Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph R. Wickes papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0066
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...
Dates:
1672-1865
Robert C. Thackery letter (transcript)
Collection — Box Multi 05
Identifier: MS-0143
Scope and Contents Note
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.
Dates:
1870 June 14