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Frederick County (Md.) -- Archival resources

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Davis Family papers

 Collection 0008-MDHC
Abstract This collection contains the papers of the Davis family, who owned a farm in Frederick County, Maryland, for over a hundred years. The papers consist of financial records, including farm ledgers, account books, land deeds, wills, domestic receipts and bills, business correspondence, and records of investments. It is known from these records that William Morsell Sr. enslaved a man named Abraham on their farm, William Morsell Jr. enslaved one person, and Eli Davis enslaved six people. The...
Dates: 1784-1967; Majority of material found within 1890-1945