Blackistone Family Collection--Miscellaneous

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Blackistone Family Collection--Miscellaneous

Entry/Object ID

2004.008.0175

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 14 3/4" w x 9 5/8" h Folder 000094. Pieces 2211-2220. This entire folder is news clippings. Some are on economic issues of the day. One is from an Annapolis paper in the 1854 when Mr. Dent was elected speaker of the House of Delegates. There is a long article about secession written in 1862. On the verso of that article is an interesting list of the numbers of wounded in various hospitals and their units, but not their names. One small clipping lists the people being considered for the 1864 Constitutional Convention in Maryland. In anticipation of the cholera season, "Detergo" wrote a long article about disinfectant solutions. There is a long obituary for Kate Dent, the Dents' oldest daughter, who died in 1872. There is an 1873 notice of a sheriff's sale of Waterloo. There is an obituary for Priscilla Hebb Lancaster, who died in 1877. There is a long article cut from the Marlborough Gazette written by naval officer F. J. Townshend, who is a relative.

Collection

Blackistone Family Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1854 - 1881

Location

Container

Blackistone Collection, Box 13

Shelf

Rack 15, Shelf 5

Wall

South wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dent, John F. (1814-1898)

Person or Organization

Dent, Catherine Rebecca (1842-1872)

Person or Organization

Lancaster, Priscilla H.

Person or Organization

Townshend, F. J.