ARCHIVIST OF THE HALL OF RECORDS 33

WASHINGTON COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS
Received September 25, 1947.

Wills, 1749-1761, 1777-1852, 6 volumes (9146-9151).
Balance Book, 1778-1805, 1 volume (9152).
Original Wills, 1777-1817, 3 boxes (9153).

WORCESTER COUNTY, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Received March 31, 1948.

Land Records, 1742-1760, 4 volumes (9463-9466).
General Index to Land Records, 1742-1844, 2 volumes (9467-

9468).
Court Proceedings, 1769, 1 volume (9469).

WORCESTER COUNTY, REGISTER OF WILLS
Received April 13, 1948.
Wills, 1666-1790, 5 volumes (9475-9479).
Bonds, 1667-1793, 7 volumes (9480-9486).
Inventories, 1688-1790, 4 volumes (9487-9490).
Accounts, 1687-1719, 1 volume (9487).
Orphans' Court Proceedings, 1777-1789, 2 volumes (9487, 9491).

ACCESSIONS FROM PRIVATE SOURCES
Outstanding among the items received from private sources are
four commissions presented by Mrs. George Cobb and Mrs. James H.
Lovell of the Claude family. The commissions were issued to Dennis
Claude. Two of them are signed by Presidents Jefferson and Madison
and the other two by Governors Bowie and Hicks.

Several photostat copies of muster and pay rolls of various Mary-
land troops in the Revolution were presented by Mr. George A. Martin.
A printed list of the members of the General Assembly which met in
Frederick during the Civil War was acquired by purchase. It attracted
considerable attention at the exhibit held in Frederick during the cele-
bration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of
Frederick County.

We are also grateful to the Historical Society of Frederick County
for permitting us to make photocopies of the letters written by Samuel