Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--History.

Scope and Contents Note This collection contains a letter book from 1884-1897, maintained by James A. Pearce, for the Diocese of Easton. It is comprised of drafts of letters written by Pearce during his service as Chancellor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Easton. The majority of the letters are addressed to other Episcopalian clergies, including Bishop Henry C. Lay, Bishop William Forbes Adams, and the Reverend R.R. Walker, among others. Topics addressed in the correspondence include rules governing the...

Scope and Contents Note This collection contains the papers of Col. Joseph Wickes. Many of the papers are legal documents from his law practice while there are also various financial records. The collection has been organized alphabetically by subject. As Maryland was a slave state there are numerous documents dealing with the inventory, sale, and hire of enslaved African Americans. As well as legal dealings with free African Americans. There is a contemporary compiles Wickes family genealogy at the end of the...

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This collection contains a transcript of a letter written by Robert C. Thackery to the editor of The Cecil Whig. It was published in the June 14, 1870 paper. The letter was written in Chestertown, while Thackery was a student at Washington College. In this letter, Thackery laments the fact that people on the Eastern Shore are not sending their children to Washington College, and implores them to do so.