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Baker, Gordon Pratt, ed. Those Incredible Methodists: A History of the Baltimore Conference of the United Methodist Church. Baltimore: Commission on Archives and History, Baltimore Conference, 1972.

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Crenson, Matthew A. Baltimore: A Political History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

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Hungerford, Edward. Personality of American Cities. McBride, 1913. [Includes chapter on Baltimore titled “Monumental City.”

Johnson, Gerald W., Frank R. Kent, H.L. Mencken and Hamilton Owens. The Sunpapers of Baltimore, 1837-1937. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.

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McCauley, Lois B. Maryland Historical Prints, 1752-1889. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1975.

McGrain, John W. From Pig Iron to Cotton Duck: A History of Manufacturing Villages in Baltimore County. vol. 1. Baltimore County, MD: Baltimore County Public Library, 1985.

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Papenfuse, Edward C. and Joseph M. Coale III. Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland, 1608- 1908. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.

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Scharf, Thomas J. History of Baltimore City and County, Part I. Philadelphia: Louis H. Evarts, 1881. XF 187.S3 1971, vol. 1

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