2) Lawrence Wroth, A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland 1686-1776 Baltimore: The Typothetae of Baltimore, 1922. Printing in Maryland began in St. Mary's City with William Nuthead in the 1680's. After his death, his wife Dinah moved the print shop to the new capital, Annapolis (1694) where she petitioned for license to print and gave her bond for good behavior as a printer. The first newspaper in Maryland (the Maryland Gazette) was established by William Parks in Annapolis in 1727. It lasted for only a short time (1734) and was succeeded by a second Maryland Gazette which Jonas Green began publishing in 1747. At the time of the Stamp Act crisis, Jonas Green was in partnership with William Rind. MSA SC 2221-2-2
3) October 31, 1756. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE (U.K.) H.C.A. 30/258-4931. MSA SC 2221-1-3
4) May 2, 1765 Maryland Gazette (Annapolis). Publication of details of the Stamp Act. MSA SC 2311-1-7. MSA SC 2221-2-4
5) October 3, 1765. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis). General Assembly resolves. MSA SC 2311-1-7. MSA SC 2221-2-5
6) October 10, 1765. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis). Gazette to cease publication due to Stamp Act. MSA SC 2311-1-7. MSA SC 2221-2-6
8) April 10, 1766. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis). First public notice of repeal of Stamp Act. MSA SC 2311-1-11. MSA SC 2221-2-8
9) June 12, 1766. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis). Text of Declaratory Act published. MSA SC 2311-1-11. MSA SC 2221-2-9
10) September 4, 1766. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis) Parliament explains business or legal transactions conducted during period of Stamp Act are legal with or without stamps. MSA SC 2311-1-11. MSA SC 2221-2-10
11) October 20, 1774 Maryland Gazette (Annapolis) from Peter Force, American Archives, 4th series, vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, 1837, pp. 885-86. An account of the events surrounding the burning of the Peggy Stewart. MSA SC 2221-2-11
12) April 10, 1775. Maryland Gazette (Annapolis) from Peter Force, American Archives, 4th series, vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, 1839, pp. 809-12. Reprint of an article from the London Publick Ledger of January 4, 1775 concerning the burning of the Peggy Stewart. MSA SC 2221-2-12
13) August 4, 1774. CHANCERY COURT (Chancery Papers, Exhibits) Letter from Joshua Johnson, London partner of Wallace, Davidson, & Johnson, an Annapolis-based mercantile firm. John Davidson, a partner in the firm was a customs official in Annapolis. MSA S 528-15 MdHR 1507. MSA SC 2221-2-13
14) November 28, 1774 newspaper article from Peter Force, American Archives, 4th series, vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, 1837, pp. 1009-10. Newspaper article datelined Baltimore, detailing the destruction of tea in Elizabeth Town, later Hagerstown, in western Maryland. MSA SC 2221-2-14
15) July 8, 1775. Petition to the King from Congress, known as the Olive Branch Petition. MSA SC 2221-2-15
16) Proceedings of the Conventions of the Province of Maryland held at the City of Annapolis in 1774, 1775 & 1776. Annapolis, MD: Jonas Green, 1836. pp. 82-85, 140-43, 174-77. Instructions to Maryland's Delegates in Congress, January 12, 1776, May 21, 1776, and June 28, 1776, concerning independence. MSA SC 2221-2-16
17) June 17, 1776. MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Scharf Collection). Samuel Chase to John Adams. MSA SC 1005-19999-121-90. MSA SC 2221-2-17
18) Julian Boyd, Declaration of Independence, Library of Congress, 1943. Thomas Jefferson's analysis of the Declaration of Independence (July 2-4, 1776) prepared for James Madison in May 1783 which indicates changes made by the drafting committee and by Congress. MSA SC 2221-2-18
19) 1777. Mary Catherine Goddard's printing of the Declaration of Independence, Baltimore, 1777. The first authorized version containing the names of the signers printed while Congress was meeting. MSA SC 2221-2-19
20) ca. 1777. Map of The Theatre of War in North America, courtesy of the Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan. MSA SC 2221-2-20
21) SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Dowsett Collection of Sands Family Papers), July 20, 1776, MSA SC 2095 and the (Mrs. Jane Revell Moss Collection), August 14, 1776, MSA SC 204. Two letters from Sergeant William Sands to his family in Annapolis, Maryland. Sands was among the first troops sent from Maryland to join George Washington on Long Island. MSA SC 2221-2-21
22) Peter Force, American Archives, 5th series, vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, 1848, pp. 1249-50. Extracts of letters concerning the Battle of Long Island. MSA SC 2221-1-22
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