To His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, governor and commander in chief in and over the province of Maryland, and to the Honorable the upper and lower houses of Assembly of the said province : the petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of Baltimore County, humbly sheweth, that the present Court-House for Baltimore County, situate in Joppa, is considerably too small for transacting therein the business of the county with convenience.

Other author Sharpe, Horatio, 1718-1790.
Other author Maryland. General Assembly.
Format Microform
Publication Info[Baltimore] : [Printed by Nicholas Hasselbach], [1768?]
Description1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) ; 44 x 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 41794
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41794. ^A478749
General noteConcerning the removal of the county seat from Joppa to Baltimore.
General noteFollowed by a German translation. "If this petition was printed in Baltimore, it was the first piece of printing done in Maryland in the German language and type."--Wroth.
General noteImprint supplied by Bristol.
References Bristol B2842
References Shipton & Mooney 41794
References Wroth, L.C. Maryland 287
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41794).
Other titleAn seine Excellenz Horatio Scharpe, Esqueir, Guvernör und Oberst-Befehlshaber in und über die Provinz Maryland ...

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