Collection Summary
Hugh T. Taggart
Collection Relating to the District of Columbia and Maryland
1751-1889
(bulk 1791-1880)
1751-1889
(bulk 1791-1880)
MSS94656
Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh
Thomas), 1844-1914
200 items
17 containers plus 1 oversize
2.8 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
United States district
attorney. Correspondence, letterbooks, daybooks, minutes, notebooks, accounts,
invoices, financial records, broadside, and printed matter collected by Hugh T.
Taggart relating to the survey, sale, and assessment of property in the
District of Columbia, Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), and Maryland.
Selected Search Terms
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.
People
Beatty, Charles, of Georgetown, Md. Charles Beatty account book. 1750-1809.
Canberry, Lewis. Lewis Canberry survey notebooks. 1791-1828.
Carroll, Daniel, 1764-1849.
Cruikshank, Robert. Robert Cruikshank daybook and letterbook. 1827-1831.
King, Rt. (Robert), 1774 or 1775-1831. Rt. King survey notes. 1793-1795.
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825.
Swan, Robert, active approximately 1828. Robert Swan sale catalog of books. circa 1828.
Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh Thomas), 1844-1914.
Organizations
District of Columbia. Levy Court (Washington County) District of Columbia. Levy Court (Washington County) minutes. 1835-1847.
Falls Bridge Turnpike Company. Falls Bridge Turnpike Company daybooks. 1836-1852.
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.). Board of Commissioners. Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) Board of Commissioners minutes. 1751-1789.
Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike Company. Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike Company daybooks. 1816-1836.
Subjects
Canals--Washington (D.C.)
Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
Real property--Maryland.
Real property--Washington (D.C.)
Roads--Virginia.
Roads--Washington (D.C.)
Waterfronts--Washington (D.C.)
Places
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--History.
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Surveys.
Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Maryland--History.
Maryland--Surveys.
Washington (D.C.)--History.
Washington (D.C.)--Surveys.
Washington Canal (Washington, D.C.)
Occupations
Lawyers.
Provenance
The Hugh T. Taggart Collection Relating to the District of Columbia
and Maryland was purchased by the Library of Congress from Etta Louise Taggart
in 1915.
Processing History
The Hugh T. Taggart Collection Relating to the District of Columbia
and Maryland was arranged and described circa 1963. The finding aid was revised
in 2010.
Additional Guides
A description of the papers can be found in
Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide
.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1993.
Transfers
Items have been transferred to various custodial divisions of Library
where they are identified as part of the Hugh T. Taggart Collection Relating to
the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Hugh T. Taggart
is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The Hugh T. Taggart Collection Relating to the District of Columbia
and Maryland is 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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Hugh T. Taggart Collection Relating to
the District of Columbia and Maryland, Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1844, Aug. 15
Born, Baltimore County, Maryland
1869
Admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia
1874
Founder,
Washington Law Reporter
1881
Appointed assistant United States district attorney
Prepared government's case again Charles Julius Guiteau, the
assassin of President James A. Garfield
1881
1906
Assistant in United States district attorney office; later
United States district attorney
1886
circa 1898
Special counsel to the United States district attorney,
Potomac Flats cases determining the boundary lines between government and
private owners along the Potomac Park waterfront, Washington, D.C.
1914, Oct. 6
Died, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The collection of Hugh Thomas Taggart (1844-1914) relates mainly to
the survey, sale, and assessment of property in the District of Columbia,
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), and Maryland, and may have been collected during
his work on the Potomac Flats case determining waterfront boundary lines. The
papers span the years 1751-1889, with the bulk from 1791 to 1880.
The collection includes material on the Washington City Canal,
surveys and notes by Lewis Canberry and Rt. King, minutes of the Georgetown
commissioners and the Levy Court, assessments of personal property in
Georgetown, surveys and sales of lots in the District of Columbia, papers
relating to Daniel Carroll (1764-1849) of Duddington, and the daybooks of the
Falls Bridge Turnpike Company and the Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike Company.
Included also in the collection is an account book of Charles Beatty filled
with accounts, invoices, and mercantile correspondence and showing the addition
to Georgetown laid out in 1796 for him and George F. Hawkins along with the
courses of the lots and assessment values. The collection is rounded out with
research material on Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a scrapbook containing a series
of nineteenth-century newspaper articles and notes relating to the colonial
history of Maryland, letterbook and daybook of Robert Cruikshank who was a book
dealer in Georgetown, Robert Swan's sale catalog of books, an early
nineteenth-century book of mathematical exercises in manuscript and decorated
with colored drawings, legal briefs, and oversize items.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged by name of person, title, or type of
material.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82094656]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Manuscripts and printed matter
relating to the Washington Canal,
circa 1802-circa 1880
circa 1802-circa 1880
2
“Calculation of Squares,”
papers dealing with the surveying and sale of lots and squares in the District
of Columbia,
circa 1796
circa 1796
3
Georgetown minutes of the District
of Columbia Levy Court (Washington County),
1835-1847
1835-1847
4
Canberry, Lewis, survey notebooks,
1791-1828
1791-1828
5
Minutes of Georgetown Board of
Commissioners,
1751-1789
1751-1789
6
Beatty, George, account book,
1750-1809
1750-1809
7
"Record of Bye-Laws and
Ordinances,"
1791-1795, 1805-1807, 1818-1816
1791-1795, 1805-1807, 1818-1816
8
King, Rt., survey notes,
1793-1795
1793-1795
9
Georgetown assessments of personal
property and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal condemnations,
1865-1868
1865-1868
10
Scrapbook,
circa 1823-circa 1841
circa 1823-circa 1841
11
Carroll, Daniel
(1764-1849)
11
Correspondence,
1773-1860, undated
1773-1860, undated
(3
folders)
11
Letterbook,
1789-1799
1789-1799
11
Financial records,
1798-1845
1798-1845
(2
folders)
11
Miscellany,
1822-1889, undated
1822-1889, undated
12
Cruikshank, Robert
12
Daybook,
1827-1831
1827-1831
12
Letterbook,
1827-1829
1827-1829
13
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, research
material concerning,
circa 1801-circa 1888
circa 1801-circa 1888
14
Swan, Robert, sale catalog of
books,
circa 1828
circa 1828
15
Daybooks
15
Falls Bridge Turnpike Co. and
Georgetown and Leesburg Turnpike Co.,
1816-1836
1816-1836
15
Falls Bridge Turnpike Co.,
1836-1852
1836-1852
16
Manuscript book of mathematical
exercises decorated with colored drawings,
circa 1805-circa 1819
circa 1805-circa 1819
17
Legal briefs, court of Salford,
Great Britain,
1860s and 1870s
1860s and 1870s
18
Oversize,
1790-1837
1790-1837