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LONDON:
PRINTED BY STEWART AND CO.,
OLD BAILEY.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
BOOK III.
PLANTATION AND PROGRESS OF MARYLAND, TILL THE
CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
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Dis-
Charter of Maryland obtained from Charles I. by Lord Baltimore. Con-
dition of the Roman Catholics in England. Emigration of Roman
Catholics to the Province. Friendly Treaty with the Indians. Gene-
rosity of Lord Baltimore. Opposition and Intrigues of Cleyborne. First
Assembly of Maryland. Representative Government established. Early
introduction of Negro Slavery. An Indian War. Cleyborne's Rebel-
lion. Religious Toleration established in the Colony. Separate Esta-
blishment of the House of Burgesses. Cleyborne declares for Crom-
well and usurps the Administration. Toleration abolished.
tractions of the Colony-terminated by the Restoration. Establishment
of a Provincial Mint. Happy state of the Colony. Naturalization Acts.
Death of the first Proprietary. Wise Government of his Son and Suc-
cessor. Law against importing Felons. Establishment of the Church
of England suggested. Dismemberment of the Delaware Territory from
Maryland. Arbitrary Projects of James II. Rumour of a Popish
Plot. A Protestant Association is formed and usurps the Adminis-
tration. The Proprietary Government suspended by King William.
Establishment of the Church of England, and Persecution of the Catho-
lics. State of the Province - Manners - Laws.
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