DESCRIPTION OF PLATES

PLATE IX, facing page 50

Frontispiece of Chatterton's Buds of Beauty reproduced by permission from the
copy in the Harris Collection at Brown University. Slightly reduced.

PLATE X, page 52

Broadside announcement of Ellicott's Almanac for 1788, reproduced by courtesy
of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

PLATE XI, page 58

Title page of The Maryland Almanack for 1788, the first known Frederick
imprint, reproduced by permission from the copy at the American Antiqua-
rian Society.

PLATE XII, page 60

Title page of German almanac printed by Bartgis, reproduced by permission
from the copy at the American Antiquarian Society.

PLATE XIII, facing page 66

Bookplate of a Frederick Green of Annapolis, reproduced by permission from
the original in the possession of Arthur L. Stearns of Washington.

PLATE XIV, page 68

Title page of Hanson's Laws of Maryland, reproduced by courtesy of the Enoch
Pratt Free Library. Compare with Bacon's Laws, Plate IX in Wroth,
History of Printing in Colonial Maryland.

PLATE XV, facing page 73

First page of first known issue of The Times and the Patowmack Packet, repro-
duced from a cut generously lent by Dr. Henry R. Evans of Washington.

PLATE XVI, page 112

Theatre bill for opening performance of Wall's Theatre on January 15, 1782.
Reproduced from photostat in the Maryland Historical Society.

PLATE XVII, page 185

Title page of Hanson's Remarks, reproduced by permission from the copy in
the Maryland Historical Society containing the author's annotations.

PLATE XVIII, page 196

Title page of the constitution of Maryland's early anti-slavery society, repro-
duced by permission from the copy in the Maryland Historical Society.

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