Legal documents.

Scope and Content Note This collection contains both personal and business papers belonging to Col. Oswald Tilghman. The personal correspondence deals with family genealogy, societies and organizations, and politics. The business papers deal with some legal work but mostly with real estate transactions for property on the Eastern Shore including Beverly, Wye Heights, Mister’s Farm, Readbourne, Renwick Farm, Morling’s Neglect, and the Harrison property in Talbot County. There are also receipts, banking, and...

Scope and Contents Note This collection contains a letter from Ezekiel Chambers to George Willis Esq., Secretary to the Board of Visitors & Governors of St. John’s College, regarding a circular he received about their reorganizing the college to “make it worthy of its patriotic founding.” He also talks about how Washington College has been striving to make itself a strong institution of higher education on the Eastern Shore. The dockets are from his time as a lawyer. The originals are housed at the...

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This collection contains correspondence with Hopewell H. Barroll. Some request letters of recommendation for various positions with Washington College, one regards an honorary degree from Dickinson College for Thomas S. Hodson. Includes commencement materials for Yale and Washington College. There are also legal papers related to Barroll’s work as a lawyer.

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...

Scope and Content Note This collection contains the papers of Marion Weeks including correspondence, financial documents, and her writings. Marion inherited her aunt Frances Denton’s house, 107 Water St. in Chestertown, Md. Along with the house Marion also inherited her aunt’s papers which included correspondence, financials, and information on the Denton branch of the family.This collection has been separated into 4 series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Manuscripts; Series 3: Personal Papers;...

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This collection contains materials related to the Board of Visitors & Governors at Washington College from its earliest inception. It includes correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and deeds related to college property. Due to a fire that destroyed the original college building in 1827 many of the earliest records of the college were lost.