Inventory for MSA SC 5767-1



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MSA SC 5767-1-1
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Dates1843-1865
Medium
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Deerskin covered chest. (12” long, 7” wide and 6” high) Small, handle on top and metal key latch on front. Trim fastened with small brass tacks. Inside lined with Civil War era newspaper. Lid hinged at back, hinge starting to split.
MSA SC 5767-1-2
Dates1900-1910
Mediumphotograph
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Framed tinted b/w photograph (11 ¾” x 14 ¾”) of the Clipper Mill House located on the Gunpowder River near Hoffmanville, Md. taken about 1900 – 1910, together with a smaller original b/w print of the same scene. The framed image is 11 ½” x 14 7/8” with a narrow white mat along with a second smaller photograph (3 ¾” x 4 ¾ “) of the same scene.
MSA SC 5767-1-3
Dates1879
Medium
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Original engraved steel plate (7” x 10”) used to make the image of William Henkle Hoffman published on page 316 of the book: ‘The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia’ Baltimore 1879.
MSA SC 5767-1-4
Dates
Mediumpaper
Storage00/12/10/Sh6
Description
Original silhouette image (4” x 4”) of William Davis Hoffman (1796-1866) husband of Susannah D. Hoffman (1806-1881) of ‘Stoney Ups and Downs’, Hoffmanville, Baltimore County, Md.
MSA SC 5767-1-5
Dates
Mediumvellum
Storage00/12/10/Sh6
Description
Original marriage certification date 2 April, 1822 mounted on vellum paper (2 ½” x 6 ¼”) reading as follows:
“This is to certify, that the ceremony of marriage was performed on the first day (‘second’ crossed out) of April, in the year of our Lord 1822 by the subscriber between William Davis Hoffman and Susannah Hoffman both of Baltimore County, in the State of Maryland. As witnessed my name this second day of April, 1822. John Hagerty “

MSA SC 5767-1-6
Dates
Mediumtintype
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Tintype image (1 ¾” x 3 ¼”) of Susannah D. Hoffman (d. 1881) in her old age in a paper mat. ‘Mrs. Pritchett, 438 Patterson Park Ave’ in ink on the reverse side of the mat around the image.
MSA SC 5767-1-7
Dates
Mediumtintype
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Tintype (2 ½” x 3 ¼”) of William Davis Hoffman (1796-1866) husband of Susannah D. Hoffman of ‘Stoney Ups and Downs’, Hoffmanville, Md. In a leather case, lacking cover, with metal mat around image. Size of image 2 ½ “ x 3”.
MSA SC 5767-1-8
Dates
Mediumambrotype, glass
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Ambrotype (glass plate) image of Peter B. Hoffman (b. 1844) and his brother Cincinnatus Hoffman (b. 1834) in gilt embossed leather case with fancy gilt metal mat around image. Both Cincinnatus Hoffman and his brother Peter B. Hoffman served in the Civil War. The image is believed to have been taken about the time of the Civil War and indications of uniforms are evident in the photo. Glenda Chilcoat has positively identified her ancestor, Cincinnatus Hoffman, as the soldier on the left looking at the image. Cincinnatus is wearing the dark coat.
MSA SC 5767-1-9
Dates
Mediumdaguerreotype, leather
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Daguerreotype (2 ¾” x 3 ¼”) of a lady in an embossed leather case with plane ‘gold’ mat around image.
Hoffman family member states: "I want to be very clear that my Grandmother May A. Seitz has identified this daguerreotype image as a cousin of a cousin of her mother’s named Mary Jane McIlvaine. However, I have reached a point of discounting any McIlvaine connection to her Hoffman family and believe the lady in this Daguerreotype is more likely that of May A. Seitz’s grandmother Susanna D. Hoffman Hoffman b. 1806."

MSA SC 5767-1-10
Dates
Mediumtintype
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Small tintype (2” x 2 ½”)of old lady holding a book , possibly that of Mary Hoffman (1757 – 1852) wife of George Frederick Hoffman, said to be Mary Jane McIlvaine before she married George Hoffman.
MSA SC 5767-1-11
Dates
Mediumtintype
Storage33/01/01/83
Description
Tintype image (2 ½” x 4”) in paper matting of George ‘Bud’ Hoffman , director of the Middletown (Md.) Cornet Band dated 1887. This is most likely George Armacost Hoffman b. 17 Feb., 1868 at the Clipper House s/o William D. Hoffman and Elizabeth Armacost.
MSA SC 5767-1-12
Dates
Mediumphotograph
Storage00/12/10/Sh6
Description
Three original photographs (various sizes) of the ‘Hoffman Mansion House’ of William H. Hoffman in Hoffmanville, Md. taken 1932 by May A. Seitz. The Hoffman mansion is not extant now.
MSA SC 5767-1-13
Dates
Medium
Storage00/12/10/Sh6
Description
Original Widow’s Pension papers dated 8 Feb., 1879 that Susannah D. Hoffman Hoffman was granted for the War of 1812 service of her deceased husband William Davis Hoffman. Pension number 17219 originally granted to William Davis Hoffman.
MSA SC 5767-1-14
RESTRICTED: Contact Director of Special Collections for access.
Dates
Mediummetal
Storage00/12/10/Sh6
Description
Flintlock pistol (16 ¼” in length) with ‘Harpers Ferry 1807’ stamped on side which May A. Seitz claimed was the property of William D. Hoffman who was a soldier in the War of 1812.
MSA SC 5767-1-15
Dates
Medium
Storage00/12/10/Sh6
Description
Early paper photo (3 7/8” x 4 3/8”) of the Hoffman House near the Gunpowder Paper Mill on the Gunpowder River near Hoffmanville, Md. House is not extant now. Image looks to date around early 1900s after house was no longer lived in. This is a well preserved image.
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