Name/Title
Janson-La Palme Collection--Map of Saint Mary's RiverEntry/Object ID
2012.007.0040Scope and Content
This item moved to SMCHS Research Library 06/25/2026. Cataloged as MAP 251.
1sheet ; 24" x 22"
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.
This is a copy of a map of the Saint Mary's River from Cherryfields to just south of Tippety-Witchety. The only information on the map is the scale. It may have been made by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. There is a dashed line along both banks that probably shows mean low water. A few locations are identified and a very few families noted. The topography is indicated artistically. Carthegena Creek and St. Inigoes Creek are identified.
Text of stamp on verso: "NARA Record Group 77 Civil Works Map Files"Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1790 - 1870Location
Drawer
Drawer 3Cabinet
Map CaseRoom
BasementBuilding
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, Bayly