Janson-La Palme Collection--Federal assessment records--1864

Archive

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

Name/Title

Janson-La Palme Collection--Federal assessment records--1864

Entry/Object ID

2012.007.0008

Scope 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 photocopied federal assessment records for Saint Mary's County residents for 1864. The original was too large for one sheet on the copier, so information on the long edges of a page is often lost. The headings are not always complete, either. There are columns for date, name of taxpayer, location, article to be taxed or the profession of the taxpayer, rate of taxation, and valuation. Some pages show a class of A, B, or C, whatever that means. The rate of taxation often missed being photocopied. Buggies or carriages, silver plate in ounces, and one's declared income seemed to be of interest to the assessor. Several people were listed as "retail dealers" which I presume means storekeeper, and there were also lots of retail liquor dealers, lawyers, and physicians. The lists are from districts 16 and 17, collection district 5. Each group of pages is roughly alphabetical by the name of the taxpayer.

Collection

Janson-La Palme Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1864

Location

Container

Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 16

Shelf

Rack 11, Shelf 3

Rack

Rack 11

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Davis, Joseph B.

Person or Organization

Janson-La Palme, Bayly

Person or Organization

Love, Philip G.