Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Stevenson Archer, Jr. (1828-1898)
MSA SC 3520-1547

Sources:


Archival sources:

Stevenson Archer, bond as Treasurer of Maryland, 1890.

GOVERNOR (Reports and Investigations) Investigation of Stevenson Archer, State Treasurer, by a joint investigating committee, S1044-3, 2/28/05/034.

BALTIMORE CITY CRIMINAL COURT (Criminal Papers) State v. Stevenson Archer, 1890, case no. 510, box no. 40, T495-47, HF/02/31/082/S14.

COURT OF APPEALS (Judgments) State v. Stevenson Archer, 1890, April Term., no. 64, S381-287, 01/63/06/031.

COURT OF APPEALS (Records and Briefs) State v. Stevenson Archer, 1890, April Term., no. 64, S1733-15, 1/65/1/15.

State of Maryland v. Stevenson Archer, Court of Appeals opinion, 1890, 73 Md. 43.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY (Prisoner Record) 1886-1893, prisoner no. 12346, S275-4, 01/30/04/040.

Stevenson Archer and Others v. State of Maryland, Court of Appeals opinion, 1891, 74 Md. 410.

Stevenson Archer and Others v. State of Maryland, Court of Appeals opinion, 1891, 74 Md. 443

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Docket) 1892-1898, p. 19, S1110-5, 2/27/1/10.

SECRETARY OF STATE (Pardon Record) 1892-1899, Stevenson Archer, S1108-7, 2/26/5/35.

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record) Stevenson Archer, 2 August 1898, certifictate no. B8816, CM1132-64, image no. 2828.


Books and pamphlets:

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-1989, Bicentennial ed.  Washington, D.C.:  U. S. Government Printing Office, 1989.

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

Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964, p. 342.

Eisenberg, Gerson G. Marylanders Who Served the Nation. Annapolis: The Maryland State Archives, 1992.

Frey, Jacob. Reminiscences of Baltimore. Baltimore: Maryland Book Concern, 1893.

Hollowak, Thomas ed. Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1837-1850. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978.

Hollowak, Thomas L. compl. Index to Marriages in the Baltimore Sun 1851-1860. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978.

Journal of Proceedings of the House of Delegates of Maryland, January Session, 1890, p. 1125-1126.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Maryland, January Session, 1892, p. 397-402.

Maryland General Assembly, Sessions Laws, 1890, Ch. 561. Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 396, p. 684.

A Short Biography of Those Whose Portraits Adorn The Walls Of The Court House, Bel Air, Maryland.  Circuit Court for Harford County, Harford County, MD, 1974.


Newspaper articles (in chronological order) :

"Board of Public Works."  The Evening Capital, 17 May 1888.

"The Oyster Navy."  The Evening Capital, 31 May 1888.

"The Legislature To-Day."  The Evening Capital, 27 March 1890.

"State Treasurer Archer's Defalcation." The Evening Capital, 27 March 1890.

"State Treasurer Stevenson Archer Not Dead!" The Evening Capital, 27 March 1890.

"The Legislature To-Day."  The Evening Capital, 28 March 1890.

"The Treasury Defalcation."  The Evening Capital, 28 March 1890.

"The Treasurer's Defalcation." The Evening Capital, 29 March 1890.

"The Legislature To-Day."  The Evening Capital, 29 March 1890.

"The State Treasurer's Fall." The Evening Capital, 29 March 1890.

"The Legislature To-Day."  The Evening Capital, 31 March 1890.

"The legislature having adjourned..." The Evening Capital, 1 April 1890.

"Closing Hours of the Session."  The Evening Capital, 1 April 1890.

"Treasurer Archer's Cash Accounts."  The Evening Capital, 1 April 1890.

"The Archer Defalcation."  The Evening Capital, 2 April 1890.

"That Governor Jackson has acted wisely..." The Evening Capital, 4 April 1890.

"Commander of The Oyster Navy." The Evening Capital, 7 April 1890.

"It is now believed."  The Evening Capital, 9 April 1890.

"The Movements of Governor Jackson." The Evening Capital, 10 April 1890.

"The Salary is too Small."  The Evening Capital, 9 April 1890.

"The last act in the drama."  The Evening Capital, 11 April 1890.

"Archer Under Arrest."  The Evening Capital, 11 April 1890.

"The Archer Investigation." The Evening Capital, 14 April 1890.

"The Treasurer Deposed."  The Evening Capital, 15 April 1890.

"Gov. Jackson has formally removed Stevenson Archer."  The Evening Capital, 16 April 1890.

"Mr. Archer Summoned to Appear." The Evening Capital, 21 April 1890.

"The Archer Defalcation."  The Evening Capital, 25 April 1890.

"Steps in the Archer Prosecutions." The Evening Capital, 26 April 1890.

"Suits Against Securities Against Mr. Archer."  The Evening Capital, 28 April 1890.

"Archer Indicted."  The Evening Capital, 29 April 1890.

"The trial of Stevenson Archer."  The Evening Capital, 1 May 1890.

"The Baltimore Sun of this morning." The Evening Capital, 7 May 1890.

"A Suggestion to the Archer Investigating Committee."  The Baltimore Sun, 7 May 1890.

"A Surprise in Court.  Judge Stewart Sustains the Demurrer in Archer's Case."  The Baltimore Sun, 14 May 1890.

"A significant meeting."  The Evening Capital, 22 May 1890.

"An Important Point in the Archer Case."  The Evening Capital, 22 May 1890.

"Mr. John P. Poe's inquisitorial committee." The Evening Capital, 4 June 1890.

"The Poe-Archer investigating committee." The Evening Capital, 5 June 1890.

"Ex-Treasurer Archer.  Report of the Joint Legislative Committee of Investigation."  The Baltimore Sun, 13 June 1890.

"Report of the Archer Committee." The Baltimore Sun, 13 June 1890.

"The report of the Archer investigating committee."  The Evening Capital, 14 June 1890.

"The decision of the Court of Appeals."  The Evening Capital, 2 July 1890.

"The trial of ex-State Treasurer Stevenson Archer."  The Evening Capital, 3 July 1890.

"Mr. Archer's Confession and Sentence." The Evening Capital, 8 July 1890.

"Ex-State Treasurer Stevenson Archer."  The Evening Capital, 10 July 1890.

"Stevenson Archer Improving."  The Evening Capital, 12 July 1890.

"On the Downfall of Archer."  The Evening Capital, 14 July 1890.

"Mr. Archer Dying."  The Baltimore Sun, 2 August 1898.

"Near Death's Door."  The Baltimore News, 2 August 1898.

"Funeral of Stevenson Archer."  The Baltimore News, 3 August 1898.

"Stevenson Archer Dead."  The Baltimore Sun, 3 August 1898.


Online sources:

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.


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