Written Works and Speeches--William Bretton, Gentleman [manuscript]

Archive

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

Name/Title

Written Works and Speeches--William Bretton, Gentleman [manuscript]

Entry/Object ID

1985.002.0251

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" Undated manuscript of 37 leaves and 5 pages of notes, followed by many sheets of rough notes taken from various sources. William Bretton came with his wife and her parents, one child, and 3 servants in 1637. He served as clerk of the lower House of the Assembly and clerk of the Council and eventually as clerk of the Court. He served as a Justice of the Peace and coroner in Saint Mary's County. He took up the patent for his 750 acres of land in 1640. He may have moved to Charles County after 1668 and died there in 1672.

Collection

Edwin Warfield Beitzell Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Location

Container

Edwin Beitzell Collection, Box 8B

Shelf

Rack 09, Shelf 5

Rack

Rack 09

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Beitzell, Edwin Warfield (1905-1984)