Maryland Imprints of the Colonial Period, 1689-1776

319. —Votes and Proceedings | of the | Lower House of Assembly | of the | Province of
Maryland.| June Session, 1773.] Being the First Session of this Assembly.] (June 15-July
3, 1773.) [Colophon:] Annapolis:| Printed by Anne Catharine Green, Printer to the Prov-
ince. | [1773].

Fol. A-G²; 14 leaves; pages [i]-28: text with heading as above, session heading of six lines and running heads;
p. 28: colophon.

Leaf measures: 13 1/8 x 81/4 inches. Type page, first full page: 10 2/5 x 5 5/8 inches.

BM.

320. The | Maryland Gazette.] (Jan. 7-Dec. 30, 1773, Nos. 1426-1477; XXVIII-XXIXth
Year) [Colophon as in 1414-1425 of year 1772.]

15 3/4 x 10 inches; 2 leaves each number, except Nos. 1447, 1451, 1455 and 1461 which have four leaves each;
three columns.

Nos. 1432,1435* H36, 1439, 1443, 1446 and 1450 have "Supplement" of one leaf each.

See Plate Xb for title arrangement.

MDSL. (complete). For location of scattered issues, see Brigham, American Newspapers.

321. The I Maryland Journal,| and the | Baltimore Advertiser.] Containing the Freshest
Advices, both Foreign and Domes tic. | (Aug 2o-Dec 30, 1773, being Nos. 1-18 of vol.1,
pages 1-72.) [Two lines from Horace, printed as one line; Provincial arms in center of title,
dividing it throughout.] [Colophon:] Baltimore: Printed by William Goddard, at the Print-
ing-Office in Market-Street, op-| posite the Coffee-House, where Subscriptions, at Ten
Shillings per Annum, Advertisements and Letters of Intelligence, are | gratefully received
for this Paper, and where all Manner of Printing-Work is performed whith [sic] Care,
Fidelity and Expedition. Blanks and Hand-| Bills, in particular, are done on the shortest
Notice, in a neat and correct Manner. |

15 13/16 x 9 3/4 inches; two leaves each number; three columns; pages numbered continuously; running title; after
No. 2, the dates are inclusive, as "From Friday, August 20, to Saturday, August 28, 1773".

No. 6 has a "Postscript" of one leaf. Colophon as given above used throughout until Dec. 30, 1773, when be-
cause of change of location it was altered in part to read as follows: Baltimore: Printed by William Goddard, at
the Printing-Office in Market-Street,) next Door above Dr. John Stevenson's, and two doors below the Fountain-
Inn, where Subscriptions,...|...|... | (wording exactly as in first colophon).

See foregoing narrative Chapter Ten, for an account of the origin of this newspaper.

See Plate XIa for title arrangement.

MdHS.

322. Proposals | for Establishing | a Circulating | Library,| in Baltimore-Town.] [Balti-
more: Printed by William Goddard, 1773.]

Broadside. 14 x 8 f inches.

Maryland Journal for Oct. 16,1773, advertises the above for publication "on Tuesday next."

MdHS.

1774

323. Annapolis, (Maryland) Oct. 20.| The brig Peggy Stewart, Captain Jackson, from |
London, having on board seventeen packages, Con-| taining 2320 lb. of that detestable
weed tea, arrived | here on Friday last....... [Signed] By Order,| John Ducket, [sic] Clk.
Com.| [Annapolis: Printed by Anne Catharine Green and Son. 1774.]

Broadside. 16 x 41/4 inches.

Contains an account of the burning of the"Peggy Stewart" on Oct. 19, 1774, by her part owner, Mr. Anthony
Stewart, acting under mob compulsion. Reprinted from Maryland Gazette for Oct. 20, 1774. This incident has
been discussed by Mr. Richard D. Fisher in a series of letters to the Baltimore News beginning with the issue of
April 8, 1905, and extending to Nov. 2,1907. See scrap book of clippings, "The Arson of the Peggy Stewart," in
Maryland Historical Society. Mr. Fisher regarded the incident as by no means creditable to the zealous An-
napolitans.

MdHS. (bound with Maryland Gazette for Nov. 17, 1774.) LC.

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