Broadsides; Flags; Political ballads and songs; Religious poetry; Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American; Worthington, George F. (George Fitzhugh), d. 1887;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Prisoner at Home!" a poem written and self-published by George F. Worthington (1814-1887), an Episcopal clergyman from Baltimore, Maryland. This sequel to the broadside entitled "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! or...
Midnight Lunch Committee (Baltimore, Md.); World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Dedication program to participants of the Midnight Lunch Committee. The program was held on Oct. 28, 1943 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Midnight Lunch Committee, formed in January 1942, was comprised of volunteers from...
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...
Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 26 pages long containing the report of the Citizens' Relief Committee submitted to the Relief Fund Commission on August 11, 1904. This Citizens' Relief Committee was assembled at the request of Baltimore City Mayor Robert M. McClane for...
Broadsides; Pike, Marshall S. (Marshall Springs); Reunions; Travel;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Home Again" from the song composed by Marshall S. Pike. This broadside relates how good it feels to be home from a foreign shore, reunited with old friends. Centered between the two words of the title is...
Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "I Carry Along! The Despot's Song!" Written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." (i.e., an old secessionist), this broadside proclaims a Confederate view of Abraham Lincoln in which...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Fox, Will H.; Holliday Street Theatre (Baltimore, Md.); Kelly, J. J.; Minstrels; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "A Violet From Mother's Grave" from the song written by Will H. Fox. This broadside tells of the loss a man feels for his family, who have all died, and of the flower he carries with him that provides...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Fox, Will H.; Holliday Street Theatre (Baltimore, Md.); Kelly, J. J.; Minstrels; Songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "A Violet From Mother's Grave" from the song written by Will H. Fox. This broadside tells of the loss a man feels for his family, who have all died, and of the flower he carries with him that provides...
World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated February 28, 1860 and written from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, once engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, reveals her relationship to Maria Clemm, Poe's mother-in-law. Apologizing for not writing sooner to Mrs. Clemm,...
