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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, ANNAPOLIS PROJECT: (1)
Letter Book of Joshua Johnson, 1785-1788. (2) John Galloway, St.
Anne's Parish, Tax Lists, 1764 and 1765. (3) Ledger of John Davidson,
and possibly Samuel Davidson, for Davidson Store, 1780-1787. (4)
Letter Book of Samuel Davidson, 1789-1809. (5) Letter Books of Wal-
lace, Johnson and Muir, 1787-1788. Microfilm, 4 reels. Gift.

PKUDDEN, MRS. ELIZABETH J.: Paper Currency of Maryland, 1770-1776,
orginally possessed by Gabriel Duvall. Photostats, 13 items. Gift.

ST. MARY'S CITY COMMISSION : Letters Written by a Turkish Spy, Who Lived
Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris, Vol. V, 1654-1682 (Lon-
don, 1723). Deposit.

ST. MARY'S COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Maps of Saint Mary's County;
historical data by LaVerne and Charles Fenwick, Edwin W. Beitzell,
and Thurston H. Baxter; Revised 1963, Reprinted, with additions, 1969.
Emphasis on houses, churches and waterways. Gift.

SOCIETY FOB THE RESTORATION OF PORT TOBACCO: Port Tobacco Courthouse
Plans, October 2, 1966. Gift.

TALBOT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS : Flag and Seal of Talbot County, with ac-
companying reports concerning their adoption. 1 notebook. Gift.

VAN ANTWERP, MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM M.: Letters written by Waters
Whipple Braman, while with the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865.
Copies, 1 notebook, indexed. Gift.

WEBER, DONALD R.: Deed, Thomas Mitchell, trustees for sale of Daniel
Hardesty's real estate to Richard Stanforth, Calvert County, August
9, 1836. Photostat. Gift.

WOODBOURNE, INC.: Records of The Orphaline Society, Baltimore Orphan
Asylum, Home of the Friendless of Baltimore City and Children's Home
of Baltimore, Inc., 1819-1943. 117 items. Deposit.

LIBRARY

As usual, our library grew slowly and for the most part
through gifts, subscriptions, exchanges, and deposits. During the
1969-1970 fiscal year, we added 155 titles. Our library now con-
sits of nearly 8,700 items.

Many donors presented valuable materials for our shelves,
but only a few can be mentioned here. The Cresap Chapter,
D.A.R. of Cumberland gave an abstract of Allegany County Land
Records, libers B.C. and D. Paul Clarkson and Samuel Jett pre-
sented a copy of their new biography of Luther Martin. Aubrey
Land donated a copy of his new edition of William Eddis', Let-
ters From America. The Genealogical Society of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Inc. continued to add to its
valuable collection of genealogical finding aids. The Marlborough