Stirling collection

The Stirling Collection contains a wide variety of manuscript items most of which relate to the Stirling family of Shane, Maryland, in the seventh district of Baltimore County. The collection includes deeds, indentures, wills, plats, surveys, tax levies, receipts, promissory notes, bills of sale, account books, and correspondence. The collection spans the years ca. 1760 to 1923 although the bulk of the material dates from 1850 to 1900.

The collection is divided into three groups. Deeds, indentures, plats and surveys dating from ca. 1760 - 1880 constitute one section. Correspondence between members and friends of the Stirling family, ca. 1830 - 1900, make up part of another section. Also included are bills of sale, receipts, and tax levies. A third section consists mainly of material relating to Dr. William Millard Stirling of Baltimore and Parkton, Maryland. Includes correspondence, some bills and receipts, and material dealing with his years at the University of Maryland Medical School.

The collection also contains nine volumes: 5 account books and one checkbook owned by John Stirling, 1879-1901; 1 volume listing ground rents, owned by Archibald Stirling, 1839-1875; and 4 account books, 1901-1908, owned by William Millard Stirling.