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Ridgely Family Collection

MSA SC 3944
Dates1757-1784
MediumMicrofilm
RestrictionsRESTRICTED: Written permission of the Maryland Historical Society is required for copies and publication purposes. Microfilm not available for interlibrary loan
StorageMicrofilm only
Film Number(s)SCM 4428 - SCM 4442, SCM 4444 - SCM 4446
Description
Ridgely Family papers, MS 692.
History
The Ridgely family is most well known for its economic and political activities of the eighteenth century. The men of this period were wealthy planters, ironmasters and politicians, and their papers reflect these activities. Subsequent generations withdrew from iron and political activities and concentrated on running "Hampton" farm and traveling in Europe. Their papers are less extensive, but do reveal their lives as gentlemen farmers.

The women of the Ridgely family were by no means silent. Their papers reveal their religious and civic pursuits as well as their duties in operating "Hampton."

The originals of the Ridgely Papers, MS. 692, are the property of the Maryland Historical Society. The permission of the Maryland Historical Society must be obtained in writing before any manuscripts from its collection can be published. See microfilm for additional information concerning publication and microfilm copying restrictions.


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