Maryland--Cecil County
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Canby A. Alexander diary
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0723
Abstract
This diary was started by Canby A. Alexander in January 1883, when he was 10 years old and living in Cecil County, Maryland. At 10, Alexander was no longer enrolled in school but instead was occupied with the family farm and the comings and goings of his extended family, neighbors and friends. The Alexanders may have been descendants of Robert Alexander, once a delegate to the Continental Congress, who later defected to the Royal Navy. His estate became the town of Elkton, Maryland. Canby...
Dates:
1883, 1895-1896
Found in:
Special Collections
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Canby A. Alexander diary
Cecil County, Maryland Poor School Fund records
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030051423]
Identifier: MS-0205
Abstract
The collection consists of 18 accounts submitted to the Cecil County (Md.) Poor School Fund by teachers wishing to be reimbursed for the tuition of scholars who were unable to pay from 1828-1856.
Dates:
1828-1856