Name/Title
Janson-La Palme Collection--County assessment records--1864Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0007Scope and Content
1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9 1/2"
Bayly Janson-La Palme worked with Lois Green Carr on economic data about colonial Maryland. Ms. Janson-La Palme then did her own work on economic data about Saint Mary's County from 1790-1870. She relied on census data, assessment records, estate inventories, etc. Her dissertation was based on this material, although the analysis in the dissertation only went up through 1840. The voluminous handwritten data was later transcribed onto 5 1/4" floppy disks using PC WRITE. That data was run on the mainframe computer at the University of Maryland. The disks, spread sheets, and other printouts are at the Hall of Records of the Maryland Archives.
One folder of Saint Mary's County photocopied assessment records for 1864. The photocopies are very dark. The original was too large for one sheet on the copier, so the user must line up the two pieces it took for each page. The headings and some entries on the edges are sometimes missing. The name and location of the taxpayer is listed, and then there is a column for article or occupation. Buggies or carriages, gold watches, and pianos were liable for a tax of 3%. Several people were listed as "retail dealers" which I presume means storekeeper, and there were also lots of retail liquor dealers. There is no obvious order to the lists such as a named district. Each group of pages is roughly alphabetical by the name of the taxpayer.Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionLocation
Container
Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 16Shelf
Rack 11, Shelf 3Rack
Rack 11Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, Bayly