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1. Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families papers, 1654-1888

   15,000 items. 92 containers. 25 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, business records, financial records, legal documents, speeches, reports, essays, memoranda, and other papers of members of the Galloway, Maxcy (Maxey), and Markoe families relating to economic conditions in Maryland and foreign affairs and political events in the 1840s and 1850s.

2. John Leeds Bozman family papers, 1688-1883

   800 items. 6 containers. 2.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian and lawyer of Maryland. Correspondence and other material pertaining to John Leeds Bozman, John Leeds Kerr, John Bozman Kerr, J. S. Bozman, William Vans Murray, Daniel Carroll (1730-1796), and others.

3. Jonathan D. Meredith papers, 1795-1859

   9,000 items. 15 containers plus 1 oversize. 6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, army officer, and businessman of Baltimore, Md. Family and general correspondence, legal files, financial papers, and other material relating chiefly to Meredith's associations with the Savings Bank of Baltimore and the Bank of the United States; the War of 1812; impeachment proceedings against James Hawkins Peck; shipping and trade with Europe and South America; and settlement of the estates of Charles Carroll and Robert Oliver.

4. Charles Nicoll Bancker correspondence, 1803-1830

   220 items. 3 containers. .6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. Correspondence addressed to Bancker primarily from his father-in-law, John Teackle, and brother-in-law, Littleton Dennis Teackle, as well as other members of the Teackle family of Maryland. Pertains to family and business matters and documents national economic and political issues related to the family's interests in banking, commerce, and shipbuilding.

5. John Glassford and Company records, 1743-1886

   228 volumes. 228 containers. 62 linear feet. 71 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Mercantile firm. Ledgers, journals, daybooks, inventories, cashbooks, and letterbooks of the various mercantile firms in Maryland and Virginia representing or succeeding the Glasgow, Scotland, firm of John Glassford and Company in the Chesapeake tobacco trade.

6. Carroll family papers, 1686-1897

   1,600 items. 5 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Maryland family of landowners, planters, and politicians. Correspondence, financial records, indentures, land documents, and other papers concerning the personal and business activities of the Carroll family. Primarily letters received by Charles Carroll (1801-1862) with some correspondence of his grandfather, Charles Carroll (1737-1832), his father, Charles Carroll (1775-1825), his wife, Mary Digges Lee Carroll (circa 1799-1859), and other family members.

7. Robert Garrett family papers, 1778-1925

   29,000 items. 88 containers. 38 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Garrett family of Baltimore, Md. Family members represented include Robert Garrett, railroad official, financier, and merchant, and his son John W. Garrett, railroad official and financier. Correspondence, business documents, and other papers relating to mercantile affairs in Baltimore, Maryland, and to Robert Garrett & Sons and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.

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