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PUBLICATIONS

TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST FOR
FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1962 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1963.

This report, along with its normal account of accomplishments for
the fiscal year, contained in the Letter of Transmittal a short summary
of our work since its inception. It also summarized our State Documents
Project, which is now on a current basis.

MARYLAND MANUAL, 1963-1964

The revised and enlarged Manual appeared on February 3, 1964,
and it was promptly delivered to the members of the General Assem-
bly, who were then in session. The size of the edition was increased
again from 5,300 copies to 5,700 copies. It has proved to be a useful
book in the schools of the State, so useful that the number of copies
issued more than doubled in the fifteen years in which we have pub-
lished it. Frank White of our archival staff now bears the major re-
sponsibility for the Manual.

THE COUNTY COURTHOUSES AND RECORDS OF MARYLAND, PART
Two: THE RECORDS

This work appeared December 20, 1963. It is the second and con-
cluding volume of a study begun many years ago. The first volume, Part
One, appeared in I960. It dealt with the formation and erection of the
counties of Maryland, the county seats, and the courthouses. The pres-
ent volume deals primarily with the records, it lists the historical records
of the counties and Baltimore City, their location, their form and where
known, their travels.

COURT RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
1696-1699.

This publication is in the American Legal Records series (Volume
9) of the American Historical Association. It was paid for in large
part by the Committee on the Littleton-Griswold Fund of the A.H.A.,
but there was an initial contribution by the State of Maryland, plus the
purchase of a certain number of copies at a reduced figure. The editor
was Professor Joseph H. Smith of the Columbia University School of
Law assisted in the political and social history of the period by Dr.
Philip A. Crowl, of the United States Department of State. This book
was first suggested by Judge Ogle Marbury, when he was Chairman of
the Hall of Records Commission. It suffered many delays, but as it