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Guy Weatherly Collection of McParlin Family Papers

MSA SC 595
Dates1763-1960
MediumOriginals, copies
RestrictionsNo restrictions
Storage00/09/06/23; 00/09/06/23 (numbers 1-85); 00/09/06/24 (numbers 86-204); 00/09/06/25 (numbers 205-330); 00/09/06/26 (numbers 331-457); 00/09/06/27 (numbers 458-552); 00/09/06/28 (number 553); 00/09/06/74 (numbers 555, 557-564, 567-571); 33/02/04/46 (photographs, numbers 554, 556, 565); Note items 9 & 12; B5/17/02/18
Description
This collection has three components. The first is the papers of Williams Faris, a silversmith in Annapolis (1763-1805). The second is the papers of William McParlin (who had been apprenticed to Faris) and family (1799-1844). The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of Thomas Andrew McParlin, a surgeon in the United States Army (1846-1897).
History
The Faris papers are mostly legal documents pertaining to land sales and work indentures. The William McParlin papers begin with the declaration of citizenship that was granted to McParlin in 1799. The papers of Thomas McParlin primarily consist of letters written to his wife and family from the various military posts where he was assigned during his career. In the first year of the Civil War, McParlin served in Chicago organizing medical supplies before being transferred to the Army of Virginia under Major General John Pope. From September 1862 to December 1863, McParlin was the Medical Director of the U.S. General Hospitals in Annapolis. From January 1864 to the end of the war, McParlin was the Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and was present at the siege of Petersburg. McParlin's memoirs contain letters written in 1866 from Major General Philip Sheridan, Major General George Meade, and Major General John Pope attesting to McParlin's medical skills and accomplishments during the Civil War.

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