Warfield Family papers

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Warfield Family papers

1801-1960 (majority 1900-1920)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1309

This collection includes the papers of Edwin A. Warfield (1848-1920), Governor of Maryland, politician, and gentleman farmer, and of his son, Edwin Warfield, Jr. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, financial records, diaries, scrapbooks, maps, pamphlets, memorabilia, and photographs. Topics covered include banking; European trips; the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland; historical societies; the Maryland National Guard; Maryland politics; St. John's College; and World War I. Edwin Warfield, born in Howard County, Maryland, was prominent in Maryland business, publishing, and politics. Included in his papers are two documents pertaining to an older relative, Albert Gallatin Warfield. The first document is a claimant's certificate showing that A. Warfield enlisted his slave Samuel Heall in the U. S. Colored Troops. The second document is a certificate from the Office of Commissary General of Prisoners regarding A. Warfield's status as a prisoner of war. Edwin Warfield (1848-1920) of Howard County, Maryland, was a lawyer, banker, newspaper publisher, senate president, and governor of Maryland (1903-1907). His papers include correspondence and diaries that cover family life, Warfield's European travels, Maryland society and politics, etc. Mr. Warfield served in the Maryland State Senate and as governor of Maryland for one term. Important subjects in the collection include genealogy, Maryland politics, World War I, farming, real estate, and newspapers. These are covered in correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, diaries, and pamphlets. This collection includes the papers of Edwin A. Warfield (1848-1928), Governor of Maryland, politician, and gentleman farmer, and of his son, Edwin Warfield, Jr. Topics covered include the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore, Maryland. This collection includes the papers of Edwin A. Warfield (1848-1928), Governor of Maryland, politician, and gentleman farmer, and of his son, Edwin Warfield, Jr. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, financial records, diaries, scrapbooks, maps, pamphlets, memorabilia, and photographs. The papers concern the newspaper which was owned by Edwin A. Warfield; historical societies; and the Oakdale Farm in Howard County. This collection also contains memorabilia Ellicott City Times This collection includes the papers of Edwin A. Warfield (1848-1928), Governor of Maryland, politician, and gentleman farmer, and of his son, Edwin Warfield, Jr. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, financial records, diaries, scrapbooks, maps, pamphlets, memorabilia, and photographs. Included are clippings and photographs relating to the "crime, capture, trial, and execution" of William Lee in 1906. Lee was hanged on Smith Island for allegedly assaulting two white women.

10.00 Linear Feet, 558 Photographs, 23 Negatives (Photographs)

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326168

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Lee, Blair, 1857-1944

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Warfield, Louise

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Warfield, Joshua Dorsey

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Kenly, W. W.

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Warfield, Joshua Dorsey

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Warfield, Edwin, 1848-1920

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Edwin Warfield was born May 7, 1848 at Oakdale, Howard County, Maryland. He began teaching public school in Howard County in 1866, while also studying law. He was appointed to the position of register of wills in 1874 and served in that capacity until 1881. In that same year, Warfield was elected to the Maryland State Senate. He was re-elected in 1883 and made president of the Seante in 1886. President Cleveland appointed Warfield surveyor of the port of Baltimore in 1886, wheupon he resigned...

Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland

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Gibbons, James, 1834-1921

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Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore; second American Cardinal. From the description of Letter : Baltimore, to A.P. Gorman, 1892 March 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22476270 James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) was an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a leader of the American Catholic community. His 1876 book, The Faith of Our Fathers was a best-selling apologetic and explanation of the Catholic faith. From the guide to the James Cardinal Gi...

Kenly, W. W.

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Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000172 American financier. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Ackermann, 1918 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874981 ...

Lee, Blair

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Warfield Family

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Edwin Warfield was born May 7, 1848 at Oakdale, Howard county, Maryland. He began teaching public school in Howard County in 1866, while also studying law. He was appointed to the position of register of wills in 1874 and served in that capacity until 1881. In that same year, Warfield was elected to the Maryland State Senate. He was re-elected in 1883 and made president of the Seante in 1886. President Cleveland appointed Warfield surveyor of the port of Baltimore in 188...

Warfield, Louise

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Daily record (Baltimore, Md.)

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