clear space clear space clear space white space
A
 r c h i v e s   o f   M a r y l a n d   O n l i n e

PLEASE NOTE: The searchable text below was computer generated and may contain typographical errors. Numerical typos are particularly troubling. Click “View pdf” to see the original document.

  Maryland State Archives | Index | Help | Search
search for:
clear space
white space
A Declaration of The Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land
Volume 550, Page 28   View pdf image (33K)
 Jump to  
  << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>
clear space clear space clear space white space

   BIBLIOGRAPHIES of the printed works relating
specifically to Maryland have usually begun with
the tract entitled A Relation of the successful
beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-
land,
published in London in the year 1634. For some
reason no one seems to have observed the absence from
the first position in the list of one or more of those pro-
motion tracts that ordinarily announce and advertise a
proposed adventure in colonization. It is likely that if
this omission had been noticed and commented upon, it
would have been explained, satisfactorily enough, by a
reminder of the unusual character of a venture intended
to provide asylum in America for persecuted English
Catholics; the suggestion would have been offered and
accepted that under the existing English laws publicity
was the last thing desired for his project by the leader
of the colony and by his Jesuit advisers. But happily this
is a world in which beliefs change and theories undergo
reversal. It is easily inferred from the existence of the
Declaration of the Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-
land,
presented here in facsimile, that the Maryland
colonization scheme was promoted in the accepted man-
ner of the time, and if this inference removes the
glamor of mystery from the Maryland beginnings, and
so displeases the romantic, it compensates for this loss
by inducing a better understanding of the origins of the
third English-American colony.

   It is by no means certain, indeed, that the Relation
of 1634 was entitled to the place it held at the head of
the Maryland list even before the recent recognition of
the Declaration as claimant for that position, for scholars
have long been aware of the existence of an undated
edition of the Charter of Maryland in twenty-three

                      3


 

clear space
clear space
white space

Please view image to verify text. To report an error, please contact us.
A Declaration of The Lord Baltemore's Plantation in Mary-land
Volume 550, Page 28   View pdf image (33K)
 Jump to  
  << PREVIOUS  NEXT >>


This web site is presented for reference purposes under the doctrine of fair use. When this material is used, in whole or in part, proper citation and credit must be attributed to the Maryland State Archives. PLEASE NOTE: The site may contain material from other sources which may be under copyright. Rights assessment, and full originating source citation, is the responsibility of the user.


Tell Us What You Think About the Maryland State Archives Website!



An Archives of Maryland electronic publication.
For information contact mdlegal@mdarchives.state.md.us.

©Copyright  August 17, 2024
Maryland State Archives