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1783 Tax Assessment

The index for Anne Arundel's 1783 tax assessment lists property owners alphabetically by hundred (geographical subdivision) with a summary of property owned and the location of the original record.

Web Link: msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1437/html/1437aa.html

1798 Federal Direct Tax

The 1798 Anne Arundel Federal Direct Tax volume contains images of the original records, which can be accessed by taxable subdivision and by type of assessed property. The volume includes an explanation of the process of levying the tax.

Web Link: aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000729/html/table.html

Archives of Maryland Online

The Archives of Maryland Online site now contains over 800 volumes, many of which relate generally or specifically to the Four Rivers Heritage Area.

Web Link: aomol.net/html/index.html

Blacks in Annapolis

The Blacks in Annapolis link on the Maryland State Archives website provides access to biographical information about African-Americans in Annapolis. From that web page, one can also access the larger Legacy of Slavery in Maryland site, which provides additional information and resources relating to African-American history.

Web Link: mdslavery.net/blacks_annapolis/intro.html

Colonial Probate Records

The Maryland State Archives' Index 1 provides online access to the index of Maryland probate records for the colonial period. Many of the documents referenced in Index 1 can be viewed online using the Huntington Collection of Maryland State Archives Security Microfilm.

Comparative Chesapeake Archaeology

The Comparative Chesapeake Archaeology website contains a catalog of artifactual information (images, site summaries, and more) for the 18 sites included in the original NEH-funded project.

Web Link: chesapeakearchaeology.org

Gunston Hall Inventory Project

Gunston Hall has put together an online database consisting of inventories from Virginia and Maryland recorded between 1740 and 1810; the transcriptions include some Anne Arundel residents.

Web Link: gunstonhall.org/library/probate/index.htm

Inventory of Historic Places

The Maryland Historic Trust's Inventory of Historic Places provides access to documentation for all Anne Arundel (and other Maryland) sites surveyed before July 2004.

Web Link: mht.maryland.gov/Survey_MIHP_Search.html

Maryland Diagnostic Artifacts

The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory's website provides an introduction to some of the most significant types of artifacts found on Maryland sites. The site covers prehistoric ceramics, colonial ceramics, post-colonial ceramics, and small find. Within each group, there is an overall chronology and definition of terms, and descriptive information with images and references for each sub-group.

Web Link: jefpat.org/diagnostic/Index.htm

Maryland Gazette

Microfilm images of surviving issues of the Maryland Gazette, 12/1728 to 112/1830, are available online.

Web Link: aomol.net/html/mdgazette.html

State Art Collection

The State Art Collection on the Maryland State Archive website provides access to images, cataloging, and other information about over 700 fine and decorative art objects dating from the 18th century to the present day.

Web Link: msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc1500/sc1545/e_catalog_2002/frontpage2.html

The Crutch

Microfilm images of the surviving issues of The Crutch, published by U.S.A. General Hospital, Div. 1, 1/1864 to 5/1865, are available online.

Web Link: aomol.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/crutch/html/index.html

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade database contains information about almost 35,000 voyages that transported Africans for sale as slaves in the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. From the website, one can search both the Voyages database and the database of over 67,000 transported Africans whose names were recorded. The site also includes maps, a time line, and a chronology.

Web Link: slavevoyages.org

War of 1812 Music

This website offers newly-published sheet music and recordings, as well as up-to-date scholarly information. It is intended for the use of teachers, students, fellow scholars, and the general public interested in learning about American History through the rich and significant music of the War of 1812 era.

Web Link: www.1812music.org