Box 950

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Various records and record sets kept on short-term or irregular bases. Notable here are formal Records of Losses, which were first instituted by the second treasurer of the Society in 1841, then discontinued in 1864 (see explanatory note from A. B. Hall at the conclusion of second record book). The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 necessitated the only other effort at consolidation of loss records until 1961, at which point the Society returned to keeping distinct records of losses on a...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Various records and record sets kept on short-term or irregular bases. Notable here are formal Records of Losses, which were first instituted by the second treasurer of the Society in 1841, then discontinued in 1864 (see explanatory note from A. B. Hall at the conclusion of second record book). The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 necessitated the only other effort at consolidation of loss records until 1961, at which point the Society returned to keeping distinct records of losses on a...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Comprised of a copy of the Laws of Maryland of 1794, in which the charter was passed; bound and unbound photostatic copies of the articles of association and supplements produced by the Maryland State Archives in 1940; and two bound volumes created by the Society in which the 1794 and 1809 versions of the charter are transcribed, accompanied by lists of subscribers.