OF COLONIAL MARYLAND 113

the period, 1751-1776 and contains seven volumes numbered in

chronological order.

Balance Book 1, Liber BD No. 1, p. 1-136 (double pages)

1751-1755.
Balance Book 2, Liber MM No. 1, p. 1-135 (double pages)

1755-1759.
Balance Book 3, Liber MM No. 2, p. 1-181 (double pages)

1759-1763.
Balance Book 4, Liber GM No. 1, p. 1-179

1763-1766.
Balance Book 5, Liber EV No. 1, p. 1403 (p. 1-157 double pages)

1766-1770.

verso p. 1-27 is a Book of Entry for all papers

returned to the Prerogative Office by the Deputy

Commissaries, 1767.

Balance Book 6, Liber EV No. 2, p. 1-354 1770-1774.
Balance Book 7, Liber EV No. 3, p. 1-78 1775-1776.

ORIGINAL PAPERS

When the Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County distributed
the original papers of the Prerogative Court to the various counties
in 1779 and 1783, he naturally retained the papers relating to Anne
Arundel in his own custody. He also retained various other papers
which belonged to the Prerogative Court proper. By the time these
papers were transferred to the Land Office, they were regarded as a
single collection. The distinction between the two types of papers
had been forgotten or was no longer considered important. The
papers are now divided on a different basis. One group contains
wills only and is called Original Wills. They are arranged alpha-
betically and the wills filed under each letter are numbered from
one to the end. All the other papers have been grouped together
under the heading Testamentary Papers. They include administra-
tion bonds, inventories, accounts, libels, summons, commissions,
deputy commissaries' returns, etc. The papers are arranged chrono-
logically except that all the papers relating to an estate are filed
together.

Testamentary Papers, 96 boxes, 1659-1777.
Original Wills, 32 boxes, 1666-1777.