- Creator
- Callister family
- Call number
- MssCol 457
- Physical description
- 5 volumes (in one carton)
- Language
- Materials in English
- Preferred Citation
- Callister family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Correspondence, business records, and miscellaneous manuscripts of members of the Callister family, chiefly Henry Callister, merchant (ca. 1716-ca. 1768) and his wife, Sarah Trippe Callister (1731-1805), including items about Mrs. Callister's schools for girls in Chestertown and Baltimore (1783-1788). Henry Callister came to Maryland as factor for Foster Cunliffe Sons, of Liverpool, England, and was resident at Oxford, Talbot County, and "Townside", an estate in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Md. Original manuscripts have not been counted, but photostatic reproductions fill 869 pages, plus an index volume. They contain a wealth of information concerning economic, mercantile, political, social, and cultural conditions on the Eastern Shore during the period, and include correspondence with persons in Great Britain; with Rev. Thomas Bacon (came to Maryland, 1745, d. 1768), compiler of The Laws of Maryland, organizer of the first charity school in the British colonies, and a pioneer in relations with the African American population; with Robert Morris, merchant of Talbot County, and his son, Robert Morris, Jr. (1734-1806), financier of the American Revolution; and with members of the Bolton, Bordley, Comegys, Earle, Eccleston, Goldsborough, Ridout, Gordon, Hesselius, Hollyday, Lloyd, Ringgold, Wright, and many other Maryland families.
Key terms
Names
- Bacon, Thomas, approximately 1700-1768
- Callister, Henry, approximately 1716-approximately 1768
- Callister, Sarah Trippe, 1731-1805
- Morris, Robert, 1710 or 1711-1750
- Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
- Bolton family
- Bordley family
- Callister family
- Comegys family
- Earle family
- Eccleston family
- Eggleston family
- Goldsborough family
- Gordon family
- Hesselius family
- Holliday family
- Hollyday family
- Lloyd family
- Ridout family
- Ringgold family
- Wright family
- Foster Cunliffe & Sons (Liverpool, England)
Subjects
- Agriculture -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
- Girls -- Education -- Maryland -- Baltimore
- Girls -- Education -- Maryland -- Chestertown
- Merchants -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
- Merchants -- Maryland -- Correspondence
- Schools -- Maryland -- Baltimore
- Schools -- Maryland -- Chestertown
Places
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- Commerce -- Great Britain
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- Politics and government -- 18th century
- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Great Britain -- Commerce -- Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Location of originals
Originals held by the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Episcopal Diocesan Center, Baltimore, Md.