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COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAND OFFICE.

John Lewger, Member of the Council, Officer in charge of land
grants, etc..........................................................................1637

John Lankford, "During his natural life,"—Surveyor-General......1641

Robert Clarke, Surveyor-General.................................................1648

Jerome White, Surveyor-General..................................................1664

Baker Brooke, Surveyor General..................................................1676

Vincent Lowe, Surveyor-General......................................1679 to 1680

In 1680 the Land Office was created, with a Register on each Shore.

John Llewellin, Register for Western Shore.
Vachel Downes, Register for Eastern Shore.
Henry Darnal, Register...............................................................1688

Charles Carroll, Register............................................................1712

Edward Griffith, Register............................................................1715

Edmund Jennings, Judge and Register.........................................1732

Levin Gale, Judge and Register...................................................1738

Philip Thomas, Judge and Register..............................................1743

Benj. Tasker and Benj. Young, Judges and Registers....................1746

Benj. Young and George Steuart, Judges and Registers.................1747

Benedict Calvert and George Steuart, Judges and Registers...........1756

St. George Peale, Register...........................................................1777

John Callahan, Register...............................................................1779

John Kilty, Register...................................................................1806

John Brewer, Register.................................................................1812

G. G. Brewer, Register................................................................1827

In 1841 the Eastern Shore Office was transferred to the Western
Shore.

G. G. Brewer, Register for Western Shore.
Samuel Roberts, Register for Eastern Shore.

The Constitution of 1851 created the office of Commissioner of the
Land Office.

Hon. James Murray.....................................................................1852

Hon. William L. W. Seabrook......................................................1857

Hon. George L. L. Davis..............................................................1868

Dr. William R. Hayward.............................................................1869

J. Thomas Scharf, A. M. LL.D.....................................................1884

Philip D. Laird..................................................................1892

Wm. O. Mitchell.........................................................................1896

E. Stanley Toadvin.....................................................................1900

LIBRARIANS OF MARYLAND.

David Ridgely, February, 1827, to March 10, 1842.
J. H. T. Magruder, March 10, 1842, to February 12, 1845.
Richard Swann, February 12, 1845, to February 1, 1852.
Henry E. Bateman, February I, 1852, to April 21, 1853.
Wm. Harwood, April 21, 1853, to February 14, 1856.
Thomas I. Marshall, February 14, 1856, to April 1, 1857.
Llewellyn Boyle, April 1, 1857, to May I, 1861.
E. M. Shipley, May I, 1861, to April 23, 1863.
H. P. Jordan, April 23, 1863, to February 27, 1868.
Henry A. Silver, February 27, 1868, to February 2, 1870.
John H. T. Magruder, February 2, 1870, to April 6, 1880.
Edmund P. Duval, April 6, 1880, to May 1, 1892.
Luther H. Gadd, May 1, 1892, to 1896.
Mrs. Anne Burton Jeffers, 1896 to 1900.
Mrs. Anne Burton Jeffers, 1900 to 1904.