Maryland -- History -- War of 1812

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This collection consists of four typescripts of family history of the ancestors of Robert Lyon Mayall. The information in the typescripts was compiled from primary sources in the Maryland Historical Society.

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This collection consists primarily of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family, 1712-1876. The letters reflect land affairs, business topics, and family news.

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This scrapbook contains various correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to the Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland's events, members, and functions, especially memorials and celebrations honoring battles fought in Maryland.

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This collection includes the notes, drafts, galleys, page proofs, and correspondence for the book entitled Star-Spangled Books: Books, Sheet Music, Newspapers, Manuscripts and Persons Associated with "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by P. William Filby and Edward G. Howard and published in 1972.

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Day book of Thomas Beall (1748-1819), merchant of Georgetown, covers years 1812-1819 with additional entries in another hand for 1820.

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This artifical collection consists of diverse items reflecting Maryland's role in the War of 1812. Most of the collection is comprised of letters and documents dating from 1812 to 1814, although relevant items before and after these dates are also included. Correspondence reflects the nature of the war and the significance attached to it.

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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.

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The Wilmer – Hoffman – Deford Manuscript Collection follow different branches of the Deford family tree, highlighting the lives of various, but eventually connected, families, extending from 1777 to 1999. The bulk of the papers (1777 – 1981) center around individual members of the families including James P. Wilmer, Wilmer Hoffman, RC Hoffman, and Mary Dorothea Hoffman Deford.

Abstract The Wilson papers contains a collection of personal and business papers of members of Wilson family, principally, Reverend Franklin Wilson, a Baptist minister, and his wife Virginia Appleton Wilson; his son, John Appleton Wilson, an architect, and daughter Adelaide S. Wilson, and granddaughter, Virginia Appleton Wilson. Papers include correspondence, diaries, account books, scrapbooks, photographs, legal documents, church records and records of John Appleton's architectural firm. Topics...