Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

John Henry (1750-1798)
MSA SC 3520-640
Governor of Maryland, 1797-1798

Sources:

Archival sources -

SPECIAL COLLCTIONS (Mrs. T. Rowland Thomas Collection) Letter acknowledging election as governor, 17  November 1797 [MSA SC 176-1-141, 0/21/14/39]

SPECIAL COLLCTIONS (Mrs. T. Rowland Thomas Collection) Resignation letter of John Henry as U.S. Senator, 28 November 1797 [MSA SC 176-1-143, 0/21/14/39]

House Journal, November Session, 1798.

Annapolis Corporation Proceedings, 1821-1826.  Annapolis Records, 15.

Books -

Eisenberg, Gerson G.  Marylanders Who Served the Nation:  A Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from
    Maryland.  Annapolis:  Maryland State Archives, 1992.

Henry, J.W.  Letters and Papers of Gov. John Henry of Maryland.  The Author, 1904.

Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al., "John Henry, Jr." in A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland
        Legislature, 1635-1789.  vol. I:  A-H.  Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1979, pp. 436-437.

Powell, Henry F., in Matthew Page Andrews, Tercentenary History of Maryland, IV.  Chicago, 1925.

White, Frank F., Jr. The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970.  Annapolis:  The Hall of Records Commission, 1970.

Other -

John Henry's entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present

Return to John Henry's introductory page


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