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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789
Edward C. Papenfuse (Ed.)
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Description for A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789
Hardback. A final category, wealth at death, inventories the legislator's estate and notes any significant changes in wealth between first election and death. Editor(s): Papenfuse, Edward C.; Day, Alan F.; Jordan, David William; Stiverson, Gregory A. Series: Studies in Maryland History and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JD; 3JF; GBCB; JPQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 962.
This unique historical and genealogical resource draws on the extraordinarily intact legislative, judicial, religious, and personal records of members of the first Maryland legislature. The two-volume set contains profiles of nearly fifteen hundred men who served in the state's legislature in the first 150 years after Maryland's founding.The major public and private aspects of each legislator's career are quickly discernible: family background, marriage, children, social status, religious affiliation, occupation, other offices held, and military service. Many entries include a brief summary of a legislator's stance on public and private issues. A final category, wealth at death, inventories the legislator's estate ... Read more
This unique historical and genealogical resource draws on the extraordinarily intact legislative, judicial, religious, and personal records of members of the first Maryland legislature. The two-volume set contains profiles of nearly fifteen hundred men who served in the state's legislature in the first 150 years after Maryland's founding.The major public and private aspects of each legislator's career are quickly discernible: family background, marriage, children, social status, religious affiliation, occupation, other offices held, and military service. Many entries include a brief summary of a legislator's stance on public and private issues. A final category, wealth at death, inventories the legislator's estate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Maryland History and Culture
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801890970
SKU
V9780801890970
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About Edward C. Papenfuse (Ed.)
Edward C. Papenfuse is the state archivist and commissioner of land patents at the Maryland State Archives. Alan F. Day is a senior lecturer and head of history at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. David W. Jordan is the author of Foundations of Representative Government in Maryland, 1632-1715. Gregory A. Stiverson is the former CEO of the Historic ... Read more
Reviews for A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789
Certainly one of the best reference works on early Maryland history." - American Reference Books Annual "A valuable reference work." - Journal of the Early Republic "A handsomely printed and useful reference tool for colonial historians." - Journal of Southern History "Party affiliation or the holding of legislative office forms another focus for collective biography... A superb example is A ... Read more