Roger Brooke Taney to David Maulden Perine Transcribed by David Lagos Transcribed on Primary Source Cooperative 2025

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Available under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA Attribution--NonCommercial--ShareAlike. The Papers of Roger Brooke Taney Ed Bradley, David Ramsey 19 May 1860taney-roger-brooke perine-david Roger Brooke Taney to David Maulden Perine Maryland Center for History and Culture, Baltimore Perine Family Papers, MS 645; Box 2, Folder 11

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 Postal Service Family Residences (Taney Family) Family Relations (Taney Family)
Washington May 19. 1860My Dear Sir

I should have sent you the photographs for you and William some days ago; – but during all this week my house has been in some confusion with workmen in it, introducing water from the public works: – and in addition to that we have been going through the usual & not very pleasant operation of the Spring – that is, taking up Carpets & putting down matting. To day however has been totally quiet – and Ellen has carefully put up the photographs in a box, which I have directed to you – Union Bank of Maryland. I have so directed it because your office is there & I suppose will more certainly reach you – I do not send the box2 today – because it would lie over tomorrow – But I shall send it to the Express office in the forenoon of Monday – & presume it will reach you on Tuesday – Send William the one for him – Let me know what you think of it –

ever truly your friendR. B. Taney

Autograph Letter Signed

Maryland Center for History and Culture, Baltimore

Perine Family Papers, MS 645; Box 2, Folder 11

The letter is subscribed as D M. Perine Esqr. / Baltimore

1860 / Letter from / R. B. Taney / Dated 19th. May 1860
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