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Charles J. M. Gwynn......................................... 1875
Charles B. Roberts .......................................... 1883
William Pinkney Whyte .....................................1887
John P. Poe ................................................1891
Harry M. Clabaugh .........................................1896
George R. Gaither, Jr........................................ 1899
Isidor Rayner .............................................. 1900
William S. Bryan, Jr........................................ 1904
Isaac Lobe Straus .......................................... 1908
Edgar Allan Poe ............................................1912
Albert C. Ritchie. .......................................... .1916
Alexander Armstrong ....................................... 1920
"(In June, 1918, Mr. Ritchie was appointed general counsel to the
War Industries Board, and Ogle Marbury, Assistant Attorney General,
became Acting Attorney General until January 1, 1919, when Mr.
Ritchie returned to his post.)
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 Clarke, 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............................ 174:1
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 Calahan, 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 Consitution of 1861 Created, the Office of Commisioner 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
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