A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland

A leaf with pagination 25 and 26, with signature H, was inserted between signatures G and H after the book
had been made up, or possibly after the sheets had been printed, for the page numbers were not changed to take
the insertion into account. The signatures and pagination of this portion run: G², H¹, H³; pp. 21, 22, 23, 24,25,
26, 25, 26, 27, 28.

MdHS. MDioc. BBL. Gmp.) LC. NYBA. HU. HLS. BM.

45. —To his Excellency Benedict Leonard Calvert,| Governour and Commander in Chief,
in and over the | the [sic] Province of Maryland,! The Humble Address | of the | Upper
House of Assembly.] ... To which His Excellency was pleas'd to make the following
Answer.] ..... Benedict Leonard Calvert.| [Annapolis: Printed by William Parks. 1728.]

Single leaf, printed both sides; tail-piece.

Leaf measures: 12$ x 7! inches. Type page, p. [i], including heading: 246 x 140 mm.

Contains addresses of session of Oct. j-Nov. 2, 1728.

MDSL.

46. —Votes and Resolves,| of the | Lower House of Assembly, of the Province of | Mary-
land.| Maryland ss.| (Oct. 3-Nov. 2, 1728.) [Annapolis: Printed by William Parks. 1728.]

Fol. Issued separately in numbered parts, without signature; each part, except Nos. I and XIV, has at con-
clusion imprimatur as follows: "I Do (by order of the Lower House of Assembly, of the Province of Maryland)
appoint William Parks, to Print the Votes and Resolves of the said House. John Mackall, Speaker." No. I: pp.
1-4, with heading as above and session heading of five lines; No. II: pp. 1-7 ,-p. 8, blank; No. III: pp. 1-2; No. IV:
p. I ,-p. 2, blank; No. V: pp. 1-2; No. VI: pp. 1-2; No. VII: pp. 1-2; No. VIII: pp. 1-2; No. IX: pp. 1-2; No. X:
pp. 1-4; No. XI: pp. 1-4; No. XII: pp. 1-2, No. XIII: pp. l-3,-p. 4 blank; No. XIV: pp. 1-12.

Leaf measures: 12 3/16 x 7 3/5 inches. Type page, p. 2, No. I: 249 x 136 mm.

The imprimatur of No. II has "by Order of the House of Delegates" instead of "Lower House of Assembly"
as quoted above.

MDSL.

47. [Cut] The | Maryland Gazette | [Cut] (Jan. 2, 1727/28-Dec. 31, 1728; Nos. 17-68.)?
[Colophon:] Annapolis: Printed by Will. Parks. By whom Advertisements, and Subscrip-
tions | for this Paper, are taken in.|

11 3/4 x 7 inches. In remaining issues, two leaves to each number, two columns to a page.

MdHS. has Dec. 10-Dec. 31, 1728, Nos. 65-68, the only known copies for this year and the earliest recorded
copies of this newspaper. See Plate Va for tide arrangement.

48. [WARNER, JOHN. An Almanack for the Year 1729. Calculated more exactly for these
Parts, than any has been publish'd yet. By John Warner, Philom. living near Pattow-
mack. Printed and Sold by William Parks, in Annapolis. [1728.] Price 6 Pence a Piece, or
4 shillings per Dozen to those who buy them to sell again.]

No copy recorded. Advertised as "Lately Published" in Parks's Maryland Gazette for Dec. 17, 1728.

1729

49. BECKETT, WILLIAM. The Duty both of Clergy and Laity | to each other. | A | Sermon |
Preach'd before the Reverend the | Commissary,| and the rest of the | Clergy | of | Penn-
sylvania.] In Christ Church,| Philadelphia.] On Wednesday, September 24, 1729.| Being
the First Visitation held there.| By William Beckett, Missionary at Lewes.| Annapolis:|
Printed and Sold by W. Parks. M,DCC,XXIX. [Price One Shilling.] |

Sm. 4to. [Al-E², F¹; II leaves; pages [i-iv], [i]-i8; p. [1]: tide; p. [iii]: dedication to the Reverend Mr. Gum-
mings, and five others of the Pennsylvania clergy; pp. [1]-18: text, with heading and tail-piece.

Leaf measures: 7 3/4 x 5 5/16 inches. Type page, p. 2: 150 x 117 mm.

The Rev. William Beckett, a "pious, faithful and orthodox Pastor" received the King's Bounty on March
25, 1721. (Fothergill). Coming to Pennsylvania, he was given charge of the Church of England congregation at

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