Ephemera group, mostly from Hagerstown, Maryland; principally, 10 musical and choral programs from 1916 to 1920. Sponsoring organizations include the Choral Society of Hagerstown, Concert..... Read More about 1887–1951, Collection of Hagerstown, Maryland Ephemera, mostly for Musical and Choral Performances
Frank letter discussing various members of the prominent Carroll Family of Maryland who have lately arrived at Boston’s upscale Revere House hotel. Likely at Harvard..... Read More about 1849 Autograph Letter Signed Discussing the Carroll Family of Maryland by Charles Ridgely,...
Address on education delivered by Hiram Winchester of Frederick Female Seminary, an all-girls school in Frederick, Maryland. Winchester’s address, delivered in Maryland’s state capitol discusses..... Read More about A Lecture on Popular Education, delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, at Annapolis, on...
“STEM for me, but not for thee.” 1850 commencement address delivered at Frederick Female Seminary, an all-girls school founded in Frederick, Maryland in 1840. Initially..... Read More about An Address Delivered Before the Frederick Female Seminary at its Annual Commencement, July 11th,...
1852 Catalogue and circular for Frederick Female Seminary, an all-girls school founded in Frederick, Maryland by Hiram Winchester and chartered in 1840. The school, which..... Read More about Seventh Annual Catalogue and Circular of the Frederick Female Seminary, for the Year ending July...
1850 publication for Frederick Female Seminary, an all-girls school founded in Frederick, Maryland by Hiram Winchester and chartered in 1840. The school, which was divided..... Read More about Fifth Annual Circular and Catalogue of the Frederick Female Seminary, for the Year ending July...
Collection of five speeches by politicians, lawyers, and a clergyman on the controversial proposal to “repatriate” Black Americans to Africa, delivered at a meeting of..... Read More about Addresses delivered at the sixth anniversary meeting of the Maryland State Colonization Society,...
Three lectures on the fine arts by Baltimore portrait painter James Jackson (Falk’s II:1702) “respecting the Arts, and his desire to aid in giving them..... Read More about Brief Review of the Origin and Progress of the Fine Arts. Viz - of painting, engraving and...
Blunt political document by women, aimed at women and illustrated by Japanese American artist and designer Mabel Kaji (1891–1965) of Baltimore. Political broadside aimed at..... Read More about “The Monarch” [caption title of 1930 illustrated Maryland women’s political broadside...
An important history of Black Americans in Maryland; well-regarded and widely-cited by subsequent scholarship. New York: Columbia University, 1921. First edition. 362 pages + back..... Read More about The Free Negro in Maryland, 1634-1860 (Studies in History, Economics and Public Law
An investigation of slavery in the 18th century examined through the life of Job ben Solomon [Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773)], a literate Muslim slave-owner who..... Read More about The Fortunate Slave, An Illustration of African Slavery in the Early Eighteenth Century
Documentary account of a general agricultural Southern farm, a non-cotton, sugar, or rice plantation. Such farms “... constituted a most important element in the general..... Read More about Ferry Hill Plantation Journal, January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839. Edited with an Introduction and...
Political broadside issued by the Baltimore City Federation of Republican Women, aimed at women voters. It attacks the president of Johns Hopkins University, Joseph S...... Read More about Women Want Information [caption title of c.1929–1935 illustrated women’s broadside attacking...
An overview of crime and punishment in 17th-century colonial Maryland. An exhaustive study: the gamut runs from homicide and assault to livestock theft and witchcraft..... Read More about Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland
History and biographical sketches of African Americans in Maryland, from slavery times till the time of this book’s publication. Notable names, such as Frederick Douglass..... Read More about Men of Maryland
Coroner’s appointment autographed by Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842), the 24th Governor of Maryland, in office from January 1836 to January 1839. Before becoming governor, Veazey..... Read More about Thomas Ward Veazey as Maryland Governor in 1836 Appoints as Medical Coroner Samuel McBride in...
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With bold lettering, this ephemeral and off-the-cuff broadside brings a little levity during the second World War. “Who is the Most Popular Soldier at Aberdeen?”..... Read More about Aberdeen, Maryland:] “Ordnance Joe of the USO” [opening lines of broadside
A history of slavery in the state of Maryland from 1634 to 1888. From the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Extra..... Read More about The Negro in Maryland. A Study of the Institution of Slavery
Contemporary Eastern Shore, Maryland newspaper printing of George Washington’s eighth and final State of the Union Address. His address was delivered to Congress in Philadelphia..... Read More about 1796 George Washington Final State of the Union Address published in Easton, Maryland’s...
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“This volume brings into full perspective the sequence of historic events in the Delaware Valley, and shows how King James’s buffer zone had far-reaching influence..... Read More about The English on the Delaware 1610–1682. [Signed by the Author
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Fruit tree nursery trade catalog with a focus on apples and peaches issued by Snow Hill Nurseries of Worcester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Beginning..... Read More about Catalogue and Price List of the Snow Hill Nurseries Near Snow Hill, Md. [...] Worcester Co., Md
