Writings, 1914-1924 and undated

This series contains Hanna's writings on Baltimore, civil service employment and compensation, genealogy notes and other miscellaneous topics.

The Baltimore materials contain references to buildings, the condition of the streets and the cost of real estate. He noted that the city was known as a "great southern gathering place and a convention city." Much of the civil service materials are incomplete sets of numbered pages. Hanna wrote frequently about his wish that "talented" and "educated ladies and gentlemen" be trained for employment in the civil service. He argued for adequate compensation and generous pensions to attract and retain valuable workers. He listed names and dates of service of men who left the Customs Service for non-government work at much higher salaries.

Hanna believed he descended from Oliver Cromwell through his maternal grandmother, a Fleetwood. His research included drawing the monument on the grave of his great grandfather, Jacob Small. He also traced his Hanna ancestors and their descendants.

Several of the miscellaneous writings dated between 1914 and 1924 are concerned with his interest in civil service employment and pensions. Others include poems and discourses on manufacturing, taxation, chicken feed, Easter, the Missouri Compromise, and American history.

The four groups in this series, Baltimore, Civil Service, Genealogy, and Miscellaneous, are arranged alphabetically.