Items relating to John W. Kratz, including an 1898 letter from William F. Broening (later Mayor of Baltimore, 1919-1923 and 1927-1931) concerning the disposition of the estate of Kratz's mother; and state and city tax bills for 1886 and 1887, along with municipal water rent bills for the same years, pertaining to a three story brick house on Barre Street and a frame dwelling in the rear on Welcome Alley.