Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

George Plater (1735-1792)
MSA SC 3520-995
Governor of Maryland, 1791-1792

Sources:

Newspaper/Magazine Articles -

Maryland Gazette, February 14, 1792.

McKenna, Marian.  "Sotterley, St. Mary's County," Maryland Historical Magazine, XLVI.  September, 1951.

Other Materials -

Archives of Maryland, XI.

Brown, David G. The Letters of George Plater. Historic Sotterley, MD: 2013.

Constitution of 1851, Article II, Section 18.

Eisenberg, Gerson G.  Marylanders Who Served the Nation:  A Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from
    Maryland.  Annapolis:  Maryland State Archives, 1992.

Lonn, Ella.  "George Plater," Dictionary of American Biography, XIV.

Owings, Donnell M. His Lordship's Patronage.  Baltimore: 1953.

Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789.  vol. II:  I-Z.   Baltimore:  Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1979, pp. 650-652.

Proceedings of the Governor and Council, 1792.

St. Mary's County Wills, JJ.

White, Frank F., Jr.  The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970.  Annapolis:  The Hall of Records Commission, 1970.

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