ARCHIVIST OF THE HALL OF RECORDS 41

MANUSCRIPT AND MISCELLANEOUS ACQUISITIONS

BENSON, HARRY L.: Maps showing boundaries of early Land Surveys and Resurveys
in Somerset and Worcester Counties, compiled and drawn by Mr. Benson, 1942.
40 items. Microfilm. Gift.

BIGGS, MISS H. MARIE: Vital records of the Jones Family of Howard County, 1832-
1956. Photostat. 8 sheets. Copied from Bible loaned by Miss Biggs.

BONNETT, HARRY: Court papers concerning debt actions in Baltimore County, 1786-
1797. 11 folders. Gift.

CLARKE, BRUCE: Photocopy of pages in Union Tavern Register of May 21, 1818, show-
ing registration of President and Mrs. James Monroe, Secretary of the Navy
Crowinshield and Secretary of War John C. Calhoun. 2 prints. Gift.

DAVIDSON, MR. AND MRS. WILLIAMS T.: (1) Farm accounts and notes of Robert H.
Smith, 1847-1882. (2) Accounts of the estate of Mrs. G. A. Hail, 1873-1890
and wood account for Medford Farm, 1874-1876. 2 volumes. Gift.

EASTER, GEORGE: Ledger of rent payments by tenants of various buildings in Baltimore,
1871-1887. Indexed. 1 volume. Gift.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT (received from an anonymous donor): Scattered issues of
newspapers as follows: The Nagasaki Press, Japan, Nov. 8, 1900; The Baltimore
News, 1917-1920, 6 items; The Baltimore Sun, 1918-1923, 1962, 12 items; The
Stars and Stripes, France, Nov. 15, 1918; The Blockade Runner, Baltimore, Nov.
30, 1918. Gift.

GOLDBACH, MRS. CAROL C.: (1) Map of "The Bay of Chesapeake From its entrance
to Baltimore," 1817. 1 sheet. Photostat copied from book entitled The
American Coast Pilot, by Edmund M. Blunt. New York, 1817.

HARRIS, MRS. FRANK: Company Record Book of Capt. Robert Button, 6th Regiment,
Maryland Militia, Baltimore City, 1821-1,826. Microfilm. 1 reel.

HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS, INC.: Abstracts of references to Annapolis copied from the
Maryland Gazette, 1728-1734, 1745-1810. Typewritten. Bound in 4 looseleaf
notebooks. Deposit.

ROBERTSON, MRS. ANITA: Tyler, Barrick and Birch Family Papers, Dorchester and
St. Mary's Counties and Pennsylvania, 1816-1907. 56 items. Microfilm. 1
reel. Gift.

RUTH, THOMAS DEC., H. NORMAN GRIEB AND BARTUS TREW: Map of "Colonial
Quaker Neck, Kent County, Maryland, [Showing] Tracts Granted by the Lords
Baltimore." Map prepared by donors, 1967. Gift.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: (1) "Lists of Confederate States Soldiers
and Sailors Prisoners of War Deaths—Northern Prisons." Vol. I, 1914. Micro-
film. 1 reel. Copied from Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General,
Record Group No. 92, National Archives. (2) Newspaper, St. Mary's Beacon,
Leonardtown, 1852-1915, 1919, 1921. Microfilm, 14 reels. Copied from
microfilm copy loaned by the Society.

SMITH, MRS. DOROTHY: Vital records of the Smith, Cromwell, Warfield and Willham
Families, Anne Arundel County, 1740-1957. Photostat. 12 sheets. Copied
from Bible loaned by Mrs. Smith.

SOUTH RIVER CLUB (brought in by Mr. J. Reaney Kelly): Photographs of South River
Club House. 50 items. Deposit.

SOUTH, STANLEY: Report entitled "The Paca House, Annapolis, Maryland," 1967, by
Stanley South. 1 volume. Gift.

TAYMEN, MRS. VIOLET B.: Vital records of the Beard Family, 1847-1933. Photostat.
4 sheets. Copied from Bible loaned by Mrs. Taymen.

THOMPSON, EARL W.: Scrapbook containing the history and memorabilia of the
Annapolis Tercentenary Stamp issued by the United States Post Office Depart-
ment on May 23, 1949. Gift.

VAN NESS, JAMES S.: Doctoral Dissertation entitled, "The Maryland Courts in the
American Revolution: A Case Study," University of Maryland, 1967. Microfilm.
1 reel.