Women -- Maryland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Preston Family papers
Collection
0124-MDHC
Abstract
The Prestons were an upper-middle-class family in nineteenth-century Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland. William P. Preston, a lawyer who dabbled in state and local politics, his wife Margaret "Madge" Smith Preston, and their daughter May Preston McNeal recorded, through their correspondence, diaries, and other documents. The family lived on Pleasant Plains farm in Baltimore, and records show that they enslaved people on both the farm and the family residence. The papers include...
Dates:
1799-1916; Majority of material found within 1828-1894