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Description

1. facsim.: broadside.; 40 x 30 cm fold. to 24.5 x 20 cm.

Series statement

1. Americana series; photostat reproductions by the Massachusetts historical society. no. 39

Subject

1. Freedom of religion > Law and legislation > Maryland
2. Blasphemy > Law and legislation > Maryland

Call number

1. *KC 1690 (Maryland (Colony). Statutes. Law of Maryland concerning religion. [London, 1690])

Note

1. An Act passed by the Maryland Assembly April 21, 1649; confirmed by the Lord Proprietary, Cecelius, baron Baltimore, Aug. 26, 1650. cf. Archives of Maryland, v. 1, 1883, p. 244. The Act was probably published in broadside form soon after it was confirmed, but the old spelling and abbreviations quoted in the Archives of Maryland are not found in the present issues.
2. For authority for imprint, cf. Amer. Hist. Assoc. Annual report for 1908. Washington, 1909. v. 1, p. 429.
3. "The first law securing religious liberty that ever passed a legally constituted legislature."--Winsor, Narr. and crit. hist. of Amer., v. 3, 1885, p. 534.
4. One of 10 photostat copies reproduced from the originals in the Public record office, London, April 1921.

Indexed in (note)

1. Sabin

Author

1. Maryland (Colony). Statutes.

Title

1. A law of Maryland concerning religion. [London, 1690]

Imprint

1. [Boston, 1921]

Series

1. Americana series; photostat reproductions by the Massachusetts historical society. no. 39

Indexed in:

1. Sabin 45181

Local note

1. Bound with this is facsimile is another edition of the same broadside in black letter. Each broadside has ornamental initial. The first bears stamp: Public record office, Colonial office; the second: Her Majesty's state paper office.

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Research call number

1. *KC 1690 (Maryland (Colony). Statutes. Law of Maryland concerning religion. [London, 1690])