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Maryland -- Social life and customs -- History -- Sources

 Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Pleasant Hunter Family papers

 Collection 0280-MDHC
Abstract

This collection contains a group of business-related letters, addressed to a Pleasant Hunter, mainly from correspondents in Annapolis and Baltimore. Hunter was active in local politics and was the county sheriff of Baltimore County for many years. Also includes letters addressed to Sheriff Hunter's daughter, Laura ("Lida") Hunter in which the women describe their families, personal relationships and jobs.

Dates: 1852-1890; Majority of material found within 1860-1870

Thomas Kensett Family papers

 Collection 0301-MDHC
Abstract

Correspondence between Thomas Kensett to his Baltimore fiancee, Gertrude W. Brown, during their courtship. Topics include day-to-day life, ill health, dental work, a poem about the joys of smoking, and skin problems. Also included are documents pertaining to the couple's daughter, Gertrude Kensett Vanderhoef, including her 1906 will. A sister collection may be found at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore (MS 2854).

Dates: 1856-1908; Majority of material found within 1873-1879

John McDowell papers

 Collection 0104-MDHC
Abstract

The collection consists of letters written to the lawyer and educator John McDowell (1751-1820) of Peters Township, Cumberland, now Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Among the correspondents is Charles Goldsborough, member of Congress and Maryland's last Federalist governor. Subjects include personal and family affairs, anti-war feelings, and the democratization of Maryland.

Dates: 1790-1818; Majority of material found within 1811-1818