Excerpt from Archives of Maryland: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland; January 1637/8 September 1664 The Committee desires to express their appreciation of the ability and zeal with which the Editor, Dr. William Hand Browne, has con ducted the Work of preparing and publishing this first volume of the Archives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.