A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634, to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line; the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present timeFor the use of schools . , and the hopes of the people be-came brighter. They effectually recovered New Jerseyfrom the British, against whom the Americans, constantlyreinforced by militia from Maryla
A history of Maryland; from its settlement in 1634, to the year 1848, with an account of its first discovery, and the various explorations of the Chesapeake Bay, anterior to its settlement; to which is added, a copious appendix, containing the names of the officers of the old Maryland line; the lords proprietary of the province, and the governors of Maryland, from its settlement to the present timeFor the use of schools . , and the hopes of the people be-came brighter. They effectually recovered New Jerseyfrom the British, against whom the Americans, constantlyreinforced by militia from Maryland and the adjoiningstates, in spite of the severity of the season, maintained anuninterrupted partizan warfare, cutting off their foragingparties, striking their outposts, reducing them to great suf-fering for want of provisions, and yet always avoiding anydecisive action. The British soon found themselves underthe necessity of contracting their cantonments; and, yield-ing to the masterly skill of their great opponent, abandonedmost of their conquests. Thus closed the campaign of1776, a dark and bloody one, yet full of glory, to the Mary-land line, which, a powerful regiment at the opening in themonth of Auorust, was now reduced down to a mere hand-ful of men under the command of a captain. Indeed theold or first line may be said to have been annihilated in thebattles, which it fought, from Brooklyn to CHAPTER X. THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND STATE GOVERNMENT. 1776-7. XN the meanwhile, in compliance with the requisitions ofthe late convention, elections were held throughout theState on the first day of August, 1776, for delegates to anew convention to form a constitution and state govern-ment. The number of delegates, their qualification, andthe qualifications of the voters, the judges of the election,and the mode of proceeding, were fixed by the resolutionswhich directed the holding of the elections. On the 14thof August, this new body assembled and organized byunanimo
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