The Baltimore Railroad Strike 
& Riot of 1877

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Guide to Documents:

Contemporary Histories:
 
• MSA SC 2221-09-14.  Fifth Regiment Infantry, Md. Nat. Guard, U. S. Volunteer. A History of the Regiment from Its First Organization to the Present Time.  Baltimore: Geo. A. Meekins, 1899, selected pages. MSA SP I5427.
• MSA SC 2221-09-10.  Martin, Edward Winslow.  The History of the Great Riots ... .Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1877.
• MSA SC 2221-09-09.  Scharf, John Thomas. History of Maryland. Baltimore: John B. Piet, 1879, vol. III, pp. 726-745
• MSA SC 2221-09-15.  Wilson, Frederick T. Federal Aid in Domestic Disturbances, 1787-1903. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903, pp. 189-205.

Newspaper accounts:

• MSA SC 2221-09-16.  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Sun Collection) Baltimore: The Sun July 16, 1877 - August 1, 1877  MSA SC 2852
• MSA SC 2221-09-17.  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Daily News Collection) Hagerstown: The Daily News  July 17, 1877 - August 1, 1877. MSA SC 3612
• MSA SC 2221-09-18.  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Gazette Collection) Baltimore: The Gazette, July 16, 1877 - July 25, 1877  MSA SC 3301
• MSA SC 2221-09-19.  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser Collection) Baltimore American & Commercial Advertiser   July 16, 1877 - August 1, 1877  MSA SC 4109

 
Other original Sources:
 
• MSA SC 2221-09-20.  Detail from a Charity Organization Society map of Baltiimore, ca. 1880 showing the area where the riot took place and indicating the probable police district boundaries.  From a private collection, ecp-26-371.
• MSA SC 2221-09-21.  BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT (Criminal Docket, Middle District), ff. 420-423, covering July 21, 1877 through July 23, 1877, MSA C 2109-3.
• MSA SC 2221-09-22.  Journal of Proceedings of the House of Delegates of Maryland, January Session, 1878. Annapolis: George Colton, 1878, pp. 1406-1409.
• MSA SC 2221-09-23.  Document A. Message of John Lee Carroll, Governor of Maryland to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1877, pp. 13-23.

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The Archives of Maryland Documents for the Classroom series of the Maryland State Archives was designed and developed by Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse and Dr. M. Mercer Neale. This packet was prepared and introduced by Dr. Papenfuse with production assistance from R. J. Rockefeller, Lynne MacAdam, Paula Brown, Chris Haley, and other members of the Archives staff. MSA SC 2221-09. Publication no. 1797.

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