MAN. Manuscript Collections

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This scrapbook contains various correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to the Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland's events, members, and functions, especially memorials and celebrations honoring battles fought in Maryland.

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This collection consists of various ballet and theater programs from performances in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New York City.

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This collection contains correspondence to and from the Spafford family of Fells Point, Baltimore. Also included are miscellaneous legal and financial papers.

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This collection contains the records of "Old" St. Paul's Church in Baltimore City, including: Parish registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths.

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This collection includes the notes, drafts, galleys, page proofs, and correspondence for the book entitled Star-Spangled Books: Books, Sheet Music, Newspapers, Manuscripts and Persons Associated with "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by P. William Filby and Edward G. Howard and published in 1972.

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This collection contains the papers of William Tell Steiger (1801-1888) and his wife, Hannah Van Patten Steiger (fl. 1865-1900), both of Brightwood Farm near Laurel in Howard County, Maryland. This collection well documents the agrarian lifestyle that characterized pre-industrial America.

Abstract This collection contains the correspondence, diaries, account books, and business papers of several generations of the Steuart family. The Steuarts were wealthy plantation owners with estates in Baltimore and Anne Arundel County and were also strong supporters of slavery. The materials in the collection mainly pertain to a trust estate established in 1861 by Major General George H. Steuart (1790-1867), who served in the War of 1812 and joined the Confederate States of Amercia during the...

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This collection is an index of papers relating to the Colonial History of Maryland in Great Britain's Public Record Office, compiled by Henry Stevens.

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The Stirling collection contains a wide variety of manuscript items most of which relate to the Stirling family of Shane, Maryland, in the 7th district of Baltimore County. The collection includes deeds, indentures, wills, plats, surveys, tax levies, receipts, promissory notes, bills of sale, account books, and correspondence.

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This collection contains the parish registers, membership roll books, church guest books, church minutes, and treasurer's reports for Strawbridge Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore. Also included is a typescript history of the church written by Susanna A. Forsyth.