A Brief Sketch of Maryland, its biography, boundaries, history, government, legislation, internal improvements & c.

264 Pages·1845·9.489 MB·English

by  Jeremiah Hughes

BRIEF SKETCH,
OF
MARYLAND,
ITS etEOGRAPHY, BOUNDARIES, HISTORY
GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION, INTER-
NAL IMPROVEMENTS, &C,
[j
PRINTED
FOR THE PUBLISHER.

CONTENTS*
GEOGRAPHY.
ChApTER 1—Name——Situation—Boundary—
Extent Population, pp. 1
ChapterII—NaturalDivisions——Bays—Riv-
ers Mou—ntains Islands
Swamps FaceoitheCountry
Mineralogy&c. PP-S
BOUNDARIES.
Chapter I—Ofthegrant ofthe Charterand
Controversiesas to the Limits
ofthe State. pp.^5
THE proprietary GOVERNMENT*
Chapter I—OftheNatureoftheProprietary
Government and Right of the
ProprietaryofMaryland, pp.4S
ChapterIl--Of the Personal Rights and
Revenue of the Proprietary
pp. 60
Chapterlll—OfthePigprietariesof Mary-
. land, pp.69
IV
Oeneral Uiatoryc
Chapter 1—A sketchof the Historyof the
State. — pp.76
First Era From the Coloniaation
tothe Expulsion of JamesIJ.
pp77
Second Era—From this expulsion
to the restoration ofthe Pro-
prietary Governmentin 1715.
ThirdEra—From 1715tothe trea-
tyof Parisin 1763—. pp.87
Revolutionary Era Containing
the proceedingsduringtheA-
inerican Revolution. pp.89
And also thesame continued,
together withthe
formationOF THESTATE GOVERN-
MENT. pp 95
LEGISLATION.
Chapter I—The Common and Statute
Laws, pp. 104
Chapter II—Legislation in Maryland
pp. Ill
united states government.
Chapter 1—Formation ofthe United Statei
Government,and connexion ot
iVlaryland therewith, pp.119
state covern—ment.
Chapter 1—The L—aws Declaiation of
Rights Constitution— Origin
ofthe Law-mnkfng power-Na-
ture of the Charter—Origin of
the Declaration ot Rights, and
its connexion with and relation
tothe Constitution. pp. 127
[Note Books. pp, 148
"l
ChaptekII—Right o—f Suffrage—Eligibility
to office Declaration of Reli-
giou9 Belief—Oaths of Office,
pp. 154
IVIZSCELLANEOtrs
Chapter I—The Revolution of—1S36.—Its
causes.and history. Theeight
million £111. pp. 188
II—The Reform Bill ofl836-7-—
Thenature and substance of
thisbill. pp. 199
Thefirst Election under the
Reform Bill andthe arrange-
mentoftheDistricts, Guber-
natorial& Senatorial, pp267
III—History of the Inte—rnal Im-
provement System- Length
&costofconstruction, pp 210
IV—The Maryland Judiciary,
pp.228
V—Education and itssupport.—
—
VI
TheAcademical Fund—Thf
[Free School Fund—Colleges
Schoola&c. pp. 234
;
VI—Statistics—CensusoftheState
—pp. 241
VII—Colored Population Their
numbers and increase—Ulti-
mateobjectandtheprogressof
Colonization. pp,244
VllI—Trades and emplojmentg
numberengaged in the differ-
ent, pp. 254
IX—Assessments—Valuationofthe
whole property of the State.
pp,255

—
IHARYLAND.
CHAPTER
I.
NAMEj SITUATION, BOUNDARY, EXTENT,
POPULATION.
wVame. Crescentia, was the name
Lord Baltimore intended to have
given to the Territory granted to him
by KingCharlesI. butupon presenting
the patent for the royal signature, by
way of compliment, the king was as-
ked to name the newprovince; where-
upon,hehadtheblanksleftforthe pur-
pose, filled with Terra Maria, or Ma-
ryland, in honor ofhis wifeHenrietta
Maria, daughter of Henry the Greats
Kingof France and Navarre. Previ-
ous to this grant it was considered as
^art ofVirginia.
,
Situation.—TheStateofMaryland
issituated between38 degrees, and 39^
decrees 44 minutes North latitude,
and 75 deg. 10 ram. and 79 deg. 20
min. West longitude from Greenwich.
—
Boundary It is bounded on the
north byPennsylvania and Delart^are—
on the we—st, soulh-west and south by
Virginia on the east by the Atlantic
ocean and the state of Delaware.
ExTENT.-^Itis 196 miles in length
from east to west upon its northboun-
dary line; but from the north west to
the south eastern extremities of the
state, is240miles, Iits greatest width
is near the eastern boundary of the
state, where it is 120 miles and dimin-
ishes to its narrowest near Hancock,
wherethe state isbutthreemiles wide;
it then again increases so as to be 40
miles on. its western boundary. The
superficiesof thestate is 13,950 square
miles, of: which nearly one fifth is es-
timated to be water.
Let us here take a general and com-
pendious glance at the population of
the State:—
Population—The first emigration
to Maryland from Europewas in 1634,