Box 02
Container
Contains 32 Results:
Biographical research
File — Box: 02, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Note
From the Record Group:
This collection contains the papers of the early Presidents of Washington College. Beginning with Washington College’s first President William Smith through it’s fourteenth Dr. Charles W. Reid. Francis Waters served two times as President making him the fifth and nineth President. Due to the fires of 1827 and 1916 many of the early records were lost including the identity of the Presidents from 1805-1813. These papers consist of original materials, research from primary and secondary...
Dates:
1752-1997
Certificate of Ordination correspondence
File — Box: 02, Folder: 12
Scope and content note
Regarding the location and ownership of the certificate.
Dates:
1752-1997
Circulating library, 1831 August 6
File — Box: 02, Folder: 13
Scope and content note
Regarding the creation of a circulating library in Chestertown by Elijah J. Coale and Colin Ferguson.
Dates:
1831 August 6
"Colin Ferguson and Archibald Walker: Leading the Instruction at Washington College Between 1789 and 1805" by Gerald F. Vaughn
File — Box: 02, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents Note
From the Record Group:
This collection contains the papers of the early Presidents of Washington College. Beginning with Washington College’s first President William Smith through it’s fourteenth Dr. Charles W. Reid. Francis Waters served two times as President making him the fifth and nineth President. Due to the fires of 1827 and 1916 many of the early records were lost including the identity of the Presidents from 1805-1813. These papers consist of original materials, research from primary and secondary...
Dates:
1752-1997
Descendants of Colin Ferguson, 1843-1973
File — Box: 02, Folder: 15
Scope and content note
Letters and notes from and regarding the decendants of Colin Ferguson, including a letter to Ann Taylor from Charles Taylor, August 31, 1833, grandson of Colin.
Dates:
1843-1973
Colin Ferguson, Sr. will, 1800
File — Box: 02, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents Note
From the Record Group:
This collection contains the papers of the early Presidents of Washington College. Beginning with Washington College’s first President William Smith through it’s fourteenth Dr. Charles W. Reid. Francis Waters served two times as President making him the fifth and nineth President. Due to the fires of 1827 and 1916 many of the early records were lost including the identity of the Presidents from 1805-1813. These papers consist of original materials, research from primary and secondary...
Dates:
1800
Daniel Ferguson bond, 1807
File — Box: 02, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents Note
From the Record Group:
This collection contains the papers of the early Presidents of Washington College. Beginning with Washington College’s first President William Smith through it’s fourteenth Dr. Charles W. Reid. Francis Waters served two times as President making him the fifth and nineth President. Due to the fires of 1827 and 1916 many of the early records were lost including the identity of the Presidents from 1805-1813. These papers consist of original materials, research from primary and secondary...
Dates:
1807
John Ferguson estate, 1836; 1842
File — Box: 02, Folder: 18
Scope and content note
Includes an 1836 statement of the estate and a copy of the estate's receipt to Bryant & Lanhorn from the Joseph R. Wickes papers.
Dates:
1836; 1842
Rebecca Ferguson legal documents, 1827; undated
File — Box: 02, Folder: 19
Scope and content note
Documents regarding the division of Colin Ferguson's estate to his wife Rebecca.
Dates:
1827; undated
Grave site research, 1988
File — Box: 02, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents Note
From the Record Group:
This collection contains the papers of the early Presidents of Washington College. Beginning with Washington College’s first President William Smith through it’s fourteenth Dr. Charles W. Reid. Francis Waters served two times as President making him the fifth and nineth President. Due to the fires of 1827 and 1916 many of the early records were lost including the identity of the Presidents from 1805-1813. These papers consist of original materials, research from primary and secondary...
Dates:
1988