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24 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
REPAIR AND PRESERVATION
In my report to you last year I gave it as my opinion that we had
reached the maximum of accomplishment in the Repair Room. This has
now proved to be inaccurate. The number of pages treated during the
fiscal year 1950 exceeded that of the previous year by 7,000. This excellent
record may be attributed to several special circumstances. We began the
year with two experienced technicians, Mrs. Moss, who retired after work-
ing half the year, and Mrs. Lincoln, who continued until June 1. On Mrs.
Moss' retirement we employed Mrs. Hall who soon proved her skill in this
work. Finally, Mrs. Moss has continued to give us a day every week on
a voluntary basis.
A cursory examination of the list of materials repaired during the
year will show that we are no longer forced to concentrate our efforts
on the materials in daily use: Inventories, Accounts, Testamentary Pro'
ceedings, Wills and so forth; and that we are now able to work on the
unindexed materials: Judgments, Proceedings, etc., which have needed
attention for a long time. As a matter of fact, we have so far outstripped
the wear and tear of use that we have prepared during this new fiscal year
to begin binding many of our own materials in the Repair Room. It is
hoped that by next year we shall be able to give you a good report of this
new undertaking.
The following is a list in detail of the materials repaired and
laminated:
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Accounts
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Liber No. 26, 1748-1749...........................
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148 pages
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Baltimore County Deeds
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R. M. No. H. S. 1659-1752, 3 vols...................
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714 pages
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Cecil County Inventories and Accounts
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Vol. 7, 1777-1782 ...............................
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374 pages
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Cecil County Land Records
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J. D. No. 3, 1716-1722/3.........................
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556 pages
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Liber W. K. No. 2 Vol. 5, 1733/4-1740..............
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552 pages
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Vol. 7, 17484753 ...............................
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560 pages
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Cecil County Wills
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Liber C. C. D. D. Nos. 3 and 4, 1777-1783.............
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374 pages
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diaries County Wills
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Liber A. H. No. 9, 17854788.......................
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556 pages
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Commission Book
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1777-1800 .....................................
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360 pages
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