TY  - GEN
AU  - Garrett,Robert
AU  - Garrett,Henry S.
AU  - Garrett,John W.
TI  - Robert Garrett family papers,
KW  - Atkinson, J. J.
KW  - Davis, Jefferson,
KW  - Davis, Varina,
KW  - Latrobe, John H. B.
KW  - McHenry, James,
KW  - Morgan, J. Pierpont
KW  - Parker, William,
KW  - Peabody, George,
KW  - Peto, S. Morton
KW  - Thomas, Philip E.
KW  - Garrett family.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Baltimore and Ohio Employes Relief Association
KW  - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
KW  - George Peabody & Co
KW  - Johns Hopkins Hospital
KW  - Johns Hopkins University
KW  - Peabody Institute
KW  - Lafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.)
KW  - Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
KW  - Princeton University
KW  - Robert Benson and Company
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Robert Garrett & Sons
KW  - Young Men's Christian Associations of North America
KW  - Art museums
KW  - Banks and banking
KW  - Maryland
KW  - Baltimore
KW  - Brokers
KW  - Charities
KW  - Commission merchants
KW  - Farm produce
KW  - Financial crises
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Grocery trade
KW  - Harbors
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Martial law
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Summer resorts
KW  - Garrett County
KW  - Telecommunication
KW  - Telegraph
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Wagon trains
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Baltimore (Md.)
KW  - Commerce
KW  - California
KW  - San Francisco
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Europe
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - New Orleans
KW  - South America
KW  - London (England)
KW  - New Orleans (La.)
KW  - San Francisco (Calif.)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - To 1865
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - To 1933
KW  - Finance
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Financiers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Railroad officials
N1  - Restrictions apply
N2  - Correspondence, business records, and other papers relating chiefly to the involvement of Robert Garrett and his sons, John W. Garrett and Henry S. Garrett, in mercantile affairs in Baltimore, Md.  Focuses on the business of Robert Garrett & Sons in connection with its mercantile trade and banking house, ventures in transportation and communication, and wholesale grocery, produce, forwarding, and commission business; and on the Garret's administration of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.  Documents the Garrett's dealings with George Peabody & Co. of London, England, and with commercial interests in New Orleans, La.; San Francisco, Calif.; Europe; and South America.  Also includes material pertaining their promotion of the western trade of farmers through the port of Baltimore and of the establishment of wagon trains moving over the turnpikes across the Allegheny Mountains and connecting with Pennsylvania canals and rivers; Subjects include financing of the Civil War, movement of Union troops and supplies, military arrest of Maryland citizens during the war, and efforts to free Confederate president Jefferson Davis following his capture by the Union; establishment of cable and telegraph lines; development of summer resorts in Garrett County, Md,; the financial panics of 1837 and 1857 and related government policy; the Mexican War; and John W. Garrett's involvement in national politics including his support of Abraham Lincoln.  Subjects also include education of family members at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, South Hadley, Mass.; Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; and other institutions.  Also includes material pertaining to the family's philanthropic interests such as the Baltimore and Ohio Employes Relief Association, the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute, art museums, and other local charities; Correspondents include J.J. Atkinson, Varina Davis, Wm. G. Harrison, John H.B. Latrobe, James McHenry, J. Pierpont Morgan, William Parker, George Peabody, Sir S. Morton Peto, Philip E. Thomas, and Robert Benson and Company.  An appendix to the finding aid lists selected correspondents according to their profession, association, or office
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013021
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013021.3
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