Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

William James Leonard (1816-1901)
MSA SC 3520-1564

Sources:

Books -

Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Baltimore:  National Biographical Publishing Company, 1879.

Scharf, J. Thomas.  History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day.  Harboro, PA:  Tradition Press, 1967.

Wagandt, Charles Lewis.  The Mighty Revolution:  Negro Emancipation in Maryland, 1862-1864.  Baltimore:  The Johns Hopkins Press, 1964.

Newspaper articles -

Leonard, William J.  "To the voters of the First Congressional District of Maryland."  Baltimore American, 3 October 1864.

"Col. Leonard Dead."  Denton Journal, 19 October 1901.

Obituary.  Baltimore News, 16 October 1901.

Other sources -

Allen Sparrow v. Richard H. Grove.  Maryland Court of Appeals.  31 Md. 214.

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Claims) MSA S 625-1.

Comptroller of the Treasury.  Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury Department for the Fiscal Year
        Ended September 30, 1867 to the General Assembly.  (Annapolis: Richard P. Bayly, [1867]).
        COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Annual Report) 1867, MdHR 20000237, C7937.
        Excerpt:  statement on bounties,  pp. IX-X.

Comptroller of the Treasury.  Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury Department for the Fiscal Year
        Ended September 30, 1868 to the General Assembly.  (Annapolis: George Colton, [1868]).
        COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Annual Report) 1868, MdHR 20000238, C7938.

Comptroller of the Treasury.  Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Treasury Department for the Fiscal Year
        Ended September 30, 1869 to the General Assembly.  (Annapolis: George Colton & Son, [1869]).
        COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Annual Report) 1869, MdHR 20000239, C7939.

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Letterbook) MSA S 675-9 to 13.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HOUSE OF DELEGATES (Journal of Proceedings), 1867, MdHR 821080, (2/1/6/10).

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HOUSE OF DELEGATES (Journal of Proceedings), 1868, MdHR, (2/1/6/11).

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SENATE (Journal of Proceedings), 1867, MdHR 821230, (2/1/8/7).

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SENATE (Journal of Proceedings), 1868, MdHR 821231, (2/1/8/8).

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws), 1867, MdHR 820942, L939, (2/2/6/19).

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Laws), 1868, MdHR 820943, (2/2/6/20).

James Clark v. the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.  Maryland Court of Appeals.  29 Md. 277.

Maryland State Archives BOARD OF HEALTH (Death Record, Wicomico County) MSA S1178.  Certificate of Death of William J. Leonard.

Maryland Digest 2d.  Volume 5.  St. Paul: West Publishing Co.

Mayer, Lewis.  Supplement to the Maryland Code, Containing the Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the
        Sessions of 1861, 1861-62, 1865, 1866 and 1867; Arranged in Articles and Sections to Correspond with the Code.

Mayer, Lewis.  Supplement to the Maryland Code, Containing the Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the
        Session of 1868; Arranged in Articles and Sections to Correspond with the Code.

William J. Leonard, Comptroller of the Treasury v. John Wiseman.  Maryland Court of Appeals.  31 Md. 201.

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