Laws of Maryland: made and passed at a session of Assembly, begun and held at the city of Annapolis, on Friday the thirty-first of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven

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Folio. Contemporary leather, rebacked and restored. Good binding and cover. Minor marginal loss to front end page and title page. Faint marginal dampstain.Laws passed from 1765 to 1784. Revises Maryland's laws in the wake of the American Revolution, and the Articles of Confederation. One of 100 copies. Evans 35850. Evans, 20483. Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 435. Tower 129. Provenance: Colonel Joshua Gist's copy. With Gist's signature on the title page. "Col. Gist (1747-1839) was a strong supporter of the federal government and a Patriot during the American Revolution. He had been a colonel in the Soldier's Delight Battalion of Baltimore County, a military unit that remained in the state to guard against a Tory uprising during that conflict. He was in command of the 20th Regiment of Maryland Militia at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion. His distinguished brother, Gen. Mordecai Gist, commanded Maryland troops during the Revolution." (Jay Graybeal).

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Título

Laws of Maryland: made and passed at a session of Assembly, begun and held at the city of Annapolis, on Friday the thirty-first of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven

Editor

Annapolis: Frederick Green

Fecha de publicación

1787

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Estado

Fair

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