Chapman Family papers.

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Chapman family. Papers of the Chapman family, 1816-1895.

Chapman Family papers.

1816-1895.

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1722

John Grant Chapman, an affluent citizen and plantation owner in Charles County, was active in state and national politics for over twenty-five years. A member of the Whig party, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates and then advanced to the Maryland Senate. From 1845 to 1848, Chapman served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Marshall Chapman, the second of John Grant Chapman's sons, inherited the Chapman estate upon his father's death in 1856. Records show that the family enslaved many people on their plantation (32 people as of the 1800 U.S. Federal Census and 140 people by 1850). Much of the personal correspondence in this collection concerns this branch of the Chapman family. Andrew Grant Chapman, another of John Grant Chapman's sons, followed directly in his father's footsteps and served in the Maryland House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives. A third son, Robert F. Chapman, attended the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore and later moved to New York City to work for Bellevue Hospital. The papers pertain to various family members and include correspondence, financial records, and notes on medical lectures. The Chapman Family papers include financial and personal papers that span the years 1816 to 1895; the bulk of the material dates from 1850 to 1880. The Chapman financial papers (1816-1889) include three hundred receipts, fifty-one pieces of business correspondence, and forty-six bank statements, most of which are addressed to Marshall, as well as twenty-nine ledgers belonging to John Grant, Marshall, and Robert F. Marshall, as well as twenty-nine ledgers belonging to John Grant, Marshall, and Robert F. Chapman. Various tax records, timekeeping records, legal papers, agricultural papers, and insurance forms are also included. The Chapman's personal correspondence (1849-1888) includes forty-one letters written to John Grant, Susan, Robert F., Marshall, Ellen, Ellen S., Ethel, Lizzie, and Nannia Kent Chapman, as well as several with the addressee unknown.

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