Charles Carroll of Carrollton collection

This is an collection of 30 items written to, by, or about Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832). Includes: letters of advice from his father Charles Carroll of Annapolis on his education (1758-1759); a copy of his parents' marriage certificate (Charles Carroll of Annapolis and Elizabeth Brooke) marriage certificate (1757) and his dispensation to marry his cousin Rachel Cooke (1766); letters on Bohemia Manor title, Carrollton boundaties (1787); and taxes (1793); a 1854 letter referring to Charles Carroll of Carrollton's participation in 1784 on the commission to study improvements of the Potomac as far as fort Cumberland; a letter to his daughter Mary Carroll Caton, 1803 a citation by the City of Annapolis for riding in a carriage with his servant (1811); a letter to his son Charles Carroll Jr. about bilding a house at Folly, 1812; a letter presenting CC of with the pick, spade, hammer and trowell used to groundbreak the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; an invitation to Colonel Fox, 1829; a petition to build a monument to Mrs. Mary Washington, Geroge Washington's mother (1831), and some financial bonds and receipts.



Other items include a letter about Charles Carroll Harper's share of Charles Carroll of Carrollton's estate (1831); a list of books owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton's estate (1852); a letter to his partners Charles Carroll Barrister, Benjamin Tasker and Walter Dulaney; and a letter (1845) for Charles Carroll of Carrollton's granddaughter Lady Wellesley (Mary Caton, d. 1853) concerning the Jennings family.



In addition to correspondence, the following items are included: copies of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and Rachel Cooke marriage dispensation and marriage license; Charles Carroll of Annapolis and Elizabeth Brook marriage certificate; Oct 4 1737 Ignatius Davis invoice; Jan 31, 1811 City of Annapolis Warrent; account sheet of money owed by Thomas Lee 1791-1818; notations on legal actions involving Joh Duncan in 1816 and Samuel Hughes in 1808 and 1819; 1825 George Elliott account sheet; June 1, 1831 Geroge Bassett et al; Jan 1, 1852 index to Charles Carroll's books etc. and 1967 family traditions exerpts from Shauk-Free Families of Maryland.