Callister family papers, ca. 1741-1788.

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Callister family papers, ca. 1741-1788.

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Correspondence, business records, and miscellaneous manuscripts of members of the Callister family, chiefly Henry Callister, merchant (ca. 1716-ca. 1768) and his wife, Sarah Trippe Callister (1731-1805), including items about Mrs. Callister's schools for girls in Chestertown and Baltimore (1783-1788). Henry Callister came to Maryland as factor for Foster Cunliffe & Sons, of Liverpool, England, and was resident at Oxford, Talbot County, and "Townside", an estate in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Md. Original manuscripts have not been counted, but photostatic reproductions fill 869 pages, plus an index volume. They contain a wealth of information concerning economic, mercantile, political, social, and cultural conditions on the Eastern Shore during the period, and include correspondence with persons in Great Britain; with Rev. Thomas Bacon (came to Maryland, 1745, d. 1768), compiler of The Laws of Maryland, organizer of the first charity school in the British colonies, and a pioneer in relations with the African American population; with Robert Morris, merchant of Talbot County, and his son, Robert Morris, Jr. (1734-1806), financier of the American Revolution; and with members of the Bolton, Bordley, Comegys, Earle, Eccleston, Goldsborough, Ridout, Gordon, Hesselius, Hollyday, Lloyd, Ringgold, Wright, and many other Maryland families.

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Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

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