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Dated March 17, 1886, bound in thick paper cardboard, stitched binding. Includes typed sympathy letters written to the Thomas family upon the death of Annie Campbell Gordon Thomas, the wife of Dr. John Hanson Thomas.

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A rembrance book published in New York by Leavitt and Allen, plus blanks, includes several printed illustrations, bound in embossed leather, decorated gold lettering, worn at tips, corners and edges. Front fly leaf has inscription: "Alice Lee Whitridge, 1857." Presumably a remembrance book of Whitridge, perhaps her friends signing their names and short poems.

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Dated March 13th, 1857, bound in half black leather, pebbled cloth covered boards, worn at edges, tips, and corners, text block cracked in half, but attached. Front leaf states "Album of A. Whitridge, March 13th, 1857". It is likely that this is a companion volume to the volume above (Album of Remembrance), includes various pieces of verse copied in, unsure if original, or copied.

Scope and Contents Dated 1869, bound in brown leather, boards detached, lacks spine, text block cracked, broken in several pieces. Contains many blanks, only 24 pages of manuscript, 22 of which are a journal presumably kept by Anne C. Thomas starting in January of 1869, as her name and the date of January 1869 are on the front blank. The journal entries have heavy religious overtones, "Oh Lord God, thou hast in mercy brought me to a the beginning of another year ... " Includes two pages of lists of Bonds and...

Content Description From the Collection: Rewritten from dealer description:Included is a large group of letters and ephemera from the Thomas family, a family with deep Maryland roots known for its ancestors, politicians John Hanson and John Hanson Thomas. The papers most notably include members from the four generations of Thomases: John Hanson Thomas, his wife Anne "Annie" Campbell Gordon, their son Douglas Hamilton Thomas, his wife Alice Lee Whitridge, their son Douglas Hamilton Thomas, Jr., his wife Bessie Lee...

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Bound in wrappers with brass brads, approximately 1919 (date 1919 in pencil on front page). Appears to include an inventory of his estate, household belongings at Baltimore.

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Bound in wrappers with staples, includes a listing of this estate in storage.

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With annotations, bound in wrappers with brass brads, includes a listing of this estate in storage.

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Bound in wrappers with brass brads, includes a listing of this estate in storage sent to Boston from 1010 St. Paul Street in Baltimore.