Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Lewis Neth (b. circa 1752 - d. 1825)
MSA SC 5496-050634

Sources:

Archival Sources -

ANNAPOLIS HISTORICAL INDEX (Community Interrelationships, 18th Century), MSA SC 1393-8-2.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT, (Manumission Record), 1797-1851, [MSA C109].

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1793-1795, Liber NH 7, Folio 95, [MSA CE 76-35]. William Petty, ex., to Lewis Neth, February 25, 1794.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1793-1795, Liber NH 7, Folio 513, [MSA CE 76-35]. Lewis Neth to Negro Cyrus, April 18, 1795.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COURT, (Marriage Licenses), 1777-1813, [MSA C113-1]. Lewis Neth and Elizabeth Adams, July 4, 1786.

Anne Arundel County District 2. Simon J. Martenet, Map of Anne Arundel County, 1860, Library of Congress, [MSA SC 1213-1-117].

CHANCERY COURT, (Chancery Papers), 1826-1827, Case 6263: Nicholas Brewer, Jr. vs. William Kilty and Lewis Neth, Jr. AA. [S512-8- 6333].

Claim of Lewis Neth, Case 764. Case Files, compiled ca. 1827 - ca. 1828, documenting the period ca. 1814 - ca. 1828. *ARC Identifier 1174160 / MLR Number PI 177 190*. National Archives, College Park.

MARYLAND INDEXES, (Charles Carroll of Carrollton Family Papers, Index), [S1502, MSA M 4202-2392, No. 2392]. Lewis Neth Jr. to Charles Carroll of Carrollton. November 24, 1823. Cost of suits appended.

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Diary of * Duvall. [MSA SC 210-1-3].

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, (Letterbook), 1777-1779, [MSA S1075-6]. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 16.

GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, (Proceedings), 1780-1784, [MSA S1071-25]. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 48. Maryland State Archives.

MARYLAND INDEXES, (Maryland Gazette, Annapolis Items, Index), 1745-1820, [MSA S1456-13].

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Photograph: Neth family tombstone found at Primrose Farms. [MSA SC 1890-1-30611].

Slave Lists/, compiled 07/10/1827 - 08/31/1828/*, *ARC Identifier 1174163 / MLR Number PI 177 193. National Archives, College Park. Lewis Neth, pg. 18.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lewis Neth, 1790, Anne Arundel County, Page 2, Line 9 [MSA SM61-1, M 2053-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for John Petty, 1790, Anne Arundel County, Page 5, Line 1 [MSA SM61-1, M 2053-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lewis Neth, 1800, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Page 4, Line 11 [MSA SM61-23, M 2054-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lewis Neth, 1810, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Page 2, Line 3 [MSA SM61-42, M 2059-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lewis Neth, 1820, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Page 4b, Line 2 [MSA SM61-62, M 2063-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lewis Neth (Primrose), 1820, Anne Arundel County, District 2, Page 1, Line 7 [MSA SM61-62, M 2063-2.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Lewis Neth [Jr.], 1830, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Page 19, Line 6 [MSA SM61-82, M 65-2]. Slaves listed on Page 20, Line 6.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS, (Inventories), 1831-1834, Lewis Neth, Liber TTS, Folio 150, [MSA C88-18].

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1828-1847, Lewis Neth, Liber TTS 1, Folio 150, [MSA CM122-10].

Sources regarding his involvement with the Maryland State House:

Newspapers and Journals -

"Allegany Taxes." Frederick Herald 31 March 1832: 4. Access Newspaper Archive.

"Lewis Neth." Maryland Gazette and Political Intelligencer 3 November 1791: 3. Maryland State Archives.

"Obituary." Maryland Gazette and Political Intelligencer 2 June 1825: 3. Maryland State Archives.

"To the Printers." Maryland Gazette and Political Intelligencer 2 June 1774: 3. Maryland State Archives.

Untitled. Maryland Gazette and Political Intelligencer 29 June 1786: 3. Maryland State Archives.

Untitled. Maryland Gazette and Political Intelligencer 22 December 1814: 2. Maryland State Archives.

Williams, Dorothy K. "First Action to Set Up College Taken in 1966 by Legislature." The Maryland Gazette 19 May 1949: 1E, 19E. Access Newspaper Archive.

Books -

Allen, Ethan. Historical notices of St. Ann's Parish in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: J.P. Des Forges, 1857.

Anderson, Elizabeth Blessing and Michael P. Parker. Annapolis: A Walk Through History. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1984.

Barnes, Robert. Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973.

Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church. 459. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993.

Chipstone Foundation. American Furniture. Vol. 10. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2002.

Cuddy, Thomas W. Revolutionary Economies: What Archaeology Reveals About the Birth of American Capitalism. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2008.

Dallas, Sir George. A Biograhical Memoir of the Late Sir Peter Parker. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815.

Deane, Ethel. Byways of Collecting. New York, NY: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1908.

Faris, William. The Diary of William Faris: The Daily Life of an Annapolis Silversmith. Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, 2003.

Hammond, John Martin. Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Delaware. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914.

Hannings, Bud. American Revolutionary War Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009.

Kilty, William, Thomas Harris, and John N. Watkins, eds. The Laws of Maryland from the End of the Year 1799, with a Full Index, and the Constitution of This State... 5 volumes (III - VII). Annapolis: J. Green, 1820. Available through Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 192. Pg. 358.

Marine, William M. and Louis Henry Dielman. The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-1815. Baltimore, MD: Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland, 1913.

McIntire, Robert Harry. Annapolis Maryland Families. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979.

Maryland Court of Appeals. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Vol. 28. Baltimore, MD: M. Curlander, 1885.

Moore, N. Hudson. The Collectors Manual. New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1905.

Olson, Ernst Wilhelm, Martin J. Engberg, and Anders Schön, eds. History of the Swedes of Illinois. Chicago, IL: Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company, 1908.

Papenfuse, Edward A. In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis Merchants in the Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1805. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975.

Pering, Richard. A Treatise on the Anchor. London: Congdon and Hearle, 1819.

Ridgely, David. Annals of Annapolis: Comprising Sundry Notices of That Old City. Baltimore, MD: Cushing & Brother, 1841.

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

Rowland, Kate Mason. The Life of Charles Carroll of Carrollton: 1737-1832. Vol. 2. New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

St. John's College. 1789-1889: Commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of St. John's College. Baltimore, MD: William K. Boyle & Son, 1890.

St. John's College. St. John's College Commencement and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary. Annapolis, MD: Press of Advertiser-Republican, 1909.

Warfield, J.D. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1905.

Internet Sources -

"Customs House." AA-535. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Ideal Hotel." AA-37. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"John Hesselius." Maryland ArtSource. http://www.marylandartsource.org/artists/detail_000000029.html.

"A Miniature Portrait of a Young Boy (Lewis Neth)."  MutualArt Services, Inc. http://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/A-Miniature-Portrait-of-a-Young-Boy--Lew/AEF5911F6965218D.

"Primrose Hill." AA-169. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Primrose Hill." Maryland Historical Trust, National Register Listings in Maryland. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/nrdetail.aspx?hdid=1253&from=nrmapan.html.

"William Paca House and Garden." AA-657. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

"Wye House (Wye Plantation, Wye Farm)." T-54. Maryland Historical Trust, Inventory of Historic Properties. www.mdihp.net.

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