Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 68 pages long containing the fifth semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1906. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its fifth...
Fire resistant materials; Fireproofing; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904;
Document 130 pages long that contains the report of the Committee on Fire-Resistive Construction of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Established in 1896, the NFPA publishes fire and building safety standards designed to help reduce...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slaveholders; Slavery;
Document, bill of sale for slave woman named Philis. A typical bill of sale, the above document is a preprinted form with the essential information written in by hand. For the amount of $300, Philis is sold to David L. Maulsby by Eliza Ann Bennett....
In this letter dated December 8, 1864 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison answers Maria Clemm's recent letter, a response it appears to his letter to her of December 1 (see item scpc022). Having been informed of her situation,...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Ridgway, Henry; Slave bills of sale;
Handwritten copy of a bill of sale for Negro slave Edwin sold by Edgar A. Poe, as agent for Maria Clemm, to Henry Ridgway December 10, 1829 and recorded December 29, 1829 by William Gibson, the clerk for Baltimore City. At the top of the document...
Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Richmond (Va.);
Letter from Elmira Shelton to Maria Clemm dated September 22, 1849. Mrs. Shelton writes as if to a dear friend, telling Mrs. Clemm about Edgar's good behavior. Mrs. Shelton also speaks affectionately of Mrs. Clemm's daughter, Virginia Poe, and of...
Health; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Neilson Poe dated August 8, 1845. In this letter, Edgar Allan Poe apologizes for waiting so long to write to Neilson Poe but explains that he has been unable to procure some papers that will allow him to make a reply...
