Maryland Imprints of the Colonial Period, 1689-1776

of | this town, directed to Lieut.| Col. Gabriel Christie ..... [Baltimore: Printed by Mary
Katherine Goddard. 1775.]

Broadside. 16 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches.

In this broadside, James Christie lays before the public the action taken by the Committee of Safety on his
intercepted letter to his kinsman Col. Christie, stationed in Antigua, also a copy of that letter, in which the po-
litical references, he claimed, were not of such a character as to call for drastic action by the Committee.

MdHS.

348. —The | Case | of | James Christie, jun.| Late of the Province of Maryland, Merchant. |
[Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green]? 1775.

pp. 24. 8vo. Evans, No. 13868.

Regarding the sale by auction of goods imported against the resolution of the American Continental Con-
gress and forfeited under its provisions. Mr. Evans wisely questioned his attribution of the book to the Annapo-
lis press, for it was printed after Christie's banishment, ordered by the Convention on Aug. 7, 1775 to take place
on the 1st of September. His receipt for money paid through Robert Milligan, published in this book, is Sept. 4,
1775. In conclusion he says "I have been expelled and banished for ever," and at beginning "The public and my
friends, being desirous to know the particulars of my conduct, in Maryland," ... In the title, moreover, he de-
scribes himself as "Late of the Province of Maryland." These two items, Nos. 347 and 348, the Maryland Gazette
for the period, Eddis's Letters from America (pp. 218, 228-229) and Archives of Maryland (11: 9, 11-13, 44-48,
51-52) contain Christie's case in detail.

JCB. LC.

349. Dunlap's | Maryland Gazette;| or the | Baltimore General Advertiser.| (May 2-Dec.
26, 1775, being Nos. I-XXXV of vol. I). [Colophon:] Baltimore: Printed by John Dunlap,
at his Printing-Office in Market-Street, where | Subscriptions at Ten Shillings per Annum,
Advertisements, &c. are received for this Paper, and all Manner of | Printing Work done
with the utmost expedition.]

16 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches; three columns; two leaves each number.

Nos. 8, 9,12, 14,19, 20, 22, 27, 33,34 have one "Postscript" each. No. 16 has two postscripts. Nos. 11 and
17 have three postscripts each. No. 11 has title: Dunlap's | Maryland Gazette;| Baltimore General Advertiser.|
No. 12 has title as given in the first instance with a comma after the "or", and this style was continued.

See Plate Xlb for title arrangement.

MdHS. (lacks No. 19.)

350. An Essay on the Culture and Management of Hemp, more particularly for the pur-
pose of making coarse linens. By a Farmer. [Annapolis. Printed by Frederick Green. 1775.]
No copy located. In Maryland Gazette July 13, 1775, advertised as "Just Published, and to be sold at the
Printing-Office, and at the Loan-Office, price 2s. 6d."

351. Same, [with 3 lines from Virgil on title as advertised.] [Printed by Mary Katharine
Goddard. 1776.]

No copy recorded. In Maryland Journal, Jan. 10, 1776, advertised as "Published and sold at the Printing-
Office." It is probable that this was a reprint of Green's pamphlet announced six months earlier, or it may be
that neither of the Maryland offices actually printed these, but.that their proprietors imported them from a com-
mon source.

352. Fresh Intelligence.| Baltimore, August 10.| Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in
New York, of undoubted veracity, to his Friend in Bal-| timore, dated August 4,1775.] By
express just arrived from Boston,] we are informed, That the Lieut. Governor of Canada
is taken Prisoner.—| That Gen. Gage is at the Point of Death—That the People and Sol-
diers in | Boston die from 50 to 100 in a Day—The Soldiers had a Mutiny, ..... [Colo-
phon:] [Baltimore:] Published by M. K. Goddard.| [1775.]

Broadside. 13 1/4 x 7 3/5 inches.

MdHS.

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