Poetry

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This collection contains the papers and photographs of the Appleby family of Maryland, along with related families of Shield, Ball, Welby, Martin, Irving, and Culver. Included are correspondence, poetry, genealogical notes, miscellaneous papers, and photographs, circa 1830-1980.

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This collection contains an album of verse, inscribed by various hands, to Theodosia Barriere.

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Scrapbook of newspaper articles pertaining chiefly to the secession movement, Civil War politics and battles, and other news events of the period. Also contains essays, speeches, poetry and songs, many on Civil War themes.

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The Cohen family collection contains correspondence between several family members regarding several topics including civil rights, genealogy, and Fort McHenry. The materials in the collection are dated from 1818 to 1945.

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Commonplace book, 1844-1849, of Eliza Dall Thomas, kept while a student at the Patapsco Female Institute. Consists of compositions and poetry, some of which are originals by Eliza Dall Thomas, and quotes from literature. Subjects include friendship, womanhood, courtship, and marriage.

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Richa Gratz Etting was born in 1826, as the daughter of Solomon and Rachel Etting. The collection consists of two albums of poetry, notes, pictures, and sketches related to family members.

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This collection contains the papers of James Morrison Harris, a Baltimore lawyer and member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland. The dates of the collection span 1778-1928.

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This collection contains both handwritten poetry and newspaper clippings of published poems by James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), author of "Maryland, My Maryland", circa 1858-1865, and undated.

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The album contains 258 pages, including 76 poems and drawings, mostly by Baltimore friends of Lucy Holmes, contributed 1826-1848. A poem on p.55, headed, `Original' (but later known under the title `Alone') is in the hand of Edgar Allan Poe, as is another untitled poem of three stanzas on p.51, by W.H. Poe - copied at his request by E.A. Poe - . Both are believed to have been written circa 1829.

Abstract This collection primarily contains materials related to Mary Ann West (1800-1882), a Baltimore artist whose illustrations were published in Elizabeth Washington Wirt's "Flora's Dictionary," a comprehensive guide to the language of flowers, circa 1829. Included in the collection is a handwritten manuscript of "Flora's Dictionary", land deeds and clippings on Vaux Hall in Baltimore County, letters to Mary Ann West, poetry, West's last will and testament, genealogical research on the West and...