Schroeder, Herman Heinrich "Henry", 1764-1839

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Henry Schroeder was a Baltimore merchant with premises on the S.E. corner of Market and Charles Streets. He was principal of the mercantile firm Henry Schroeder & Company. He married Susannah Schwartz in 1785 in Frederick, Maryland, they had four children. He next married Mary Schley in 1795, and had a further five children. In the 1810 U.S. Census, he lived in a household of twelve people, none enslaved. His son William Schroeder ran a dry goods store at 121 Baltimore Street. He's buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.

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[Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker, July 28, 1812, Vol. 3]

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to Charles Nicoll Bancker. The letter is from Vol. 3 of Charles N. Bancker's correspondence journal. Littleton gives a detailed recount of the riot that occurred in Baltimore on July 27, 1812. Anti-war articles written by Alexander Contee Hanson in the Federal Republican newspaper caused riots against the newspaper. The riot and events occurring afterwards were violent and resulted in the death of at least one man, Dr. Gale. Littleton includes an additional note with some of the names of the men involved.