Martin Tschudy papers
Collection
0516-MDHC
Martin Tschudy (or Tschudi) (1740-1828) was born in Switzerland and came to the United States of America as a young man. In the early nineteenth century, Tschudy owned and operated a gristmill on land known as “Sly’s Venture” along Gwynns Falls, Baltimore County. The collection materials also record that Tschudy enslaved three people. This collection contains legal documents pertaining to the disposition of the estate of Martin Tschudy and his wife, Mary Magdalene Myers.
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The Martin Tschudy papers cover the years 1823 to 1825 and include some undated materials from that time period. This collection contains legal documents pertaining to the disposition of the estate of Martin Tschudy and his wife, Mary Magdalene Myers.
Martin Tschudy (or Tschudi) (1740-1828) was born in Switzerland and came to the United States of America as a young man. In the early nineteenth century, Tschudy owned and operated a gristmill on land known as “Sly’s Venture” along Gwynns Falls, Baltimore County. The collection materials also record that Tschudy enslaved three people. In 1770 he married Mary Magdalene Myers (1750-1833) and they lived in what is now Dickeyville, Maryland; they were devout Methodists. At the time of the creation of these documents (1823-1825), their surviving children were Weinbert (1778-1840), Samuel (1789-1868), and Sara (1795-after 1860?), the wife of Charles Peregoy.
This collection is organized as one series.
The Martin Tschudy papers were purchased from Ian Brabner Rare Americana by the University of Maryland Libraries in 2014.
The materials have been placed in an acid-free folder in an acid-free box.
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