Explore the rich history of one of America's original colonies with the Maryland Historical Magazine. Each issue is packed with articles, photographs, and illustrations that delve deep into Maryland's fascinating past. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Including a discussion of legislative powers, constitutional regulations relative to the forms of legislation and to legislative procedure.

This is a microhistory of 400 years of southern history told in the study of one place, Eyre Hall on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay.