Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Francis Blackwell Mayer (1827-1899)
MSA SC 3520-13814

Sources:

Archival sources -

General Assembly (Public Documents), 1876 Session, 34-36. Message of Governor James Black Groom to the General Assembly.

Board of Public Works, 1881, MSA S 42-12, MdHR 12,687-12. Mention of sketches by Mr. Mayer.

Board of Public Works, 1882, MSA S 42-18, MdHR 12,687-17. Proposal from Milton E. Faul and Frank B. Mayer to the Board of Public Works regarding improvements to the State House grounds. See also.

Board of Public Works, 1882, MSA S 33-1, 12,683-2. See also.

Laws of Maryland, 1884 Session, Chapter 15. "An act to pay Frank B. Mayer one hundred dollars for services rendered by him to the Board of Public works in connection with improvements of the State House and grounds."

Page, Jean J trans. Letter from Frank B. Mayer suggestions as to improvements and additions to the State House and grounds, 1884. T6656.

Proceedings of the Senate, 1894 Session. Pages 342-343, 618-619, 623-625.

General Assembly (Laws, Original), 1894 Session, ch. 507.

Maryland Historical Society, 1894, MS 833. Letter from Frank B. Mayer to J. Appleton Wilson regarding restoration of the Old Senate Chamber. See also.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1894, Z42.3.A7 M48, Vol. 7-9. Letter from Frank B. Mayer to Hon. Thomas S. G. Hayes, Chairman Senate Finance Committee.

Maryland Historical Society, 1894, MS 833. Letter from Frank B. Mayer to J. Appleton Wilson discussing the previous night's legislative proceedings. See April 20, and April 27.

Maryland State Archives ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage Record) MSA C11-1, 1/1/11/25.

Maryland State Archives ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) MSA CM122-14,  WFP1, pp. 431-433, CR 72,258.

Maryland State Archives ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventories) 1891-1900, WFP 1, pp. 543-544, MSA C 88-33, 1/3/13/13.

Maryland State Archives BOARD OF HEALTH (Death Record, Counties) MSA S 1178-317, 0/70/12/17.

Maryland State Archives CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers), MSA S512-11160, George Schissler and Charles F. Mayer vs. Francis Blackwell Mayer.  Contract to purchase Logsdons Addition, Bonds Garrison, Baltimore County, 14 January 1845, 1/39/3/55.

Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Louis Schenker Collection), MSA SC 95-1-8, Trustee's deed, Frank H. Stockett to Francis B. Mayer, lots on Carroll's Alley and Prince George's Street, Annapolis, 27 January 1877, 00/08 /13 /13.

Newspaper articles -

Scribner's Monthly, vol. 17, issue 3, January 1879.

"The Western Shore of Maryland." Popular Monthly, April 1884.

"A Scene From History." The Baltimore Sun, 19 March 1894.

"Patriotism of Women." The Baltimore Sun, 24 February 1894.

"Should Be Restored." The Baltimore Sun, 7 March 1894.

"He Sprung a Surprise." The Baltimore American, 19 March 1894.

"Prof. F. B. Mayer Dead."  The Evening Capital, 28 July 1899.

"Death's Doings."  The Evening Capital, 29 July 1899.

"Laid at Rest."  The Evening Capital, 31 July 1899.

"The Late Frank B. Mayer."  The Evening Capital, 28 July 1899.

"Maryland's Historical Painter, Frank B. Mayer." Dixie Magzine, August 1899.

Books -

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme.  Catalogue of the Paintings in the State House at Annapolis, Maryland
        By Order of Governor Albert C. Ritchie.  Annapolis:  1934.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of Maryland, January Session, 1894.  Annapolis:  King Brothers, State Printers, 1894.
        Report to the Senate on the feasibility of restoring the Old Senate Chamber, pp. 623-625.

Heilbron, Bertha L. "Frank B. Mayer and the Treaties of 1851," 1941.

Legislative History Department.  Maryland's State Buildings and History of Her Art Treasures.  Annapolis:  n.pub., 1903.

Radoff, Morris L.  The State House at Annapolis.  Annapolis:  The Hall of Records Commission, 1972.

Riley, Elihu S.  The Ancient City:  A History of Annapolis, in Maryland 1649-1887.  Annapolis:  Record Printing Office, 1887.

Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland.  The Maryland State House:  A Memorial to John Appleton Wilson.
        Baltimore:  Press of John S. Bridges & Co., 1931.

Page, Jean Jepson. "Francis Blackwell Mayer," Antiques, February 1976.

Page, Jean Jepson. "Notes on the Contributions of Franics Blackwell Mayer and his Family to the Cultural History of Maryland," Maryland Historical Magazine, vol 76, No 3, Fall 1981.

Web sources -

"The Annapolis Complex Collection."
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/sc1500/sc1545/e_catalogue/html/artists/mayer.html

"The History of the Maryland State House:  The Past in Images."
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1259/131/html/hisimages.html

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