We are very grateful to our many generous donors who have made
it possible for the Friends to acquire some extraordinarily
important documents and images to the Archives' special
collections.
For more information about the Friends of the Maryland
State Archives e-mail:
msa.friends@maryland.gov.
Tax deductible donations can be sent to: Friends of the
Maryland State Archives, 350 Rowe Blvd, Annapolis MD 21401
or
donate online. Your support is greatly appreciated.
The Friends of the Maryland State Archives is a registered
501(c)(3) corporation and all donations to it are fully
tax deductible.
George Washington’s personal copy of the speech he gave on
December 23, 1783 in the Old Senate Chamber resigning his
commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Two portraits of Leonard Calvert, first governor of
Maryland. Gifts included both acquisition and conservation
and both paintings are now on display in the State
House.
Generous donations made it possible to have a permanent
case built for George Washington's personal copy of his
speech to be on display in the rotunda of the State House.
This was completed and unveiled as part of the reopening
of the Old Senate Chamber in December 2014.
Memorial to Thurgood Marshall in BWI Thurgood Marshall
Airport.
Letter from Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, captain of the
British ship Royal Oak, to his wife describing the British
retreat from Baltimore in 1814.
Early 1800s view of Dartmoor Prison by prisoner J. I.
Taylor. This will enhance our research into the soldiers
and sailors who were imprisoned there during the War of
1812.
