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Land grants

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred J. O'Ferrall, Sr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1575
Abstract

This collection contains the personal and business letters and records of various members of the Moale family, 1762-1888.

Dates: 1762-1888

Baltimore County land papers manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2648
Abstract

This collection contains plats, surveys, deeds, rental contracts, and court case documents concerning land in the Baltimore County area.

Dates: 1685-1910; Majority of material found in 1716-1853

Bond family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0061
Abstract

This collection contains leases, deeds, and financial records of various members of the Bond family of Baltimore and Harford Counties.

Dates: 1749 - 1844

Charles Carroll letter book

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0203.1
Abstract

This collection contains 45 letters, mostly to English friends, with comments on the political situation in America, and the reaction to the Stamp Act. The collection also includes about 25 mid-18th century land papers, deeds and letters.

Dates: 1765 - 1768

Colonial period in Maryland collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2018
Abstract This is an artificial collection consisting of over 600 items, dating from the 1620s to 1775. The collection contains the following types of material: financial and business records (invoices, receipts, accounts, bonds, etc.); land records (deeds, surveys, rent rolls, leases, etc.); military records (commissions, military correspondence, etc.); official and government documents (court proceedings, warrants for arrests, etc.); personal and family documents (correspondence, inventories of...
Dates: circa 1616-1893; Majority of material found in 1616-1788

Dorchester County land documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2640
Abstract

This collection includes surveys, plats, patents, deeds, bills of sale, and correspondence of surveyors for Dorchester County, Maryland.

Dates: 1673-1907

Dorchester County land records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2635
Abstract

This collection includes patents, surveys, plats, deeds, records of sale, land grants, and a surveyor's field notebook from circa 1850.The material relates to such Eastern Shore families as Moore, Tubman, and Pritchett.

Dates: 1675-1899

Dorsey family land records

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-002-LIB
Content Description

This collection contains papers pertaining to the Dorsey family of Hockley-in-the-Hole, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, circa 17th to 18th centuries. Most notably, the papers contain a 1664 land grant from Charles Calvert to the Dorseys.

Dates: circa 17th to 18th centuries

Gough-Carroll papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2560
Abstract

This collection primarily contains legal and personal papers of Harry Dorsey Gough (1745-1808) as well as some business and personal correspondence of Harry Dorsey Gough Carroll (1797-1866).

Dates: 1673-1895

Hammond-Harwood House collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1303
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...
Dates: 1679-1845