Thomson Francis Mason and Thomas Swann Families papers

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Thomson Francis Mason and Thomas Swann Families papers

1745-1930 (majority 1745-1912)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1297

This collection encompasses the business dealings and personal lives of the extended family of Thomas Swann (1809-1883), the governor of Maryland from 1866 to 1869. The Swanns and Masons were an extended family with a long history in Maryland and Virginia. The invoices, correspondence, checks, and land deeds and indentures in the collection cover such subjects as politics, the Clapham family, and the Virginia connection between the Swann and Mason families.

2.75 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger box, 1 half-Hollinger box, 1 oversize box) and 1 item

eng, Latn

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6970851

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

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Swann-Mason Family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6916v2g (person)

From the guide to the Swann-Mason Family papers, 1751-1930, null, (State of Maryland and Historical Collections) ...

Mason family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d6016q (family)

Mason, Thompson F.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx2h3t (person)

Swann, Thomas, 1809-1883

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r5018c (person)

Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, Swann served as the 19th Mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860), later as the 33rd Governor of Maryland (1866–1869), and subsequently as U.S. Representative ("Congressman") from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then 4th congressi...

Swann family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6106gnq (family)

Mason, Betsey C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g8k1g (person)

Clapham family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64n8hxz (family)

Mason, Caroline R.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj3mhd (person)