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Purviance papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1394
Abstract
The Purviance papers contains correspondence pertaining to the Maryland Committee of Safety, of which Robert and Samuel Purviance were both members during the Revolutionary war. These letters describe the progress of the campaigns, as well as the efforts to provide supplies of salt, guns, and ammunition for the soldiers of the Continental Army. Also included in the collection is Robert Purviance Jr.'s handwritten manuscript, A Narrative of Events which Occurred in...
Dates:
1766-1849
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Robert Gilmor papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0387.1
Abstract
This manuscript collection was assembled and donated by the Gilmor family in 1845. Among others, the papers include correspondence with important figures in the French and Indian War, as well as the American Revolution.
Dates:
1689-1845
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library