Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806310510)

In addition to a succinct history of the Calvert family and the milieu in which they flourished in England, "The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate" describes the lives and times of the 200 adventurers who participated in the original expedition ot Maryland, their part in the founding and settlement of the colony, and the development of colonial Maryland's distinctive manorial system. The bulk of this volume, of course, consists of biographical and genealogical sketches of the 200 adventurers, each developed in meticulous detail from surviving documents by the famous Maryland genealogist, Harry Wright Newman. From contemporary court records, letters, and miscellaneous papers, Mr. Newman has wrought a definitive history of these early Marylanders and has accomplished, single-handedly, for the passengers of the Ark and the Dove, what has taken a legion of researchers to do for the passengers of the Mayflower

Author: Harry Wright Newman
ISBN-10: 0806310510
ISBN-13: 9780806310510
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d