Thomas Ferguson collection
Abstract
This collection contains the letterbook of Thomas Ferguson, Baltimore merchant, with copies of communications to correspondents in ports from Boston to New Orleans. The letters show extensive dealings in tobacco, wheat, oil, and other staple articles, and contains some holograph copies. Also included is an account book begun by Thomas Ferguson, dry goods merchant, and continued as William B[oyd] Ferguson & Co., Union Mills, Baltimore, mustard, flour, sugar & cocoa refiners. The book is titled "Cooperage Ac Book" but contains notations of wages paid "sundry mechanics".
Dates
- 1825 - 1867
Creator
- Ferguson, Thomas, 1791-1851 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Erwin R. Roach, April 1946.
Creator
- Ferguson, Thomas, 1791-1851 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas Ferguson collection
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2026-03-02: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Harwerth.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org