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Oden, Benjamin, 1762-1836

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Oden papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0178
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Benjamin Oden, a tobacco merchant and landowner of Upper Marlborough, Prince George's County, Maryland. Earliest materials show the conditions of Anglo-American trade, and subsequent items concern land sales and acquisitions; tobacco sales and cultivation; slaves and slave management; banking; and family matters.

Dates: 1755-1836