]> ms.44 Weatherburn (John) 1750-1811 Collection 1766-1816 Ms. 44 Joan Grattan Special Collections, The Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University
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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Diwakar Bhandari Finding aid written in English Weatherburn (John) 1750-1811 Collection 1766-1816 Ms. 44 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Joan Grattan 1991 Diwakar Bhandari

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 Descriptive Summary Ms. 44 Weatherburn (John) 1750-1811 Collection 1766-1816 Weatherburn, John , 1750-1811 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections 1 document box (.4 linear ft.) English The collection consists of a diary, letterbook, daybook, and two journals of Baltimore merchant, John Weatherburn. Weatherburn described business affairs, family matters, travel arrangements, climate, and daily events in Baltimore and its environs. Of particular interest are details and statistics related to battles and well-known figures in the Revolutionary War. Weatherburn wrote often to family members in England and described his many activities in colonial America. His journal of 1800 describes a journey to Berkeley Springs, VA for health reasons. Final items in the collection are letters and the will of Dr. Miles Littlejohn, 1816. Administrative Information Provenance

The collection was formerly part of the Margaret Donaldson Boehm Collection Ms. 44A. In 1991, it was removed to form Ms. 44.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from this collection must be requested in writing from the Manuscripts Librarian, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 21218.

 Preferred Citation

John Weatherburn Collection Ms. 44 Special Collections Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University

Biographical Note

John Weatherburn was a Baltimore merchant and landowner in America during the Revolutionary period. He was born in the village of Kenton, England, April 23, 1750. Weatherburn was bound by indenture to Robert Milbourne, a grocer and tea dealer, in the Great Market, Newcastle on Tyne. His contract bound him to work for five years until he reached the age of twenty-one at which time, he left England and sailed on the brigantine Lowther & Senhouse to settle in America. He arrived in Alexandria, VA in 1772 and eventually settled in Baltimore, MD. He entered a partnership with John Heatherington in 1773 but later managed a business on his own. In 1775, the beginning of the American War of Independence, Weatherburn became a member of the Volunteer Independent Company of Militia, formed under the command of Captain Mordechi Gist. He was prepared for service, but he never saw action.

In 1776 Weatherburn married Catherine Littlejohn, the sister of Dr. Miles Littlejohn (1758-1815) at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore. They were the parents of six daughters. In 1778, Weatherburn took the Oath of Fidelity before local magistrate, George Lindenberger, of Baltimore City. Business matters and social obligations required that he travel often to Philadelphia and to areas in the Maryland/Virginia regions. At the conclusion of the war, Weatherburn had financial problems and was forced to give up his merchant business. Around 1800, he took a job as a clerk at the Bank of Baltimore. The family residence was then 6 Albemarle Street, in Old Town. In 1806, he was appointed president of Mechanics Bank of Baltimore.

John Weatherburn died April 21, 1811.