MAN. Manuscript Collections

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Contains correspondence, legal documents, and financial records of the Acosta, Moulton, and Ridgely families, as well as many other associated Maryland families.

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This collection consists of manuscript items, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and published material related to Adalbert J. Volck (1828-1912),a Baltimore dentist, artist, cartoonist, sculptor, and silversmith. Also contains 7 of Volck’s sketchbooks.

Abstract This collection consists of correspondence, wills, legal papers, deeds, land papers, land patents, and plats relating to the Addison family of colonial Maryland. Colonel John Addison came to Maryland from England in 1674, and began acquiring property in the area that would eventually become known as Oxon Hill, Prince George’s County. Of note are land grants to Robert Groseman signed by Charles Calvert and correspondence pertaining to Reverend Henry Addison (1717-1789), Henry Addison Callis,...

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This collection contains papers related to Albert Zimmerman’s travels around the world to see the sights and investigate trade possibilities in the hardware manufacturing industry. This includes a travel diary and letters sent to his family in Baltimore, Maryland.

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This collection consists of materials relating to Alexander Hamilton’s (d. 1799) work in the tobacco trade between Maryland and Glasgow, Scotland.

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

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This collection contains mainly court proceedings, government publications, and correspondence related to Alger Hiss (1904-1996), who was publicly accused of belonging to the Communist Party and of participating in Soviet espionage activities.

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This collection consists of the biographical and genealogical material concerning the Hood family of Maryland. Also included are the personal letters of Alice Watkins Hood, as well as business records and correspondence of her father, John Mifflin Hood, president of the Western Maryland Railroad Company.

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This collection contains miscellaneous papers relating to the Wilkins, Glenn, and Davis families. Included are family letters and correspondence, genealogical notes, deeds, journals and diaries. One diary of note is that of Mrs. Mary Wilkins Davis.

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This collection consists of the case notes of Dr. James H. Miller (1788-1853), attending physician of the Baltimore Almshouse from 1833-1837.