| The pages for this account book were found bound within two separate volumes of Laws of Maryland. The first of these volumes to be obtained by the Hall of Records was Laws of Maryland, 1790, whose title page bears the script "Thos. Stone." It was purchased from the John Gach Bookservice in 1976. Bound at the back of this volume were found folios 13-20, 23-74, 77-109, and 112-119 of the account book of a Baltimore merchant.
In 1977, Dr. Edward Papenfuse, while on a visit to the Massachusetts State Library, found the missing folios 1-2, 5-10, and 120-232 of this account book bound within the Massuchusetts State Library's copy of Laws of Maryland, 1788. Dr. A. Hunter Rineer, State Librarian for Massachusetts, graciously agreed to remove these folios from the library's volume of Laws and present them to the Hall of Records so that this record could be recreated and preserved.
The following letters and newspapers were also found bound within the account book, and are included on this microfilm in the positions at which they are found:
- at f. 10, order to pay to John McCollum, £6, signed by Joseph Sutton, November 13, 1782;
- at f. 10, newspaper, The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, Friday, January 11, 1788;
- at f. 40, letter in French, "Monnet" (?) to Sylvanus Bourne, American Counsul at Amsterdam, dated Lyon [France], June 19, 1794;
- at f. 101, letter, Joshua Johnson to Sylvanus Bourne, American Counsul at Amsterdam, dated London, January 27, 1797, with transcript of earlier letter of January 24, 1797 on upper half of page;
- at f. 137, newspaper, The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, Extra, Friday, January 22, 1790;
- at f. 163, letter in French, "Charles" (?) to Monsieur Burme (sic), Vice Consul des Etratrunis d'Omeriz, Amsterdam, n.d.;
- at f. 167, letter, Joshua Johnson to Sylvanus Bourne, American Counsul, Amsterdam, dated London, March 23, 1785;
- at f. 175, letter, Arnold Delius to Sylvanus Bourne, Vice Counsul of U.S., Amsterdam, dated Bremen, November 26, 1794;
- at f. 213, letter, W. Buldenmaker(?) to Silvanus Bourne, Vice Counsul of the United States of America, Amsterdam, dated Rotterdam, December 3, 1794;
- at f. 221, receipt for Certificate of Ship Registry and "parchment pass" surrendered to Sylvanus Bourne, Vice Counsul of U.S.A., by William Downe, ship master, dated Amsterdam, December 7, 1796;
- at f. 223, newspaper, The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, Extra, February 2, 1790;
- at back cover, newspaper, Federal Intelligencer and Baltimore Daily Gazette, July 1, 1795
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