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WR 9: Various War Papers & Water Surveys 

2 folders (.02 cubic feet)

 (1852 – 1916)

Worcester County Library: Genealogy and Local History Collection, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, MD

Identifier:

WR 9
Creator(s):

Taylor family, Aleck H. King, and the United States War Department.
Acquisition:

The Various War Papers & Water Surveys collection was donated to the Worcester County Library from the Worcester County Historical Society.
Language(s): English
Use: Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Worcester County Library which extends beyond “fair use”.
Preferred Citation:

“Item, collection name, [Box #, Folder #,] Worcester County Library, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, Maryland.”
Attribution:

Finding aid written by Alec Staley, August 2019. Updated by Erin Scott, November 2023.
Related Materials: None.
Separated Materials: None.

Abstract

Included in the Various War Papers & Water Surveys collection are: various correspondences from Taylor family members (1852-1858), a letter from Aleck H. King detailing his capture by Yankee soldiers (1865), an Organizational Chart & Personnel of the Civilian Defense Corps of Berlin, Maryland (1941), and multiple water surveys for Pocomoke River, St. Martins River, & Sinepuxent Bay (1885-1916).

Scope and Content Note

Series I: Selected Papers, Civil War and WWII, 1852-1941; include various correspondences and publications regarding the Civil War and World War II.

Series II: Water Surveys, Worcester County, 1885-1916; houses multiple water survey’s conducted by the United States Government on bodies of water in the Worcester County region.

Arrangement Statement

Folders are listed by their location in each box; any given subject may be dispersed throughout the entirety of the collection.

Subject Terms

Topical Terms

Civil war

Water records—19th century

Water records—20th century

Worcester County (Md.)--Social life and customs--19th century

Worcester County (Md.)--Social life and customs--20th century

World War II

Location Terms

Berlin (Md.)

Pocomoke River (Md.)

Sinepuxent Bay (Md.)

Snow Hill (Md.)

St. Martins River (Md.)

Inventory List

Box 1

Series I: Selected Papers, Civil War and WWII, 1852-1941 

  1. Berlin Home Defense Corps, Chart of Organization and Personnel List, 1941 
  2. Correspondence, 1858 
  3. Correspondence, Aleck H. King to Elijah T. P. Gibbons, 1865 
  4. Sample Tickets from Civil War Period, 1861-1865 
  5. Correspondence, W. J. Taylor to Sister Sarah, 1852 
  6. Correspondence, Mrs. J. A. Taylor to her children, 1852 
  7. Correspondence, Lizzie to Sallie, 1852 

Series II: Water Surveys, Worcester County, 1885-1916 

  1. Pocomoke River Water Survey, No. 94, 1892 
  2. Pocomoke River Water Survey, No. 94, 1892 
  3. Pocomoke River Water Survey, No. 186, 1885 
  4. Pocomoke River Water Survey, No. 186, 1885 
  5. Sinepuxent Bay Water Survey, No. 248, 1913 
  6. Sinepuxent Bay Water Survey, No. 248, 1913 
  7. St. Martins River Water Survey, No. 254, 1913 
  8. St. Martins River Water Survey, No. 254, 1913 
  9. Pocomoke River Water Survey, No. 1165, 1916 
  10. Pocomoke River Water Survey, No. 1165, 1916 
  11. Big Annemessex River Water Survey, No. 1328, 1914 
  12. Big Annemessex River Water Survey, No. 1328, 1914 

Attached Documents

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