Maryland Manorial Courts.          lxv

       Historical Society at its December 6, 1854, meeting, together with a number
       of other old manuscripts, by Bernard U. Campbell, who at the time of
       presentation referred to “a letter from Edmund J. Plowden, Esq., of St.
       Mary's County, showing that by the aid of a deed contained in that record
       he had been able to establish the bounds of Bushwood, his plantation, that had
       long been uncertain “. Bushwood was part of St. Clement's Manor, and
       Campbell's statement suggests the possibility that Plowden had become the heir
       of the manor records and that Campbell had acquired them from him for
       deposit in the Maryland Historical Society. Campbell was a very prominent
       Catholic and at the time of his death was the senior member of the firm of
       Campbell & Graham. Both had been brought up in the firm of Alexander
       Brown & Sons of Baltimore, but in 1853 were placed in charge of the Balti
       more agency of the associated firm of Brown Bros. & Co. of New York.









































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