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WR 99: Notebook of Littleton Purnell Franklin

1 document boxes (0.25 cubic feet)

(1933 – 1994)

Bulk: 1933

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

Identifier:

WR 99
Creator(s): Littleton Purnell Franklin, Linda Richardson Franklin Jones, & Mary Humphreys
Acquisition:

The Notebook of Littleton Purnell Franklin collection was donated to the Worcester County Library by Mary Humphreys, March 1994.

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 Nate Godfrey, May 2022.

Related Materials: None.
Separated Materials: None.

Abstract

The Notebook of Littleton Purnell Franklin was the personal logbook of Littleton P. Franklin, concerning his interests in land around his farm near Berlin. The second item is an index of names compiled by Mary Humphreys in 1994, consisting of names mentioned in Franklin’s diary.

Administrative History / Biographical Note

Littleton Purnell Franklin was born in 1831 in Berlin, Maryland. As a young man, he attended Yale College with the intention of working as a lawyer in Snow Hill – however, this never happened. Due to poor health, Littleton P. Franklin returned to the family farm, and served as a politician and farmer. He was a delegate at the 1867 ratification of the Constitution of Maryland, and served as a Maryland State Senator. He died at age 58 of typhoid fever.

Scope and Content Note

This collection documents the life, real estate interests, and personal connections of Littleton Purnell Franklin.

Series I: Notebook: Transcribed from the original by his daughter Linda in 1933.

Series II: Index: An index of personal names listed in Purnell’s diary, transcribed by Mary Humphreys in 1994.

Arrangement Statement

The Littleton Purnell Franklin records have been arranged into two series, NOTEBOOKS and INDEX.

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

Land Surveys

Real Estate

Corporate Names

Personal Names

Franklin, Littleton Purnell

Jones, Linda Richardson Franklin

Location Terms

Berlin (Md.)

Libtertytown (Md.)

Inventory List

Series I: Notebook

Box 1

1|1 Franklin Notebook

Series II: Index

1|2 Index of Names

Attached Documents

 

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