MSA SC 910-16-1
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1846-1883
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Letters to Elizabeth Owings. Mention of Hagerstown population being of German descent('46); flea bites('50); cold weather, -40 degrees in Vermont in Nov; use of pepper sauce to treat sore throat('59); Civil War and school (USNA) at Newport, RI; "Uncle Jeffers", commander of the Monitor; inflamed eyes from dust('77)
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MSA SC 910-16-2
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1862/08/05
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Letter to Elizabeth "Betsy" Owings from "Cousin Lizzie" in Newport, RI. Mentions "no prospect of the School [USNA] returning until War over." "Uncle Jeffers" who is in command of the Monitor is pessimistic about the war.
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MSA SC 910-16-3
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1857
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Letters from Lydia Owings [widow of Samuel B.Owings and sister-in-law to Prudence G. Owings Ridout] to Annie D. Owings, Annapolis. Indicates her husband died ca. January 1856, and she struggles to keep her children with her due to their limited means.
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MSA SC 910-16-4
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1811-1826
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Letters from Mary Owings, Rosedale. 1811 letter to her mother Mary Hesselius at Dr. Murray's, West River [Mary stayed with another daughter, Elizabeth Owings Murray]. 1824 letter talks of treatment using "salts" and "flaxseed & nitre". General family correspondence: Mary Owings' daughters, Prudence Owings Ridout (Mrs. John) and Sophia Owings Rogers (Mrs. John).
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MSA SC 910-16-5
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1850-1874
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Letters from Mary E. Owings. [Mary is daughter of Lydia and Samuel B. Owings, granddaughter of Mary Owings of Folder 5.] 29 Dec 18__ letter mentions receiving only one Christmas present; 1855 letter mentions a fair to raise funds to build a chapel for the "Colored." Mention of Mrs. Harwood's home being used for choir practice. 1855 style of Beaver Bonnet in Baltimore and Annapolis; A dentist in Annapolis in 1855, Mary's father's death; rumored engagement between John Ridout and Matilda Chase. Mary Steele and Dennis Claude are married in Philadelphia. 1874 letter from "The Home", Easton, MD where Mary E. Owings is working taking care of the girls there [orphanage??]
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MSA SC 910-16-6
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1883/03/23
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Letter to Mary E. Owings from goddaughter "Bettie". Mentions addition of commencement hall to Hannah More Academy. Bettie was to have attended Normal School but for her mother's illness.
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MSA SC 910-16-7
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1805/08/26
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From Nicholas Owings: promissory note for $1600 to brother Samuel Owings, merchant, Baltimore.
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MSA SC 910-16-8
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1815/03/17
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Letter from Prudence G. Owings, Rose Dale, to her grandmother, Mrs. Hesselius at Wood Stock. Mentions epidemic in Elk Ridge and Hammonds Ferry. Victims: Samuel Norwood and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dorsey.
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MSA SC 910-16-9
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1821
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Letters to Prudence G. Owings. 12/19 letter, from "E" at Evergreen in Baltimore to Prue at her sister Sophia's, West River. Sophia has just had a child. 12/9 letter from her "warmly attached friend", Achsah. Mention of Mary A. Woods and the illness of Mary Ann.
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MSA SC 910-16-10
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1863/09/01
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Letter from Prudence S. Owings to her uncle. Mentions Leander who has decided not to go west in the winter.
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MSA SC 910-16-11
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1900/03/01
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Letters from Dr. William G. Ridout, Annapolis, to his wife, Ellie, in care of Mrs. Commodore Ridgely on Park Avenue in Baltimore. Mentions that Grandma is in a "distressing state".
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MSA SC 910-16-12
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1823-1833
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Letters from Samuel B. Owings, mostly to his sister, Prudence G. Owings Ridout. 1823 letter to "Prue" from Drumquahattle(?). Indicates SB Owings was a doctor, recently passed his exams and was looking for a "proper opening." There were two doctors near Hagerstown already, one at Big Branch and one near Cave Town. 1826 letter to Prue from Randallstown, thankful she is safely through childbirth but regrets deterioration of Addison's health [Prue's husband's brother]. Ca. 1830 letter to Prue, mentioning Mary whose father has fallen victim to a cruel landlord. 1831 letter mentions bounty lands, wanting to know "what title can be given and what is the lowest price" and "that the choicest lands will be occupied" first. 1833 letter mentions temperance movement and establishment of a temperance society at Marcella Chapel, an auxillary of the State temperance society. Establishment of a "Sabbath School" by Miss Rebecca Fort, niece of Mr. Pindall.
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MSA SC 910-16-13
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1837-1842
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Letters from Samuel B. Owings to John and/or Prudence Ridout. 1837 leter indicates Owings has settled in Canton Fulton in Illinois (?) where he hopes to establish a practice. 1838 letter mentions Dorcas [wife?] and Mary [daughter?]. Indicates he is doing fairly well in practice, income exceeding expenses. Raves about the fertility of the land there.1839 letter has a receipt at the top of the page for $600 from Mary Woodward Howard for Lot 2, Jones Addition of Lots to the Town of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois from Joseph Geyer. Signed by Geyer and witnessed by VWD Comstock.
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MSA SC 910-16-14
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1844
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Letters from Samuel B. Owings. 1844 letter to sister, Prudence G. Ridout, tells of his move to East Union, Cochocton, which has no physician. He is boarding with Rev. Mr. Neal. His daughter, Anne E., is with Prue and John in Annapolis, Mary is with Sophia, he supposes. 1844 letter mentions their "log tenement on the banks of the great Mississippi, our little furniture aranged by my thrifty wife" and that little Anne Eliza tends the boy on one side of the fire with Mary and I on the other. Mentions his sickness, an illness affecting his practice. Mentions Dorcas. Another 1844 letter, from Fosters Mill, Seneca Co, laments his itinerancy.His wife has died and his daughters are with Prue. Asks Prue to have Ann E. baptised in the Church of Christ.
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MSA SC 910-16-15
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1845-1854
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Letters of Samuel B. Owings to his sister, Prudence G. Owings Ridout (Mrs. John) and one to his daughter Anne Eliza Owings. Mostly family information: first wife Dorcas died; second wife, Lydia Gibson; second family. Seems to move from town to town in Illinois and Ohio practicing medicine. Often writes of illnesses.
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