Abstract

This collection is comprised primarily of land patents granted to the Dorsey family in Frederick County, Maryland during the 1750s.

Abstract

This collection consists of documents from Frederick County, Maryland. The bulk of the collection is made up of land indentures but also included are deeds, bills of sale, mortgages, petitions, bonds, promissory notes, and recognizances for Raphael Taney, Joseph Chapline, Daniel Dulany, Matthew Bartgis, and the Lohr family.

Abstract A collection of letters, deeds, accounts, etc. of the Maynard family and related families of Higgens, Beatty, etc. of Montgomery, Prince Georges, and, particularly, Frederick County. The correspondence comments on family news, agriculture, economics, and most often, religion. There are numerous references to methodism such as the description of plans for an 1802 quarterly meeting and an account of an 1840 camp meeting at Baltimore; there are also references to study at Princeton Seminary in...