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C. Ashley Ellefson,
"Governor John Seymour and the Charter of Annapolis, 1708"
pdf of entire essay
Edward C. Papenfuse, "Comparative Analysis of All Known Eighteenth-Century Versions of the Annapolis City Charter"
Eighteenth-Century Sources
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First Charter, August 1708
Transcript
Petition of the Corporation and Inhabitants of Annapolis, November 1708
Transcript
Second Charter, November 1708
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Recorded in Chancery Record, Volume PC
Transcript
An Act Confirming and Explaining the Charter to the City of Annapolis, December 1708
Manuscript copy purchased at auction by Historic Annapolis, Inc. and presented at its annual meeting at the State House
in February 1963
Transcript
Transcript of the National Archives (England), Public Record Office copy
Vellum Copy, c.1763
Transcript
Anne Catharine Green imprint
City of Annapolis, By-Laws of the City of Annapolis. To which are prefixed The Charter of the City of Annapolis...
City of Annapolis,
The Charter Granted by Her Late Majesty Queen Anne, to the City of Annapolis
The printed copy of the charter appears on
p.3.
NB: Governor Seymour granted the charter in the name of Queen Anne;
Mayor Amos Garrett's signature does not appear on any of the 1708 copies of the charter.