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Callister family papers
- Title
- Callister family papers, approximately 1741-1788.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 (5 volumes) | Text | Restricted use | MssCol 457 Box 1 (5 volumes) | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- 5 volumes (in one carton)
- Summary
- Correspondence, business records, and miscellaneous manuscripts of members of the Callister family, chiefly Henry Callister, merchant (ca. 1716-ca. 1768) and his wife, Sarah Trippe Callister (1731-1805), including items about Mrs. Callister's schools for girls in Chestertown and Baltimore (1783-1788). Henry Callister came to Maryland as factor for Foster Cunliffe & Sons, of Liverpool, England, and was resident at Oxford, Talbot County, and "Townside", an estate in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Md. Original manuscripts have not been counted, but photostatic reproductions fill 869 pages, plus an index volume. They contain a wealth of information concerning economic, mercantile, political, social, and cultural conditions on the Eastern Shore during the period, and include correspondence with persons in Great Britain; with Rev. Thomas Bacon (came to Maryland, 1745, d. 1768), compiler of The Laws of Maryland, organizer of the first charity school in the British colonies, and a pioneer in relations with the African American population; with Robert Morris, merchant of Talbot County, and his son, Robert Morris, Jr. (1734-1806), financier of the American Revolution; and with members of the Bolton, Bordley, Comegys, Earle, Eccleston, Goldsborough, Ridout, Gordon, Hesselius, Hollyday, Lloyd, Ringgold, Wright, and many other Maryland families.
- Subject
- Bacon, Thomas, approximately 1700-1768 > Correspondence
- Morris, Robert, 1710 or 1711-1750 > Correspondence
- Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 > Correspondence
- Bolton family > Correspondence
- Comegys family > Correspondence
- Earle family > Correspondence
- Eggleston family > Correspondence
- Goldsborough family > Correspondence
- Gordon family > Correspondence
- Holliday family > Correspondence
- Lloyd family > Correspondence
- Ringgold family > Correspondence
- Wright family > Correspondence
- Bordley family > Correspondence
- Callister family
- Eccleston family > Correspondence
- Hesselius family > Correspondence
- Hollyday family > Correspondence
- Ridout family > Correspondence
- Foster Cunliffe & Sons (Liverpool, England)
- Agriculture > Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
- Girls > Education > Maryland > Baltimore
- Girls > Education > Maryland > Chestertown
- Merchants > Great Britain > Correspondence
- Merchants > Maryland > Correspondence
- Schools > Maryland > Baltimore
- Schools > Maryland > Chestertown
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Commerce > Great Britain
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Economic conditions > 18th century
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > History > 18th century
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Politics and government > 18th century
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > Social life and customs > 18th century
- Great Britain > Commerce > Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
- Genre/Form
- Business records – Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
- Family papers – Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Reproduction (note)
- Photostats.
- Original Location (note)
- Originals held by the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Episcopal Diocesan Center, Baltimore, Md.
- Source (note)
- Maryland Diocesan Library
- Language (note)
- Materials in English.
- OCLC
- 1012490644
- Title
- Callister family papers, approximately 1741-1788.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Reproduction
- Photostats.
- Original Location
- Originals held by the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Episcopal Diocesan Center, Baltimore, Md.
- Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Language
- Materials in English.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Commission merchants Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)Plantation owners Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
- Added Author
- Callister, Henry, approximately 1716-approximately 1768.Callister, Sarah Trippe, 1731-1805.