Josias Pennington (1854-1929)
MSA SC 3520-13816
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Primary sources:
2 October 1902 - Letter from Baldwin and Pennington to Gen. Murray Vandiver regarding costs for outside stonework and marblework for the State House Annex. (Kept with MSA S 1137) MSA SC 5287-6-3
28 November 1902 - Letter from Baldwin and Pennington to Hon. Murray Vandiver re: heating and ventilating apparatus. (Kept with MSA S 1137) MSA SC 5287-6-3
9 December 1902 - Letter from Baldwin and Pennington to Hon. Murray Vandiver showing the amounts of contracts made and work ordered on account of the State House Annex. (Kept with MSA S 1137) MSA SC 5287-6-3
16 June 1903 - Transcription of receipt from Baldwin & Pennington to Bartlett, Hayward & Co. for furnishing and installing galvanized flue linings in the State House Annex. (MSA S 723-33, 2675) MSA SC 5287-6-4
29 January 1904: Report from Baldwin & Pennington to Murray Vandiver, Chairman, Executive Committee, Commission in Charge of the State House Annex Building. Includes report on condition of Old State House and recommendations for restoration. MSA SC 5287-6-5
20 July 1904: Report from Baldwin & Pennington to Murray Vandiver, Chairman, Executive Committee, Commission in Charge of the State House Annex Building. MSA SC 5287-6-5
24 August 1904 - Transcription of receipt from Baldwin & Pennington to Henry Smith & Sons for interior marble work and erection of outside portico of the State House Annex. Comptroller of the Treasury (Vouchers and Receipts) MSA S 723-36, 3728) MSA SC 5287-6-5
21 October 1904 - Transcription of payment receipt to Baldwin & Pennington for the Salary of the Superintendent of Construction of the State House Annex. Comptroller of the Treasury (Vouchers and Receipts) (MSA S 723-34, 965) MSA SC 5287-6-5
27 October 1904 - Transcription of payment voucher from Baldwin & Pennington to Henry Smith & Sons for work done on the State House Annex. Comptroller of the Treasury (Vouchers and Receipts) (MSA S 723-34, 634) MSA SC 5287-6-5
1 December 1904 - Transcription of payment voucher from Baldwin & Pennington to Charles W. Haslip for work in conjunction with the State House Annex. Comptroller of the Treasury (Vouchers and Receipts) (MSA S 723-34, 1262) MSA SC 5287-6-5
2 December 1904 - Transcription of payment voucher from Baldwin & Pennington to George W. Walter & Co. for work done on the State House Annex. Comptroller of the Treasury (Vouchers and Receipts) (MSA S 723-34, 954) MSA SC 5287-6-5
14 December 1904 - Transcription of payment voucher from Baldwin and Pennington to George W. Walter & Co. for work done on the State House Annex. Comptroller of the Treasury (Vouchers and Receipts) (MSA S 723-34, 1325) MSA SC 5287-6-5
January 1905 - Report from Baldwin & Pennington on work on the State House Annex Building (Document 100, 2-28-3-17) MSA SC 5287-6-6
17 April 1905 - Request from Baldwin & Pennington for House of Delegates desks be sent to Hiss Company in Baltimore to be reduced in width. The 102 desks were delivered on 20 April. Secretary of State (Contracts and Leases) MSA S 1024-1 MSA SC 5287-6-6
17 May 1905 - Estimate from Baldwin and Pennington to DeCourecy W. Thom, Secretary to the Advisory Commission in Reference to Restoration of the Old Senate Room in the State House - Annapolis, Md. (Kept with MSA S 1137) MSA SC 5287-6-6
November 1905 - Bids and proposals for the removal of the Land Office on the State House Grounds. Bids from Baldwin & Pennington, William E. Feldmeyer, and Harry J. Hopkins. Board of Public Works (MSA S 40-1) MSA SC 5287-22-9
18 November 1905 - Letter from Josias Pennington to Governor Warfield re: request for information about State House from B.J. Bing in Colorado. Letter includes detailed dimensions of building and spaces in it. Secretary of State (Contracts and Leases) MSA S 5385-1 MSA SC 5287-6-6
19 December 1905 - Report from Baldwin & Pennington to Murray Vandiver, Chairman, Executive Committee, Commission in Charge of the State House Annex Building. (MSA 1137-1) MSA SC 5287-6-6
December 14, 1905 Final report of Baldwin & Pennington to Gov. Warfield MSA SC 5287-11-16
Proceedings of the Senate, 1906 Session. MSA SC 5287-6-7
27 March 1907 - Letter to Edwin Warfield, Governor, from Baldwin & Pennington about sketches ("A" and "B") showing proposed treatments for the walk entrance to the State House Circle. (Board of Public Works (General File) MSA S 42-64, 12,687-64) MSA SC 5287-6-8
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Jonas Pennington, 1900, Baltimore City, ED 172 Sheet 5 Line 23 [MSA SM61, M2478]
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) Josias Pennington, 1910, Baltimore City, ED 174 Sheet 5B Line 100 [MSA SM61, M3259]
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE (Archives) College Register 1858-1923 [MSA T1406, 2-72-9-49]
BALTIMORE CITY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (Marriage Record) Josias Pennington and Margaret Riggs Pleasants, 21 November 1883, Volume LFR 7 pp. 233a-233b [MSA CM 206, CR 10,280-2]
BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record) Josias Pennington, March 3, 1929, Certificate No. E43667 [MSA CM 1132, CR 48,215]
BALTIMORE CITY REGISTER OF WILLS (Estate Papers) Josias Pennington, 1929, Box 138 File No. 8800 [MSA T1018, 2/42/10/30]
Newspaper/journal articles:
"Josias Pennington Rites Tomorrow." The Baltimore Sun, 5 March 1929.
"Obituary: Josias Pennington." The Baltimore Sun, 6 March 1929.
"Josias Pennington Rites Held At Old St. Paul's." The Baltimore Sun, 7 March 1929.
Secondary sources:
Culver, Francis Barnum, ed. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland. Volume II: Genealogies of the Members and Record of Services of Ancestors. Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1940.
Dorsey, John and James D. Dilts. A Guide to Baltimore Architecture, Third Edition. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1997.
Withey, Henry F. and Elsie Rathburn Withey. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased). Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1970.
Searched, but no references found:
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD, Index) for 1880 and 1920. Josias
Pennington or other variations found. A Josias was found, but he is a cousin.
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