Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 45 pages long containing the first semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1904. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its first...
Carroll County (Md.); Legal documents; Slaves; Slaveholders;
Document headed "Tabular Statement of Ownership of Certain Slaves in Carroll County, Maryland," that lists the slaves owned by Gustavus Dorsey. The statement includes the names of the slaves as well as information about their age, gender, physical...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Document dated June 23, 1896 showing the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute high school diploma awarded H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. Mencken is just 15 years old at the time. Affixed to the bottom left of the diploma are an orange and black ribbon and...
Armed forces; Long Branch (N.J.); Soldiers; United States. Army. Maryland Infantry Regiment, 5th (1867-)
Photograph of a group of officers from the 5th Maryland ("Dandy Fifth") (present day 175th Infantry) Regiment posed in front of a tent at "Camp Monmouth" in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1874. Although one source puts Long Branch in Frederick County,...
