30 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

DOCUMENTS CIRCULATED 20 OR MORE TIMES (Cont.)

	Prince George's County Wills, Original ................	55	31	58
	Wills, Original ........................................................	54	53	63
	Baltimore County Inventories, Original ................	52	21	54
	Prince George's County Judgments ........................	52	16	10
	Census of 1776 ........................................................	50	26	35
	Anne Arundel County Judgments ........................	49	41	9
	Anne Arundel County Wills ................................	47	73	54
	Worcester County Wills ........................................	47	32	30
	Baltimore County Administration Accounts, Original	46	25	30
	Queen Anne's County Administration Papers ........	45	......	15
	Kent County Wills, Original ................................	44	18	12
	Queen Anne's County Wills, Original ................	37	14	12
	Baltimore County Wills ........................................	34	20	26
	Prince George's County Inventories, Original ........	34	19	34
	Executive Papers ....................................................	32	11	9
	Oaths of Fidelity ....................................................	32	52	35
	Western Shore General Court Dockets ................	32	4	......
	Frederick County Wills, Original ........................	29	9	15
	Kent County Administration Bonds, Original ....	29	17	13
	Prince George's County Administration Bonds, Orig.	29	25	31
	Militia Appointments ............................................	28	22	30
	Anne Arundel County Wills, Original ................	27	67	35
	Somerset County Wills ..........................................	27	18	9
	Talbot County Wills, Original ............................	27	21	25
	Washington County Wills ........................................	24	18	25
	Depreciation Pay ....................................................	22	15	18
	Montgomery County Wills ....................................	22	12	4
	Anne Arundel County Administration Accounts	21	17	14
	Baltimore County Judgments ................................	21	4	27
	Talbot County Wills ................................................	20	28	11

We have always been careful to provide information for our cor-
respondents when we could do it without an extended search. The number
of letters which we wrote in reply to such queries has dropped slightly
during the last few years but this year increased again. By a very small
margin it was the busiest correspondence year in our history. A comparison
with the two preceding fiscal years follows: