MAN. Manuscript Collections

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This collection consists of ledgers, receipt books, and an engraved stationary sample book of Harry S. Scott, Inc., which was a printing and engraving company based in Baltimore, Maryland and the successors to John S. Bridges and Company.

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This collection consists of business journals of Harry S. Scott, Inc., Printers and Engravers of Baltimore, Maryland. The journals contain records of items with prices, purchased chiefly by Baltimore-based customers.

Abstract This collection contains the business papers (1884-1902) of Gilbert Smith Hawkins, a lawyer of Bel Air, Maryland. These include correspondence with lawyers; letters concerning legal cases, bills and receipts; political matters, correspondence with the Maryland Democratic Central Committee; some personal correspondence. Twelve copy letter books 1895-1902, of Gilbert Hawkins letters concerning business, etc. Secretary's book of the Bel Air Fire and Salvage Company minutes taken by Gilbert...

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This collection consists of Helen Elizabeth Brown's personal articles and clippings having to do with Brown's law career and advocacy for the rights of women.

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This collection consists of papers pertaining to members of Helen Ridgely's family. Included are papers of her grandparents Leonice Sampson and Joseph White Moulton, her parents Josephine Moulton and John Stewart, her husband Captain John Ridgely, and their son Julian White Ridgely.

The papers span the years 1840-1918.

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This collection contains the incoming correspondence of Helen West Stewart Ridgely. The letters are largely from her grandmother, mother, sister, brother, husband and children. The letters detail the life of a Baltimore society matron in the late 19th century and especially reveal child rearing practices.

Abstract A cousin of Francis Scott Key, Henry G. S. Key was a wealthy landowner and political leader in St. Mary's County, Md. during the 19th century. His papers include business, financial, and land records as well as his correspondence. Some of his letters contain the names and ages of the slaves he owned. Also of note in this collection are documents related to the Maryland-Pennsylvania-Delaware boundary commission and a copy of a Francis Scott Key poem entitled "Safe at sea again" written in an...

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This collection consists of a xerox copy of a diary attributed to Henry Moore, a Baltimore merchant. The diary covers the period 1807-1809, and records his trip from Baltimore to Knoxville, Tennesse to establish a business.

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The Henry Steele papers contain deeds, leases, correspondece and other papers of Henry, Anne, and James Steele, with lists and photostatic and typed copies of documents in the collection.

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This collection contains a two volume autobiography of Joshua Webster Hering, two scrapbooks, and 18 miscellaneous items.