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Bordley family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0064
Abstract Correspondents include sons, Stephen, William and John Beale Bordley, Samuel Chew, Patrick Hepburn, and Daniel Dulaney. Included are medical diagnoses and records; and journal of Thomas Bordley's voyage to England. Volume containing copies of letters exchanged by James T. Early and family, 1830. Seven letters from William Hollyday, 1852-60. 24 letters to James T. Earle, Howard, 1830-32. Also patents, deeds, and numerous other land records. Also included are Bordley's correspondence and notes...
Dates: 1720 - 1955

Charles Carroll papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0216
Abstract Letters and papers of Charles Carroll of Carrollton 1737-1832 relating to contemporary politics, including Stamp Act; jurisdiction of Federal Courts in criminal cases; analysis of proposed Constitution; copy of Carroll's journal of voyage to England, 1757. Mid-18th century land papers, lists of ground rent and rent in arrears, 1804 and 1826; miscellaneous family correspondence of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Other items include Charles Carroll Sr.'s petition to General Assembly June, 1778;...
Dates: 1750 - 1854

Frick family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2703
Abstract

The Frick family papers includes papers of socially prominent Baltimore and Washington, D.C. families, primarily from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century. The three main families are the Fricks, Poultneys, and Turnbulls, but scattered items from related Sloan, Carroll, Denison, Brown, Ramsay, and Spense families are here as well. The papers include correspondence, genealogies, accounts, land papers, diaries, travel diaries, and recipe books.

Dates: 1747-1960

Gorsuch-Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2733
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of the Gorsuch and Mitchell families of "Retreat Farm," Baltimore County, Maryland. The collection consists of estate papers, including financial, legal and land records. The collection also contains diaries, medical account books, correspondence, and documents related to enslaved individuals. Other families represented include Bowen, Stansbury, Ensor, Merryman, and Matthews.

Dates: 1698 - 1921