| Summary: | The Sellman Family Papers span the years 1828 through 1908 with the bulk of the material dating between 1850 and 1865. The collection contains family and business correspondence; bills and receipts; guardianship documents; handwriting exercises; and household and farm account books and diaries. Subjects covered include daily life; farm management; the cholera epidemic in Grand Gulf, Mississippi; treatment of slaves; sale of crops in Baltimore; and the education of the Sellman children at home and at St. John's College in Annapolis. For more information, please see the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1770. |
| Creator: | Sellman, Nannie |
| Century: | 1801-1900 |
| Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
| Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
| Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
| Place of origin – Settlement: | Anne Arundel County |
| Temporal subject: |
1851-1860
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| Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
| Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
| Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
| Geographical subject – Settlement: | Anne Arundel County |
| Topical subjects: | Agriculture -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County -- History -- Sources |
| Sellman, Lucinda Harwood, 1812-1866 -- Correspondence |
| Anne Arundel County (Md.) -- Genealogy |
| ArchivesUM location: | Sellman Family papers
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| Repository: | Historical Manuscripts |
| Browse terms: | Personal and Family Lives |
| Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
| Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/contact.jsp. |