Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Samson Cariss (1804-1870)
MSA SC 3520-16837

Primary Sources:

1840 United States Federal Census. Baltimore Ward 7, Baltimore, MD, roll 160, p. 4, img. 609. Family History Library Film: 0013183.

1860 United States Federal Census, Baltimore Ward 10, Baltimore, MD, National Archives, M653 p.93.

1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Brewer, Nicholas, Court of Appeals of Maryland. Maryland Reports. Annapolis: Robert F. Bonsall, 1864, p.203-211.

Comptroller of the Treasury (Paying Warrants), 1859-1860, MSA S 703-14.

Comptroller of the Treasury (Paying Warrants), 1859-1860, MSA S 703-15.

House of Representatives. Executive Documents. Washington, DC: Thomas H. Ford, 1860, p.151.

Maryland Historical Society, Samson Cariss & Co. label, Item Q030066748.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Registers and Indexes for Passport Applications, 1810-1906; Collection Number: ARC Identifier 579314 / MLR Number A1 506; NARA Series: M1371; Roll #: 1.

Mayor and Council City of Baltimore, Ordinances of the Mayor. Baltimore: 1859-1860, p.149.

Unsigned, 19th Century American School Oil on Board Portrait of Gentleman Wearing Spectacles. Skinner Auctioneers. https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2570M/lots/849. This portrait contains on the reverse a retailer's paper label "Samson Cariss, No. 14 Baltimore St, Baltimore."

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Baltimore, Maryland, City Directory, 1865, 1870.

Woods, John. Woods Baltimore Directory. Baltimore: Published by John Woods, 1856-7, p.415.

Secondary Sources:

Ancestry.com, England and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database on-line]. St. Giles Collection, 1789-1846, film number 1040774.

Ancestry.com. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. National Archives (NARA) microfilm series: M771 District 3; Monthly Lists, Sept 1862-Jun 1863.

Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maryland Census, 1772-1890. US Federal Census 1860 Index.

Oszakiewski, Robert Andrew. Maryland Naturalization Abstracts, Volume 1: Baltimore County and Baltimore City, 1784-1851. Westminister, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000, p.58.

Schultz, Edward. History of Free Masonry in Maryland, 1884-1888, vol 3, p.807. Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 6103.

Newspaper/Journal Articles:

American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, 1847-1854.

American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, 14 February 1847.

Baltimore Sun, 18 February 1848.

Baltimore Sun, 16 July 1849.

American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, 30 April 1852.

Baltimore Sun, 28 June 1852.

Baltimore Sun, 20 September 1852.

Baltimore Sun, 5 November 1852.

Baltimore Sun, 5 May 1857.

Baltimore Sun, 18 March 1858.

Baltimore Sun, 18 May 1858.

Baltimore Sun, 6 December 1858.

Baltimore Sun, 7 March 1860.

Baltimore Sun, 9 January 1860.

Baltimore Sun, 14 October 1865.

Baltimore Sun, 1855-1865.

Baltimore Sun, 24 December 1870.

Searched but no records found:

Wilner, Eli, The Gilded Edge: The Art of the Frame. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2011.

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