The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761

Life in Maryland during the period 1728-1761 was inextricably bound to the sea.  All settlements were established along water fronts with access to the sea, and colonial communication and trade was accomplished via the complex of waterways throughout Maryland.  Close ties, again via the sea, to Mother England are evident of every page of these abstracts.  The Marylanders considered themselves primarily English and only secondarily Marylanders as can be seen in the not infrequent practice of a second-generation Marylander describing himself as a "Londoner" or a "West Countryman" (i.e. from the Counties of Devon/Cornwall/Somerset in the West of England).

Because of the close ties between the various Maryland settlements, the Maryland Gazette, as the only newspaper operating in Maryland in that period, contained news of individuals from all over Maryland, as well as from Delaware, Virginia and Pennsylvania.  Every attempt has been made to locate missing issues of the newspaper, but there are still some issues lacking.  Publication of the paper was also suspended on two occasions, the longest of which, 1734-1745, left Maryland without a newspaper at all.

Karen Mauer Green

1990, 6" x 9", cloth, index, 324 pp.

ISBN:  9780932231071

113-G3107