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A History of the Maryland Press, 1777-1790
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39.——— By The | State of Maryland. | A Declaration, | Whereas the General Assembly of Mary-
land hath heretofore Resolved, "That the Delegates of | this State should be instructed, to remon-
strate to the Congress, that this State esteem it essen- | tially necessary for rendering the union
lasting, that the United States in Congress assembled | should have full power to ascertain and fix
the western limits of those States, that claim to the [ Mississippi or South Sea ... [signed] John
Duckett, | Clerk of the House of Delegates. | ... R. Ridgely, | C. S. | [Annapolis: Printed by
Frederick Green, 1778.]
Folio broadside.
Leaf measures: 16 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches.
The Declaration was passed by the General Assembly on December 15, 1778, incorporating the Instructions of Maryland
to her delegates in Congress and restating her protest against allowing the benefits of the Western lands to accrue to only
some states and not to Maryland. In the Instructions there appears the authorization for printing this Declaration: "That
these our sentiments respecting the confederation may be more publickly known and more explicitly and concisely declared,
we have drawn up the annexed declaration, which we instruct you to lay before congress, to have it printed, and to deliver
to each of the delegates of the other states in congress assembled, copies thereof, signed by yourselves or by such of you as
may be present at the time of delivery, to the intent and purpose that the copies aforesaid may be communicated to our
brethern of the United States, and the contents of the said declaration taken into their serious and candid consideration."
Both documents may be found in W. W. Hening, The Statutes at Large being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, Rich-
mond, 1822. Vol. X, pp. 549-556. A discussion of the contents and importance of this document can be found in H. B.
Adams Maryland's Influence upon Land Cessions to the United States, page 37. It is by no means certain that the Declaration
was printed in Annapolis, but since it is an item of great importance to Maryland and its printing has not been attributed
to any other state, there remains a strong probability that it is a Maryland imprint.
Not in Evans or Sabin.
LC (photostat in Mss Div). Conn State Library (Trumbull Papers.) MassArchives.
40. ———— Laws | Of, Maryland, | Made And Passed | At A | Session Of Assembly, | Begun and
held at the City of Annapolis, on Tuesday the | seventeenth of March, in the year of our Lord one |
thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight. ] [ornamental rule] | [arms of the state] | [ornamental
rule] | Annapolis: 1 Printed by Frederick Green. | [1778.]
Folio. [A]1, B-N2. 25 leaves. No pagination. Text with session heading and running heads.
Leaf measures: 11 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches.
Evans, 15878. Waters, 239. Benedict, 87.
MdHS. MdDioc. MdSL. BaltoBar. LC. (3 copies). NYPL. HarvardLaw. Huntington. MassSL. BM. Columbia Law.
NYSL.
41. ———— Laws | Of | Maryland, | Made And Passed | At A | Session Of Assembly, | Begun and
held at the City of Annapolis, on Monday the | eighth of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand
| seven hundred and seventy-eight. | [ornamental rule] | [arms of the state] | [ornamental rule] |
Annapolis: | Printed by Frederick Green. | [1778.]
Folio. [A]1, B-C2, [D]1. 6 leaves. No pagination. Text with session heading and running heads. MdHS copy has two blank
leaves bound in after text.
Leaf measures: 11 7/8 x 7 3/16 inches.
Evans, 15870, Waters, 340. Benedict, 88.
MdHS. (a copies). MdDioc. MdSL. BaltBar. LC (3 copies). NYPL. HarvardLaw. Huntington. MassSL. BM. Columbia
Law. NYSL,
42.———— [double rule] | Votes and Proceedings | Of The | House of Delegates | Of The | State of
Maryland. | October Session, 1777. | Being the First Session of this Assembly. | .... [Annapolis,
Printed by Frederick Green, 1778.]
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