Cover Design:

By Carolyn Anderson of the Printing and Publication Division, Department of General Services.

Design incorporates Edwin Tunis' print of the Ark and the Dove

(Maryland State Archives Special Collections, MdHR SCI600—13)

and commemorates the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage of discovery.

© Copyright 1991 by the State Archives of the State of Maryland.

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Composed in-house using Xerox Ventura Publisher Version 3.0.

Printed by United Book Press, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, on acid-free, recycled paper, (jpo)

The State Archives publishes the Maryland Manual every odd-numbered year and distributes copies
without charge to the public libraries, agencies of State and county government, all school libraries,
members of the General Assembly, and others as prescribed by law (Annotated Code of the Public General
Laws of Maryland, State Government Article, sees. 9-1026, 9-1027). Additional copies are printed for sale
to the general public.