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Key, Henry Harwood, undated

 Item — Box: 4
Identifier: CSPH 076

Dates

  • undated

Biographical / Historical

Henry Harwood Key (1827-1889) was the son of Francis Scott Key, Jr., (1806-1866) and Elizabeth Lloyd Harwood (1808-1902). Key was a United States naval officer, commissioned Third Lieutenant on 10 March 1855. He resigned his commission in 1857. Key worked with the publishing house D. Appleton & Co., in New York, where he lived for many years with his wife and daughter, Helen Key Stone (1867-1951). He died in Mobile, Alabama, and was buried in Annapolis, Maryland.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints : Cased daguerreotype ; 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. John Wistone-Alcott. January 18, 1937.

Physical Description

Paper-mache case inlaid with Mother of Pearl and painted. Back reads "My Father Henry Harwood Key. Helen Key Stone."

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750