Maryland Imprints of the Colonial Period, 1689-1776

Digested under proper Heads in the Me-| thod of Mr. Wingate, and Mr. Washington's
| Abridgements, j London, | Printed for John Nicholson at the King's-Arms in | Little
Britain, R. Parker, and R. Smith, under | the Royal-Exchange, and Benj. Tooke at the
Middle-1 Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1704.)

8vo. A², B-S⁸, T⁶, B-N⁸, 2 unsigned leaves, U⁸; 250 leaves. In the second series of signatures, the sections
B-F⁸, G⁴, pages 1-[8y], [88], contain: An | Abridgement | of the | Laws | of | Maryland,) Now in Force.| Under
Proper Heads.); pp. [81-87] are wrongly numbered 65-71, so that the Maryland laws while appearing to occupy
only 71 pages, in reality occupy 87 pages. Full contents of the volume given in Charlemagne Tower, No. I, and
in Clayton-Torrence, No. 91.

Leaf measures: 7! x 4! inches. Type page, p. 2: 162 x 82 mm.

References in the Maryland section are to the statutes at large in the edition of collected laws printed at
Annapolis in 1700, see above, No. 7. See foregoing narrative for reference to "An Abridgement" in connection
with the discussion in Chapter Two of this edition of collected laws.

MdHS. LC. VSL. HSP. NYPL. NYBA. SLM. BA. JCB.

11. [COCKSHUTT, THOMAS. A Sermon preached at the Opening of St. Anne's Church, An-
napolis, on Sunday the 24th of September, 1704, in the Afternoon. By the Reverend Thomas
Cockshutt. Annapolis: Printed by Thomas Reading. 1704.]

No copy recorded. In the U. H. J. for Oct. 2, 1704 (Archives of Maryland, 26: 86) is found the following entry:
"By the Council &c. The Board resolve that the Sermon preached by Mr. Cockshutt at the opening of the Church
at Annapolis on Sunday the 24th of September in the Afternoon be printed if the House shall think fitt. Signed
per Order W. Bladen Cl Council. Which was returned by Major Greenberry with the Houses Concurrence."

12. [MARYLAND, PROVINCE OF. The Laws of the Province of Maryland, made and passed
at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis on the fifth day of Sep-
tember, 1704. Annapolis: Printed by Thomas Reading. 1704.]
No copy recorded. See below, note to No. 19.

13. —[The Laws of the Province of Maryland, made and passed at a Session of Assembly
begun and held at the City of Annapolis on the fifth day of December, 1704. Annapolis:
Printed by Thomas Reading. 1704.]

No copy recorded. See below, note to No. 19.

14. [WOOTON (WOOTEN), JAMES. A Sermon preached at the Opening of St. Anne's Church,
Annapolis, on Sunday the 24th of September, 1704, in the Morning. By the Reverend James
Wooton. Annapolis: Printed by Thomas Reading. 1704.]

No copy recorded. In the U. H. J. for Sept. 25, 1704 (Archives of Maryland, 26: 69-70) is found the following
entry: "By the House of Deleg's... This House are very well Satisfied with the well composed Discourse preached
by the Reverend Doctor Wooton at opening of the Annapolitan church and think it highly worthy of the press
which if your Ex'cy does we pray your Ex'cy to give Order for ... which was assented to by the Council.
W. Bladen Cl Coun."

The Rev. James Wooton received the royal bounty for his passage to America on Aug. 12, 1703. (Fothergill).
A brief account of him is found in Allen, St. Ann's Parish.

1705

15. [MARYLAND, PROVINCE OF. The Laws of the Province of Maryland, made and passed
at a Session of Assembly begun and held at the City of Annapolis on the fifteenth day of
May, 1705. Annapolis: Printed by Thomas Reading. 1705.]
No copy recorded. See below note to No. 19.

1706

16. MARYLAND, PROVINCE OF. Maryland ss. | At a Sessions of Assembly begun and held at
the Town and Port of | Annapolis April the Second and Ended the Nineteenth of the same

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