The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Margaret Motter Miller
Title: Galt-Motter-Bowman-Sitgreaves-Vail-Miller
Papers
Dates: 1806-1970
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 76x100,
78x320, 04x67
Quantity: 28 boxes
Location: 17 B 1-5, and map case 3, Drawer 2
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller (née Margaret
Motter) was the genealogist whose family research brought together these
documents that relate to her ancestors.
The lines traced through this collection are the Galt, Motter, Bowman,
Sitgreaves, Vail and Miller families.
Most of the families involved lived in the Baltimore and Emmittsburg
areas of
Peter Galt (1777-1830), the earliest
ancestor whose manuscripts start this collection, was a silversmith in
Baltimore, Maryland. His family can be
traced through the nineteenth century with these papers.
There are several ministers, military,
and medical men in the families. Among
the more prominent are: Bishop Samuel Bowman (d. 1861) and Bishop Thomas
Hubbard Vail (1812-1889), both of whom worked in Kansas. Alexander Hamilton Bowman, a brother to
Bishop Samuel Bowman, was a military engineer who helped in the building of
Fort Sumter. He later had charge of the
defense of Charleston harbor, and between March 1861 and July 1864 was
superintendent of West Point. I. Everett
Vail, son of Thomas Hubbard Vail, was in the Navy during the Civil War. His letters to his parents are filled with
interesting facts about various bombardments and battles on board ships
blockading harbors in the South. Another
relative, electrician and inventor Alfred Vail, an associate of Samuel F. B.
Morse, refined the early telegraph.
There were two physicians, James Taylor Motter (d. 1903) and his son
Murray Galt Motter of Washington, D.C.
Murray's letters to his parents discuss the practice of medicine, the
long hours and poor pay.
There is a vast amount of correspondence
dealing with social life and customs of the day. This includes buying fabric for making
dresses, parties, touring the battlefields, the behavior of soldiers in towns,
orators, and so on. The women of these
families wrote about the social climate of their respective cities. Parties, lectures, religious meetings, who
came and who went, were all discussed.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
These papers are
arranged by family, and where possible, chronologically. There are quite a number of different forms
of material in the collection, ranging from manuscript letters, to programs,
certificates, brochures, news clippings (photocopied onto acid free paper), and
photographs. However, the three boxes of
diplomas and photographs at the end of the collection were a later addition;
the materials in those boxes are not arranged by family. Some genealogical charts are also included,
but a comprehensive one tying all the names together is not included. A brief summary of genealogical information
relating to the more prominent members of the families is available at this
repository.
ORGANIZATION
The collection
is housed in 28 boxes. Boxes 1-13 house
materials mostly about the Galt family.
In boxes 14-17 and 23-25 are mostly Motter family materials. Boxes 18-19 house mostly Bowman family
papers. Boxes 20-22 house mostly Vail
family materials.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Margaret
Motter Miller (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller).
Accession 04x67
(Galt family genealogy) is the gift of Thomas C. Haydock, Jr.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Gault
family.
Motter family.
Bowman family.
Sitgreaves family.
Vail family.
Miller family.
Episcopal Church - Bishops -
Correspondence.
Episcopal Church - Bishops -
Biography.
Anglican Communion - Bishops -
Correspondence.
Physicians - Correspondence.
United States - History - Civil War,
1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Civil War,
1861-1865 - Naval operations.
Baltimore (Md.) - Social life and
customs.
Emmittsburg (Md.) - Social life and
customs.
Washington (D.C.) - Social life and
customs.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Gettysburg (Pa.) - Social life and
customs.
Kansas
- Social life and customs.
Letters.
Programs.
Clippings.
Scrapbooks.
Brochures.
Photographs.
Receipts.
Charts.
Genealogies.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 17 B 1-5 and map case 3, drawer
2
Galt family miscellaneous
Miscellaneous very poor condition Galt
items
Galt, Matthew Wm. (Mr. and Mrs.)
Galt, John Murray, Jr.
Galt, Sterling, Jr.
Correspondence: Galt, Peter and Little,
Peter
Galt, Moses
Galt, Peter - Accounts, Receipts
Galt, Mrs. Peter (Eliz. Murray Galt)
Galt, Sterling, Esq.
Correspondence: Galt, Sterling M. from
Sister Maggie
Stott - Galt wedding
Galt, Harry
Galt, Wm. Matthew
Correspondence: Galt, Sterling M.
Galt, Sterling M (Rev.)
Galt, Charles E.
Galt, Norman
Galt, Carroll
Galt, Ralph
Centennial
address ... history of Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland ... by Rev. W. H.
Luckenbach ... [1876]
Galt, Wm. Howard Curtis
Galt, Grayson Page
Galt, Walter Allan
Galt, Mrs. Margaret
"List of Grannie's as to who got
what from where"
Norris, Sarah
Williams, Cecelia
Chittenden, Sarah
Chittenden Genealogy
Grayson, Wm. and Agnes
Miller Margaret
Galt bills, 1866
Galt, Dr. John M.
Galt, Nancy E. (Mrs. John M. Galt)
Galt,
Nancy E. (Mrs. John M. Galt) from daughter Margaret E. (Mrs. James Taylor
Motter)
Galt, Mary Jane (Jennie)
Galt Genealogy - 1
Galt Genealogy - 2
Galt, Peter
Galt, Peter; Military
Contest of Will of John Galt
Ford, Mary
Estates of which Jas. Taylor Motter was
executor
Motter, Joshua, Estate of
Motter, James Taylor, Correspondence
Motter, James Taylor, Miscellaneous
Notes on sermons by Margaret E. Galt
Motter
Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor
Motter) Misc.
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 1
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 2
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 3
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 4
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 5
Bowman, Ellen - Confirmation in church
Grave markers, Greenmount Cemetery,
Baltimore, MD
Motter, James T.
Estate of William Hiteshew
Estate of Stephen Green
Estate of Joshua Motter
Estate of Catherine Lilly
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 6
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 7
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 8
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 9
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 10
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 11
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 12
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 13
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file 14
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Jas. Taylor Motter - file Misc.
Galt, Margaret E. from Sister Mary Jane
Galt
Motter, Murray G. (Misc.)
Motter family
Motter, William
Little
family genealogy (Klein - another Huguenot family that changed its name)
Valentine, Milton V.
Bowman genealogy
Sitgreaves, Ellen (Mrs. Murray Galt
Motter)
Bowman, Ebenezer from Sam. Sitgreaves Sr.
(et al.)
Bowman, Bishop - memo on will
Bowman, Rev. Samuel - correspondence
Bowman, Rev. Samuel - misc.
Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves - misc.
Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves, Sr. - misc.
Sitgreaves, Theodore and wife Anna M.
Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor
Motter) file 1
Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor
Motter) file 2
Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor
Motter) file 3
Galt,
Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Mother (Nancy E. Galt)
Galt,
Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Mother (Nancy E. Galt) and
father (John Murray Galt)
Galt, Miss Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor
Motter) from George Mull
Galt, Margaret E. (Motter) White House
memorabilia
Galt, Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor
Motter) misc.
Motter, Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor
(Social)
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 1
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 2
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 3
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 4
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 5
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 6
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 7
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 8
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 9
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 10
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 11
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 12
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 13
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 14
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 15
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 16
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 17
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 18
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 19
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 20
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 21
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 22
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from son Murray G., file 23
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from uncle Sterling Galt, Jr.
Galt,
Margaret E. (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Harriet Hinkle Motter (Aunt Hallie)
Motter, Joshua
Motter, Harriet (Hinkle)
Motter, James Taylor from Margaret E.
Galt, file 1
Motter, James Taylor from Margaret E.
Galt, file 2
Motter, James Taylor from Margaret E.
Galt, file 3
Motter, James Taylor from Margaret E.
Galt, file 4
Motter, James Taylor from Margaret E.
Galt, file 5
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 1
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 2
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 3
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 4
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 5
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 6
Motter, James Taylor from Son Murray G.
Motter, file 7
Motter, Murray G. - Correspondence, file
1
Motter, Murray G. - Correspondence, file
2
Motter, Murray G. - Misc., file 1
Motter, Murray G. - Misc., file 2
Motter, John Lewis
Mull, George
Galt, Margaret G. (Mrs. Rev. Milton V.
Valentine)
Murray family
Motter, Harriet Hinkle (Aunt Hallie)
Motter, Mary Louise (Aunt Lou)
Wingerd, Virginia C. (Motter)
Kerschner, Jacob and Anna Barbara
(Motter) family
Higbee, E. E. and Lucinda (Motter) family
Henkel - Hinkel family
Valentine family - misc.
Valentine, Sterling Galt
Valentine, Milton H.
Bowman, Bishop Samuel - Scrapbook
Bowman, Bishop Samuel from son, S.
Sitgreaves Bowman
Bowman, Bishop Samuel from brother
Alexander Hamilton Bowman
Bowman, Bishop Samuel from Brother Wm.
Bowman
Bowman, Bishop Samuel from sister Ellen
May
Bowman, Bishop Samuel from Dr. James May
Bowman, Bishop Samuel from Susan
Sitgreaves
Bowman,
Mrs. Samuel (Susan Sitgreaves) from father, Samuel Sitgreaves, Sr.
Bowman,
Mrs. Samuel (Susan Sitgreaves) from Brother, Samuel Sitgreaves, Jr.
Bowman, Mrs. Susan (Samuel) (Susan
Sitgreaves)
Bowman, Ellen L. from Bishop Samuel
Bowman, file 1
Bowman, Ellen L. from Bishop Samuel
Bowman, file 2
Bowman, Ellen L. (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail)
from S. Sitgreaves Bowman
Bowman, Ellen L. from Aunt Ellen May
Bowman, Ellen L. from Jackson Kemper
Bowman, Ellen L. re: death of Bishop
Bowman, 1861
Bowman, Ellen L. (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail)
Bowman, Alexander H.
Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves - Death of
Bowman, Alexander Hamilton from daughter
Louise (Lulu)
Bowman, Eliza
Bowman, Frank
Bowman, William
Bowman family
Bowman, Mary
May, Ellen Bowman from Bishop Bowman
(Brother)
May, Rev. Dr. James
May, Ellen
Fendall, Reginald
Fendall, Annie Augusta Galt
Sitgreaves, John
Sitgreaves family
Rogers, Elizabeth (Mrs. Zabdiel Rogers)
Vail, Alfred
Vail, Ellie B. from uncle Theodore
Sitgreaves
Vail, Ellen Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail),
file 1
Vail, Ellen Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail),
file 2
Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H.
Vail) from Louisa Vouglet
Vail,
Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail) from Bishop Robert H. Clarkson
Vail,
Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail) from Wheeler cousins
Vail,
Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail) from Mary B. Coit et al. (Wheelers)
Vail,
Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail) misc.
Vail, Ellen Sitgreaves (Mrs. Murray G.
Motter)
Vail, Ellen Sitgreaves (Mrs. Murray G.
Motter) misc.
Vail, Frances Vose (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail -
1st wife)
Vail, Hannah West (Mrs. Sam Tyler)
Vail, Hattie
Vail, Israel E.
Vail, Israel Everett (the later one)
Vail, Maria Elizabeth (Mrs. John
Bakewell)
Vail, Maria Rogers (Mrs. Israel E. Vail)
Vail, Rev. Rogers K.
Vail, Samuel Bowman
Vail, Thomas H. - correspondence
Vail, Thomas H. - misc.
Sitgreaves genealogy
Sitgreaves, Mary Jesup
Vail, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Vail, Ellen L. Bowman (Mrs. Thos. H.
Vail) - Will
Vail,
Frances S. Vose (Mrs. Thos. H. Vail - 1st wife) from son J. E. Vail
Vail, Thomas H. - Correspondence
Vail, Thomas H. from his mother Maria
Rogers Vail
Vail, Thomas H. from son J. Everett Vail
Vail family
Vail, Thos. H. - misc.
Vail, Wm. Van Wyck
Vail genealogy
Vail misc. correspondence
Christ's Hospital and Bethany College
Bakewell family
Lane family
Atkins, Ann Bowman (Mrs. Dudley Atkins)
Coxe Invitations, 1909
Coxe, Mary B. W.
Coxe, Mary Bowman Wheeler from daughter
Susann Coxe Sherman
Cox, William Sitgreaves
Cox genealogy
Le Ray de Chaumont
Sherman, Mrs. B. L. (Susan King)
Watson - Clarkson genealogy
Wheeler, Andrew
Wheeler, Charles
Wheeler, Eliza
Wheeler family
Alleman, Julia Suesseroot (Mrs. Herbert
C. Alleman)
Suesseroot, Mary
Carroll, Jennie S.
Greer, Mary
Lenny, Julia
Miller travel diary
Valentine, Esther Amelia (Mrs. Edgar Grim
Miller, Sr.)
Miller, William J.
Miller, Edgar Grim, Sr.
Miller, Edgar Grim, Jr. (Ned)
Miller family
Motter, Ellen S. V. (Mrs. Murray G.
Motter)
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller) from Harriet Hinkle Motter (Aunt Hallie)
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from father, Murray G. Motter), file 1
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from father, Murray G. Motter), file 2
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from Mother Ellen S. V. Motter, file 1
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from Mother Ellen S. V. Motter, file 2
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from Grandmother Margaret E. G. Motter,
file 1 undated
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from Grandmother Margaret E. G. Motter,
file 2
Motter,
Margaret E. Galt (Mrs. Jas. Taylor Motter) from Annie B. Norris
Motter, Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller,
Jr.)
Motter, Vail
Motter family
Miller, Margaret Esther
Silver notes
Eichelberger family
Troxell family
Miscellaneous
Coxe, Charles D.
Coxe, Sig. Fortunata (in Italian)
Grim family
Motter,
Margaret (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller, Jr.) from Mother Ellen S. V. Motter (undated)
Motter, Ellen S. V. (Mrs. Murray G.
Motter) (misc.)
Kemper family
Galt family genealogy; William Matthew
Galt Bible (acc. 04x67)
John Galt
(1 diploma)
Murray Galt
Motter (10 diplomas and certificates)
Samuel
Sitgreaves Bowman (diplomas and a lithograph of him)
Correspondence
about Murray Galt Motter
Bishop Samuel Bowman, Mary Bowman
Mary Bowman Wheeler Coxe
Susan Coxe Sherman
Galt family
Nancy Eliz. Galt (Mrs. John Murray Galt)
Sterling Galt
Galt family
Galts – Washington, D.C., Eliza Davis
Ellen Sitgreaves Vail Motter
James Taylor Motter
Mrs. James Taylor Motter
Murray Galt Motter
Oak Hill
Margaret Eliz. Galt Motter, Margaret
Motter Miller
Nellie Wilson French
Theodore Sitgreaves
Bishop Thomas Vail
S. Bowman Vail (“Bobo”)
Children of Dr. Henary A. Coit, Felix
Breenot
Wheeler family
Kansas, Massachusetts, other places
Wheeler family
Contact prints
President Woodrow Wilson
Bethany College
Coit family
Sitgreaves family
Breenot family
Vail family
Susan Coxe Sherman
Galt family
Bowman family
Motter family
Miscellaneous
Map
Case 3, Drawer 2: Bowman family
Bowman, Samuel: certificate of ordination
as a deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church,
Bowman, Samuel: certificate of ordination
as a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church,
Bowman, Samuel: wrapper labeled “Letters
of Orders from Bishop White to Bishop Bowman”
Bowman, Samuel: certificate of life
membership in the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Bowman, Samuel Sitgreaves: pencil drawing
of what appears to be a tombstone inscription (born
Notes on family relationships extracted by Heather Clewell
PARENTS CHILDREN
Rev. Samuel Bowman (d.1861)
(sister) Ellen m. Dr. May
(sister) Eliza B. Wheeler
(brother) Alex. Ham. Bowman
(brother) Ebenezer
married
1) Susan Sitgreaves (d.1831) Ellen L. m. Thos. H. Vail
2) Harriet R. Clarkson Sam. Sitgreaves B.
Susan B.
_____
Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827) Susan Sit m. Samuel Bowman
m. Samuel
Mary Kemper Lorenzo m. Lucy J. Sitgreaves, & Theo.
_____
Christopher Vail
m. Hanah
West Vail (
Mary Ann Everett
_____
Israel E. Vail (b.1783) Thos. Hubbard Vail (1812-1889)
m. Christopher Roger Vail
Maria Rogers (d.1859) Israel E. Vail
_____
Thos. Hubbard Vail (d.1889) I. Everett Vail
m. Thos. Christopher Vail (d.1878)
1) Frances Vose (d.1864) Ellen Sitgreaves Vail (b.1870) m. Murray Galt Motter
2)Ellen Ledlie Bowman (m.1867) Rogers K.
(d. 1894) Hattie, Maria E.
_____
Dr John Murray Galt Margaret E. Galt
m. Mary Jane Galt (Jennie)
Nancy E. Galt
Sisters Mary Jane Galt (Mrs Matthew M. Galt) & Margaret
_____
There are 2 Sterling Galts, one is Margaret Galt Motter's uncle and the other is a grandfather.
_____
Joshua Motter (d.1875) James Taylor Motter
m. John Lewis Motter
Harriet Hinkle Harriet Hinkle Motter (Aunt Hallie) (H.H.)
Anna Barbara (Kerschner)
Mary Louisa Motter
Virginia C. (Wingerd)
Lucinda (E.E. Higbee)
_____
James Taylor Motter (d.1903) Murray E. Galt Motter
m.
Margaret E. Galt (d.1935)
_____
Murray E. G. Motter (1866-1926) Thos. Hubbard Vail M.
m. James Taylor M.
Ellen Sitgreaves Vail Margaret (m. Edgar Grim Miller Jr.)
_____
Margaret Grayson Galt Esther Amelia Valentine (Mrs. Edgar Grim Miller Sr.)
_____
Maria (daught. of Thos. H. Vail) Harriet Burling Bakewell
Elizabeth Vail (d.1883) Anna Stevens Bakewell
m. 1868 John Jr. Bakewell
Rev. John Bakewell Thos. Vail Bakewell
Benj. Bakewell
Walter Burling Bakewell
_____
Wm. J. Miller (d.1908) Rev. Edger Grim Miller
m. Rev. Wm. J. Miller Jr.
Mary Grim 2 daughters Mrs. Edwin Delk
Mrs. Henry Saylor
_____
Rev. E. Grim Miller (d.1927) Milton Valentine Miller
m. 1889 Edgar Grim Miller Jr.(b.1893)
Esther Amelia Valentine
_____
Edgar Grim Miller Jr.
m.
Margaret Motter