MAN. Manuscript Collections

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This collections contains legal records from the Cecil County, (Md.) Court, 1746-1831.

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The material in this collection ranges in dates from 1744-1969. Most of the material consists of deeds, leases, bonds, loans, papers of the family, and the letters and papers of Mrs. Lottie Chapman Antrim dealing with her search for proof of Revolutionary War soldiers who were ancestors. There is also a history of the Principio Company, a history of the Mt. Paran Church, and two original copies of the sale of negro slaves.

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This collections contains the records of the Charcoal Club School of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1888 to 1970.

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This collection contains 30 items written to, by, or about Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832). Included are personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous accounts, records, and invoices.

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The collection consists of seven general store account books, one school account book combined with general store accounts, and one day book of the Charles F. Manahan and Son General Store, located in Sabillasville, Frederick County, Maryland. Interleaved within the pages are tax and cash register receipts, customer receipts, promissory notes, correspondence, and a pharmaceutical advertisement

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The collection contains Charles J. and Ellen C. Bonaparte’s correspondence with Ellen’s cousin, Mabel B. Whitney and her husband, Dr. David E. Wheeler. The letters discuss family matters, including travel arrangements and health.

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This collection contains papers covering a broad spectrum of the life of Charles Joseph Bonaparte. Papers are arranged chronologically unless otherwise noted.

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The Charles Ridgely papers contains papers pertaining to Captain Charles Ridgely, 1733-1790; his nephew and heir Charles Carnan Ridgely, 1769-1829; Charles Carnan Ridgely's son John Ridgely, 1792-1867; John's father-in-law (and distant relative) Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, 1771-1829; and John's son Charles, 1830-1872.

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This collection contains the personal correspondence and diaries of Charles Sidney Winder, a captain in the United States army and later a Confederate general who was killed in 1862. Also included is a letter from McHenry Howard to Winder's widow describing her husband's death, as well as newspaper clippings detailing the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the conflict in which Winder was killed. The collection spans 1852-1862.

Scope and Contents Photostatic copies of papers and letters to the Chase family of Maryland, particularly of Annapolis, spanning 1714-1855. Letters are to and from Reverend Richard Chase, Reverend Thomas Chase, Thomas Chase (1774-1826), Matilda Chase (d.1829), Judge Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828), Judge Samuel Chase (1741-1811), and Ann Chase (1711-1852). There is also correspondence between Maryanne Caton, Robert G. Harper, and Miss Ann Chase and genealogical information on the Chase, Townley, and...