Writing It All Down: The Art of Constitution Making for the State and the Nation, 1776-1833

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MSA SC 2221-4-8 1776.   Declaration of Rights and Constitution of Maryland, as adopted by the 9th Convention, August-November, 1776. Text taken from Hanson’s Laws of Maryland, 1787.

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The Archives of Maryland Documents for the Classroom series of the Maryland State Archives was designed and developed by Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse and Dr. M. Mercer Neale and was prepared with the assistance of R. J. Rockefeller, Lynne MacAdam and other members of the Archives staff. MSA SC 2221-04. Publication no. 3918. © 1993 Maryland State Archives.

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