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CHAP. 1. GENERAL GEOGRAPHY— Name — si-
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tuation — Boundary — Extent,
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2. NATIONAL DIVISIONS — Bays — Ri-
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vers—Mountains — Islands, —Swamps,
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Face of the Country — Mineralogy,
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3. POLITICAL CHARACTER, previous to,
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during and subsequent to the Revo-
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lution — Patriotism,
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4. STATE SOVEREIGNTY — Remarks up-
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on our forms of General and State
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Governments. The People essenti-
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ally SOVEREIGN.
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5. FEDERAL RELATIONS-Peculiar po-
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sition of Maryland as a member of
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the Union— Territorial grade — Re-
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presentation — Influence in the choice
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of the Executive of the Nation — Un-
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friendly operation of the Electoral
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law — Remarks on the Political in-
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fluence of the State,
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6. FEDERAL RELATIONS— Delegates to
the first Congress- Authority and In
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structions—Incidents relating to the
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Declaration of Independence — De-
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legaton to succeeding Congresses,
List of Senators from Maryland, un-
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der the present Constitution.
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Members of Congress from Mary-
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land — 1827— 1828.
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Marshals, Collectors, &c.
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7. STATE OFFICERS— Executive— List
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of Governors from the first Colonial
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Government.
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Election — Powers, and Compensation
of the Governor,
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