124 MARYLAND MANUAL.
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................................. 1674
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 Stuart, Judges and Registers.............1747
Benedict Calvert and George Stuart, 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.
James Murray................................................... 1852
William L. W. Seabrook.........................................1857
George L. L. Davis.............................................. 1868
William R. Hayward............................................. 1869
J. Thomas Scharf................................................1884
Philip D. Laird.................................................. 1892
William O. Mitchell.............................................. 1896
E. Stanley Toadvin, ............................................. 1900
E. Stanley Toadvin.............................................. 1904
LIBRARIANS OF MARYLAND.
David Ridgely................................................... 1827
J. H. T. Magrilder...............................................1842
Richard Swann.................................................. 1845
Henry E. Bateman............................................... 1850
William Harwood................................................ 1853
Thomas 1. Marshall.............................................. 1856
Llewellyn Boyle................................................. 1857
E. M. Shipley..................................................1861
H. P. Jordan..................................................1863
Henry A. Silver.................................................1868
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