Pleasant Hunter Family papers

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Pleasant Hunter Family papers

1852-1890 (majority 1860-1870)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1446

This collection contains a group of business-related letters, addressed to a Pleasant Hunter, mainly from correspondents in Annapolis and Baltimore. Hunter was active in local politics and was the county sheriff of Baltimore County for many years. Also includes letters addressed to Sheriff Hunter's daughter, Laura ("Lida") Hunter in which the women describe their families, personal relationships and jobs.

105 items

eng, Latn

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970392

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

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Hunter, Eliza

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Talbott, Frederick Cockey

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Hunter, Margaret Smyser

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Hunter family

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Hunter family

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Hunter, Pleasant, 1810-1894

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Pleasant Hunter was born in Maryland in 1810 and lived his adult life in Baltimore County in the area of Parkton and Wiseburg along York Road. He was a farmer, an innkeeper, a Baltimore County sheriff (1853), a member of the Board of County Commissioners (1851-1852 and 1875-1876), and a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly (1860-1861). During the 1850s he also collected taxes and other monies. In 1875 he ran on the "Potato Bug" ticket, a third party comprised of Republicans and...

Hunter, Margaret Smyser

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq6b98 (person)

Hunter, Eliza

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh6wft (person)

Talbott, Frederick Cockey

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Pleasant Hunter Family.

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Pleasant Hunter was a farmer, an innkeeper, a Baltimore County sheriff (1853), a member of the Board of County Commissioners (1851-1852 and 1875-1876), and a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly (1860-1861). During the 1850s he also collected taxes and other monies. In 1875 he ran on the "Potato Bug" ticket, a third party comprised of Republicans and Democrats who wanted a change in the county Democratic leadership. He was born in Maryland in 1810 and lived his adul...