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810 MARYLAND MANUAL
1732-1733 Charles Calvert, Lord Proprietary
1733-1742 Samuel Ogle
1742-1746/7 Thomas Bladen
1746/7-1752 Samuel Ogle
1752-1753 Benjamin Tasker
Became President of the Council upon the death
of Governor Ogle.
1753-1769 Horatio Sharpe
1769-1776 Robert Eden
Eden was in England from May to November 1774,
during which time Richard Lee, President of the
Council, governed the Province. Lee also governed
the Province briefly in 1776 during the interval
between the departure of Eden and the assumption
of the government by the Convention.
REVOLUTIONARY INTERREGNUM
During the years 1774-76 more and more of the powers of gov-
ernment came to be exercised by popular bodies, though the authority
of the Governor was still acknowledged until Eden's departure. The
Conventions were composed of delegates from each county elected by
the freemen of the Province in much the same manner as was the
House of Delegates. It was inconvenient for so large a group (at one
meeting there were 141 delegates) to remain in continuous session;
therefore. Councils of Safety were elected by the Conventions to exer-
cise executive power during the intervals between Convention meet-
ings. With some exceptions, the Councils of Safety were composed of
nine members, five from the Western Shore and four from the Eastern
Shore. The Convention, which met from August 14, 1776, about six
weeks after the Declaration of Independence, through November II,
1776, framed the Constitution which governed Maryland until 1851.
The General Assembly established by the Constitution began meeting
on February 5, 1777, but the Council of Safety continued to function
as the executive body of the State until March 20 of the same year.
On March 22, 1777, the Assembly adopted a resolution "for dissolving
the Council of Safety and Vesting the Governor and Council with their
Powers." The Governor and Council had qualified two days earlier on
March 20, and they immediately began to perform the duties assigned
to them.

Conventions	of the Province of Maryland
June 22-25,1774 ......... Nov. 21-25,1774 ......... Dec. 8-12, 1774 .......... April 24-May 3, 1775 ..... July 26-Aug. 14, 1776 .... Dec. 7, 1775-Jan. 18, 1776 . May 8-25,1776 ........... June 21-July 6, 1776 ..... Aug. 14-Nov. 11, 1776 ....	. . Matthew Tilghman ........ . . Matthew Tilghman ........ . .John Hall ................ . . Matthew Tilghman ........ . . Matthew Tilghman ........ . . Matthew Tilghman ......... ..Charles Carroll, Barrister . . . Matthew Tilghman ......... . . Matthew Tilghman .........	.. Chairman . .Chairman . .Chairman ., Chairman . .Chairman ... President ... President .., President .. President

Councils of Safety
August 29, 1775-October 21, 1775 Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer,
President, Thomas Johnson, Jr„ William Paca, Charles Carroll, Bar-
rister, Thomas Stone (never acted), Samuel Chase, Robert Alexander,

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