viii NOTE

Several important volumes have appeared, such as Wheeler's
The Maryland Press, 1777-1790 (1938), and Emory's History of
Queen Anne's County (1950) (Occasional Publications). These
books were financed by contributions designated for the purpose,
and each was an independent venture.

The Society now proposes to issue with some frequency, though
not necessarily each year, volumes of broad general value, scholar-
ly as in the present instance, or sometimes of a more popular
nature, that will contribute to an understanding of our American
heritage, particularly as exemplified in the Maryland experience.

To the generous supporters of this volume, Mrs. Charles
P. Blinn, Jr. (Laura Maryland Carpenter) and the Misses
Elizabeth G. and Julia McHenry Howard, the Society expresses
its profound gratitude. Students, genealogists and "general
readers " of the future, as well as of today, will abundantly testify
to the benefits conferred.

J. HALL PLEASANTS

Chairman, Committee on Publications

JAMES W. FOSTER
Director