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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79015206
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 Daniel Carroll, landowner and businessman, were deposited and then given to the Library of Congress in 1963 and 1967 by Mrs. Harry G. Meem and her daughter, Ann Meem Rogers, descendants of the Carroll family. Other gifts and purchases were received between 1920 and 1990, including gifts from Frank Hannegan in 1983 and 1985.
The papers of Daniel Carroll were arranged and described in 1986-1987 by David Mathisen. Additional material was incorporated into the collection in 2001 by Brian McGuire and the finding aid was revised in 2001 and 2008.
Portions of the collection are described in the
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Daniel Carroll is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Daniel Carroll 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 these papers is available on eight reels from the Library's Photoduplication Service for purchase subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). 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, Daniel Carroll Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Daniel Carroll of Duddington (1764-1849) span the years 1662-1920, with the bulk of the material concentrated between 1791 and 1868. The collection relates principally to the real estate and business interests of Carroll, an influential Washington, D.C., landowner whose property included Duddington Manor on the Anacostia River and much of what was to become Capitol Hill. The papers are organized in the following series: Family Correspondence, General Correspondence, Financial Records, Miscellany, an Addition , and Oversize.
The collection deals with the surveying and selling of lots and squares in the new federal city and in Baltimore, Maryland, with lawsuits and the collection of rents, and with Carroll's large holdings in the Baltimore Iron Works and the Hockley Forge. Most of the material dated after Carroll's death in 1849 concerns the settlement of his estate by his daughters, Ann C. Carroll and Maria Carroll Fitzhugh.
Principal correspondents from Daniel Carroll's lifetime include his uncle, Daniel Carroll of Rock Creek, one of the early commissioners of the District of Columbia; Charles Carroll (d. 1820) of Belle Vue; and Charles Carroll (1737-1832) of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Other correspondents are Richard Brent, William Leigh Brent, Thomas Emory, James Greenleaf, William Alexander Hammond, Christopher Johnson, and John Merryman. Correspondents from the period after Carroll's death include George Appleby, Ann C. Carroll, Richard H. Clarke, John Sterrett Gittings, William Alexander Gordon, William Hickey, James Birseye McPherson, and Thos. E. Waggaman.
This collection is arranged in six series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79015206
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 19,756
Correspondence of various family members.
Arranged by name of family member and thereunder chronologically.
Letters received and some letters sent.
Arranged chronologically.
Family business records including accounts, receipts, correspondence, and related material.
Arranged chronologically.
Autograph albums, business records, clippings and pamphlets, land plats, land reference books, lottery tickets, miscellaneous notations, indentures, wills, photograph, report, subpoenas, verses, and annotated wrappers.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Photocopies of a letter and an essay pertaining to signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Arranged by type of material.
Atlas, indentures, land plats, correspondence, insurance policy, and wills. Microfilmed as part of Miscellany series.
Arranged and described according to the series, container, and folder from which the items were removed.