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leave their earlier records in our custody. Among them was St.
John's Lutheran Church of Hagerstown, which has records
dating back to 1768.

We had previously received a single volume of Minutes of
the Vestry of St. Paul's Parish in Prince George's County dating
from 1733 to 1819. With the addition of the originals and micro-
film copies acquired during the past year, we now have a complete
run of the Minutes from 1733 to 1966. The Parish Registers date
only from 1831 to 1964. It is believed the earlier Registers were
destroyed in a fire that burned the private home in which they
were kept.

In exchange for a microfilm copy, Woodbourne, Incorporated
has deposited in our custody the records of a succession of
orphanages that had operated in Baltimore City under various
names since 1798, when the Female Humane Association Charity
School was chartered. The earliest records are missing, but from
1819 to 1943 there is a remarkably complete collection of board
minutes, registration records, annual reports and other materials.

Dr. Frederick S. De Marr of Hofstra University has col-
lected on microfilm a number of contemporary printed items and
other material relating to the British efforts to colonize New-
foundland early in the seventeenth century. Of particular in-
terest to Marylanders are the items relating to the settlement
known as Ferryland, which was located in Sir George Calvert's
colony, Avalon. It was only after he decided to abandon this
colony because of the frigid climate, that Sir George, who had
meanwhile become Lord Baltimore, turned southward; and this
eventually led to the settlement of Maryland by his son, Cecilius.
We are grateful to Dr. De Marr for permitting us to duplicate
this microfilm.

Perhaps the most unusual find of the year was the James
Brice Ledger dated 1767-1801, which had in an undetermined
manner come into the possession of the Jerusalem Royal Arch
Masons of Maryland Chapter No. 9. Fortunately, staff member
Frank White is also a member of the Chapter. As soon as he
saw the ledger, he recognized its value and obtained permission
for us to make a microfilm copy of it. James Brice was the
builder of the famous Brice House of Annapolis, one of the finest
examples of colonial architecture in Maryland. He used this