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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78021857
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of the Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families were acquired by the Library of Congress in two groups. The first group was purchased in 1906 and the second was given by Mrs. Paul Wayland Bartlett in 1948. An additional item was given by J. Franklin Jameson in 1929.
The collection was processed in 1970 and 1975, and the finding aid was revised in 2009.
The first group of Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe Families Papers was described in
Complementing the papers of the Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families in the Manuscript Division are the Samuel F. Emmons Papers, which include a small amount of Markoe family material, particularly letters, a diary, and poetry books of Sophie Markoe Emmons.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of the Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on one reel. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe Families Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of the Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families span the years 1654-1888, with the bulk of the material falling within the years 1750-1860. The papers consist of correspondence, letterbooks, daybooks, ledgers, waste books, cash and expense records, other accounts books, bills, checks, receipts, invoices, bonds, indentures, agreements, rent rolls, inventories and other lists, wills, petitions, copies of legal briefs, court records, stock certificates, speeches, reports, memoranda, essays, and textbooks. The collection is organized in Correspondence, Business Papers, Letterbooks, Account Books, and Miscellany series.
In 1921, many of the papers of the Galloway, Maxcy and Markoe families were bound in a chronological arrangement without regard to type of material. As a result, the Galloway papers in the Correspondence series consist of a high proportion of accounts, invoices, legal documents, and related material that was segregated from a later acquisition and organized as Business Papers.
The Galloway family papers constitute a rich source of information about economic conditions in Maryland, 1750-1810. Samuel Galloway and his son, John Galloway, of Tulip Hill near West River, were merchants engaged in London and local trade. Correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, and invoices document economic activity involving tobacco, wheat, wine, lumber, livestock, and other merchandise. In addition, John Galloway assumed the management of the business and estate of his brother-in-law, Thomas Ringgold of Chestertown, after the latter's death in 1776. Bonds and indentures, rent rolls, lists of slaves, farm equipment, and household goods, as well as ledgers and account books, reflect this period.
The Galloway papers also include correspondence among family members in Philadelphia and throughout the state of Maryland; two ledgers concerning tax levies in Anne Arundel County, 1764 and 1765; a letterbook, 1718-1719, of Higginson & Bird, a London mercantile firm; and correspondence and accounts relating to the business affairs and estate of Joseph Galloway, a brother of Samuel Galloway, but not the Pennsylvania Loyalist of the same time.
Virgil Maxcy, lawyer, politician, and solicitor of the Treasury Department from 1830 to 1836, was John Galloway's son-in-law. Maxcy's papers consist primarily of correspondence with his wife and daughter, clients, and political associates, and include a large number of letters from John C. Calhoun. Maxcy's position as American chargé d'affaires in Brussels, 1837-1842, is documented, but less fully than his interests in domestic politics. Maxcy's biography of Calhoun is included in the papers as well as a few reports, speeches, and legal briefs.
The correspondence of Francis Markoe reflects his career in the State Department and his position as corresponding secretary of the National Institute for the Promotion of the Sciences. Topics in the letters include foreign affairs and political events of the 1840s and 1850s and activities of the national institute, particularly its mineralogical collections. The papers of the Maxcy and Markoe families also include letters to George W. Hughes, a colonel in the army's corps of topographical engineers and a son-in-law of Maxcy.
Correspondents in the collection in addition to members of the Chew, Cheston, Howard, and Tilghman families include J. J. Albert, Lewis Cass (1782-1866), Lewis Cass, Jr., George Mifflin Dallas, Albert Davy, Daniel Dulany, Peter Force, Alexander Hamilton (1786-1875), David Hoffman, C. J. Ingersoll, J. R. Ingersoll, James Kent, Francis Scott Key, David Lynn, George McDuffie, John Francis Mercer, James Monroe, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Richard Rush, Stephen Steward, Joseph Story, Thomas Swann, Samuel Swartwout, Roger Brooke Taney, Benjamin Tasker (1720-1760), George Washington, and Daniel Webster.
This collection is arranged in five series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78021857
Letters received, together with a few letters sent. The bound correspondence includes business and legal records such as bills, accounts, receipts, rent rolls, indentures, wills, and inventories.
Organized in bound and unbound sets and arranged chronologically therein, with subdivisions according to family groupings.
Bills, accounts, receipts, expense notations, invoices, bonds, indentures, agreements, rent rolls, inventories, lists, petitions, court records, and other business and legal papers relating to the Galloway family.
Arranged chronologically to the month.
Bound copybooks of letters sent of the Galloway family business and one relating to the London firm of Higginson & Bird.
Arranged by name of firm or Galloway family member.
The letter book relating to Higginson & Bird is available on microfilm. Shelf no. 16,289.
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 16,289.
Daybooks, ledgers, waste books, and miscellaneous account books, invoices, inventories, and memoranda of the Galloway family.
Arranged chronologically by year of earliest entry of each volume.
Rent contracts, bound legal papers, envelopes, essays, speeches, reports, checks and receipts, expense books, recipes, and calling cards.
Organized by family and therein by type of material.