Autobiography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Davis journals
Collection
Identifier: MS 0186
Abstract
This collection contains two volumes of reflections written by John Davis (1770-1851), a clerk of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the first Superintendant of the Baltimore Waterworks.
Dates:
1846 - 1855
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
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Davis journals
Henry Winter Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0286
Abstract
This collection contains the manuscript autobiography of Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), covering his early life at Annapolis, Kenyon College, and University of Virginia. Also included is a letter from Abraham Lincoln, March 18, 1863, "not for publication", stressing importance of agreement among those U. S. Representatives supporting the Union, with regard to election of House Speaker.
Dates:
1817 - 1863
Found in:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
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Henry Winter Davis papers
Thomas Ridout reminiscences, 1769-1788
Collection
Identifier: MS 0367
Abstract
This collection contains an undated, typed account of 1769-1788, Thomas Ridout's youth, family, and education in accounts in London, his residence in Maryland from 1774-1779, with descriptions of his life as a farmer and visits to Annapolis, adventures on a voyage to the West Indies, then to Europe. He recounts relations and business ventures in America during the Revolutionary War, and his travels in the Western part of Pennsylvania after the Revolution, culminating in his capture by the...
Dates:
undated