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Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Social life and customs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Burchinal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0006
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains Joseph Burchinal’s correspondence, course work, speeches and other materials during and after his education at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Included in his correspondence are two letters that discuss the beginning of the Civil War and mention soldiers in Chestertown, the other is on stationary with an image of Uncle Sam kicking Jeff Davis. There are also letters to two of Washington College’s presidents and Dr. Montgomery Jones. In Burchinal’s course...
Dates: 1855-1863

M. Palmer Carroll autograph album

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0010
Scope and Contents Note

This collection is a "Mental and Portrait Album" kept by M. Palmer Carroll of Chestertown, Maryland. It asks different individuals to answer twenty-two questions. They are the same questions throughout the album. Each entry has a name and address, and occasionally a photograph of the individual. Questions include; "sweetest word in the world" and "the saddest", "character traits you admire", and "what is your motto?"

Dates: 1895-1899