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Legal correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

David Fowler collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1876.1
Abstract

This collection contains the personal and business papers of Judge David Fowler, Chief Judge of the Maryland Circuit Court in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1853-1911

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0142
Abstract

The Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte papers consist of correspondence, account books, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks. Topics range from her life in Baltimore, her marriage to Jerome Bonaparte and exile from France, and her struggle to secure her son's inheritance. The collection is comprised of 20 boxes.

Dates: 1785-1879

John Campbell White papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1005.2
Abstract

This collection contains supplemental papers to MS 1005, the John Campbell White papers. MS 1005.2 contains sermons, account books, legal documents and correspondence, as well as diaries and financial receipts belonging to Eliza Ridgely White. The scope of this collection spans 1764-1928 contained in 6 boxes.

Dates: 1764-1928

John Upshur Dennis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2677
Abstract

This collection contains the law school notes and incoming correspondence of Baltimore attorney, John Upshur Dennis (1846-1916). Letters discuss legal cases, leisurely activities, and news of family members in Richmond, Virginia and Somerset County, Maryland. Also included in the collection are materials such as business papers and incoming correspondence of his father, George Robertson Dennis (1822-1882), a United States Senator.

Dates: 1851-1888

Mayer-​Bradstreet correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3059
Abstract

The collection contains 42 letters from Charles Mayer and 20 letters from Brantz Mayer to Martha Bradstreet, circa 1831-1869.

Dates: 1831-1869

Oliver Family Estate papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0626.2
Abstract

This collection consists of papers of lawyer David Maulden Perine (1796-1882) who acted as the agent for the administrators and trustees of the Oliver family's various estates.

Dates: 1759-1870

Outerbridge Horsey collection of Lee, Horsey, and Carroll family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1974
Abstract

This collection consists of the personal and business correspondence of the Horsey, Lee, and Carroll families, 1684-1834. Microfilm identification numbers are included in the "General" note of each item in the container list.

Dates: 1684-1834

Perine family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0645
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of David Maulden Perine, his sons William Buchanan Perine, E. Glenn Perine, and E. Glenn's son Washington Perine. Topics covered include legal practice, especially estate settlement in Baltimore, 1820s-1880s; Bank of Maryland affair, 1834; and Washington, Glenn, and Perine family histories.

Dates: 1783-1941

Samuel K. Dennis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1139
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence and legal case files of Samuel K. Dennis, District Attorney for Maryland and later Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, 1928-1944.

Dates: 1900-1952

Troop family letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2060
Abstract

This collection consists of xerox copies of letters to and from Mrs. Elizabeth McKerlie Troop, the widow of Captain Andrew Troop who was lost at sea. The letters date 1815 to 1891 and deal primarily with the Troop family estate.

Dates: 1815-1891