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Maryland Manual, 1989-90
Volume 184, Preface 2   View pdf image (33K)
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On December 19,1789,

Maryland ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten
amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
As we commemorate the bicentennial ofrhar
ratification in 1989, special tribute is due
Luther Martin and William Paca,
two Maryland Antifederalists whose efforts
contributed to the adoption of the
Bill of Rights.

milimn Paca (1740-1799)

Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1823 after
earlier portrait by the artist (MdHRG
1545-1056). Courtesy of Commission on
Artistic Property.

Luther Martin (1748-1826)
Portrait by Henry H. Meyer, c. 1835 after
unidentified artist (MdHRG 1796-A-60).
Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.



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