42 TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT

DELAWARE PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION: Announcement of "Hard Times Soshul"
to be held in Galena M.E. Chapel, October 28, 1896. Gift.

DODGE, MISS MARY A.: Dodge Collection, including papers, account books and other
items relating to the Anthony family of Caroline and Talbot Counties. Account
books are for the most part personal records kept by Aaron Anthony (d. 1826)
from 1794 to 1826. Ledger A includes birth records of Aaron's children and of
his negroes, one of whom was Frederick Douglass. A copy of Douglass's book
My Bondage and My Freedom contains marginal comments by Aaron's great
granddaughter. Other items are (1) deeds, surveys and wills relating to land
on the Tuckahoe, 1664-1826; (2) bills of the Anthony family, 1826-1864; (3)
two letters from a nephew of Frederick Douglass to members of the Anthony
family written in 1894. 2 cubic feet. Gift.

GREEN, MISS MARY FARQUHAR: Green Collection, including papers and account
books of the Brooke family of Montgomery County. Papers include surveys and
deeds of Brooke family property, 1733-1923, and family bills, 1815-1908.
Account books are mostly farm accounts, 1802-1903. 1 cubic foot. Gift.

HALL, MRS. WILLIAM H.: (1) Vital records of the Hall, Pindell, Fenwick, Fisher,
Watkins and other families, 1780-1870. Photostat. 8 pages. Copied from Hall-
Pindell Bible. (2) Vital records of the Hall family, 1825-1954. Photostat. 5
pages. Copied from Hall Bible. (3) Vital records of the Sellman and Hall
families, 1770-1937. Photostat. 4 pages. Copied from Sellman Bible. (4) Vital
records of the Estep, Tillard and Lyles families, 1788-1921. Photostat, 5 pages.
Copied from Tillard-Estcp Bible. Gift.

HEMPHILL, JOHN M., II: Hemphill's Notes comprising notes compiled from various
sources by Mr. Hemphill for the purpose of writing a history of Annapolis
and Anne Arundel County in the colonial period. Principal sources are Archives
of Maryland, Maryland Gazette, Anne Arundel County Court Proceedings and
Land Records, Annapolis Corporation Records and various other manuscript
collections mainly at the Hall of Records and the Maryland Historical Society.
4 cubic feet. Deposit.

HILL, MRS. HARRY W.: Vital records of the Sellman, Stockett, Harwood, Hall, Wat-
kins, Hill and other families, 1689-1957. Photostat. 22 pages. Gift.

HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS, INC.: William Brewer's Tavern Ledgers, 1810-1820. 10 volumes.
Microfilm. Gift.

KELLER, MRS. OWEN B.: Family tree showing descendants of Caspar Keller, "The
Miller of Langanore," Washington County. Blueprint. 1 page. Gift.

KING, ROLAND N.: Calvert County Register of Births, 1898-1923, 5 volumes and
Register of Deaths, 1898-1914, 1918-1926, 1929-1930, 6 volumes. Deposit.

LUTZ, OTHEIO L.: "History of Old Trinity Church, Church Creek, Maryland" by
Clara M. Stephens. Typed manuscript. 46 pages. Microfilm. Gift.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Tax, 1782
and Tax Lists of Anne Arundel County, 1782, 1783. From the Scharf
Papers. Microfilm. Gift.

MASSEY, VALENTINE: "Moss Book" by James E. Moss. Contains genealogical informa-
tion concerning the Moss family beginning with Richard Mosse (d. 1622)
1 looseleaf binder. Microfilm. Gift.

MONTGOMERY, MRS. JAMES E.: "Reminiscences of the South" by Bishop James
Ridout Winchester (1852-1941). 21 typewritten pages. Microfilm. Gift.

PEGGY STEWART TEA PARTY CHAPTER, D.A.R.: Minute Book, 1954-1958. 1 ring
binder. Deposit.