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Archives Of Maryland LIV; Proceeding Of The County Court Of Kent (1648-1676) Talbot (1662-1674) And Somerset (1665-1668) Counties Court Series (7)

Archives Of Maryland LIV; Proceeding Of The County Court Of Kent (1648-1676) Talbot (1662-1674) And Somerset (1665-1668) Counties Court Series (7)

Hall Pleasants, J.

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral LawRegional: West

ISBN10: 9354482872
ISBN13: 9789354482878
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 856
Weight: 2.72
Height: 1.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step inside a colonial courtroom and hear the raw voices of a young province finding its law. These records breathe of beginnings. Archives Of Maryland LIV gathers the surviving county court proceedings of Kent (1648-1676), Talbot (1662-1674) and Somerset (1665-1668), edited by J. Hall Pleasants. Presented as primary source legal documents, these colonial Maryland court records form a historical records collection that captures everyday conflicts and early Maryland land disputes, debts and contracts, crime and punishment, alongside glimpses of ordinary lives. Names, places and relationships flicker through the pages, offering rich colonial family genealogical data and an unparalleled window onto 17th century Maryland history and the wider colonial Chesapeake county archives, indispensable to anyone fascinated by early American legal history and the fragile growth of order on the frontier, and central within the county court proceedings Maryland historians depend on for reliable context. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. As a meticulously prepared resource for genealogists, local historians and as a trusted reference for legal historians, this volume also rewards the curious reader who simply wishes to read authentic colonial American primary sources and hear the texture of the past in its own formal, forceful, and sometimes startlingly human words.

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