Name/Title
Janson-La Palme Collection--Map of St. Mary's County land tracts as of 1763Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0050Scope and Content
1 sheet ; 37 3/4" x 36 3/8"
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.
It appears that the map was drawn by C. N. Allan in 1975. The shorelines are heavy black lines and the outlines of the tracts are fine black lines. Many of the tracts have names included and some have numbers based on Russell Menard's work. There are many other tracts named in their approximate location, but not outlined.Collection
Janson-La Palme CollectionArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1763 - 1975Location
Shelf
Rack 03, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 03Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Allan, C. N.Person or Organization
Janson-La Palme, BaylyPerson or Organization
Menard, Russell