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Smith Collection

MSA SC 5859
Dates	1800-1804
Medium	original; electronic
Restrictions	RESTRICTED: Original does not circulate.
Storage	RB/01/05/ ; 00/10/01/29-00/10/01/34; 33/08/01/02
Description
Papers of the Smith, Drury, Pindell, Thomas families of Anne Arundel County, as well as some family photographs. Includes Diary of Jerningham Drury Drury was a farmer in Lothian, Maryland. The diary/journal lists expenses, court cases and fees, the births and anticipated manumission dates of enslaved African Americans. Typed transcriptions within Series 1 were written by Marion Byrd. These transcriptions were of original letters housed at the Drury family home, "Lebanon," which burned in 1914. Original letters lost in the fire.

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Drury Family Papers
Series 2: Thomas Family Papers
Series 3: Books & Small Framed Photographs
Series 4: Smith/Pindell Family Papers

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