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Bloomsbury Farm account books

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0006

Abstract

Accounts of receipts and expenses of Bloomsbury Farm, Columbus Shipley, Overseer. Surname Walkins appears numerous times in these accounts. Frederick County was the residence for many of the Walkins family.

Dates

  • 1849 - 1862

Conditions Governing Access

Public use restricted to microfilm: see Manuscripts Department microfilm Antebellum Southern Plantations Microfilm Collection, Reel 12.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Related to Bloomsbury Forge? Built in ca. 1749 in Frederick County in Urbana District, by Roger Johnson.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (3 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Miss Dorsey Williams, 1949.

Title
Guide to the Bloomsbury Farm account books
Status
Minimally Processed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2021-08-04: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.

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