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Brooke Collection

MSA SC 418
Dates	1684-1952
Medium	Originals, copies, photostats
Restrictions	No restrictions
Storage	Updated 2013/10/30 00/09/03/27 (numbers 1-105); 00/09/03/26 (numbers 106-200); 00/09/03/25 (numbers 302-398); 00/09/03/33 (numbers 201-220, 222-301); 00/09/03/48 (numbers 399-474); 00/09/03/49 (numbers 475-556); 00/09/03/31 (numbers 557-645); 00/09/03/51 (numbers 646-749, 751, 753); 00/09/03/47 (numbers 754-848, 850-855); 00/09/03/32 (numbers 856-1001); 00/09/03/50 (numbers 221, 750, 752, 849, 951-973)
Description
Papers of James Brooke (1705-1784) and his sons Roger Brooke (1734-1790 of Brooke Grove, and Colonel Richard Brooke (1736-1788) of Fair Hill, and his grandson Roger Brooke (1774-1860). James Brooke established himself as a planter in what is now Montgomery County and held approximately 30,000 acres of land. He was the founder of an active Quaker settlement centering the Sandy Spring Meeting.

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