PACA, WILLIAM PAPERS, MS. 1986
Letters to William Paca (I 740-1799) from John D. Thompson and John
Cadwalader about the British occupation of Bohemia Manor and the need
for arms and ammunition, 1777; letters from William Paca to William
Hems1ey about recent news of the war and a militia riot in Philadelphia,
1779; letters from Henry Hollingsworth, Thomas Johnson, Jr., and Phi-
lemon Dickinson about wheat and flour deliveries.
Register available. 9 items, 1777-79.
PACKARD SCRAPBOOK, MS.639
Clippings kept by Joseph Packard, Jr. (1842-1923), Baltimore lawyer.
Items
are primarily of legal interest and include material on cases relating
to
Maryland. Scrapbook also includes pamphlet on appeals, code, and rules
of court.
1 vol., 1874-1887.
PAINT AND POWDER CLUB OF BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS. 1735
Archives of this male theatrical club: scrapbooks; programs; musical
scores; scripts; financial statements; letters.
10 boxes, 1894-1971.
PAINT AND POWDER CLUB OF BALTIMORE RECORDS, MS. 1735.1
Printed letters from the club's president and advertising committee
chairman conveying news and forthcoming club events; minutes of board
of governors' monthly meetings and of annual meetings; rosters and
by-
laws; correspondence, mostly reminiscences of members and activities;
material for skits in three of the club's productions; a logbook of
the 1895
season which lists members, singers, actors, and understudies; promotional
materials such as fliers, announcements, and invitations; newspaper
clip-
pings of club activities; copies of Variey, the club's newsletter;
programs of
annual productions.
2 boxes, 1894-1977.
PAINT AND POWDER CLUB MINUTE BOOK, MS.640
Minutes of meetings of this Baltimore dramatic organization. Include
con-
stitution, Alfred Baldwin Sloane's proposal for a performance of the
opera
Midas, and routine matters.
1 vol., 1894-1896.
PANNELL FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2222
Edward Pannell, merchant of Baltimore: cashbooks (I 791-1805 and
1809-54), checkbook (1809-14), travel expense book (1810-13), record
of
sale of the personal estate of Edward Pannell (1835); a recipe book,
1881;
inventory of Elizabeth Glasgow's estate, 1826-41; poetry of Emily Mc-
Culloh Pannell, 1830; commonplace book of Edward Pannell with com-
ments on death, good behavior, education, and writing.
18 vols., 1791-1881.
PARKER, GEORGE E. PAPERS, MS. 2215
Soldier (b. 1881) in the American Expeditionary Forces during World
War I: general orders, memoranda, correspondence, and a 1918 diary
(with accompanying photographs) of his march through France to the
Rhine River; newspaper relating to the 150th anniversary of a military
engagement in Kent County during the War of 1812; pamphlets about
the American Legion, 1931-32; review of a history of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church; letters and an award from the Peabody Institute to
Edward Parker, 1858-69.
35 items, 1858-69, 1918-32, 1964.
PARKER, JAMESON PAPERS, MS. 2198
Diaries (1923-64), copies of personal letters, and letters of Jameson
Parker (1909-72) to his wife Sydney Sullivan Parker Walling: Johns
Hopkins University, 1926-30; the family steel firm, 1933-39; United
States
Naval Reserve duty, 1942-45; Mark Sullivan and the New York Herald-
Tribune, 1945-50; public affairs work for the United States State Depart-
ment, 1951-59; United States foreign service in Brussels, 1951-53,
and in
Bonn, 1959-64; Gunston Hall, Virginia, 1965-72; social life in Baltimore,
1920s-1940s, and Washington, D.C., 1930s-1960s.
Register available. 7 boxes, 1907-72.
PARKER PAPERS, MS. 2198.1
Sydney Sullivan Parker Walling's incoming, letters from her mother
Marie McMechen Buchanan Sullivan (d. 1940), the wife of New York
Herald-Tribune columnist Mark Sullivan: official and private social
life in
Washington, D.C. in the early years of the New Deal.
100 items, 1930s.
PARKIN, THOMAS JOURNAL, MS.641
Journal of Thomas Parkin (1774-1797) on a voyage aboard the ship
Republican, from Baltimore to England and France.
1 vol., 1794-1795.
PARRISH-McCLELLAN PAPERS, MS.1381
Miscellaneous indentures and plats relating to land in Baltimore County
owned by the Parrish-McClellan families. MS. maps of areas near Newtown
and Parrishes Range. Many deeds pertaining to land owned by John McKeen.
25 items, 1777-1823.
PARTRIDGE PAPERS, MS.642
Letters, business material, deeds, and plats of the Partridge, Hollingsworth,
and Gilpin families of Partridge Hall, Elkton, Maryland. Include letters
to Henry Hollingsworth concerning commerce, letters to John Partridge,
land and estate papers of the Gilpin family, and a scrapbook on textile
and other mills kept by James Partridge. Two deeds of Charles Carroll,
1713,1737.
1 box, 1713-1906.
PASSENGER MANIFESTS, PORT OF BALTIMORE, MS.1024
Passenger and baggage lists for immigrants through the port of Baltimore,
1891-1919, showing name, age, place of origin, and destination; mainly
relate to the North German Lloyd Lines. A few lists for 1920, 1921,
are
included.
25 reels of microfilm, 1891-1921. [Other years available through National
Archives.]
PATAPSCO COMPANY MINUTE BOOK, MS.637
Minute book records proceedings of the Patapsco Company, a Baltimore
finn for the development of various tracts of land in Anne Arundel
County
on the Patapsco River. List of original stockholders in front of volume.
1 vol., 1853-1895.
PATAPSCO FEMALE INSTITUTE PAPERS, MS.643
Records of the Patapsco Female Institute, a girls' school at Ellicott's
Mills,
covering the entire period of its existence from 1833-1890. Correspondence
of trustees concerning land, stockholders, students, election of trustees,
lot-
teries. Minutes of proceedings of the trustees, 1833-1853, 1854-1888
(2
vols.). Volume showing expenses, 1834-1838. Stock ledgers (2 vols.).
Official seal of the institute, and copy of farewell song, April 12,
1845.
1 box and 5 vols., 1832-1891.
PATAPSCO NAVY MINUTE BOOK, MS.1053
Proceedings of the Patapsco Navy, an association of Baltimore rowing
clubs
(Ariel Rowing Club and Arundel Rowing Club); deal with conduct of
races and regattas, 1904-1915, including the twenty-fifth meeting of
the
Middle States Regatta Association (1914), with 15 organizations taking
part. Constitution and regulations in front of volume.
1 vol., 1904-1915.
PATTERSON COLLECTION, MS. 2364
Appraisal (1928) of the Paul Patterson (1878-1952) household; a type-
script letter (1884) written by a United States Naval officer with
the
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey about a voyage from Washing-
ton, D.C. to South America: activities on board ship, marine wildlife,
observations on South America.
2 items, 1884 and 1928.
PATTERSON, MARY L. PAPERS, MS. 1865
Letters from Mary L. Patterson to her son Wilson Patterson studying
at
Princeton College: encouragement in his schoolwork; comments on family;
comments occasionally on national events such as the divorce of Elizabeth
Patterson Bonaparte, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the effects
of
the Civil War.
9 items, ca. 1860-65.
PATTERSON, PAUL PAPERS, MS. 2395
Baltimore Sun newspaper editor: records related to a trip to China
in
1945 including a Chinese newspaper article about it, air priority certifi-
cates, souvenirs, and a luncheon invitation from Chiang Kai-shek; schedule
of a visit to England, 1946; autograph book of Maclean Patterson, ca.
1920.
25 items, ca. 1920, 1945-50.
PATTERSON, WILLIAM, ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.904
Receipt books of William Patterson (1752-1835), Baltimore merchant.
Include numerous items relating to his commercial activities, plantation
affairs, services performed, education of his children, ground rents,
debts
owed to estates. Preface to the will of Patterson, with a complete
account
of his life history, stressing his shipping interests.
4 vols. and 1 pkg., c. 1770-1838.
PATTERSON, WILLIAM, PAPERS, MS.1084
Business correspondence of William Patterson (1752-1835) and miscel-
laneous papers on his commercial activities. Letter to Mrs. Dolly [Payne]
Madison from Elizabeth [Patterson] Bonaparte, and other letters to
Mrs.
Madison. Two letters from Robert Morris, one from Nicholas Biddle,
and
several from Generals Otho Holland Williams and Sam Smith. Indentures
and papers signed by John Armstrong, Minister to France.
75 items, 1777-1836.
PORT OF PATUXENT RECORDS, MS. 1930
Records of the port of Patuxent including vessels clearing, entering,
annual permits, cargo manifests.
27 items, 1786.
PAUL, JOHN GILMAN D'ARCY COLLECTION, MS. 1920
Documents collected by John Gilman D'Arcy Paul (1887-1972), vice-
president of the Maryland Historical Society and Peabody Institute,
a
trustee of the Peale Museum, and president of the board of trustees
of the
Baltimore Museum of Art: papers relating to the restoration and publi-
cation of the Benjamin Henry Latrobe papers including correspondence,
feasibility studies, and fund applications of John Gilman D'Arcy Paul,
James Foster, George L. Radcliffe, Sr., E. P. Richardson, Judge Frederick
W. Brune, and Paul Norton; photocopy of autobiography of Henry Carter
of Fulton Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1892; transcript of "De-
scription of the Susquehanna River and the country which borders it,
from Harris Ferry to the mouth; from the map which was prepared and
the military observations made by order of the Board of War in May,
1778."; two cookbooks containing recipes and home medicines compiled
by Anna Maria Morris, 1824, and a Mrs. Frick; daily journal, 1844-82,
of
an unidentified farmer noting farm activities, weather, and finances;
papers related to John D'Arcy Gilman Paul's involvement with the
Peabody Institute, Gilman School, Baltimore Museum of Art, and the
establishment of the Susquehanna River State Park; papers related to
John D'Arcy Gilman Paul's landholdings in Harford County including
a
manuscript about Thomas Tailler, an early settler.
2 boxes, 1788-1970.
PAWSON PAPERS, MS.1383
Family correspondence between Mrs. Sarah Pawson, her son, William S.
Pawson, and (?) his half brother, John C. Pawson. Includes comment
on ship-
building in Baltimore, settlement of accounts with Baltimore merchants,
financial advice, report of William to his mother of the news of the
defense
of Baltimore against the British. Record of births and deaths in the
family
of Matthew Pawson (b. 1749) and Mary Caulk Pawson (b. 1756.)
6 items, 1814-1820.
PAYNE ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.635
Account book of Daniel Payne, merchant of Dumfries, Virginia, including
entries for tobacco, clothes, furniture, food, and a large variety
of miscel-
laneous articles. Among accounts are those of David Barton, Dr. John
Briscoe, John Chambers, Colonel Catesby Cocke, Richard Grigsby, James
Hambrick, Captain Burr Harrison, Colonel Richard Henry Lee, John Lynn,
Thomas Machen, James Mercer, John Moffet, Occaquan County, Colonel
Henry Peyton, Jr., Captain Isaiah Robinson, Rev. William Stuart, Colonel
George Washington.
1 vol., 1758-1763.
PEABODY HEIGHTS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MINUTES, MS.653
Vols. 1-2, minutes of this association concerned with the improvement
of
the area around St. Paul and 29th Streets, Baltimore, 1912-1915, 1925-
1933.
Vol. 3, names and addresses of members of the association.
3 vols., 1909-1933.
PEALE FAMILY COLLECTION, MS. 1935
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) depositions regarding his birth and
letters written by him about his paintings and castings for fire engines.
Rembrandt Peale (I 7 78-1860) papers include a biographical sketch
of his
father, Charles Willson Peale, written for The Crayon, 1885; letters
concern-
ing the sale of a portrait of George Washington to the State of Maryland;
sale of the Peale Museum; a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte. Also a
letter
from Rubens Peale (I 784-1865) about the sale of the museum, a receipt
from Sarah Peale (1800-85) for a portrait, and a letter to Titian Peale
(I 799-1885) concerning a museum tour.
13 items, 1762-1858.
PEARCE PAPERS, MS.1384
Letters to and from James Alfred Pearce (1805-1862), Representative
from
Maryland, 1835-1839, 1841-1843, and United States Senator, 1843-1862,
on
numerous questions including the Benton-Foote controversy in the Senate,
the beginnings of the Smithsonian Institution, the Wilkes Exploring
Expedi-
tion, conditions in Ohio and Kansas Territory, secession, and many
phases
of Maryland and national politics. Major items include Pearce's letter
to
George A. Brown of London on Anglo-American relations (February 26,
1856), Franklin Buchanan's explanation of his resignation from the
United
States Navy (June 26, 1861), and Severn Teackle Wallis's comment on
the Merryman case (July 18, 1861). Correspondents of Pearce include
Louis Agassiz, John Henry Alexander, Alexander D. Bache, George Ban-
croft, James A. Bayard, Thomas H. Benton, George A. Brown, Franklin
Buchanan, James Buchanan, Richard B. Carmichael, William Carmichael,
Lewis Cass, E. F. Chambers, Rufus Choate, John M. Clayton, Thomas
Clayton, Thomas Corwin, J. J. Crittenden, Jefferson Davis, William
H.
Emory, Edward Everett, Thomas Ewing, Henry D. Farnandis, Henry S.
Foote, Asa Gray, Joseph Henry, Sam Houston, Reverdy Johnson, John P.
Kennedy, E. Louis Lowe, Edward D. Mansfield, Rembrandt Peale, William
George Read, J. M. Root, Roger Brooke Taney, Philip Wallis, Severn
Teackle Wallis, George C. Washington, Daniel Webster, Charles Wilkes,
Robert C. Winthrop. Also included in the collection is correspondence
between James A. Pearce, Jr., and Harrison S. Morris, Mary J. Peale,
and
Albert C. Ritchie concerning a portrait of Cecil Calvert, Second Lord
Baltimore. Covers 1900-1902.
162 items, 1829-1902.
PEARRE FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2054
Land records of the Pearre family for holdings in the Maryland counties
of
Prince Georges, Montgomery, and Frederick; and Tennessee and Kentucky.
1 box,1712-1825.
PEARRE, JAMES COLLECTION, MS.1038
Vol. 1, 1831-1864, contains commonplace entries, diary entries, and
a few
pages of observations on the Civil War, recorded near Unionville, Frederick
County. Vol. 2, 1850-1870s, contains some autobiographical information,
accounts, commonplace entries, and a review of major inventions in
the
author's lifetime. Vol. 3, 1847-1880, contains accounts, notations,
and clip-
pings on geophysical phenomena.
3 vols., 1831-1880.
PEARSON COLLECTION, MS. 130
Yoe, Wack, and Kalben families: German immigrants in Baltimore, ca.
1840-50; passports; military service records; obituaries.
18 items, 1845-1972.
PEARSON, JOSEPH PAPERS, MS.1594
Accounts and receipts, personal and business papers of Joseph Pearson,
Sr., of Joseph Pearson & Sons, importers. Accounts mainly concern
tailors'
and dressmakers' supplies. Accounts of Mrs. Margaret J. Pearson post-1860
indicate she may have become a seamstress. Receipts for taxes, Baltimore
City, 1840s, and for pew rent, First Presbyterian Church. A small number
of letters in the 1870s from Thomas Sanderson (son-in-law of Joseph
Pearson, Sr.) and from Raymond Sanderson, ? his brother.
c. 75 items, 1826-1884.
PEN (THE), MS.656
Four page MS. newspaper (Vol. 2, No. 1), produced at the Maryland
Penitentiary, December 25,1886.
1 item, 1886.
PENN VS. CALVERT BOUNDARY DISPUTE DIGEST, MS.1557
Digest of the Penn vs. Calvert boundary dispute in which the English
Court
of Chancery upheld an agreement reached in 1732 between Lord Balti-
more and William Penn, later rejected by Lord Baltimore. Lord Chancellor
Hardwicke declared the original agreement valid, 1750.
1 item (12 pp.), 1750 (May-November.)
PENNINGTON FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1827
Correspondence addressed to Joslas Pennington (1 797-18 74) from Wil-
liam Henry Clapham (d. 1913) regarding legacy of John Seaberry and
genealogical information on the Clapham family, 1855; William Clapham
Pennington from Susan William dealing with ancestry of William Cooke,
ca. 1904; William A. Hoppin about the paintings of Richard Caton
Woodville, 1897; E. Woodville regarding wills of the Woodville family,
1878; to Benjamin Ogle concerning debts owed to the Ogle family, 1800
and 1802; from Clapham and Brice, merchants of Baltimore, to Richard
Tilghman of Queen Anne's County about the shipping of crackers, cheese,
and tobacco, 1801-2; of C. Kinloch Nelson, rector of Saint Anne's Parish
in Annapolis, giving genealogical information about the Clapham family,
1856. Patent for land issued to Jonathan Hanson of Baltimore County,
1713, and deeds relating to Pennington family land, 1796, 1833, and
1834.
Wills from various families: Pennington, 1810; Hanson, 1785 and 1802;
Tilghman, 1814 and 1839; Cooke, 1817 and 1834; Seaberry, 1853; and
Clapham, 1857.
1 box, 1713-1904.
PENNIMAN BALTIMORE COUNTY LAND RECORDS, MS.1143
Collection of photocopies of land grants in Baltimore County and maps
showing these grants, collected by Thomas Dobbin Penniman. Cover the
period 1659-1856.
5 boxes, 1659-1856.
PENNSYLVANIA QUAKER MONTHLY MEETING RECORDS, MS. 2051
Birth, death, and marriage records, 1739-1876, for Warrington monthly
meeting in York County, Pennsylvania; birth and death records, 1775-
1912, for Monalen monthly meeting, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
2 boxes, 1727-1912.
PENTZ, BETTIE T. H. COLLECTION, MS. 2432
Letters addressed to Bettie T. H. Pentz (1857-1937) from Mayor
Howard W. Jackson, Arthur B. Bibbins, "Carroll Dulaney," Frank E.
Pentz and L. Arthur Phelps about personal matters and the widening
of
Fayette Street in Baltimore.
6 items, 1931-34.
PENTZ FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 1971
Deeds, mortgages, and other land papers involving members of the
Pentz family of Baltimore, 1796, 1833-68, 1884 and 1904 including the
wills of Rachel D. Pentz, 1864, and Joseph Stevens, 1865; numerous
receipts for Maryland and Baltimore taxes, and Baltimore City water
rents for William F. Pentz (1854-1925) and Betty T. Pentz (1857-1937),
and Joseph Stevens, Sallie Stevens, and Sarah Jane Stevens, 1863-1919;
legal papers of William F. Pentz in case against Willie Fletcher Pentz
and
Clinton Taylor Pentz about land in Baltimore, 1866; invitation to Bettie
Houck (later Pentz), 1880; several notes from William F. Pentz soliciting
autographs for his collection, 1897-1902; notes describing sled races
and
how the Indians make pemmican.
2 boxes, 1796-1936.
PERINE PAPERS, MS.645
Perine family material includes papers of David Maulden Perine (1796-
1882), E. Glenn Perine (1829-1922), and George Washington Perine (1871-
1944). Family genealogy; volumes of photographs of the Perine family
home, compiled by George Washington Perine. Clippings on Wakefield
graveyard of the Washington family. Clippings on Washington Perines
speech at the World's Fair, 1936. Miscellaneous letters to him on genealogy,
with data on the Perine, Glenn, Barroll, Bushrod, Aylett, Ludwell,
and Buchanan families.
The papers of David Maulden Perine include letters from Roger Brooke
Taney, Judah P. Benjamin, Albert T. Bledsoe, R. H. Bayard, Robert Morgan
Gibbes, Reverdy Johnson, James McHenry, John Van Lear McMahon, Emily
McTavish, Thomas, Robert, and Charles Oliver, General George H.
Stewart, John Augustine Washington, Thomas Beall, William A. Washing-
ton, Betty Washington, and Thomas Ellicott. The majority of these letters
are on legal and business matters. A few relate to politics and general
conditions. 70 vols. of legal records. Include printed wills,
judgments, and other
records of the Carroll estate; Bank of Maryland accounts of the register
of wills. Several volumes of papers of David Maulden Perine in relation
to Mexican claim; letter of Andrew Jackson; papers concerning Roger
Brooke Taney's estate, and estates of W. H. Marriott, Andrew Aldridge,
John Van Lear McMahon, Moses Sheppard, with bank books and receipts.
Correspondence of Roger Brooke Taney and Thomas Ellicott, President
of the Union Bank of Maryland, concerning the United States Bank, 1830s.
Papers and other materials on trusteeships of Roger Brooke Taney, 1864-
1877. Decisions of Taney on various cases. Memoir of Taney. Trusteeships
of John Van Lear McMahon. Papers on the dispute over the estate of
Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Estate papers of Moses Sheppard (1771-
1857), and material concerning the money given by him for the Sheppard-
Pratt Asylum. Estate and trusteeship of General W. H. Marriott (1790-
1851). Estate of R. M. Gibbes and trusteeship of Emily Gibbes and Mrs.
Margaret Colt. Papers on the appointment of trustees for the estate
of
Robert Oliver. Letters to Perine from John H. B. Latrobe.
Miscellaneous items include land records, photographs of Homeland
estate of Perine family, and interior appointments of house. Sitting
book
of artist Philip Tilyard, 1827-1828.
33 boxes, 1800-1939.
PERINE, PETER PAPERS, MS.654
Business records of Peter Perine Western Potteries, Perine & Aquila
Jones,
and M. Perine & Company, all engaged in the manufacture and sale
of
pottery. Include record books, daybooks, workbooks, and other materials,
showing day-to-day sales, type of product, names and addresses of pur-
chasers, wages paid, number of workmen, debts and credit of each cus-
tomer, personal accounts, sales and purchases of pottery. Also included
in the collection is commonplace book of John Mason (1752-1822), with
genealogy and miscellaneous material. Material on Thomsonian medical
practices, signed by Maulden Perine. Minutes of the trustees of the
Thomsonian Friendly Society of Maryland, 1833-1836 (contained in Record
Book 6 of the pottery, 1860-1882); constitution and minutes of the
third
branch of the Thomsonian Friendly Botanic Society of Maryland, 1835
(contained in workbook, 1859-1872).
21 vols., 1798-1885.
PETERS PAPERS, MS.1385
Pamphlet, By-Laws of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1815,
with MS. notations by Thomas Peters on his experiences at the Battle
of
Trenton, 1776 (transcripts included). MS. obituary of Thomas Peters,
1821.
Report on Thomas Peters (relationship to former not known), student
at
St. Timothy's Hall, 1855. Copy of a story related by Thomas Leiper
Kane
concerning his grandfather, Thomas Leiper of Philadelphia and the 1st
Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry, c. 1850. Positive photostats of
several
pages from Memoirs of General Wilkinson, vol. 1, Philadelphia, 1816.
6 items, 1815-1855.
PETTYS ISLAND PAPERS, MS.1386
Deeds to land on Pettys Island, New Jersey, 1744-1811. Mainly refer
to
property owned by Michael Baker, Benjamin Cooper, Samuel Cooper, and
William Cooper.
14 items, 1744-1811.
PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY PAPERS, MS.989
Miscellaneous correspondence of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company,
Baltimore, all on business matters-, cancelled certificates. 1870's
receipts,
1874; releases and surrendered certificates, 1878.
2 boxes, 1870-1878.
PHOENIX SHOT TOWER COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.657
Ledger of this Baltimore company with a tower on North Gay Street,
show-
ing sales of shot to individuals and firms, many of them in other cities.
Volume continues to 1846 when the company ceased to operate, and the
final entries show a loss of $14,665.00 during the existence of the
firm.
1 vol., 1836-1846.
PHRENOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE MINUTE BOOKS, MS.1102
Minutes of the Phrenological Association of Baltimore, the members
of which
included Dr. J. S. Cohen, Dr. R. S. Steuart, John H. B. Latrobe. Correspondence
with J. T. Ducatel (member), 1827. Sheets of phrenological calculations.
4 vols. and c. 20 items, 1827-1829.
PHYSICIAN'S JOURNAL AND ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.658
Journal and cash book of an unidentified Philadelphia physician, giving
names, addresses, occupations, and complaints of numerous patients.
1 vol., 1868-1870.
PI DELTA PI FRATERNITY MINUTE BOOK, MS. 2120
Baltimore fraternity: fraternity customs such as pledging, blackballing;
civic and social functions; a list of members.
1 Vol., 1919-23.
PILOTS' CERTIFICATE RECORD BOOK, MS.659
Certificates issued by inspectors for the District of Maryland to pilots
of
vessels on the Chesapeake Bay and tributary rivers.
1 vol., 1853-1855.
PILSON FAMILY PAPERS, MS.1387
Business papers of the Pilson family of Augusta and Albemarle Counties,
Virginia. Fragmentary bills and accounts, court orders from Augusta
County Court to Matthew Pilson for payment of damages.
100 items, 1817-1868.
PINDELL ACCOUNT BOOK, MS.1639
Account book of Rinaldo Pindell of West River, Anne Arundel County,
dealer in corn, grain, and wool, 1850-1862. 30 miscellaneous items,
includ-
ing 26 tax receipts for Anne Arundel County, 1835-1857.
1 vol. and 30 items, 1835-1862.
PINKNEY LETTERBOOKS, MS.661
Two volumes of letterbooks of William Pinkney (1764-1822), U. S. Minister
to
England. Contain copies of his official correspondence with Secretary
of State
James Madison, and copies of communications with the British Foreign
Office.
2 vols., 1807-1808.
PINKNEY PAPERS, MS.1388
Correspondence of William Pinkney (1764-1822) with members of his
family and others. Correspondents include William Cooke (1817), Robert
Goodloe Harper (1817), Henry Wheaton (1822), Jonathan Pinkney (1796-
1801), Ninian Pinkney (1801, 1808, and n. d.), Mrs. Ninian Pinkney
(1809), Cumberland Williams (1819-1820), Mrs. Cumberland Williams,
Pinkney's daughter (1817-1818). Opinion of William Pinkney concerning
Ralph Higginbottom's bond to the Union Bank of March 30, 1805, given
in 1819. Opinion on the British blockade of May, 1806, written to the
editors of the Baltimore Whig, August, 1811 (16 pp.). Letter of Edward
Coote Pinkney to Mr. C. D. Williams, 1826, and another to Mr. and Mrs.
William Pinkney. Material relating to the death of Frederick Pinkney,
1873, includes resolution of the Baltimore County Bar. Reviews of Mabbott
and Pleadwell's The Life and Works of Edward Coote Pinkney, New York
(Macmillan), 1926.
41 items, 1796-1926.
PINKNEY-WHYTE SCRAPBOOK, MS.660
Volume compiled by William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908); includes news-
paper clippings, obituaries, and editorials on members of the Pinkney
and
Whyte families.
1 vol., 1821-1875.
PIONEER HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY RECORD BOOKS, MS.662
Records of this Baltimore fire-fighting organization, dating from 1851-
1863.
Vol. 1, constitution, signatures of members, and minutes, 1851-1863.
Vol. 2, record of alarms and fires, record of meetings and of attendance,
1856-1857. Vol. 3, similar details, 1858. Vol. 4, MS. news journals,
The Pony
Gazette and The Pickwickian, edited in humorous vein for the company,
1854-1856.
4 vols., 1851-1863.
PIPER, DR. JACKSON NOTEBOOK, MS.1048
Notebook of Dr. Jackson Piper while a student at the College of New
Jersey at
Princeton, 1849. Title is A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy
by Prof.
E. Loomis and Prof. McCullogh. Lectures have been illustrated by Piper.
In the back of the volume are personal accounts of Piper, 1860-1861;
accounts of treatments of patients, and prices of the treatments.
1 vol., 1849,1860-1861.
PITTS PAPERS, MS.1389
Letters to Charles H. Pitts, Baltimore lawyer and member of the General
Assembly, who was among those arrested and imprisoned at Fort Warren,
Boston. Correspondents include Severn Teackle Wallis and Henry M. War-
field, who write from prison and give their views on the situation.
Also
General John A. Dix, George R. Dodge, Reverdy Johnson.
7 items, 1861-1862.
PLASKITT SCRAPBOOKS, MS.663
Clippings collected by Joshua Plaskitt (1830-1903), member of the Balti-
more School Board. Vol. 1, School Board activities and items concerning
local schools, 1888-1889. Commencement program, 1888. Vols. 2-3, Balti-
more material including items on local history and numerous obituaries.
Vol. 4, Mason and Dixon Line. Vol. 5, miscellaneous items.
5 vols., 1888-1896.
PLEASANTS, J. HALL PAPERS, MS.194
Dr. Pleasants's notes on Maryland silversmiths. Correspondence on Mary-
land session laws and votes and proceedings. Genealogical notes. Copies
of letters of signers of Declaration of Independence. Letters to Samuel
Curson from Richard Curson, 1753-1786. Business papers of Samuel Poult-
ney, 1815-1852. Curson family papers on their London estates, 1773-1825.
Business correspondence of Israel, John P., and Samuel Pleasants, 1787-1859.
16 boxes, 1753-1955.
PLEASANTS PAPERS, MS.1390
Collection of land papers, leases, and other material of the Pleasants,
Hall,
and Poultney families. Include lease from Mary Hall to Richard W. Hall
of part of Christophe?s Camp, Harford County, 1838. Last will and testa-
ment of Thomas Poultney, 1829, and inventory of his estate. Will of
Mary
Hall. Deed of William Freeman to Evan Poultney, 1833.
15 items, 1829-1838.
PLIMHIMMON HOTEL RECORDS, MS. 1937
Ocean City, Maryland hotel: contract for construction, 1894; floor
plans;
contract of sale; receipt for payments; newspaper clipping describing
the
Plimhimmon; annual printed announcement of openings, 1935-37 and 1939-41.
11 items, 1894-1941.
PLUMMER, DR. EDWARD PAPERS, MS. 2138
Papers of Baltimore physician (1872-1952): bills and receipts for build-
ing supplies, funeral expenses, and furniture; invitations; membership
cards for the Audubon Society, National Geographic Society, Maryland
Academy of Sciences, American Museum of Natural History; letters
between Edward Plummer, Josias Pennington, and William F. Broening
concerning membership in the Municipal Art Society and the ceremony
to lay the cornerstone of the new War Memorial Building, 1923.
75 items, 1901-27.
POE, EDGAR ALLAN SCRAPBOOK, MS.1625
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1907-1909, concerning the movement
to erect a monument to Edgar Allan Poe on the one hundredth anniversary
of
his birth, 1909. Correspondence between George Parson and Mrs. John
Wrenshall,
June, 1909 (3 items), indicating their parts in the movement to honor
Poe.
1 vol. and 3 items, 1907-1909.
POINTON, PHILIP PAPERS, MS. 2035
Recipes and remarks on clay formulas and glazes composed by Pointon
while employed at the East Trenton Pottery, Dominion Factory of Quebec,
Saint John's Stone Chinaware Factory, and Edwin Bennet's pottery in
Baltimore.
Photocopies only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
1 box,1850-78.
POLITICO-LITERARY CLUB RECORDS, MS. 1737
Copies of papers read before the Politico-Literary Club of Baltimore
on
American industry, politics, biography, history, medicine, applied
science,
economics, religion, European history, and poetry and literature. Mem-
bers, mostly of the Johns Hopkins University, included Joseph S. Ames,
Carroll T. Bond, George Stewart Brown, Richard F. Cleveland, W. Irvine
Cross, Thomas B. Futcher, John Work Garrett, Frank J. Goodnow, Kent
Roberts Greenfield, Benjamin Howell Griswold, Jr., Harriss E. Kirk,
J.
Mason Knox, Austin McLanahan, Wilfred P. Mustard, J. Hall Pleasants,
Samuel J. Shriver, Kirby Fowler Smith, Redmond C. Stewart, Bernard
C.
Steiner, and Westel W. Willoughby.
9 boxes, 1900-42
PORT OF BALTIMORE VESSEL RECORDS, MS. 2228
Lists of ship arrivals and departures at Baltimore: name of ship;
nationality; tonnage; destination; cargo.
Microfilm only; originals from the Archives Nationales, Paris, France.
1 reel (no. 271), 1811-12
PORT OF ENTRY PAPERS, MS.670
Reports of Naval Officers for the ports of Patuxent, Annapolis, North
Potomac, Oxford, and Pocomoke.
1 vol., 1751-1757.
PORTER COOKBOOKS, MS.664
Recipe books of Mrs. Robert Buck Porter. Items are mainly for cakes
and
desserts. A few are for wines.
3 vols., 1840-1870.
PORTER, G. HARVEY COLLECTION, MS. 2411
Reports, articles, and speeches written or collected by G. Harvey Porter
(1893-1978) reflecting his career as an executive officer of the Industrial
Corporation of Baltimore, a firm specializing in financing, reorganizing,
and management counseling of small businesses and industry: reports
concern financial conditions, plants and products, management and mar-
keting strategies, and personnel of over two hundred companies within
the
Baltimore metropolitan area; also reports about the Downtown Commit-
tee, a group of Baltimore business executives interested in urban renewal,
planning, and promotion.
Register available. 24 boxes, 1919-77
POSEY, LAWRENCE ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS. 665
Vols. 1-2 are accounts of a country storekeeper ( ? Lawrence Posey),
1824-1878, 1847-1871, 1850-1872. Vol. 3 has accounts of "colored fund
and
'School book fund,' 1899-1902.
3 vols., 1824-1902.
POST OFFICE RECORD BOOK, MS.671
Tabulation of letters received at the Baltimore Post Office while Mary
Catherine Goddard was Postmistress, 1786-1789. Shows place of origin,
number of letters, and charges.
1 vol., 1786-1789.
POTTHAST BROTHERS RECORDS, MS. 2183
Four letterbooks of this Baltimore furniture manufacturer: letters
to
customers discussing dimensions, styles, prices (some including sketches
of
the proposed furniture), 1908-09, 1914-17, and 1919-21; correspondence
with a German carpentry firm, 1926-32; one letter discusses German
immigration in the 1930s.
4 vols., 1908-09, 1914-17, 1919-21, 1926-32
POTTS PAPERS, MS.1392
Correspondence and papers of Richard Potts (1753-1808). Appointments
of attorneys in fact; bills of lading of Barbados nu-n; election to
Senate;
appointment as Chief justice of Fifth District and as Presidential
Elector,
1792. Correspondents include William Potts, Alice Lee, Luther Martin,
John Eager Howard, George Plater, Thomas Sim Lee, George and Winder
Dent, Benjamin Ogle, and William Murdock.
18 items, 1774-1803.
POUDER, G. HARRY COLLECTION, MS. 1888
Pouder's (1896-1971) writings (articles and book reviews) and scrap-
books of newspaper clippings, 1913-55: newspaper clippings about world,
national, and local events, many dealing with Baltimore commerce, thea-
ter, and war-related subjects-mentions of the Baltimore Association
of
Commerce, Charcoal Club, Homewood Play Shop of Johns Hopkins
University, the Vagabonds, and Stagecraft Studio; one volume, "G. H.
P.
Writings," 1949-50; one volume, "Import and Export Bureau, Baltimore
Association of Commerce"; one volume, Citizens Relief Committee, 193
1 -
33; thank-you letter from James Branch Cabell, 1923; letter from H.
L.
Mencken declining an invitation, 1923; letters to Pouder from John
McGrath dealing with vacation in Swallow Falls State Forest in Garrett
County; book of magazine clippings, 1896-97, with illustrations and
text
concerning famous people and events in the world.
14 boxes, 1896-97, 1913-55
POULTNEY ACCOUNT BOOKS, MS.666
Records of the firm of Thomas Poultney & Sons (Philip Poultney,
d. 1869;
Samuel Poultney, 1776-1864), hardware merchants in Baltimore. Include
receipt books, cash books, letter book sales book, accounts current,
bills
payable and receivable.
21 vols., 1826-1843.
POULTNEY PAPERS, MS.646
Personal correspondence of Walter DeC. Poultney (1845-1929), largely
concerning his social activities. Business correspondence as a member
of
the firm of Poultney & Moale, commission merchants and dealers
in
petroleum.
9 boxes, 1858-1900.
POWELL AND WILLIAMS PAPERS, MS.1393
Indentures of David Williams, John Powell, Howell Powell, and others,
1795-1899. Receipts, mainly of Howell Powell. Letter, March 7, 1820,
from
Thomas Owen in Philadelphia to his sister.
52 items, 1795-1899.
POWELL-WARING PAPERS, MS. 1700
Letters to Cora Waring of Mobile, Alabama from her brothers S. B.
Waring (b. 1837) and M. M. Waring (b. 1848) of an Alabama regiment
in Virginia, 1861-62: troop movement; camp life. Letters to and from
Dr.
Alfred H. Powell of Leesburg, Virginia, a soldier in the Confederate
army,
with general comments on the war.
7 items, 1861-65
PRATHER COPYBOOKS, MS.681
Late 18th and early 19th century copybooks, kept by John and Flaviller
Prather. That of John, begun in 1785, includes poetry and miscellaneous
later accounts in addition to the arithmetical examples.
2 vols., 1785, 1821.
PRATT-PRESTON PAPERS, MS. 1835
William Preston's (1811-80) efforts to save himself from financial
ruin
as a result of a carelessly signed bond: letters from lawyers and the
sheriff
of Baltimore County about the selling of his property; description
of his
estate, "Pleasant Plains," composed by Preston in order to sell it;
letters to
Enoch Pratt seeking his assistance and describing in detail the reasons
for
his financial problems.
41 items, 1873-87
PRE-FEDERAL CUSTOMHOUSE RECORDS FOR
THE DISTRICTS OF BALTIMORE, ANNAPOLIS, PATUXENT,
AND OXFORD, MS. 2414
Microfilm of records at the National Archives: manifest book for the
Districts of Annapolis and Patuxent, 1745-1849; list of vessels cleared
at
Annapolis, 1780-81; ledgers of the naval office at Baltimore, 1785-87,
and
vessel entrance and clearance at Baltimore, 1780-88.
Microfilm only; permission for publication must be obtained from
owner.
2 reels (nos. 1485-86), 1745-1849
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN LETTERS, MS.1593
Letters sent to the Baltimore American in answer to an opinion Poll
On
the best-qualified candidate for president in 1884. News American
subscription bills
1819-1820.
c. 50 items, 1819-1820; 1884.
PRESTON PAPERS, MS. 711
Various letters, deeds, and petitions from the estate of William P.
Preston (1811-80), Maryland lawyer: letters from his daughter May
(1848-1913) concerning her European travels, 1868-69; an 1862 letter
from Preston to May about the Civil War and conditions of his home,
"Pleasant Plains," in Baynesville, Baltimore County; deeds, plats,
floor
plans, description of the existing cottage, and sketch of the proposed
barn,
all of "Pleasant Plains"; a few military requisition orders from the
Civil
War.
67 items, 1836-85
MARGARET SMITH PRESTON DIARIES, MS. 1861
Three diaries, 1862-64, kept by Margaret Smith Preston while living
at
her family estate, "Pleasant Plains," Baltimore County: family news;
weather; household duties; duties of her husband, William P. Preston,
as
a criminal lawyer; travels; references to Union and Confederate troops,
to
skirmishes between the troops, and to the battle of Gettysburg; references
to Towson, Eudowood, and Baltimore.
3 vols., 1862-64
PRESTON, WILLIAM P., PAPERS, MS.978
Collection of correspondence and other papers of William P. Preston
(1811-
1880), Baltimore criminal lawyer. Includes correspondence with other
Baltimore lawyers and with clients; deeds, indentures, wills, copies
of
court proceedings, warrants. Family correspondence, including that
between Preston and his wife, Margaret [Smith] Preston; also that between
Margaret and her parents.
9 boxes, 1778-1886.
PRESTON, WILLIAM P., PAPERS, MS.978.1
Volumes of records of William P. Preston (1811-1880). Include record
of
the proceedings of the Friday Evening Club, Baltimore 1833-1835. Diary,
January-February, 1863. Alphabetical list of [disbursements ? 1, 1830-
1836. Letterbook, January, 1856-April, 1857. Subscription book of Commis-
sioners of Hillen Road Company, 1854. Farm journal, Elm Grove Farm,
Baltimore County, 1823-1834. Letterbooks, November, 1831-February,
1834,
June, 1828-December, 1830. Receipt book, February, 1852-1865.
9 vols., 1823-1865.
PRESTON, WILLIAM P., PAPERS, MS.978.2
Letters and documents pertaining to the failure of the Bank of Maryland,
1835. Account book and diary of William P. Preston, 1847. Scrapbook
on
Know-Nothing Party, slavery, and other topics, 1855-1875.
1 box, 1835-1875.
PRESTON, WILLIAM P., PAPERS, MS.978.3
Papers and correspondence mainly of William P. Preston and his daughter,
Mrs. May [Preston] McNeal of Baltimore. The major portion of the collec-
tion is personal correspondence, but other items include bills, receipts,
poems by Mrs. William Preston and May [Preston] McNeal; items con-
cerning St. JosepYs College, Emmitsburg, 1860s; letters pertaining
to the
estate of A. H. Simmonds, 1850s; papers of Robert Bryson.
c. 250 items, 1827-1870s.
PRESTON, WILLIAM P. FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 978
Legal papers of William P. Preston (1811-1880), Maryland lawyer:
insolvency and debt collection; city tax assessments; Bank of Maryland
failure; trials. Family papers of Preston, his wife Margaret Smith
(ca.
1820-ca. 1900), and their daughter May Preston McNeal (1848-1913):
poetry, essays, diaries, correspondence, and some material pertaining
to
St. John's German Catholic Church.
Register available; merger of 978-978.4
17 boxes, 1799-1913
PRESTON, WILLIAM P. PAPERS, MS. 2422
Letters, 1857, from Richard M. Hoe (1812-88) to William P. Preston
(1811-88) about family news, New York life, and politics. Letters,
1859
and 1872, from A. S. Abell (1806-88) to William P. Preston about
reporting a story, finances, and legal affairs.
5 items, 1857-72
PREVOST FAMILY PAPERS, MS. 2030
Francois Nicole Prevost (1747-1831) and Claude Jean-Baptiste Aime
Prevost (1795-1885) of Baltimore: account book of household expenses;
diary provides information on the Prevost family and local events such
as
the cholera epidemic of 1832, the death of Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
and the War of 1812. Photocopies only; permission for publication must
be
obtained from owner.
2 vols., 1810-39
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CENSUS, MS.667
Negative photostats of census returns for St. John's and Prince George's
Parishes, Prince George's County, Maryland, August, 1776.
1 vol., 1776.
PRINCIPIO COMPANY PAPERS, MS.669
Correspondence pertaining to the Principio Company Iron Works in Mary-
land and Accokeek, Virginia. Letters show how Augustine Washington
became connected with the company. Most of the letters are from John
England to William Chetwynd, Joshua Gee, and others. Deed from John
England.
22 items, 1723-1730.
PRINGLE, MARK, LETTERBOOK, MS.680
Vol. 1, 1796-1798, contains letters from Mark Pringle (d. 1826), Baltimore
entrepreneur, from Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. Topics include
prices, insurance, commodities, and trading opportunities. Vol. 2,
1811-
1818, contains letters from Pringle on a wide variety of subjects including
the management of a farm on the Susquehanna River, agricultural improve-
ments, slave labor, the lumber trade, sale of cannon to Christopher
Hughes.
2 vols., 1796-1798, 1811-1818.
PROGRESSIVE TABERNACLE NO. 120, ANCIENT ORDER OF THE SONS
& DAUGHTERS, BROTHERS & SISTERS OF MOSES RECORDS, MS. 2426
Minute book (1906-30), a letter (1930), and financial records (1923,
1929) of the organization.
1 vol. and 5 items, 1906-30
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE COLLECTION, MS. 1006
Copies made by the Maryland Historical Society of items in the Public
Record Office, London, for publication as Proceedings of the Council
of
Maryland 1667-168718. Archives of Maryland, vol. 5, ed. by William
Hand
Browne (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1887) and Proceedings
of
the Council of Maryland 168718-1693. Archives of Maryland, vol. 8,
ed. by
William Hand Browne (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1890).
Letters from Brantz Mayer directing the copies to be made, 1876, and
letters from various libraries concerning the publication of the Archives,
1883-84.
2 boxes, 1883-84
PUBLIC SCHOOL SCRAPBOOK, MS. 1812
Possibly compiled by Charles G. Edwards (1844-84), assistant superin-
tendent of Baltimore public schools: articles about pupil promotion,
reading methods, and miscellaneous newspaper articles written by Ed-
wards; report of the assistant superintendent of public instruction
to the
superintendent, 1883-84; annual report of the Baltimore County public
schools, 1924; programs of the annual meeting of the Maryland State
Teachers Association, 1884; a manuscript describing Cape May, New Jersey.
1 vol., 1881-84, 1924
PULASKI SCRAPBOOK, MS.668
Contemporary newspaper clippings on the boiler explosion which wrecked
the steamer Pulaski on her way from Charleston, South Carolina, to
Balti-
more, June, 1838, including eye-witness accounts. Explanatory note
by
Brantz Mayer in front of the volume with comment, "This disaster was
the
cause of great excitement throughout the country."
1 vol., 1838.
PURDUM, BRADLEY K., PAPERS, MS.1150
Six school notebooks on English, botany, and other subjects. Financial
accounts of the Maryland State Normal School Building Commission, 1911-
1916 (Bradley K. Purdum, Treasurer). Minute book of meetings of the
Board of Directors and stockholders of the Lauraville Hall and Land
Association, 1896-1921, dealing with election of officers, apportionment
of
land, building of the hall, and other topics (Bradley K. Purdurn, Secretary).
8 vols., 1890-1916.
PURVIANCE PAPERS, MS.1394
Correspondence of the Baltimore Committee of Safety and Correspondence
with similar groups in other colonies and officials of the Continental
Con-
gress. Deals with progress of campaigns, efforts to provide supplies
of salt,
guns, and other commodities for the Continental Army. Both Samuel and
Robert Purviance were members of the Committee. Correspondence and
other papers on naval activities in the Chesapeake Bay and the part
played
by Samuel and Robert Purviance in outfitting vessels for Maryland and
the Continental Navy. Writers include Samuel Adams, John Hancock,
Joseph Hewes, Samuel Hewes, Thomas Johnson, Richard Henry Lee,
Thomas Sim Lee, Captain James Nicholson, Charles Thompson, William
Pollard, Charles Stewart, and Timothy Pickering. Other items include
deed
of trust of John Steel for lands in Hampshire County, Virginia, 1792.
Letters
of John Walker and Samuel Page on the sale of personal effects and
ship-
ment of army supplies, 1782. Copy of resolution of Congress to ask
for funds
to aid the Revolution (for citizens driven out of South Carolina and
Georgia,
1781). Material relating to the customs duties of Robert Purviance,
1798-
1799. Commonplace book of Robert Purviance, Jr., with notes on his
travels
in Europe, 1794; discussion of the State of Connecticut as one of the
best
ordered states in the fields of government, education, condition of
the
people. Letter from Robert Purviance, Jr., accompanying his gift of
the
MS. volume, Narrative of events which Occurred in Baltimore Town during
the Revolutionary War, by Robert Purviance, Sr., later published in
Balti-
more (1849).
c. 110 items, 1766-1849.