![[Virginians in War-Torn America:] American Union Commission, Maryland Branch Office ... Baltimore, November 1865 [opening lines of printed circular]. G S. Griffith et. al.](/pictures/thumb/3726743_1.jpg?v=1534362461)
The American Civil War ended, disenfranchised Virginians are suffering and Marylanders are asked to help. The American Union Commission was “...constituted for the purpose of... Read More
![[Two Manuscript Day Books, 1866–1871 and 1886–1892, Kept by William A. Stewart of Baltimore, Maryland House of Delegates Speaker and Jurist, with a Third Volume kept by Stewart’s Son.]. William A. Stewart.](/images/noimage-req.png)
The personal and professional life of prominent and affluent Baltimorean William A. Stewart (1825-1892) are documented in these two manuscript notebooks kept by him between... Read More
Promotional leaflet from 1929 with an uplifting graphic showing a sailing ship plowing the waves; three planes soar overhead. The city skyline is in the... Read More
Collection of six autograph letters signed by theatrical producer John Grieves, all written to his colleague Joseph F. Smith, likely in Philadelphia. The letters, written... Read More
Intriguing 11-page draft manuscript indictment by jurors in Baltimore alleging perjury to and contempt of election judges and disloyalty to the federal and state governments... Read More
Large archive of 188 behind-the-scenes, parade, and performance circus photographs kept by Edward Ruppert of Baltimore. A member of the Circus Fans Association of America... Read More
Commission to summon witness John Higginbotham of Baltimore to give evidence in a Mississippi trial case, Kettlewell, Wilson, and Hilliard v. James Payne. The commission... Read More
Military discharge document for Private Will T. Johnson of Philadelphia’s “Gray Invincibles,” an African American infantry militia unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Baltimore-native Johnson... Read More
The American Art Scene in 1845 American etcher, painter, and watercolorist John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903) here writes to Hudson River artist Jasper F. Cropsey (1823–1900)... Read More
