Chase, Jeremiah Townley, 1748-1828

Scope and Contents Photostatic copies of papers and letters to the Chase family of Maryland, particularly of Annapolis, spanning 1714-1855. Letters are to and from Reverend Richard Chase, Reverend Thomas Chase, Thomas Chase (1774-1826), Matilda Chase (d.1829), Judge Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828), Judge Samuel Chase (1741-1811), and Ann Chase (1711-1852). There is also correspondence between Maryanne Caton, Robert G. Harper, and Miss Ann Chase and genealogical information on the Chase, Townley, and...

Abstract A collection of papers from the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. Contains land transactions of the Jeremiah T. Chase family and letters between the Loockerman-Harwoods and Thomas Stone. Also includes letters from Nicholas Harwood regarding the capture and burning of "Philadelphia" during the Barbary Wars in 1803 along with a typed page on "Paper currency in Maryland" (authorship unknown) with some examples of early paper currency and engraved reproductions of the Townley coat of...