George Alsop

ADVERTISEMENT.

INTRODUCTION.

TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE CAECILIUS LORD BALTEMORE, (see note No.

THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.

To all the Merchant Adventurers for MARY-LAND, together with

THE PREFACE TO THE READER.

THE AUTHOR TO HIS BOOK.

To my Friend Mr. G EORGE A LSOP, on his Character of MARY-LAND.

To my Friend Mr. G EORGE A LSOP, on his Character of MARY-LAND. (2)

CHAP. I. Of the situation and plenty of the Province of Mary-Land.

CHAP. II. Of the Government and Natural Disposition of the People.

CHAP. III. The necessariness of Serv­i­tude proved,

CHAP. IV. Upon Tra­fique, and what

A Relation of the Cus­toms, Man­ners,

A Collection of some Letters that were written by the same

NOTES. Note 1, page 15 .

“Thy fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.” . . . Moses.

“Two things are to be considered in writing history, truth and elocution, for in truth consisteth the soul, and in elocution the body of history; the latter without the former, is but a picture of history; the former without the latter, unapt to instruct. The principle and proper work of history, being to instruct, and enable men by their knowledge of actions past, to bear themselves prudently in the present, and providently towards the future.” . . . T. Hobbes.

NEW YORK:

WILLIAM GOWANS.

1869.

The greater part of the magnificent countries east of the Alleghanies is in a high state of cultivation and commercial prosperity, with natural advantages not surpassed in any country. Nature, however, still maintains her sway in some parts, especially where pine-barrens and swamps prevail. The territory of the United States covers an area of 2,963,666 square miles, about one-half of which is capable of producing everything that is useful to man, but not more than a twenty-sixth part of it has been cleared. The climate is generally healthy, the soil fertile, abounding in mineral treasures, and it possesses every advantage from navigable rivers and excellent harbors . . . MRS. SOMERVILLE.