{"id":4425,"date":"2026-08-17T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll167\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:28","slug":"coll167","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll167\/","title":{"rendered":"John H. B. Latrobe letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"firstbox\">\n<div class=\"section1\">\n<h1 id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h1>\n<div id=\"table-content\">\n<table id=\"overviewtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>Title:<\/td>\n<td>John H. B. Latrobe letter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Call Number:<\/td>\n<td>Coll167<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Creator:<\/td>\n<td>Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates:<\/td>\n<td>1877<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Size:<\/td>\n<td>1 box (.25 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language:<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Abstract:<\/td>\n<td>Consists of a one page letter from John H. B. Latrobe to a Mr. Wallis, dated March 28, 1877.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citation:<\/td>\n<td>John H. B. Latrobe letter, Collection 167, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"secondbox\">\n<div class=\"section2\">\n<h1 id=\"adminbiog\">Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n<p>John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe (1803-1891) was a prominent Maryland lawyer. He worked for the Baltimore &amp; Ohio Railroad as a land acquisition attorney. Latrobe incorporated the first telegraph service in the world along the Baltimore &amp; Ohio\u2019s line. He was also an inventor and landscape painter.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section3\">\n<h1 id=\"scope\">Scope &amp; Content<\/h1>\n<h2>Arrangement<\/h2>\n<p>A single item.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section4\">\n<h1 id=\"provinfo\">Provenance Information<\/h1>\n<h2>Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n<p\/>\n<h2>Processing Note<\/h2>\n<p>Letter was removed from: Griffin, Thomas W. &#8220;Sketches of the Early History of Maryland,&#8221; Baltimore, 1821.<\/p>\n<h2>Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n<p>Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.umbc.edu\/display\/library\/Special+Collections+Procedures?preview=\/11437110\/11731403\/UMBCProcessing_Description.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section5\">\n<h1 id=\"access\">Access &amp; Use<\/h1>\n<h2>Finding Aids<\/h2>\n<p>Finding Aid: <a href='\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll167\/'>\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll167\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Access Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>No restrictions.<\/p>\n<h2>Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n<p>Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section6\">\n<h1 id=\"subjects\">Subject Headings<\/h1>\n<h2>Creators<\/h2>\n<p>Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891<\/p>\n<h2>Subjects<\/h2>\n<p>Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891 &#8212; Correspondence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4425","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}