Archives of Maryland publication, S050000338, Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 5080, J. G. Strong map of Queen Anne's County, 1866.

Maryland State Archives
Special Collections
Archives of Maryland
publication of
J. G. Strong's Map of Queen Anne's County, 1866
prepared and edited by
Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse,
State Archivist

MSA CD S050000338 available from mdsa.net

Queen Anne's County, Maryland, official seal

J. G. Strong map of Queen Anne's County, 1866, MSA SC 5080-1

Collection Number:	MSA SC 5080-1
Collection Name:	Queen Anne's County Historical Society Map Collection
Dates:	1866
Description:	Map, J. G. Strong, Map of Queen Anne's County
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Location:	33/03/04/21 (photographic images); electronic images on Archives of Maryland CD S050000338
Notes:	According to Frederic Emory, Queen Anne's County, Maryland (1981 [1886-1887]), p. 532, "The first map of Queen Anne's County in detail was published in 1866 by John G. Strong from surveys made in 1865. An appropriation of $250 by the county in aid of the work was authorized by act of the legislature in 1866." Chapter 143 of the Laws of 1866, passed on January 19, 1866, empowered the "county Commissioners of Queen Anne's County to levy the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars on the taxable property of the County, to pay J. G. Strong for copies of a map of said County which he is about to publish, on the scale of one inch to the mile, and which said copies are intended to be distributed among the Public Schools of the County" (Laws of Maryland, 1866, p. 231). The act permitted the County to reject the maps if there were "not gotten up and published in manner and style as set forth in his, said Strong's programme." The County Commissioners paid the first installment of $125 to Strong by order on James B. Roe, Collector of the District, No. 1, on Tuesday, October 30, 1866. The second and final installment was authorized on Tuesday, April 16, 1867 (Queen Anne's County Board of County Commissioners, (Proceedings), 1861-1869, MSA C 1465-1). For another copy of the Strong map and to view missing data on this map, see the facsimile in MSA SC 1213-481.

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