James Respess Collection Relating to Cipriano Ferrandini

MSA SC 5852

Dates

1859-1867

Medium

original, electronic

Restrictions

Storage

Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.

Description

Three documents relating to the career of Cipriano Ferrandini, including his passport, membership in Knights of the Golden Circle, and Maryland National Guard Commission as Captain. [See also MSA SC 5860: Rosemary Owings Collection Relating to the Murphy and Ferrandini Families]

History

Cipriano Ferrandini was a hairdresser from Corsica who emigrated to Baltimore, and established himself as the long-time barber and hairdresser in the basement of Barnum's Hotel. There he practiced his trade from the mid 1850s to his retirement long after the close of the Civil War. He was accused, but never indicted for plotting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on February 23, 1861, and while once caught in a secessionist dragnet in 1862, was never prosecuted for his pro-Southern convictions.

For further information, see the Maryland State Archives biography page for Cipriano Ferrandini online at: Ferrandini, Cipriano (1823-1910), MSA SC 3520-14473

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Documents
Series 2: Electronic Images

Microfilm Inventory