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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 278 Collections and/or Records:

Washington Monument papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0876
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, financial records, minute books, visitors' books, drawings, contracts, and maps related to the design and construction of the George Washington Monument in Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dates: 1810-1843

Weir collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3289
Abstract

This collection contains the personal, financial, and business papers of Robert Weir Jr. (1846-1930), of Baltimore. The bulk of the collection pertains to Weir's financial endeavors in the stock market, as well as household accounts and receipts.

Dates: 1816-circa 1940s

Wetherall family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3117
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, deeds, wills, and other ephemera of the Wetherall and related families.

Dates: 1828 - 1957

Wickes correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0179
Abstract

Miscellaneous correspondence of Kent County family, mainly addressed to Joseph Wickes and Simon A. Wickes. Business (law), family, social news are dealt with.

Dates: 1822 - 1866

William Dunlop Brackenridge collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0088
Abstract

This collection contains the letters of William Dunlop Brackenridge concerning the Wilkes Expedition 1838, and botanical gardens.

Dates: 1834 - 1933

William Faris ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0348
Abstract This small collection consisting of four folders is primarily comprised of loose pages mounted with pressed leaves and flowers from the garden of Annapolis silversmith and clockmaker William Faris (1728-1804). Dates and notes are sometimes included on the page. The collection also contains Faris' drafts of letters to the London merchants Drusina, Ridder, and Clark; a playbill for the West Street Theatre in Annapolis that mentions tickets can be "had at Mr. Faris's"; and several pages of...
Dates: 1783-1799

William H. Winder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0919
Abstract

This collection contains military papers and correspondence of General William H. Winder (1775-1824). The materials relate to his activities during the War of 1812 and subsequent court martial after the defeat at Bladensburg, Maryland. Posthumous material consists of his son’s correspondence concerning his father.

Dates: 1807-1879; Majority of material found in 1812-1820

William J. Ward collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3056
Abstract Summary: This collection is the personal and business papers of William J. Ward, 1808-1892, consisting of: business and family correspondence; indentures, deeds depositions, land plats, and other legal documents; receipts, lists, and other financial documents; printed materials; and a garden journal. Some correspondence in the collection mentions Civil War Reconstruction issues from the perspective of a Southern Sympathizer. Of particular interest is a sermon by William J. Ward, published in...
Dates: 1725-1911

William M. Andersen collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3290
Abstract

This collection primarily contains the outgoing correspondence of William Madsen Andersen, 2nd Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, 1917-1919. Stationed at Base Hospital #18 in Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, France, Lt. Andersen's letters home to his parents and sister contain evidence of his daily life as a non-combative officer in World War I.

Dates: 1880 April 21-1944 August 11; Majority of material found within 1917 June 8-1919 February 23

William M. Andersen World War I collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3140
Abstract

This collection contains documents relating to William Madsen Andersen’s service in the Quartermaster Corps during World War I.

Dates: 1916-1934; Majority of material found in 1916-1919