Records Of The City Of Baltimore Maryland 1797 1813

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ISBN 13 : 9781332332892
Total Pages : 338 pages
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Download or read book Records of the City of Baltimore written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Records of the City of Baltimore: 1797-1813 The records in this volume are a continuation of those of Baltimore Town and Jones' Town previously issued. They represent certain official acts of the City Commissioners, and are worthy objects of preservation because these acts relate to the establishment of boundaries of sundry tracts of land, opening public highways, etc., as the development of the new City justified the improvement. This publication begins where the former volume terminated. The first book brought the records up to the time Baltimore Town ceased to exist, covering a period from 1729 to 1797, in which latter year the City began life as an incorporated institution. The historical thread is now picked up at the incorporation, and runs through the affairs of the City of Baltimore from 1797 to 1813. The writer believes these records are of sufficient value to justify their perpetuation in type. They are the first of the City of Baltimore, and no argument is necessary to show the desirability of having them handed down to coming generations in typographical form. In fact, it is a question of now or never, for some of the old papers are becoming more dilapidated daily, fading and difficult to decipher. While it is a fact that many of the points or landmarks, referred to in this work, from which surveys were begun, have long since disappeared, not a few of the plats mentioned are yet in the custody of the City Librarian, and may be of assistance to those in search of information. The original documents have been followed literally. If the reader finds the same name spelled more than one way the blame must be shifted to the person who manipulated the pen a hundred years, or so, ago. What was written then is given here; that's all. 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.