XXI. AND FURTHERMORE WE WILL, and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, and to the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the said PROVINCE, both present and to come, and to every of them, that the said PROVINCE, and the Freeholders or Inhabitants of the said Colony or Country, shall not henceforth be held or reputed a member or Part of the Land of Virginia, or of any other Colony already transported, or hereafter to be transported, or be dependent on the same, or subordinate in any kind of Government, from which WE do separate both the said PROVINCE, and Inhabitants thereof, and by these Presents do WILL to be distinct, and that they may be immediately subject to our Crown of England, and dependent on the same for ever.

XXII. AND if, peradventure, hereafter it may happen, that any Doubts or Questions should arise concerning the true Sense and Meaning of any Word, Clause, or Sentence, contained in this our present CHARTER, WE will, charge and command, THAT Interpretation to be applied, always, and in all Things, and in all our Courts and Judicatories whatsoever, to obtain which shall be judged to be the more beneficial, profitable, and favourable to the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns: PROVIDED always, that no Interpretation thereof be made, whereby God's holy and true Christian Religion, or the Allegiance due to US, our Heirs and Successors, may in any wise suffer by Change, Prejudice, or Diminution; although express Mention be not made in these Presents of the true yearly Value or Certainty of the Premisses, or any Part thereof, or of other Gifts and Grants made by US, our Heirs and Predecessors, unto the said now Lord BALTIMORE, or any Statute, Act, Ordinance, Provision, Proclamation or Restraint, heretofore had, made, published, ordained or provided, or any other Thing, Cause, or Matter whatsoever, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

XXIII. IN WITNESS whereof WE have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. WITNESS OURSELF at Wesminister, the Twentieth Day of June, in the Eighth Year of our Reign.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

First List

The following are suggested as forming an excellent supplementary list of books obtainable at comparatively small expense. There are definite references to most of these works throughout this book, and their use in the schoolroom would add greatly to the interest and value of the study. The prices in all cases are publishers' list; and from these, discounts can usually be obtained, either from the publishers or dealers.

MARYLAND: THE HISTORY OF A PALATINATE. Revised Edition. By William Hand Browne. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. $1.25. pp. 381. This is the most valuable single book for the schoolroom.

MARYLAND AS A PROPRIETARY PROVINCE. By Newton D. Mereness. The Macmillan Company. New York, 1901. $3.00 net. pp. 530. A very valuable book; contains the charter of the province and bibliography.

THE LORDS BALTIMORE AND THE MARYLAND PALATINATE. By Clayton Colman Hall. John Murphy Co. Baltimore, 1902. $1.25. pp. 216. Six lectures delivered at the Johns Hopkins University; interesting and valuable for the schoolroom.

GEORGE AND CECILIUS CALVERT. By William Hand Browne, in series, "Makers of America.“ Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. $1.00. pp. 181. An interesting and critical account of the first two Barons Baltimore.

MCSHERRY'S HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Edited and continued by B. B. James. The Baltimore Book Co. Baltimore. $3.50. pp. 420. A very use

ful book for schools.

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By Henry William Elson. The Macmillan Co. New York.

$1.75.

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By J. B. Bassett. The Macmillan Company. New York, 1913. $2.50.

RIVERSIDE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Edited by W. E. Dodd. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, 1915. 4 Vols. $1.25 a vol.

OLD VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS. By John Fiske. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. $4.00. 2 Vols. pp. 318 and 421. Valuable for its lucid and entertaining style, and for containing the history of the sister colonies, Virginia and Carolina. It is also very useful for the excellent account of the life of the people in colonial times.

MEN, WOMEN AND MANNERS IN COLONIAL TIMES. By Sydney George Fisher. The J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. $1.80 net. 2 Vols.

pp. 391 and 393. 104 pages in Vol. II are given to an interesting account of Maryland. Like Fiske's Old Virginia and Her Neighbors it contains much other material useful both in the history of Maryland and the history of the United States.

THE BEGINNERS OF A NATION.

By Edward Eggleston. D. Appleton & Co. New York. $1.50. Pages 220–265 are devoted to Maryland; the author takes the less favorable view of the Calvert policy of toleration, but the account is a careful summary.

THE COLONIAL CAVALIER, OR SOUTHERN LIFE BEFORE the RevoluTION. By Maud Wilder Goodwin. Little, Brown & Co. Boston. $2.00. An excellent account of the life of the people of Maryland and Virginia in colonial times. Probably no more suitable book for the schoolroom, on this subject, is obtainable; it is valuable in classes studying United States history as well as in those studying Maryland.

OUR CITY, STATE, AND NATION. By Allan Will. Meyer and Thalheimer. Baltimore, 1913.

Additional Works

For teachers and others who desire to make a more thorough study of Maryland history the following works are suggested. It is hardly necessary to say that the list is not exhaustive. Books that are out of print can sometimes be purchased from second-hand dealers, and in most cases may be consulted at the large libraries. Perhaps few will care to study the entire list, but it is extended in order that information may be readily obtained on any particular phase of the subject desired. A few useful works of fiction are included.

CHRONICLES OF COLONIAL MARYLAND. Baltimore Book Co. Baltimore. $5.00. Mary's and vicinity in the early days.

By James Walter Thomas. The Contains an elaborate map of St.

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MARYLAND. By John V. L. McMahon. The Cushing Co. Baltimore. $2.50.

THE FURNITURE OF OUR FOREFATHERS (VOL. I, VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTH). By Esther Singleton. Doubleday, Page & Co. New York. $2.00. (Complete in eight parts, $16.00.) The work contains numerous handsome plates and an inventory of the possessions of Governor Leonard Calvert. HISTORY OF MARYLAND (to 1658). By John Leeds Bozman. Out of print. An exhaustive work.

2 Vols. FOUNDERS OF MARYLAND, and TERRA MARIÆ. By E. D. Neill. Both out of print.

HISTORY OF MARYLAND (to 1880). By J. Thomas Scharf. Three large volumes. Out of print. This is the most extensive work on Maryland history. Unfortunately, it is not always critical. One extremely valuable feature of the work is frequent and lengthy quotations from letters, pamphlets, and other original documents.

CHRONICLES OF BALTIMORE. By J. Thomas Scharf.
STUDIES IN THe History of EARLY MARYLAND.

brall. Out of print.

Out of print.

By Theodore C. Gam

THE ANCIENT CITY. (A history of Annapolis.) By Elihu S. Riley. Annapolis. $1.50.

MARYLAND: ITS RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES, AND INSTITUTIONS. Prepared by members of the Johns Hopkins University and others in 1893, for the Maryland Board of Managers of the World's Fair.

The admirable series of Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science contains a number of valuable works on Maryland history. A complete list may be obtained by addressing the Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. The following numbers will be found especially useful:

30c.

OLD MARYLAND MANORS. By J. H. Johnson. First Series, vii. MARYLAND'S INFLUENCE UPON LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES. By Herbert B. Adams. Third Series, i. 75c.

EARLY RELATIONS OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. Thirteenth Series, iii and iv. 50c.

By J. H. Latané.

CAUSES OF THE MARYLAND REVOLUTION OF 1689. By Francis E. Sparks. Fourteenth Series, xi and xii. 50c.

LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT EDEN. By Bernard C. Steiner. Sixteenth Series, vii-ix. $1.00.

EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL PROJECT. By George W. Ward. Seventeenth Series, ix, x, and xi. 75c.

GOVERNOR HICKS OF MARYLAND AND THE CIVIL WAR. By G. L. Radcliffe. Nineteenth Series, xi-xii.

50c.

BEGINNINGS OF MARYLAND. By Bernard C. Steiner. Twenty-first Series, viii-x. 75c.

Publications of the Maryland Historical Society

A list of these valuable works may be obtained by addressing the Librarian. Athenæum Building, Baltimore, Maryland. The following are especially suggested:

Fund Publications 37 Numbers

2. THE FIRST COMMANDER OF KENT ISLAND. By S. F. Streeter. 44 pp. 75c.

7. NARRATIVE of a Voyage TO MARYLAND. By Father Andrew White. 128 pp. $2.00.

15. A CHARACTER OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND. By George Alsop. (Originally published in 1666.) $5.00.

18. FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND AND ORIGIN OF THE ACT CONCERNING RELIGION. By Bradley T. Johnson. 210 pp. $2.00.

21. MARYLAND IN LIBERIA. By J. H. B. Latrobe. 128 pp. 23. THE GREAT Seal of MARYLAND. By Clayton C. Hall. $1.25.

36. EARLY MARYLAND POETRY. Ed. by B. C. Steiner.

$1.25.

$1.50.
Four plates.

Two plates.

Very interesting and valuable also are the selections from the Calvert Papers found in numbers 28, 34, and 35.

About forty volumes of the Archives of Maryland have been published. They embrace proceedings of the General Assembly (from 1637), of the executive council (from 1636), and of the provincial court (from 1637); the correspondence of Governor Horatio Sharpe; and papers relating to the Revolutionary War. The price per volume is $2.50 in paper, $3.00 in cloth, except Vol. XVIII (Muster Rolls of the Revolution), which is $5.00.

MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. Quarterly since 1906. Many docu

ments.

Fiction

RICHARD CARVEL. By Winston Churchill. The Macmillan Company. New York.

$1.50.

A MARYLAND MANOR. By Frederick Emory. F. A. Stokes & Co. New York. $1.50.

THE TOWER OF WYE. By W. H. Babcock.

Philadelphia. $1.50.

KENT FORT MANOR.

Philadelphia. $1.00.

Henry T. Coates & Co.