Person:Leah Duvall (1)

By 1870 Leah was blind.

The List of Qualified Voters of the 4th District, Howard Co. Maryland, April, 1867

The list of "D" names is curious - It looks as if the Duvall family floated between Pennsylvania and Maryland as the Drivers did.

Duvall, Amos Driver, James W. Duvall, Israel Duvall, Reuben T. Driver, Denton Davis, John S. Driver, John W. Dorsey, Walter Dietz, Sydenham B. Dorsey, Nimrod B. Day, John T. Duvall, Van Buren Dorsey, Hunphrey (of Stephen) Delawder, Lloyd W. Dorsey, William T. Dorsey, Humphrey Dorsey, Stephen B. Dorsey, Mortimer Dorsey, Richard of C Delawder, Adam Dorsey, Richard H. Dorsey, John A. Dorsey, Edwin Day, Robert W. Duvall, John Wesley Dempsey, William Dorsey, Nicholas Davis, Michael C. Davis, Thomas E. Davis, Ezra W. Davis, Milton W. Davis, Ezra

From THE ARCHIVISTS' Bulldog, Vol. 3, No. 13, 10 April 1989

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS by Phebe Jacobsen

Revolutionary Papers in Special Collections

Note: There are many collections covering the Revolutionary period in the Maryland Archives. Collections ordinarily consist of patents, deeds, wills and papers saved by the family for financial reasons. The documents listed below contain comments or result from activities of the war itself. Since this list is a subjective one there may be other material in the collection pertaining to the Revolution.

Although the collection number is indicated, researchers are advised to examine the inventory made of the collection before using it. Documents comprising the larger collections were often brought to the archives in several deposits. Each of these deposits were given an identifying number on receipt. As a consequence, a collection was sometimes made up of more than one accession (deposit) number and eventually shelved under one of the numbers making up the collection.

The Special Collection numbers that follow are accompanied by the number of items or folders in the total collection. These are followed by selected documents for the Revolutionary period. Photocopies are noted, otherwise documents are original.

Duvall-Duval Papers, Special Collections 680. Total folders 125. 1694-1836. Journal of Gabriel Duvall covering his Revolutionary offices in Maryland government; family genealogy. Photostats.

When England's Dr. Edward Jenner first came up with the idea of injecting a healthy person with a mild disease called "cowpox" to protect them against a much deadlier disease called "smallpox," he created a way to protect future generations from many infectious diseases, from measles to polio and more. And thanks to a world-wide campaign of vaccinations, smallpox has been virtually eradicated (destroyed) around the world.

1. ↑ Researcher.

   Marjorie M. Matzen (obituary, tombstone and census records), Elaine Tillquist Pavone