Index to the Laws and Resolutions of the State of Maryland, from 1800 to 1813, Inclusive


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 edition. Excerpt: ...blacksmith's shop to the road from B.1lti!T1OI' and Re-ister's-town turnpike at or near the west end of Westminster, ' i809, cents 185. Divisional line established between Frederick and Washington counties, 181Q, r 6. A lottery for the benefit of the German Church in Emmitshurgh, 1810, c 4-0. A bridge to be built over Big Pipe creek, 1810, c 99. To be built over Monocacy rivet in Frederick county-Lottery, &e. 1810, @124. A road to be laid out and opened, 1811, c 10. to the turnpike road atNew-.larket, 1812, c Q, Booths not to be erected Within two miles oF any Methodist camp, or quarterly meeting, in Frederick county, I812, c 14-. Lottery or lotteries authorised to make a turnpike road from Frederick-Town to Harper's Ferry, 1812, c 59. Supplement to the act to lay out a road from l'VcSl"lil'1S!' to the City of Washington and GeorgeTown, I812, c 99 A lottery atzthorised to complete the Lutheran Church in Middletown in Frederick county, 1812, 125. See Raarls. Paar. None but the county court clerks, or the register of wills, in certain cases to grant certificates of free; dom to a negro, 1805, _c 66; 1807, cents 164. Any person setting free any negro or mulatto female slave to take effect at: subsequent day, may also fix and declare whether the issue shall be free, and when to take effect, 1809, c 171. Petitions for freedom in the county Where the ancestors were not held in bondage may be removed. &c. 1s10. C 68, 5 2.----Also if filed in the county wherein the master or owner does not reside, may be remo'e(l, &c. 1810, hos, 5 s. See _7v g1'0e5 and Slat/es. FUGITIVE FELONS. p Any person who has been convicted and (;OT1dcml'lCd to serve and labour as a criminal, and wh




Crafting the Overseer's Image


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The first book-length study of the overseer in four decades, Wiethoff's study bridges historical, legal, and rhetorical scholarship to present a provocative investigation into the multifaceted roles of this oft-forgotten figure in plantation society. Wiethoff canvasses the period from 1650 through 1865 and across a southern expanse that stretches to include the Upper and Deep South. Overseers left scant written evidence about their lives and times, but Wiethoff unearths characterizations constructed by friends and enemies, neighbors and strangers. He also mines the legal record to gauge the impact of legislative and case law rhetoric on public memory.