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A History of the Maryland Press, 1777-1790
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An address to the people on the question of taxation. The voters were requested to signify their ideas on the emission of
paper money which would be circulated on loan to lessen the burden of taxation.
Not in Evans.
LC (a copies.)
407. ———— By the House of Delegates, | January 6, 1786. | Ordered, that the memorial of Henry
Harford, Esq; and all | the proceedings thereon, be published in the Maryland Gazette and | Balti-
more Journal, and that the printer strike two hundred copies of the | said proceedings for the use
of the general assembly. | ... [Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green, 1786.]
Folio. Three leaves.
Pages: [I]-5.
Leaf measures: 13 x 7 7/8 inches.
Henry Harford, late proprietor of Maryland, requested the state legislature to grant him retribution for the loss of his
property and revenue in Maryland which he valued at £327441. The debate and votes on the question are given together
with the conclusion that " ... the senate were unanimously of opinion, that the memorialist cannot of right ask, or this
state consistently with justice to others grant him, any compensation or retribution for the losses he states in his memorial
to have been by him sustained in consequence of the revolution and acts of our legislature ..."
Not in Evans.
MdHS.
408. ———— Laws | Of | Maryland, | Made And Passed | At A | Session Of Assembly, | Begun and
held at the city of Annapolis, on Monday the | seventh of November, in the year of our Lord one
thou-| sand seven hundred and eighty-five. | [ornamental rule] | [arms of the state] | [ornamental
rule] | Annapolis:} Printed by Frederick Green, 1 Printer to the State. | [1786.]
Folio, [A]-Z2, Aa-Pp2. 76 leaves.
No pagination.
Leaf measures: 14 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches.
Evans, 19770. Waters, American Laws, 243. Benedict, 90.
MdHS. MdDioc. JW Garrett. LC(3 copies.) MdSL. BaltBar. NYPL. HarvardLaw. Huntington. MassSL. BPI(imp.)
ColumbiaLaw. NYSL. PennSL. RILawLibrary. AAS.
409. ———— The | Report | Of The | Committee | Appointed to inspect into the Books, Papers, |
and Accounts, of the Intendant | of the Revenue, with his | Answer, | And The | Resolutions | Of
the House of Delegates thereon. | [ornamental rule] | Annapolis: | Printed by Frederick Green. |
MDCCLXXXVI.
8vo. [A]-C4 [D]3. 14 leaves, last leaf blank.
Pages: [1]-25
Leaf measures: 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches.
Evans, 19771
JWGarrett. LC.
410. ———— Several | Acts | Of The | General Assembly | Of | Maryland, | Respecting | Saint John's
College, | [ornamental rule] | Annapolis: | Printed by Frederick Green, | Printer to the State. [1786.]
8m. 8vo. [A]-D4. E2. 18 leaves.
Pages: [1]-35.
Leaf measures: 61/2 x 4 1/2 inches.
Contains the original act establishing the college with two supplements to it and a fourth act consolidating the funds
belonging to King William's school with those of St. John's college. Library of Congress dates this item in 1785.
Not in Evans.
MdHS. LC. NYPL, USDeptEduc. St. John's College.
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