Historical Sketch of Carroll County

Object/Artifact

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

"Historical Sketch of Carroll County"

Entry/Object ID

1955.528.432

Description

Booklet. Title: "Historical Sketch of Carroll County." Author: Hon. John K. Longwell. Dated 1876. 10.25" x 7". 16 pages plus covers. Published in the American Sentinel, Westminster, Maryland. Inscribed "Compliments of Jno. H. Mitten." Includes lists of political representatives from 1837-1876, mayors, judges, school commissioners, general history and information about town, railroads, turnpikes, churches, newspapers, mineral resources, the Carroll County Agricultural Society and banking. Also includes a lengthy poem entitled "Centennial Ode, July 4th, 1876" by Emma Alice Browne.

Acquisition

Accession

1955.528

Source or Donor

Carroll County Commissioners

Acquisition Method

Gift

Exhibition

Carroll at 250: People, Place, and the Making of History