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Oyster Cultivating Collection

1 folder (0.01 linear feet)

(1869 – 1909)

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

Identifier 1998.125
Creator(s) Davidson, Hunter; Haman, B. Howard
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 Valerie Abbott, October 2018.
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Theodore Dize Papers (1894 – 1995)
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Abstract

This collection contains three documents concerning the oyster fisheries of the eastern shore of Delmarva during the mid to late 19th Century and early 20th Century. The first is entitled "Report of the Oyster Fisheries of MD" written in 1874. The second is a report by Captain Hunter Davidson of the Commanding State Oyster Police Force in October 1869, and the third is a manuscript sent to Maryland Governor Austin L. Crothers on December 28th, 1909.

Administrative History

The Maryland General Assembly, in 1868, created the State Oyster Police whose responsibility was the enforcement of oyster laws on the Chesapeake Bay. During that same year, Hunter Davidson, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and former Lt. Commander in the Confederate States Navy, was unanimously elected by the State Board of Commissioners as the first Commander of the State Oyster Police Force.

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Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Oysters
  • Location Terms
    • Eastern Shore (De.)
    • Eastern Shore (Md.)
    • Eastern Shore (Va.)

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