Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Violetta Lansdale Sprigg (1787-1865)
MSA SC 3520-2247
First Lady of Maryland, 1819-1822

Sources:

Books-

Bowie, Effie Gwynn. Across the Years In Prince George's County.  Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1947.

Buchholz, Heinrich Ewald. Governors of Maryland from the Revolution to the Year 1908.  2d ed.  Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1908.

Sellers, Charles Coleman.  Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Wilson Peale.  Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1952.

Warfield, J. D.  Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.  Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1990.

White, Frank F., Jr.  The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970.  Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1970.

Newspaper/Magazine Articles-
 

Other Sources-

Maryland State Archives. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Legislative History Project) Governor Samuel Sprigg File, MSA SC 1138-1448, 2/11/11/8, includes biographical sketch by Susan Perl.

Maryland Historical Society. Lansdale Papers, MS 1343.

BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Inventory, Index) 1865 Violetta Sprigg f. 145, No. 84


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