Wills
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
English indentures regarding settlement of husbands' wills by their widows
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-HUT-033
Overview
An indenture is a legal contract that reflects a debt or purchase obligation. This collection includes four 19th century English indentures, regarding the settlement of their husbands' wills by their widows. The indentures include the names of the husbands and wives, and the names of witnesses who attest to the existence of the marriages. The contracts are dated from 1866 to 1867.
John Weatherburn collection
Collection — 1: [Barcode: 31151030048338]
Identifier: MS-0044
Overview
John Weatherburn was born in the village of Kenton, England, April 23, 1750 and immigrated to the United States in 1772. The collection consists of a diary, letterbook, daybook, and two journals of Baltimore merchant, John Weatherburn ranging from 1766-1816.
Found in:
Special Collections
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John Weatherburn collection
Keyser-Wyman family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0082
Overview
The Keysers and Wymans were two of Baltimore's leading civic-minded and philanthropic families during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers consist of diaries, memoirs, correspondence, genealogical information, newspaper clippings, maps, and photographs ranging in date from 1800 to 1968.
Found in:
Special Collections
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Keyser-Wyman family papers
Raymond Dexter Havens papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0024
Overview
Raymond Dexter Havens, educator and author, was born in Rochester, New York in 1880. In 1925, he joined The Johns Hopkins University faculty as Caroline Donovan Professor of English, a post he held until his retirement in 1949. In 1931, Havens was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.The collections consists of correspondence; reprints, articles, and clippings; outlines, course note, study guides, and bibliographies; an autograph album contains holographic messages from...
Found in:
Special Collections
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Raymond Dexter Havens papers
Spanish language paleography collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030134518]
Identifier: MS-0713
Overview
Copied from dealer description: Confirmations of privileges, wills, powers of attorney, payment agreements, contracts, arrangements for official events, an account of a riot, an order for excommunication, letters, matters
of inheritance, royal decrees, a royal appointment, imposition of a mo1tgage, and a variety of other
types of documents compose this small collection; 13 are from the 16th century, 11 from the 17th, 14
from the 18th, and 4 from the 19th, with one from 1477. The documents were...