(MARYLAND) Division of the Estate of Robert Oliver

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(MARYLAND.) Division of the Estate of Robert Oliver. Numerous hand-colored manuscript plat maps. [105], [61] pages. 2 volumes. Folio, 3/4 calf, worn, text blocks detached; many leaves detached, a few chipped and worn, unpaginated but apparently complete. Baltimore, 1840-45

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Robert Oliver (1757-1834) was born in Ireland and came to Baltimore as a young man. He amassed a mercantile fortune worth upwards of a million dollars, making him one of the wealthiest men in the city. These two volumes document the dispersal of his massive real estate holdings after his death. The first volume, "Division of the Estate of Robert Oliver," documents the division of the land between Oliver's four children. 89 lots are platted and described. In addition, two double-page map sheets show some of the parcels together in context. The property was mostly in the Ridgely Addition (where M & T Bank Stadium now stands), on the road to Fort McHenry (now Latrobe Park), and groups of parcels in what are now the University of Maryland campus and the Upton neighborhood. The second volume divides 40 additional parcels which had been left out of the initial division. Most of these lots are also in Baltimore, but a few are in nearby Maryland counties.