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Preston family. Papers of the Preston family, 1799-1916.

Title: Preston Family papers.

The Prestons were an upper-middle-class family in nineteenth-century Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland. William P. Preston, a lawyer who dabbled in state and local politics, his wife Margaret "Madge" Smith Preston, and their daughter May Preston McNeal recorded, through their correspondence, diaries, and other documents. The family lived on Pleasant Plains farm in Baltimore, and records show that they enslaved people on both the farm and the family residence. The papers include observations on entertainment, domestic life, the Catholic Church, local politics, theater and the arts, court cases, business, travel, fashions, weather and natural disasters, food, the family’s history as enslavers, William Preston’s domestic abuse of Madge Preston, the family’s strong Confederate sentiments and support for the Confederacy, health, boarding school, and life in Maryland during the Civil War. The Preston Family papers cover the period from 1799-1916 with most of the material dated between 1828 and 1894. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, writings, legal documents, case files related to William Preston's law practice, photographs, and memorabilia. Records also describe the Preston family’s history as enslavers, William Preston’s domestic abuse of Madge Preston, and the family’s strong Confederate sentiments and support.

ArchivalResource: 4.75 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1278 View

Preston family. Papers of the Preston family, 1799-1916.

Title: Preston Family papers.

The Prestons were an upper-middle-class family in nineteenth-century Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland. William P. Preston, a lawyer who dabbled in state and local politics, his wife Margaret "Madge" Smith Preston, and their daughter May Preston McNeal recorded, through their correspondence, diaries, and other documents. The family lived on Pleasant Plains farm in Baltimore, and records show that they enslaved people on both the farm and the family residence. The papers include observations on entertainment, domestic life, the Catholic Church, local politics, theater and the arts, court cases, business, travel, fashions, weather and natural disasters, food, the family’s history as enslavers, William Preston’s domestic abuse of Madge Preston, the family’s strong Confederate sentiments and support for the Confederacy, health, boarding school, and life in Maryland during the Civil War. The Preston Family papers cover the period from 1799-1916 with most of the material dated between 1828 and 1894. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, writings, legal documents, case files related to William Preston's law practice, photographs, and memorabilia. Records also describe the Preston family’s history as enslavers, William Preston’s domestic abuse of Madge Preston, and the family’s strong Confederate sentiments and support.

ArchivalResource: 4.75 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1278 View

Report of the trial of Michael Rock on an indictment for a rape on Elizabeth Black, 1852.

Title: Report of the trial of Michael Rock on an indictment for a rape on Elizabeth Black, 1852.

The collection consists of one notebook containing newspaper clippings and annotations describing the trial of Michael Rock who was tried for the alleged rape of a Baltimore woman, Elizabeth Black, August 13, 1852.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49308249 View

Report of the trial of Solomon T. Wilson on an indictment for the murder of John P. Bradshaw, 1855.

Title: Report of the trial of Solomon T. Wilson on an indictment for the murder of John P. Bradshaw, 1855.

Collection consists of one holographic notebook containing an incomplete account of the trial of Solomon T. Wilson for the murder of John P. Bradshaw in 1855.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49310177 View

Report of the trial of John Tarring on an indictment for the murder of Eugene Broaders.

Title: Report of the trial of John Tarring on an indictment for the murder of Eugene Broaders.

Collection consists of one notebook containing newspaper clippings and annotations that describe the trial of John Tarring charged with the murder of Eugene Broaders in Baltimore MD.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49310176 View