to
Charles Merryman, 1694; shares of stock in the Baltimore and Yorktown
Turnpike Road held by Joseph Merryman; several items relating to the
Charles Street Avenue Company, 1857; numerous personal and land tax
receipts of various family members; other financial papers including bills
and brief accounts; a bill of sale for one black woman and child, 1825;
copies of two deeds of manumission from Joseph Merryman, 1859; the
wills of Joseph Merryman, 1791 and 1799, and Eleanor Merryman (d.
1858), 1853; estate papers of Eleanor Merryman and several other estates
of which George Merryman was administrator, 1858-60; seven letters from
John Merryman to his father Joseph, 1778-80, about aspects of the
Revolutionary War, his upcoming marrige to Elizabeth Knott, a dinner
with "Lady Washington.
1 box, 1694-1885
 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH RECORDS, MS. 1768
Receipts for building materials, ground rents, labor, and advertising for
the following congregations: Baltimore City Station, 1824-56; Light
Street, 1830-69; Eutaw Street, 1832-58; and First Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1895-1905. Receipts from the South Burial Ground, 1832-38;
Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1849-69; and Oliver Hibernian Free School,
1824-39.
1 box,1824-1905

MEXICAN BORDER AND WORLD WAR I RECORDS, MS.589
Muster and pay rolls of Company F, 4th Maryland Infantry, National
Guard, Maryland. Date from March-September, 1916; March-September,
1917.
21 items, 1916-1917.

MEXICAN WAR COLLECTION, MS. 1902
Collection of items relating to various Marylanders who fought in the
Mexican War: several letters of commendation by the Maryland legisla-
ture; a Mexican War bond; two muster rolls, one of the Baltimore and
Washington Volunteers; personal correspondence giving detailed descrip-
tions of land and naval battles, troop movements, future plans, and
anecdotes concerning the people and country of Mexico.
Register available. 32 items, 1846-55, 1885
 

MICHAEL PAPERS, MS.1115
Correspondence of Charles W. Michael, Jr., insurance agent for the Mary-
land Casualty Company, Baltimore. Correspondents are clients and other
insurance companies, including the Sun Life Insurance Company, T. T.
Tongue Insurance Company. Subject is sale of policies to clients and other
business transactions. Examples of various types of policy are included.
1 box, 1905-1909.
 

MICHAEL PAPERS, MS.1368
Miscellaneous collection of letters, deeds, and maps pertaining to the family
of Charles W. Michael of Bel Air, Harford County. Genealogical cor-
respondence of the Osburn family. Subjects covered by the collection are
family affairs, runaway slaves, removal of a member of the family to
Indiana, local politics. Also information on court houses in Baltimore
County.
118 items, 1659-1908.
 
MIDDENDORF COLLECTION, MS. 2378
Collection of Baltimore banker J. William Middendorf, Jr. (d. 1973):
record of gifts donated to Saint Thomas Episcopal Church of Garrison
Forest, 1942-66; account book from Saint Thomas for receipts and dis-
bursements, 1943-5 1; photocopy of a ship's pass signed by James Monroe,
1817; receipt of George Clymer and a lithograph of his home in Philadel-
phia, 1802; a typescript pertaining to Capt. William Stone and the sloop
Hornet and Joshua Barney and the sloop Wasp, 1775-76.
1 box, 1802, 1817, 1943-51, 1966

MILBURN FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2260
Letters from Page Milburn, Jr. to his family while stationed at various
Army bases in the United States and France during World War I about
Army life and attitudes and Paris and other French cities; letters among
members of the Milburn family concerning the sudden death of Page
Milburn, Jr. in 1923, vacations, vocations, and John R. Milburn's em-
ployment with the United States Patent Office in Idaho and Utah, 1918;
seven volumes of school notebooks used by Page Milburn, Jr.
3 boxes, 1877-1957
 

MILES, ELEANOR LANAHAN, PAPERS, MS. 2012
Personal letters from the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Warfield Simpson
(b. 1896) to Eleanor Miles: personal news; the gown given to the Maryland
Historical Society by the duchess; a portrait of the duchess by Bradford
Bachrach for the Society.
9 items, 1948-69
 

MILITARY COLLECTION, MS. 1146
Muster rolls, accounts, payrolls, and pensions related to the military
activities of Maryland during the American Revolution: numerous mate-
rials in the claims and compensations to ex-Maryland soldiers in the 1780s
and 1790s; oaths of fidelity for Anne Arundel, Cecil, Montgomery, Saint
Mary's, and Worcester Counties, 1778; accounts of provisions issued at
Annapolis, 1779-84, and at Frederick, 1781 and 1785; account book of the
intendant's office, 1782-84; Commissary John Crisall's account of receipts,
1776-82; and Council of Safety abstracts of correspondence. Small amount
of records of Maryland military units through the 1790s, 1803-16, and
1824: lists of volunteers; appointments of officers; lists of prisoners; ac-
counts of pay.
A small portion of the Revolutionary War records has been published
in Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American
Revolution 1775-1783. Archives of Maryland, vol. 18 (Baltimore: Maryland
Historical Society, 1900). Register available.
11 boxes, 1776-1824

MILLER, ALFRED J., ESTATE PAPERS, MS.1624
Deed from Elizabeth Myers to Alfred J. Miller, September 2, 1842. Mort-
gage from Alfred J. Miller to Elizabeth Myers, September 2, 1842. Release
of mortgage from Elizabeth Myers to Alfred J. Miller, October 3, 1845.
Copy of the will of Alfred J. Miller and descriptions and accounts of the
disposition of the estate by Decatur H. Miller, executor, December 27,
1867-December, 1875. Will (copy) of Jesse Hare, inventories of his estate
and accounts relating to its disposition; included are copies of documents
concerning a dispute over the disposition of the estate (Decatur H. Miller,
executor), January 27, 1858.
2 vols. and 3 items, 1842-1875.
 

MILLER AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION, MS.1369
Seven autographs from the collection of Mrs. Bertha Lee Jenkins Miller.
Signatures are those of Jefferson Davis, Severn Teackle Wallis (July 31,
1870), Thomas Corwin, William H. Seward, Millard Fillmore, Henry T.
Lee (August 6, 1869), General G. T. Beauregard.
7 items, 1869, 1870, and n. d.
 

MILLER, DECATUR H., ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1627
Account book of Decatur H. Miller for the building of his residence, 700
Cathedral Street, Baltimore, in 1849. The architect was probably J. R.
Niernsee (1814-1885), of the firm of Niernsee & Neilson.
1 vol., 1849.
 

MILLER, WILLIAM, & COMPANY DAYBOOK, MS.1026
Volume with entries relating to two grocery firms-William Miller & Com-
pany and Clarke & Martin. Connection between the two firms, if any, not
known. Volume includes list of expenses incurred in founding firm of
Clarke & Martin. Entries in the daybook are miscellaneous financial
accounts and do not specifically relate to groceries.
1 vol., 1869-1874.
 

MILLIGAN PAPERS, MS.590
Letters from Henrietta M. Tilghman in Chestertown, Kent County, to her
cousin, Mary Pearce, of Poplar Neck, Cecil County, c. 1775-1788. Letters
of Elizabeth M. Tilghman of Livingston, New Jersey, to Martha Levy in
Philadelphia, 1810-1822. Miscellaneous letters, 1831-1867, to and from Hon.
John Milligan, General R. S. Ewell, Dr. Samuel Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and
Mary Custis Lee.
1 box, 1738-1867.
 

MILLS, ROSA, PAPERS,  MS. 2161
Correspondence between Mrs. Rosa Mills, a boarding house proprietor
in Baltimore, and Matthew Calbraith Butler about the delayed payment
to Mills for a boarder supported by Butler; a letter from James H.
Donohue, a Union soldier, to his brother discussing the campaign around
Petersburg, Virginia, 1864.
13 items, 1864, 1874, 1879
 

MINIFIE, WILLIAM, DIARY, MS. 1993
Baltimore industrial drawing teacher (1805-80): his wedding, London
honeymoon, journey to Baltimore, his various employments, weather
conditions, politics, and religion; July the fourth celebrations in Baltimore,
1828 and 1831; presidential election, 1828; the centenary celebration of
Baltimore in 1829; construction of the Washington Monument; a camp
meeting in Queen Anne's County, 1828; visits to Philadelphia, New York,
and England, 1830.
1 vol., 1828-32

MINIFIE, WILLIAM, PAPERS, MS. 1993.1
Diary kept by Minifie (1805-80) while traveling from Baltimore to
Ohio, 1834, mentioning Niagara Falls, Rochester, Rome, and New York:
includes references to later trips to Boston, 1835 and 1841; discusses
transportation, accommodations, prominent sights, and a record of mileage
and expenses. Several letters, an autobiographical sketch of Minifie, an
obituary of Minifie, and two graduation programs relating to donor C.
Herbert Baxley, 1915 and 1919.
12 items, 1834-35, 1841, 1879-80, 1915, 1919

MINNICK LETTERS, MS.1487
Letters addressed to the Misses Elnora, Mary Jane, and Martha Minnick
in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1842-1848 (6 items). Topics are miscel-
laneous and correspondents include E. A. Bond, "Blair," James Mitchell
(from Owingsville Woollen Factory, 1848). Three items pertaining to
Solomon Shepherd-letters to him from William Minnick, February, 1866,
and from Seth Fisher, December, 1856. Letter from Shepherd to Granvill
Haines, Alexandria, 1844.
9 items, 1842-1866.
 

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION, MS.1118
Collection of newspaper and periodical clippings covering 1771-1890. Also
included are an indenture signed by Henry James of Baltimore City,1771;
several Civil War items, some concerning Fort Warren; and an invitation
to the ball honoring General Lafayette's visit to Maryland.
25 items, 1771-1890.
 

MISSES HALL'S SCHOOL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION PAPERS,
MS. 417
Financial records of the Misses Hall's School Alumnae Association; miscel-
laneous correspondence among members of the association on its history
and that of the school. Considerable material on the association's activities
and its eventual dissolution. List of members and photographs of the
school, which was located in Baltimore.
2 boxes, 1912-1950.
 

MITCHELL ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.591
Private ledger of Charles Mitchell, Baltimore lawyer, showing receipts
and expenditures and covering his partnership with John P. Kennedy from
October 1, 1823. Volume includes "state of my concerns this day,"
January 1,1831.
1 vol., 1819-1831.
 

MITCHELL, JOHN W.,  PAPERS,  MS. 1728
Collection of papers chiefly generated by the activities of Walter H.
Mitchell, his partner William B. Stone, John H. Mitchell (1842-1901),
and John W. Mitchell, all lawyers of Port Tobacco in Charles County:
legal documents (wills, inventories, petitions, and court records), land
documents (deeds, plats, and indentures), and business documents (bills,
receipts, and promissory notes) relating to cases of estates handled by these
lawyers and to their personal affairs. Walter H. Mitchell-William B. Stone
section, 1819-66: inventories; notes; fees; papers of the estate of Alexander
Green. John W. Mitchell: legal receipts and documents, 1851-78; personal
receipts for food, clothing, and freight charges, 1853-79; some correspond-
ence, including a letter from Arthur Pue Gorman, 1876, and one to
"Barney" [Barnes Compton?], 1882; receipts and inventories for the estates
of David Middleton, Francis and Jane Hawkins, Rebecca Heard, Walter
A. Haislip, Ignatius Semmes, and William N. Padgett; a list of slaves and
a slave petition. John H. Mitchell: student essays written in 1855-60 at
Charlotte Hall Academy in Maryland and at Yale University; some family
material, 1858-89 and 1934-35; receipts; some business correspondence;
editorials; notes on cases, 1890; a small group of items relating to the local
Democratic party, 1877, 1887, and 1894; miscellaneous legal material
from Charles County cases include copies and extracts of wills, inventories,
bonds, summonses, legal fees, complaints, depositions, and petitions, 1769-
1890, and a trial docket, November term 1878 (possibly from the circuit
court). Other Charles County papers: land documents, 1768-1890; tax
receipts, 1860-1902; political material such as a voters list from 1879; a
group of bills, receipts, and promissory notes, 1819-1905, involving busi-
nesses in Port Tobacco and Baltimore concerned with textiles, food,
tobacco, fire insurance, building supplies, and grain.
4 boxes, 1768-1935

 
MITCHELL,  ROBERT, PAPERS,  MS. 1723
Discharge, promotion, and pension of Mitchell (1873-1941) for service
in the Spanish-American War.
25 items, 1910-46
 

MOALE CASE BOOK, MS.1618
MS. volume of typical legal cases designed to be of use to a young lawyer,
presented by George Carter to Samuel Moale.
1 vol., 1796.
 

MOALE, JOHN, JOURNALS, MS.593
journals and lists of expenses of John Moale, Baltimore town commissioner
and presiding justice of County Court.
3 vols., 1750-1798.
 

MOALE, MARY, PAPERS, MS.1372
Main part of collection is correspondence between Mary (Winchester]
Moale and her parents, George and Ann Winchester, c. 1825-c. 1830. Mis-
cellaneous subjects. Three items relate to the case, 1811, of John Eager
Howard vs. John Moale et al.
50 items, c. 1811-1830.

MOALE PAPERS, MS.1370
Collection of receipts, promissory notes, and bills pertaining to R. H. Moale
and his wife, Elizabeth. All apparently deal with household expenses, and
not with his business affairs. No letters are included.
88 items, early 19th century.
 

MOALE PAPERS, MS.1371
Letters and documents of the Moale family. Include correspondence of
George and Ann Winchester, parents of Mary [Winchester] Moale, and
other members of the family, on a variety of subjects, 1825-1846. Cor-
respondence of William A. Moale ( ? Sr. and Jr.), on Byrd, Carter families.
A few papers relating to William A. Moale, Jr., while residing in London,
1904. List of contents included in collection.
c. 100 items, 1769-1904.
 

MOALE, THOMAS, RECEIPT BOOK, MS. 2087
Merchant of Baltimore (1766-1802): tax receipts, notes, a bill of ex-
change, and some accounts with London merchants; notations by other
individuals on debts and harvesting, 1790-1802, 1827, and 1830-31.
Pedley, 969, 1182 1 vol., 1790-1802, 1827, 1830-31

 
E. W. MOFFETT AND BROTHERS LEDGER, MS. 1659
Ledger of Baltimore grocers with customer accounts, May 1868-March
1870: flour, sugar, salt, coffee, and soap; list of bad and unpaid accounts;
newspaper clippings concerning Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and
other miscellaneous subjects, 1885; Baltimore theatre programs, 1889.
Pedley, 1125, 1126 1 vol., 1868-70, 1885, 1889
 

MOFFETT PAPERS, MS.595
Large collection of bills for groceries supplied to customers and purchased
from various firms by E. W. Moffett & Brothers, grocers.
9 boxes, 1865-1893.
 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT RECORDS, MS.596
Records of Montgomery County Court from 1794-1882. Include fees, 1795-
1866 (except for years 1797-1798, 1831, 1839-1841, 1844, 1853, 1863-1864);
summonses, 1811-1813, 1818-1823, 1836-1842; attachments, 1813-1817; Dis-
trict 1, Orphans' Court Docket; tax receipts, 1842-1845; assessments, 1832-
1841; license receipts, 1856-1863; appeals, trials, etc., 1835, 1839, 1844-1845,
1848-1854, 1865-1866; field book, n. d.; Liber B; unidentified volumes, 1798,
1814-1817, 1834 index.
95 items, 1794-1882.
 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY STRAYS RECORD BOOK, MS.598
Volume recording all stray animals brought before the justices of the Peace,
Montgomery County, for trespassing on private property.
1 vol., 1788-1827.
 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY TREASURER'S RECORD, MS.597
Account book of Treasurer of Montgomery County listing money received
from and spent in each district.
1 vol., 1842-1859.
 

MOORE ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.931
Accounts of John Moore of Harford County dealing with purchases of
hides, tanning materials, and leather products; also purchase of essential
supplies (2 vols.). A third volume of accounts included in the collection
may also be Moore's, but cannot be positively identified.
3 vols., 1806-1816.
 

MORDECAI, JOHN RANDOLPH, PAPERS, MS. 2027
Letters to John Randolph Mordecai (b. 1835) from Guy W. Carryl
(1873-1904), discussing Carryl's plays and other literary endeavors; brief
autobiographical sketch of Carryl written during his senior year at Colum-
bia College; personal letters related to Mordecai, 1862 and 1867; a 1955
letter from Rieman McIntosh discussing these manuscripts.
23 items, 1862-98, 1955
 

MORFIT MANUSCRIPTS, MS.994
List of persons taking the Oath of Allegiance from all the States, 1777,
recorded by Henry M. Morfit, 1844. Four letterpress books of Henry M.
Morfit relating to his legal practice (each volume indexed). Paper by Dr.
Campbell Morfit, The Technology of Wheat in its Relations to Bread, 1891,
and another, On the Condensation and Preservation of Food Substances
into Various Forms of Ready Rations. Campbell Morfit's A Practical
Treatise on the Chemical Conversion of Animal and Mineral Phosphates
into Potential Fertilizers, 1870. Two letter books, 1900-1914, of Marie C. C.
Morfit, Dr. Campbell Morfifs daughter. Concern the construction of a
bakery as envisaged by her father. 19 vols. of notes and essays (unpub-
lished) by Dr. Campbell Morfit, London, 1870s.
27 vols., 1843-1914.
 

MORFIT PAPERS, MS.1374
Collection of letters of the Campbell-Morfit families, includes letters of
John Campbell, Washington, D. C., to his daughter, Catherine, later Mrs.
Catherine C. Morfit, in Philadelphia, 1815-1816. Letters to Catherine from
her mother, Mrs. Sarah I. Campbell, after Catherine's marriage. Letters of
Henry Morfit to and from his son, Campbell Morfit, on personal and family
matters. Business papers of Henry Morfit containing miscellaneous deeds,
contracts, and correspondence, from various writers.
54 items, 1815-1851.
 

MORGAN AUTOGRAPH BOOK, MS.602
Autograph album including signatures of Oliver W. Holmes, G. A. Sala,
Jefferson Davis, John G. Whittier, and William Jennings Bryan. Reportedly
given to Mrs. Morgan, mother of donor, by Jefferson Davis.
1 vol., c. 1883-1900.
 

MORGAN FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1853
Samuel T. Morgan (ca. 1846-1904) and his daughter May Morgan:
French and German exercise books, 1858, owned by Samuel T. Morgan;
bills for hotels, jewelry, and other expenses accrued at wedding of Mollie
McCay and Samuel T. Morgan, 1877; guest list for the wedding; a Harper's
New Monthly Magazine, June 1884, which mentions Morgan's "U. S. Tariff";
letters between May Morgan and Samuel T. Morgan discussing family
affairs, travels, vacations, and weather; letter of sympathy from the
Reverend Brown to Samuel T. Morgan on the death of Morgan's son,
1902; printed marriage service of Mary Morgan and Joseph L. Nichols,
1910; postcards from Oliver Jennings to a Mrs. Nichols discussing Con-
stantinople and its inhabitants, 1921.
28 items, 1858-1921
 

MORGAN, SYLVANUS, ARMES OF SCOTLAND'S NOBILITY,
MS.1061
Volume opens with The Uses of Armes as they are delivered in the printed
booke of Scotland written by Sir Georg Mackenzye intituled SCOTLAND'S
NOBILITY. An index to the work follows. The major part of the volume is
rough sketches of the arms of the Scottish nobility and notes on the history
of the families concerned. The volume dates from between 1691 and 1693.
It is not clear which of Sir George Mackenzie's numerous works is referred
to by Morgan.
1 vol., c. 1691-1693.
 

HARWOOD, MORRIS, PAPERS, MS.1375
Correspondence between Robert Morris in Philadelphia, and Benjamin
Harwood, Receiver of Continental Taxes at Annapolis, 1781-1786; deals
with Continental finances during this period, reports as finance officer,
entreaties to use all possible efforts to collect the necessary taxes so that
the war might continue to be financed, warrants to pay money to Michael
Hillegas, with receipts for the same. Also included are letters from Samuel
Osgood, Walter Livingston, and Joseph Nourse.
75 items, 1782-1786.
 

MORRIS PAPERS, MS.190
Personal correspondence and letters of judge Thomas J. Morris with
William G. Lathrop, Peter Morris, George Bladarn, Alexander Mactier, and
his sisters. Personal and business correspondence of John Morris, merchant,
with his wife, Sarah [Chancellor] Morris, 1837; also with the Bank of
England, George Rutland. Papers of Joseph Mackenzie Cushing; include
his appointment as Commissioner of Public Schools, and his resignation
from the post; nomination as delegate to the Maryland General Assembly;
receipts and account books. Genealogy of the Cushing and Morris families
(2 vols.) and family correspondence.
9 boxes and 6 vols., 1815-1955.
 

MORRIS TESTIMONIAL, MS.594
Volume of resolutions of respect, "To the Honorable John T. Morris from
the Board of Public School Commissioners of Baltimore City, 1897."
1 vol., 1897.
 

MOSKWA LAND AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ACCOUNT
BOOK, MS.599
Cash book of the Moskwa Land and Development Company, Warrior
Mountain, Allegany County, Maryland, with items for wages and supplies.
1 vol., 1906-1907.
 

MOTTER, ELIZABETH, COLLECTION, MS. 2440
Penmanship books and copybook of Elizabeth Motter of Emmitsburg.
Five of the volumes are covered with wallpaper.
6 vols., 1821-27
 

MOUNT WASHINGTON CASINO CASHBOOK, MS. 1741
Baltimore social club run by the Lend-a-Hand Club: membership dues
and entertainment expenses.
1 vol., 1883-90
 

MOUNT VERNON PLACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
RECORD BOOKS, MS.600
Volumes containing pew certificates, 1872, and pew rentals, 1880-1889, of
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore.
2 vols., 1872, 1880-1889.
 

MOUNT VERNON RECORD BOOKS, MS.860
Records kept aboard the USS Mount Vernon. One volume, 1920, contains
data on the ship's lifeboats, their condition and equipment. Second volume
has draft slips, March 21, 1918-September 18, 1919, showing the displace-
ment of the vessel on entering and leaving various ports.
2 vols., 1918-1920.
 

MOUNT WASHINGTON LACROSSE TEAM SCRAPBOOK, MS.603
Volume of pictures and clippings compiled by Talbott Demnead on the
Mount Washington lacrosse team. Some items on other sports played by
Mount Washington teams. Bulk of items are 1905-1908, with some entries
1953,1956.
1 vol., 1905-1956.
 

MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK AUXILIARY MINUTE BOOK, MS.601
Minute book of the Mountain Lake Park Auxiliary of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; gives a detailed
account of the auxiliarys meetings and activities.
1 vol., 1894-1904.
 

MUELLER, FREDERICK W., PAPERS, MS. 1951
Letters to Mueller (d. 1963) from the United States Navy Department
(Franklin D. Roosevelt, Josephus Daniels, 0. E. Wellett, and W. A.
Moffett).
8 items, 1916-71
 

MUIRKIRK IRON COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.605
Account books of the iron company conducted at Muirkirk, Maryland, by
Charles E. Coffin, show purchases, sales, store business. Vols. 1-2 are waste
books, 1869-1891, 1891-1910; vol. 3, journal, 1889-1909; vol. 4, ledger, 1896-
1909; vol. 5, transfer of shares, 1871-1879; vol. 6, weekly cost records)
1880-1883.
6 vols., 1869-1910.
 

MUIRKIRK POST OFFICE RECORDS, MS.606
Records of the post office at Muirkirk, Maryland, include postal cash books
(8 vols.), 1889-1936, except 1924-1926; postal account books, 1817-1933,
except 1893-1894, 1899-1900, 1919-1922, 1925-1926.
20 vols., 1817-1936.
 

MURPHY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.997
Accounts and various financial records of John Murphy & Company, dealers
in church goods and religious articles, Baltimore.
12 vols., 1926-1943.
 

MURRAY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1140
Personal accounts of William H. Murray, accountant in the Office of Dis-
count and Deposit, Baltimore, including household, property and family
expenses-indexed. Also adventures to Cape Haytien and accounts with
merchants there and in Paris.
1 vol., 1824-1837.
 

MURRAY JOURNAL, MS.1046
Volume of sen-nons, apparently written by the Rev. Joshua T.] Murray,
of Lothian, Anne Arundel County. Volume also includes verses, one entitled
West River, journal entries, and genealogical research on the Rev. Murray.
1 vol., 1857-1859.
 

MURRAY PAPERS, MS.1376
Letters from William Vans Murray (1760-1803) of Cambridge, Maryland,
to Henry Maynadier. Earlier ones refer to approaching peace after the
Revolution. Letters from London, 1784, describe life of gaiety and pleasure
there, with comments on men's fashions in dress. One letter from Paris,
1801, tells of social activities during Napoleon's Consulate.
9 items, 1781-1801.
 

MURRAY FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1391
Correspondence, 1812-23, between Magnus M. Murray of Pittsburgh
and his father, (Commodore Alexander Murray, 1755-1821), his mother
(Mary M. Murray), and his brother, (Alexander M. Murray, a midship-
man): personal and family business; mortgages and financial matters;
vocational opportunities; naval duties and travels. Other family items: an
1857 letter with ink sketches depicting river scenes at Biloxi, Mississippi;
legal papers, 1856-68, of James B. Murray and John T. Mathias as co-
executors of the estate of Anthony Shorb (mainly about the shares of
William and Louise Dallas of Carroll County); and an undated biography
of Nicholas Trevanion, a member of the Dallas family.
1 box,1812-68
 

MURRAY, WILLIAM H., LETTERS, MS.1590
Letters from William H. Murray to his family on personal matters, condi-
tions in the Confederate army, and his activities under the command of
General Smith, mainly in Jackson's Valley Campaign.
13 items, 1861-1863.
 

MUSE FAMILY PAPERS, MS.607
47 letters from William Goldsborough to the Hon. Charles Goldsborough,
1809-1824. 7 letters from Thomas Vickery to Charles Goldsborough,
1810-1825. 20 letters from Benjamin R. Morgan to Charles Goldsborough,
1806-1832. 114 letters or drafts of letters concerned with Goldsborough's
share in the estate of William Moore Smith, D.D. (died c. 1822). Miscel-
laneous letters to Mrs. Sophia Muse. Marine Corps commissions of William
S. Muse, signed by Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield. Genealogical
material. Scrapbook of William S. Muse. Agricultural notebook of Dr.
Joseph E. Muse, also including miscellaneous clippings. Photograph album
and commonplace book of William S. Muse.
4 boxes, 1697-1908.
 

MUSIC CRITICISMS SCRAPBOOKS, MS.996
Volumes of newspaper clippings from Baltimore papers, containing musical
criticisms by W. G. Owst. Collection made by Mrs. Edward Novak.
5 vols., 1899-1927.
 

MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY E, Ist BATTALION, MARYLAND
CAVALRY, C.S.A., MS.550
Muster roll of E Company, 1st Battalion, Maryland Cavalry, C. S. A. (Cap-
tain William I. Rasin), November I-December 31, 1863. Lists activities
and losses over the preceding ten months. Members of the company are
described as urgently needing winter supplies such as overcoats.
1 vol., 1863 (November-December).
 

THOMAS A. MYERS AND COMPANY LEDGER, MS. 1648
Baltimore lumber dealers in the process of dissolving the company.
1 vol., 1929-32
 

MYERSVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL MINUTE BOOK, MS.604
Minutes of the trustees of a primary school at Myersville, Carroll County,
kept by Jacob B. Earhart, secretary. Include list of parents, full account
of actions taken, and some record of expenses.
1 vol., 1852-1856.
 

MYRICK, CHARLES E., PAPERS, MS. 2226
Records of the barque Amazon, barkentine Spotless, and barkentine Good
News, all three commanded by Charles E. Myrick in the coffee trade
between Brazil and Baltimore: logbooks from Amazon, 1875-82, with
entries on weather and sea conditions, sightings, daily distances; logbook
from the Spotless, 1882-84, including similar entries and comments on
repairs and newspaper clippings of recipes and medicinal cures; accounts
of the Good News, 1891 and 1897, at Rio de Janeiro, Port of Spain,
Trinidad, Bahia.
Microfilm only; originals located at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut.
Pedley, 1 1 54 1 reel (no. 226), 1875-97
 

MYRICK, CHARLES E., LOG, MS.991
Log of voyages undertaken by Charles E. Myrick, 1873-1907, showing
expenditure on repairs to ships. Diary of voyages, 1856-1890. Captain Myrick
sailed mainly from Baltimore.
1 vol., 1856-1907.

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