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040 _aDLC
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_dDLC
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100 1 _aGarrett, Robert,
_d1783-1857.
245 0 0 _aRobert Garrett family papers,
_f1778-1925
_g(bulk 1830-1863).
300 _a29,000
_fitems.
300 _a88
_fcontainers.
300 _a38
_flinear feet.
351 _aOrganized by type of material with the largest portion arranged in a chronological file.
506 1 _aRestrictions apply.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aSubjects 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
545 0 _aGarrett family of Baltimore, Md. Family members represented include Robert Garrett, railroad official, financier, and merchant, and his son John W. Garrett, railroad official and financier.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013021
600 1 0 _aAtkinson, J. J.
_q(Joshua J.)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Varina,
_d1826-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLatrobe, John H. B.
_q(John Hazlehurst Boneval),
_d1803-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcHenry, James,
_d1817-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorgan, J. Pierpont
_q(John Pierpont),
_d1837-1913
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aParker, William,
_d1807-1868
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeabody, George,
_d1795-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeto, S. Morton
_q(Samuel Morton),
_cSir,
_d1809-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aThomas, Philip E.
_q(Philip Evan),
_d1776-1861
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aGarrett family.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
610 2 0 _aBaltimore and Ohio Employes Relief Association.
610 2 0 _aBaltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
610 2 0 _aGeorge Peabody & Co.
610 2 0 _aJohns Hopkins Hospital.
610 2 0 _aJohns Hopkins University.
610 2 0 _aJohns Hopkins University.
_bPeabody Institute.
610 2 0 _aLafayette College (Easton, Northampton County, Pa.)
610 2 0 _aMount Holyoke Female Seminary.
610 2 0 _aPrinceton University.
610 2 0 _aRobert Benson and Company
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aRobert Garrett & Sons.
610 2 0 _aYoung Men's Christian Associations of North America.
650 0 _aArt museums.
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aBrokers
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aCharities
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aCommission merchants
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aFarm produce
_zMaryland.
650 0 _aFinancial crises
_zUnited States
_y19th century.
650 0 _aGrocery trade
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aHarbors
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aMexican War, 1846-1848.
650 0 _aMartial law
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMerchants
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aSummer resorts
_zMaryland
_zGarrett County.
650 1 _aTelecommunication
_xUnited States.
650 0 _aTelegraph
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTransportation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWagon trains
_zMaryland.
650 0 _aWagon trains
_zPennsylvania.
651 0 _aBaltimore (Md.)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aBaltimore (Md.)
_xCommerce
_zCalifornia
_zSan Francisco.
651 0 _aBaltimore (Md.)
_xCommerce
_zEngland
_zLondon.
651 0 _aBaltimore (Md.)
_xCommerce
_zEurope.
651 0 _aBaltimore (Md.)
_xCommerce
_zLouisiana
_zNew Orleans.
651 0 _aBaltimore (Md.)
_xCommerce
_zSouth America.
651 0 _aEurope
_xCommerce
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
651 0 _aLondon (England)
_xCommerce
_zSouth America.
651 0 _aMaryland
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aNew Orleans (La.)
_xCommerce
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
651 0 _aSan Francisco (Calif.)
_xCommerce
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
651 0 _aSouth America
_xCommerce
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions
_yTo 1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic policy
_yTo 1933.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xFinance.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y19th century.
656 7 _aFinanciers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aMerchants.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aRailroad officials.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aGarrett, Henry S.
_q(Henry Stouffer),
_d1818-1867.
_tHenry S. Garrett papers.
700 1 _aGarrett, John W.
_q(John Work),
_d1820-1884.
_tJohn W. Garrett papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013021
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013021.3
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_d43115