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Slavery -- Maryland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Johnston and Donaldson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1564
Abstract

This collection contains Legal documents, land grants, court cases, and genealogy records belonging to the Johnston and Donaldson families of York County, Pensylvannia and Baltimore County, Maryland, 1767-1891.

Dates: 1767-1891
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Johnston and Donaldson papers

Levin Richardson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1405
Abstract

The collection contains materials related to Levin Richardson (1783-1874), a public notary and shipbuilder, who lived in Church Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland.

Dates: 1670-1865; Majority of material found in 1819-1865
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Levin Richardson papers

Lloyd papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2001
Abstract This collection contains farm journals, 18th and 19th centuries; land papers, late 17th and 18th, and some 19th century; personal and business correspondence, 18th and 19th centuries, of the Lloyd family of Wye House, Talbot County. Particulary concerns Edward Lloyd V (1779-1834), Governor of Maryland; Edward Lloyd VI (1798-1861), Edward Lloyd VII (1825-1907). Some material, but indirect, concerning Edward Lloyd II (1670-1718) and Philemon Lloyd (1646-1685). Farm journals and inventories...
Dates: 1658-1910
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Lloyd papers

Maryland State Colonization Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0571
Abstract

The official records of the Maryland Colonization Society, providing a full history of the administration of the society and information on the colony of Liberia.

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Dates: 1827-1902; Majority of material found in 1827-1871
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Maryland State Colonization Society records

Oden papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0178
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Benjamin Oden, a tobacco merchant and landowner of Upper Marlborough, Prince George's County, Maryland. Earliest materials show the conditions of Anglo-American trade, and subsequent items concern land sales and acquisitions; tobacco sales and cultivation; slaves and slave management; banking; and family matters.

Dates: 1755-1836
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Oden papers

Stephen Bordley letter books

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0081
Abstract

This collection contains 5 volumes of letter books of Stephen Bordley's correspondence with his friends and family. Also included is a fee book belonging to John Beale Bordley, and a partial transcription of the letter books

Dates: 1727-1759
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Stephen Bordley letter books

Steuart family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0758
Abstract This collection contains the correspondence, diaries, account books, and business papers of several generations of the Steuart family. The Steuarts were wealthy plantation owners with estates in Baltimore and Anne Arundel County and were also strong supporters of slavery. The materials in the collection mainly pertain to a trust estate established in 1861 by Major General George H. Steuart (1790-1867), who served in the War of 1812 and joined the Confederate States of Amercia during the...
Dates: 1885-1955
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Steuart family papers

Stewart family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3265
Abstract

The collection consists of documents related to the Stewart, Cromwell, and Warnken families, including two family record books listing members of the Stewart family and enslaved individuals.

Dates: circa 1786-2000
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Stewart family collection

Tilghman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2821
Abstract Papers of three sons of Richard Tilghman II (1673-1738) and their descendents, including connecting families, such as the Chew, Allen, Lawrence, and Penn families, and genealogical records. Among these materials are the papers of Edward Tilghman (1713-1785), James Tilghman (1716-1793), Edward Tilghman, Jr., William Tilghman (1756-1827), Benjamin Chew Tilghman (1821-1901), and Richard Albert Tilghman (1824-1899). The collection also includes letterbooks, day books, accounts, property books,...
Dates: 1607-1969; Majority of material found within 1760-1880
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Tilghman family papers

Tilghman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2600
Abstract

This collection spans five generations of the Richard Tilghman family of the Gross' Coate estate in Talbot County, Maryland. The papers, mostly correspondence, are divided into subgroups of land papers, papers of the four principal family members, and finally miscellaneous papers.

Dates: 1493-1940; Majority of material found in 1684-1918
Found in: H. Furlong Baldwin Library / Tilghman family papers

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