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tion, the American two-party system began to evolve.
There were the Federalists, the supporters of John
Mams, sometimes called the aristocrats, who favored an
English alliance, English institutions and way of life.
On the other hand there were the Republicans, sometimes
called Jacobins, who borrowed many of their ideas from
the French Revolution, who favored an alliance with
Prance, and who were the followers of Thomas Jefferson,
The rise of several newspapers, as well as the publica-
tion of several books and pamphlets, can be directly
accounted for by the clash between these two political
parties.

These types of publications, as well as many which
seem to bear no relationship to the local or contempo-
rary scene, will be found in the following bibliography.

It is the writer's belief that a detailed study of
these local imprints would yield an excellent and nearly
complete picture, from the contemporary viewpoint, of
the events, trends, thoughts and aspirations of Mary-
landers at the close of this eventful century in Ameri-
can history.