Ed,
I have looked up the items that we discussed on the phone this morning. I have shown the records in question to Vicki Lee for the budget meeting, as requested. Here are the notes:
The Constitution referred to in the Red Book that we discussed, see entry:
[1776 Convention of Maryland.
Nov.8] Text of the Constitution of Maryland; to introduce the new government
an election is to be held for Electors of the Senate on November 25 and the
Electors chosen are to meet on December 9; the elections for Delegates and
for Sheriffs are to be held December 8 in same manner as before; the General
Assembly is to meet February 10, 1777 and elect the Governor and Council;
elections in the counties are to be held in the courthouses except in Washington
County at Hagerstown, in Montgomery County at the house of Charles Hungerford,
in Cecil County at the Head of Elk, and in Queen Anne's at the house of
George Hanson; the Judges of elections are to be as follows: St. Mary's:
Abraham Barnes, Hugh Hopewell, Henry Tubman; Charles: George Dent,
Samuel Hanson, Warren Dent; Calvert: William Allnut, Samuel Chew, Daniel
Rawlings; Prince George's: William Beanes, Enoch Magruder, Jeremiah Magruder;
Anne Arundel: Joseph Galloway, Thomas Dorsey, Thomas Watkins;
Montgomery: John Murdock, Zadock Magruder, Joseph Wilson; Frederick:
William Luckett, Jr., John Adlum, Joseph Wells; Washington: Joseph Smith,
Noah Hart, Ely Williams; Baltimore: Thomas Gist, Sr., Edward Cockey, Henry
Stevenson, Jr.; Harford: Amos Garret, William Webb, Thomas Johnson; Cecil:
James Evans, Thomas May, John Stockton; Kent: John Page, William Rogers,
William Bordley; Queen Anne's: Thomas Ringgold, Nathaniel Wright, Samuel
Thomson; Talbot: John Goldsborough, William Perry, John Bracco; Dorchester:
Henry Hooper, Bartholomew Ennalls, James Muir; Caroline: Henry
Casson, Foster Goldsborough, John White; Somerset: Thomas Hayward,
Andrew Francis Cheney, Thomas Bruff; Worcester: Joshua Mitchell, Benton
Harris, Robert Done; City of Annapolis: Mayor, Recorder and Alderman; Baltimore
Town: John Merryman, Jr., James Calhoun, Benjamin Griffin; Council
of Safety to be elected to govern Province until Assembly meets.
Df.D. 51 pp. Numerous emendations.
Printed in Convention Proc, 348, 349-365.
is
MARYLAND STATE PAPERS
(Red Books)
MSA S989
Dates: 1775-1776
Description: 2, Nos. 1-60
Accession No.: 4558
MSA No.: S989-2
Location: 1/6/3/35
II, 32
It is volume 2, item 32. We did look at this before, and discounted it as a final draft, as it is referred to in the Guide under the record that we did provide to Mr. Dippel. The citation for the record that we did provide him is:
CONVENTION OF MARYLAND
(Constitution of 1776)
MSA S67
Dates: 1776
Description: Final Draft, Articles 1-6 missing. For an earlier draft, see MARYLAND STATE PAPERS (Red Book) II, No. 32 in S989.
Accession No.: 6631
MSA No.: S67-1
Location: 1/1/4/41
As for the Declaration of Rights, the following is still in the Red Book which seems to be the final draft:
[1776 [Convention of Maryland.]
Nov. 3] Text of the Declaration of Rights.
D. Signed by Matthew Tilghman, President.
Printed in Convention Proc, 311-316.
17 pp.
310
II,47
The following was provided to Dr. Dippel, which had already been scanned and was received from APC and SPECCOL as the copy of the Declaration that had been framed for exhibit:
[Before [Convention of Maryland.]
1776 Preliminary text of the Declaration of Rights.
Nov. 3] DfX). 14 pp. Numerous emendations.
Printed in part in Convention Proc, 296-300.
II, 33A
Citation:
MARYLAND STATE PAPERS
(Red Books)
MSA S989
Dates: 1775-1776
Description: 2, Nos. 1-60
Accession No.: 4558
MSA No.: S989-2-3, Maryland Declaration of Rights
I did a search, and found the following work orders related to this work, which include uploaded email correspondence that I was copied on in ADD NOTES:
MSAREF MSASC 5458
51-1848 (scanning of 1851 and 1776 Constitutions, and correspondence with Dippel)
51-38 (correspondence with Dippel)
51-37 (correspondence with Dippel)
51-22 (correspondence with Dippel)
48-456 (Conservation of Constitutions)
51-1186 (scanning of the Declaration of Rights)
48-310 (Conservation of the Declaration of Rights)
The series in ECPCLIO related to Ryan and Karen's work on Constitutional Amendments is Series 89, this also lists the work that Greg Lepore did with Dan Friedman. Jen's incidental work with Dan is recorded in MSAREF. See: 51-67, 51-622, 48-141, 14-425, 14-796
I will burn an additional CD for you of what was provided to Dr. Dippel and place it in your box. This email text will be uploaded as notestext.rtf for your review. The index file will reflect what was actually sent to Dr. Dippel for your information.
I will place a color scanning order for the 2 additional documents that we discussed. It is at:
51-2385
I have delivered the documents and work order to On Demand.
Emily |
