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Sioussat's The English Statutes in Maryland, 1903
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64: The English Statutes in Maryland. [52S
the resolutions appear in full, bears upon it the name Carroll,
and the comment: " These resolutions were entered an-
nually in the Proceedings of the House of Burgesses, as far
as I can understand. I have several other sessions in which
they are entered."
If, on the one hand, this suggests that the origin of the
resolutions had been lost sight of, on the other it shows
that they were regarded as worth consulting at a later time.
This is borne out by comparing the more important resolu-
tions of the revolutionary period, such as those on the Stamp
Act, where there is some similarity of language, although the
greater number of resolves deal with new matters. Such
cases of partial reference are, of course, harder to make cer-
tain, for by that time the parlance of the radical party was
much the same in every colony. The more noteworthy, there-
fore, is the appearance of these resolutions of Dulany's, in
their integrity, as late as 1771.
When, in 1770-1772, the great dispute over the fee bill and
Governor Eden's proclamation reached its height, on one
occasion adopted certain resolutions. Dr. Steiner, in his mon-
ograph on Eden, speaks of these resolutions "which told in.
ringing words of their fixed determination to resist all unjust
claims of England," as if they were prepared for the occasion;
and this impression is deepened by a note which quotes at
length a resolution treating of the relation of the colonists
to the Indians—a resolution strangely irrelevant to anything
then under discussion.' In reality, these resolutions of 1771
consist, first, of the resolutions of 1722, plus slight modifi-
cations made subsequently, and, secondly, of a protest against
the assessment of the export tax on tobacco, which, since 1750,
had been permanently attached to the standing resolutions of
1722. Now, the whole is again brought forward as a basis
for all additional resolutions of rights. It is not unworthy
of remark that now the younger Dulany, who, a few years
"' Steiner. B. C,: The Lite and Administration of Sir Robert Eden:
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Politics? Sci-
ence. Series XVI,. pp. 47-8 [381-2].

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