Plowden Family Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: GTM-400531

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains property leases, deeds, legal briefs, copies of wills, letters, family records, warrants, land surveys, charts, notes, and "fragments". The records primarily relate to property in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

See the External Documents section below for the collection's inventory.

Dates

Creation: 1660 - 1916

Creator

Plowden Family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Extent

1.35 Cubic Feet (1 legal size document case and one oversize flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Clifford Lewis 3rd, of Philadelphia. Property by inheritance of Miss Agnes Plowden who gave them to her sister-in-law Mrs. Edmund J. Plowden, Bushwood, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Acquired in 1935 by Mrs. Clifford Lewis Jr. and her son Clifford Lewis 3rd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plowden cousins. Presented in 1940 to Georgetown Library by Mrs. Clifford Lewis Jr., Clifford Lewis 3rd, and Miss Agnes Plowden.