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Paul Butler collection

1 box, 1 oversize folder (3 linear feet)

(1694 – 1928)

bulk 1828-1901

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 1991.036
Creator(s) Butler, Paul
Acquisition See Nabb Center Staff
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 Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Kenneth Forest, October 2018.
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Separated Materials

Oversized materials have been housed in the Nabb Center’s flat file system.
Abstract

Paul Butler collection consists of photocopies of historical documents from Wicomico and Worcester Counties, Maryland, accumulated by Paul Butler. It contains land deeds and manumission deeds documenting African American history from 1803-1928. It includes a copy of the book, Commanders of the Dining Room, with a biographical sketch of L.D. Houston, a native of Salisbury, Maryland, and the headwaiter of the Peninsula Hotel in Seabright, New Jersey, in 1905. The collection also contains court dockets, voting records and ledgers documenting legal and economic history from 1694-1910. It includes a ledger from a school in Lindseyville (Klej Grange) Maryland from 1850-1852, and a ledger from a store in Tyaskin, Maryland from 1898-1901.

Biographical History

Paul Butler is a resident of Salisbury, Maryland, and a collector of historical documents. His son, Paul Butler, Jr. is a former anchor of WBOC-16 and the Director of Communications and Outreach for Wicomico County Schools.

Scope and Content Note

The collection documents African American, legal and economic history in Wicomico and Worcester Counties, Maryland, from 1694-1928.

Arrangement Statement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Brown Family
    • African American History
  • Personal Names
    • Houston, L.D.
  • Location Terms
    • Klej Grange (Md.)
    • Salisbury (Md.)
    • Tyaskin (Md.)
    • Wicomico County (Md.)
    • Worcester County (Md.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Photocopy, Land Patent, Isaac Baker, 1694

  2. Photocopy, Deed of Manumission, Abraham Taylor, 1803

  3. Photocopy, Conveyance Bond, Charles Badley to William Huffington, 1808

  4. Photocopy, Survey, Property of Samuel Weatherly, James Bowland, 1828

  5. Photocopy, Certificate of Freedom, Harriet Brown, 1830

  6. Photocopy, Deed, James and Ann Bradley to James Brown, 1838

  7. Photocopy, Deed, Estate of Gideon Bradley and James Bradley, 1840

  8. Photocopy, Judicial Docket, Worcester County, Maryland, May 1843

  9. Photocopy, Deed, James and Lydia Brown to Biard Brown, 1847

  10. Photocopy, School Ledger, Lindseyville (Klej Grange) Maryland, 1850-1852

  11. Photocopy, Deed, James Bradley to Bayard Brown, 1852

  12. Photocopy, Deed, Jesse and Sally Bradley to James Brown, 1857

  13. Photocopy, Receipt, Estate of James Brown to Bayard Brown, 1859

  14. Photocopy, Deed, Leonard and Mary Brown et al to Bayard Brown, 1859

  15. Photocopy, Receipt, Samuel Weatherly to Biard Brown, 1862

  16. Photocopy, Settlement, Estate of William Leatherbury to Bayard Brown, 1877

  17. Photocopy, Receipts, William Payne, 1877-1879

  18. Photograph Negatives, Portraits, circa 1880 - circa 1900

  19. Photocopy, Deed, Charles Twilford to Richard Brown, 1882

  20. Photocopy, Voting Records, Quantico District No. 2, Wicomico County, Maryland, 1889

  21. Photocopy, Receipts, Byard Brown, 1890

  22. Photocopy, Account Ledger, J.F. Jester Company Store, Tyaskin, Maryland, 1898-1901

  23. Photocopy, Book, Commanders of the Dining Room, E.A. MacCannon, 1905

  24. Copy and Enlargement, Postcard, Humphries’ Lake, Salisbury, Maryland, circa 1910

  25. Photocopy, English Lesson, Daisy Brown, 1916

  26. Photocopy, Correspondence, L.S. James and P.E. Gordy, 1928

Oversize

  1. Deed, Levin and Nancy Bailey to Rosey Anthony, 1820

  2. Deed, Betsy Taylor to Gideon Badly, 1821

  3. Deed, William Huffington to Samuel Weatherly, 1826

 

 

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