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Maynard family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 2049
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...
Dates:
1732-1911
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Reverend John Lusby Pitts papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 3266
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence addressed to Reverend John Lusby Pitts, an itinerant Methodist minister in Maryland and Virginia, between 1798-1821. The majority of the letters are penned by other Methodist ministers and discuss camp meetings, revivals, conferences, politics, as well as daily life.
Dates:
1787 February 16-1826 January 17; Majority of material found within 1798 - 1821
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
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