| Please be sure that we have good color scans of this item in the Red Books, and that all the documentation relating to what we did with regard to sorting out the original record of the convention/declaration of rights/constitution of 1776 are recorded in the new ecpclio series.
Also, we must have a film of the proceedings of the Convention (not currently in AOMOL.NET) printed by Frederick Green in 1776, that was owned by Samuel Green and used for the 1830s volume. The original, according to the library stamp on the copy I have, is in the State Law Library. Please borrow it and have it scanned in color by Jill.
I will send you and Jen a pdf of the copyflow copy I have, made ca. 1975, from the film, when I am finished scanning it this afternoon.
A copy needs to be sent to Horst as it is in fact the officially retained copy of the authoritative printed version. If in fact the first six articles of the manuscript version of the final version of the 1776 Constitution are indeed missing, then this copy constitutes the contemporary record of the decisions of the Convention, qualified by any amendment/discussion fragments that may appear in the red book series, etc.
I would like it added to the copies referenced and accessible in the Early State Records section of the Archives of Maryland.
Ed
Ed,
The Red Book is already in On Demand with a work order for scanning the Constitution and the Declaration (MSAREF 51-2385) in color on the book scanner.
I will make cross references to the work that I outlined in my last email in the new ecpclio series.
I believe I found the film of the proceedings that you reference below by Frederick Green is in the Early States Records series of AOMOL at:
http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/003145/html/m3145-0037.html
I will have Christine contact the law library about borrowing the original and having Jill scan it in color.
Emily |
