Excerpt from The Provisional Government of Maryland (1774-1777) The form of government which the Lord Proprietor had established in the Province of Maryland, and to which it had been almost continuously subject since its foundation in 1634, came to an end in the early struggles of the Revolution. After a comparatively short interval, a new constitution was drawn up and adopted, and the new government of the State was put in the place of the old Proprietary government. But the one did not abruptly end, nor the other abruptly begin. The powers of the Proprietary government were only gradually forced into disuse, to be as gradually assumed by another, rising Authority, which eventually established and, in its turn, gave way before the new State government. It is the history of the government of the Province during this transitional period, or of what is known as the Provisional Government of Maryland, that this paper is designed to study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from State Government in Maryland, 1777-1781 Most accounts of the Revolutionary period in American history have partially, if not wholly, neglected local con ditions in the separate States. Military events, rather than legal and economic conditions, have chiefly occupied the attention of historians, when the States themselves have been at all considered. But, to understand the real situation, it is necessary to know what measures were taken by the in dividual governments, and what were the popular sentiments upon the different questions of public policy. The attitude of the States toward Congress before the ratification of the Articles of Confederation has an important bearing upon the doctrine of sovereignty. A survey of the local conditions should reveal whether the power of the British Crown reverted to Congress, as the central authority, or whether, before the consummation of the Confederation, the indi vidual States acted merely as allies leagued together for a common cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.