Unit 1:
Public Documents - December 31, 1838 - April 6, 1839 Session
Source: Library of Congress
Annual Message from the Governor
Annual Report of the Treasurer of the Western Shore
Rules and Orders for the Regulation and Government of the House of Delegates
[B] Report of the Committee of Claims
[C] First Annual Report... The Eastern Shore Railroad Company
[E] Report of the Select Committee on Imprisonment for Debt
[G] Report of the Committee on Ways and Means
[O] Report of the Committee on Ways and Means...
[M] Report of the Committee on Agriculture
[K] Report of the Joint Committee on the Subject of St. John's College
[L] Report of the Select Committee... to Abolish the Office of State Geologist
Approximate Estimate of that Portion of the "Brookville Route," of the Maryland Canal
[N] Report of the Lottery Commissioners
[T] Report from the Committee on Internal Improvement upon the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
[P] Report... in Reference to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
[R] Report of the Committee of Elections and Privileges
[Q] Report... in Relation to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
[S] Report of the Committee on Education in Relation to College, Academies and Schools
[U] Report of the Committee on Internal Improvement,...Certificates of the Stock of the State of Maryland
[V] Report... to Examine into the Books and Accounts of the Late Commissioner of Loans
[W] Report of the Joint Committee on the Memorial of the Regents of the University of Maryland
[X] Report of the Select Committee on the Penitentiary
[CC] Report of the Select Committee in Relation to the Susquehanna Bank, &c.
[Y] Report of the Committee on Ways and Means Relative to the Funds of the State
[Y] Report... the Memorial of the Citizens of Georgetown, and that Portion of the County of Washington, Which Lies West of Rock Creek
[Z] Report of the Minority of the Select Committee... To Inquire Whether the Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland Railroad Company, and the Newcastle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company Have Not Forfeited Their Charters
[BB] Report of the Minority of the Standing Committee on Lotteries
[AA] Report of the Majority of the Standing Committee on Lotteries
One of the Reports of the Joint Committee on the Memorial of the Regents of the University of Maryland
Report of the Testimony in the Case of the Kent County Election
Examination of the Witnesses Before the Committee of Elections and Privileges
Report of the State Lottery Commissioners
Communication from the Executive, Enclosing a Correspondence &c. relative to Bemis, and others
Statement... Relative to Surveys Made in the Summer of 1836, for the Route of the Maryland Canal
List of the Titles of the Laws, Made and Passed at December Session, 1838
List of Resolutions Made and Passed at December Session, 1838

Unit 2:
Public Documents - December 30, 1839 - March 21, 1840 Session
Source: Library of Congress
[A] Annual Message of the Executive
[B] Executive Communication
[C] Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Report of the Treasurer of the Western Shore
[D] Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Report of the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore
[E] Obligation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company to the State of Maryland
[F] Report... Communicating Information from the Presidents of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Canal Company
[G] Report of the Minority of the Committee on the Subject of the Public Printing
[H] Report of the Joint Committee on the Library
[I] Communication from the Executive Enclosing the Second Annual Report of the Eastern Shore Railroad Company
[K] Communication from the Governor of Maryland Made to the President of the United States... in Relation to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
[L] Executive Communication... Relative to the Contract Between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Barings, Brothers & Company, for the Sale of the State's Bonds
[M] Report of the Majority of the Committee on the Affairs of the Maryland Penitentiary
Documents to Accompany the Report... the Affairs of the Maryland Penitentiary
[N] Report of the Minority of the Committee on the Affairs of the Maryland Penitentiary
Minority Report of the Select Committee on the Eastern Shore Railroad Company
[P] Report of the Majority of the Committee on the Eastern Shore Railroad Company
[Q] Report of the Committee on the Currency, Together with the Answers of the Banks...
Statements of the Banks of the State of Maryland, Exhibiting Their Circulation, Deposits, Discounts and Debts, 1834-1840
[Y] A Further Report from the Committee on the Banks and the Currency
Statement of the Condition of the Banks of Maryland Made to the Treasurer of the Western Shore
[R] Report from the Committee on the Library on the Manuscript in the Library Relating to the Early History of the State
[S] Report... Appointed to Examine the Affairs of the Western Bank of Baltimore
[T] Report... Transmitting a Communication from the President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Relative to an Increase of Toll for the Transportation of Flour Upon Said Road
[U] Report... Transmitting Communications from the Presidents of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, of the Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company, and of the Eastern Shore Railroad Company...
[V] Communication from Francis Thomas, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to the Governor of Maryland
[W] Letter from Francis Thomas, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, to William A. Spencer, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means
[X] Report from the Minority of the Committee on the Affairs of the Eastern Shore Railroad Company
[Z] Report of the Committee on Colored Population
[AA] Report from the Committee on Lotteries
[BB] Report... to Provide for the Election of the Levy Court of Caroline and Frederick Counties
[CC] Report of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Finances of the State
[DD] Report... in Relation to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
[EE] Report... Upon the Subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
[FF] Report of the Committee on Education
[GG] Report... An Act for the Better Regulation of the Banking Institutions of this State...
[HH] Mr. Owen's Report of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on the E.S. Railroad, in Reference to M. Duval's Claim Against Said Company
[II] Report of the Committee of Grievances and Courts of Justice, Relative to the Attendance of Judges of the Court of Appeals and County Courts
[KK] Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements
[LL] Report... Transmitting a Communication from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company Relative to the Salaries, Extra Allowance, &c. of the Officers of said Company
[MM] Report... of the President of the Maryland Hospital
Rules and Orders for the Regulation and Government of the House of Delegates...
A List of the Titles of the Laws and Resolutions Made and Passed at December Session, 1839

Unit 3:
Public Documents - December 28, 1840 - March 10, 1841 Session
Source: Library of Congress
The Annual Report of the Treasurer of the Western Shore
[2] Report of the Committee of Claims on the Report of the Treasurer of the Western Shore
[4] Report of the Committee on the Colored Population, of Answers of the President of the Colonization Society
[6] Report of the Commisioners of Lotteries
[U] Report of the Special Committee, to Whom was Referred So Much of the Governor's Message as Relates to Public Lands
[7] Executive Communication of Francis Thomas, Esquire, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
[9] Report of the Committee on Ways and Means
[10] Report of the Select Committee on So Much of the Governor's Message as Relates to the Tobacco Trade
[11] Report of the Committee on Inspections
[12] Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements on the Condition of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
[13] Minority Report of the Special Committee, to Whom was Referred So Much of the Governor's Message as Relates to Public Lands
[14] Report of the Joint Committee on the State Library
[16] Report of the Select Committee to Whom was Referred the Memorial of the Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad Company
[17] Minority Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements, on the Subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
[18] Report... to Examine, Count, and Burn the Six Per Cent Dollar Bonds of the State, and to Examine the Proceedings and Documents of the Commissioner of Loans
[19] Report of the Committee on Grievances and Courts of Justice, Relative to the Attendance of Judges...
[20] Report and Resolutions in Relation to the Constitutional Rights of Slaveholders
Statement of the Condition of the Banks of Maryland...
Report of the State's Agents Representing All Joint Stock Companies
Executive Communication, Enclosing the Report of Elwood Morris, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Testimony... Relative to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Rules and Orders for the Regulation and Government of the House of Delegates...

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