msa s 990 [Blue Books][ Executive records consisting of oaths of fidelity, accounts of property
taken by the British, military supplies, petitions requesting exemption
from military service, and
resolutions concerning state payments. Correspondents include Congress,
John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, governors, and civil and military officials.
Volume for 1775-1805
contains broadsides. Volumes for 1780-1821 and volume for 1782-1804
pertain to Bank Stock Case. Volume for 1776-1799 contains miscellaneous
documents. See also the
Bank Stock Correspondence series [MSA S163]. Arranged numerically by
inventory number. For 1775-1789 indexed by MARYLAND INDEXES Maryland State
Papers,
Index series [MSA S1484]. Following the Revolution, the Bank Stock
Case was a legal battle between the State of Maryland and several London
bank trustees over the
sinking fund in the Bank of England that supported Maryland's paper
currency. After years of legal and diplomatic efforts, the case was resolved
in 1804. Documents
pertaining to the Bank Stock Case abstracted in Calendar of Maryland
State Papers, Number 2, The Bank Stock Papers, Annapolis: Hall of Record
Commission, 1947.
Documents dated 1775-1789 listed in An Inventory of Maryland State
Papers, Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, 1977. Indexed in MARYLAND
INDEXES
Revolutionary War Papers, Index [MSA S1422]. Oaths of Fidelity indexed
in MARYLAND INDEXES Oaths of Fidelity, Index [MSA S1420]. Also available
on microfilm
for 1775-1821, [MSA SM6], 2 reels. Military service records found in
the Blue Books series are indexed in MARYLAND INDEXES (Muster and pay roll,
index) 1734-1772
[MSA S1418].
