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Source: Maryland State Archives, online digital collection

Obituary: 9 July 1887, The Sun, Vol. CI, Issue 47, Page 1, Column 8:

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HENRY W. ARCHER DEAD.
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Unexpected Termination of an Illness -
Sketch of His Career.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]

BELAIR, Md., July 8 - Hon. Henry W. Archer died at 5 P.M. today at his residence, near Belair. His death is a great shock to the community, as few persons outside of his immediate household and his physicians were aware of the dangerous character of his illness. He had been suffering from a complication of troubles, his bowels and kidneys being involved. Yesterday afternoon he was believed to be in a state of collapse, and revived only after hypodermic injections of brandy. This morning his poise was feeble, and his physicians, Drs. W. A. Archer and R. P. Lee despaired of his recovery, but no one thought the end was so near. For several hours before his death he was unconscious. Dr. Christopher Johnson, of Baltimore, who was summoned for consultation, arrived shortly after Mr. Archer died.

Mr. Archer was one of the best known lawyers and most prominent and influential men in the State. He was a son of Dr. John Archer, and was born April 18 1813, at Stafford, Harford County. He was educated at Yale and at Union College, Schenectady, N. York. He read law with Hon. Albert Constable, Sr., his brother-in-Law, was admitted to the bar in Baltimore city in 1835, and commenced the practice of his profession in Harford and Cecil counties. In 1840 he married Mary E., daughter of John W. Walker, of Chestertown, and shortly afterwards settled at Belair, where he has since resided. In 1845 he represented Harford county in the State Legislature, and in 1857 was a member of the State constitutional convention. Until his disruption he was a member of the Whig party, but since 1861 had been an earnest democrat. In 1888 he was prominently mentioned for the democratic nomination for Governor. His brother, Gen. James Archer, commanded Archer's brigade on the Confederate side during the civil war.

Mr. Archer leaves five sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Henry W., and Robert and James are members of the bar. His second son is Dr. Wm. S. Archer, and the youngest son, Graham, has not completed his studies. No man in the country ever possessed to a greater degree the confidence of his fellow-citizens. His public and private life was alike pure and blameless. To his high professional ability was united a generous nature, which prompted him to many unostentatious acts of charity and kindness.