Maryland State Archives

D. Mark Katz, Witness to an Era: The Life and Photographs of Alexander Gardner, (New York: Viking, 1991), 116-122, 127-129, and 297.

From the private collection of Will Mumford; pdf includes transcription.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Joint Resolutions) 1865 No. 5, MdHR 50,029-19 [MSA S967-19, 2/12/2/18]

According to Carl Everstine's The General Assembly of Maryland, 1850-1920 (Charlottesville, VA: The Michie Company, 1984), "The General Assembly considered and approved the 13th Amendment within a period of three days. Governor Bradford received it from the Secretary of State in Washington on February 1, 1865. He sent it immediately to the House, expressing hope that Maryland would be the first state to ratify it." (Everstine, 199). Everstine does not document his assertion that Bradford received the amendment from the Secretary in Washington, D.C. In fact Bradford received the 13th Amendment from Seward in Annapolis when Seward arrived on his journey to City Point for the conference with the Confederate Peace Commissioners.

The Baltimore American of February 2, 1865, reports that Seward met with Governor Bradford in the Executive chamber shortly after his arrival in Annapolis. "During the interview the Secretary communicated the fact of the passage by Congress of the amendment of the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery throughout the land, and the Governor immediately dispatched a communication to the General Assembly on the subject... On the conclusion of the brief interview in the Executive Chamber, Secretary Seward proceeded to the Naval Academly..." (Baltimore American, 2 February 1865, p. 4 col. 2)

The Baltimore Sun only notes "President Lincoln is expted to arrive here during the day. Secretary Seward came in the early train." (Baltimore Sun, 2 February 1865, p. 4 col. 3)

GOVERNOR (Proceedings) Feburary 1, 1865 [MSA SM172-5, M3163] as posted on the Archives of Maryland Online

Transmittal letter of Secretary Seward and reply of Governor Bradford as recorded in GOVERNOR (Letterbook) [MSA SM170-3, M3169] as posted on the Archives of Maryland Online

GOVERNOR (Miscellaneous Papers) 13th Amendment, 1865, Box 79 Folder 19 [MSA S1274-79-19, 1/7/5/62] (See notes for 600 dpi images of Feb 1865 transmittal and amendment text. See also msaref MSA SC 5458-51-3350.)
Caption text: Maryland State Archives Governor (Miscellaneous Papers) Transmittal of the 13th Amendment, 1865, MSA S1274-79-19, MdHR 6636

Proceedings of the House of Delegates -
February 1, 1865 pp. 119-122
February 3, 1865 p. 145
Index to Proceedings, p. 769

Proceedings of the State Senate -
February 1, 1865 p. 58
February 2, 1865 pp. 63-64
February 3, 1865 pp. 69-70
Index to Proceedings, p. 460

1865 Joint Resolution No. 5
List of Resolutions passed during the 1865 regular session

GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Joint Resolutions) 1865 No. 5, MdHR 50,029-19 [MSA S967-19, 2/12/2/18]

Illinois was the first state to ratify the amendment, by doing so on February 1st. Rhode Island followed on February 2nd. Maryland was one of 5 states to ratify on February 3rd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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From the Collection of Lincoln Financial Foundation (#2422)

Caption text:
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Matthew Henry Wilson, 1865. From the Collection of Lincoln Financial Foundation (#2422)

Lois B. McCauley, Maryland Historical Prints, 1752 to 1889 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1975), 178.

Laura Rice, Maryland History in Prints, 1743-1900 (Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2002), 266.

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Bird's Eye View of the City of Annapolis, Maryland by Charles Magnus, 1864, Courtesy of The Maryland Historical Society

Image from Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Galesville Heritage Society Collection) MSA SC 5439-1-1.

See also MSA SC 5339-5-8.

Detail of Annapolis

See also MSA SC 5339-5-12 and MSA SC 5339-71-116.

See also Maryland State Archives SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Marion E. Warren Photograph Collection) MSA SC 1890-1-3788, as published in Everybody Works But John Paul Jones (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981).

Image from microfilm purchased from the LOC. (See MSA SC 5458-45-394) This issue is only available on film. Per LOC, it is not in the bound volume for this time period.

Caption text: Maryland State Archives Special Collections (Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Collection) The New York Herald, February 5, 1865, MSA SC 5843

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Source: National Archives RG 92, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, specifically 92.3.1 General correspondence. From file labeled "Annapolis in box 225.