Blackistone Collection of Dent Family Papers

MSA SC 1150
Dates	1675-1920
Medium	Microfilm; digital
Restrictions	No restrictions
Storage	0/10/01/6 (index only); papers are microfilm only
Film Number(s)	SCM 2675 - SCM 2682
Description
Dent family papers. Collection roughly falls into seven catagories with some overlapping: correspondence, accounts, land records, legal papers, probate records, newspapers, and memorabilia. Most of the correspondence was written or received by John Francis Dent (1814-1898). Dent represented SM in the Maryland legislature during the Civil War and was a leader of Southern sympathizers in the House of Delegates. He was also a member of the 1864 State Constitutional Convention.