Rumsey family papers, 1661-1907 (bulk 1700-1799).

Open to research.

Correspondence among family members; wills; surveys, deeds, plats, and other documents relating to land ownership; personal and business financial records; contracts and other legal documents; sermons; and notes on family history. Correspondence relates to family affairs, health, travel, weather, business, and politics. Places mentioned include Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md.; Georgetown, Kent County, Md.; Wilmington, Del.; and Philadelphia, Pa. Included as correspondents or subjects of correspondence are members of the Bayard (Baird), Bordley, Boyer, Brinkle, Everitt (Everett), Pearce, Rigbie (Rigby), and Wright families. Correspondence and accounts (1775-1777) of Philadelphia merchant shipping company, Hodges, Bayard and Company, include subjects such as trade with Europe and arms contracts during the Revolutionary War. Includes a legal document signed by Francis Scott Key and license (1872 May 23) to keep a billiard table issued by Quebec Province.

In part, negative photocopies. [S.l.].

Photocopies produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1939.

Family of Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md. Family members represented include Julia Rumsey Brinkle, Sabina Rumsey Rigbie, Anna Rumsey, Benjamin Rumsey, Charles Rumsey, John Rumsey, John Rumsey, Jr., Margarett Rumsey, Nathan Rumsey, Nathaniel Rumsey, Susan Rumsey, Thomas Rumsey, and William Rumsey.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013071