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Allegany County Courthouse of 1841. Lithograph Cumberland, Maryland, 1881. Phila-

delphia Publishing House. Courtesy Maryland Historical Society..................................

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Catalogue of Record Books of Anne Arundel County, March 1736/7. Court Proceedings

LB. #2, f. 129. Hall of Records..............................................................................................

46

Broadside favoring Baltimore as County Seat of Baltimore County, 1768. Hollyday Papers,

microfilm copy at Hall of Records........................................................................................

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Broadside urging Towson Town as the County Seat for Baltimore County, 1853. Courtesy

Maryland Historical Society...................................................................................................

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Baltimore County Courthouse at Towson before the addition of wings, 1857. Courtesy

Edward J. Miller III, office of the County Executive, Towson ........................................

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Calvert Town as conceived by Charles Francis Stein for his book, A History of Calvert

County, Maryland, 1960, p. 222. Courtesy of the author................................................

74

Map of Caroline County by John B. Isler, 1875, with courthouse of 1797 in upper right

margin. Courtesy of the Library of Congress ....................................................................

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Caroline County Courthouse of 1797, Denton. Detail enlarged from map above......................

84

Placing of Cornerstone for Cecil County Courthouse, May 11, 1939. Courtesy Ethyl Howard

Rowe ..........................................................................................................................................

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Ruins of the Charles County Courthouse of 1819 at Portobacco. Courtesy Mrs. E. J.

Edelen, Jr..................................................................................................................................

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Entrance to Charles County Courthouse of 1819 at Portobacco. Courtesy Robert T. Barbour

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First Dorchester County Courthouse and Jail, from Elias Jones, History of Dorchester

County, Baltimore, 1902, p. 160...............................................................................................

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First Courthouse of Frederick County according to S. Somervell Mackall, Early Days of

Washington, Washington, D. C., 1899, facing p. 126........................................................

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Howard County Courthouse enlarged from View of Ellicotts Mills, Md., by John Schofield,

Lithograph and Print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md., 1854....................................

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View of Ellicotts Mills, Md., as above..........................................................................................

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Montgomery County Courthouse of 1840. Sketch by Elisabeth L. Ridout after photograph

in Montgomery County Sentinel, September 29, 1955........................................................

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First Queen Anne's County Jail, 1709, Queenstown, Courtesy Guy Weatherly.......................

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Talbot County Courthouse of 1794, Easton. From William H. Dilworth, Map of Talbot

County, 1858. Courtesy Maryland Historical Society..........................................................

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Village of Talbot Courthouse about 1776, showing Courthouse of 1712 as envisaged by

James C. Mullikin and prepared for his forthcoming history of Easton........................

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The old Armory at Easton as it appeared in 1904. It stood on the Courthouse grounds and

was demolished shortly after this picture was taken. Photograph courtesy of Dr.

Lawrence G. Claggett..............................................................................................................

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