A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature. (2 Vol. Set)
Baltimore, Md: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. 1st Edition. 8vo. Near Fine. Item #18154
A two-volume smorgasbord of biographies of important Marylanders from the 17th century through the founding of the United States in 1789.
Two volumes complete. Brown cloth gilt with illustration to front board. Square Tight Bindings. Clean interiors, save for previous owner info and label to each front pastedown. Spine of volume II lightly rubbed.
This invaluable two-volume set contains hundreds of detailed biographies of Maryland lawmakers from the landing of the Ark and the Dove, thru the American Revolution, to the beginning of the United States in 1789, including such luminaries as the four signers - Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, and Charles Carroll - to other difference makers such as William Claiborne, Matthew Tilghman, as well as the plethora of obligatory Lloyds, Tilghmans, Goldsboroughs, etc.....
A superior edition of a scarce title.
Price: $125.00