Chesapeake Wildfowl Hunting: Maryland's Finest Decoys Paperbound - 112 pages; Illustrated with map and full-color and black–and–white photographs 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" (oblong) MHS Press Book 35% discount for MHS Members will be adjusted

Price: $16.95

By the staff of Maryland Historical Society

A bonanza for hunters and collectors. Contains 100 full-color photographs of the work of Maryland's finest Eastern Shore carvers from 1870 to the 1940s, ranging, and reflecting the differences in wildfowl and decoy technique, from the Susquehanna Flats at the north of the Chesapeake Bay to Crisfield in the south.

John B. Boles, editor

In 1976, the Walters Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Maryland Academy of Sciences, the Maryland Historical Society, and the Peale Museum joined in a series of lectures and exhibitions that recreated the historical period of the Revolution in Maryland. This, the joint catalog, contains over three hundred halftones of portraits, historical documents, and artifacts—with detailed annotations as to context and provenance.

Avril J. M. Pedley, compiler

This guide summarizes alphabetically by collection (Carroll, Latrobe, etc.) over a million manuscripts in the Society's manuscripts department in 1968 after extensive cataloging and reorganization of the Library.

Richard J. Cox and Larry E. Sullivan, editors

With contributions from Mary K. Meyer (genealogy) and Betty McKeever Key (oral history)

Designed to be used with Manuscript Collections of the Maryland Historical Society (1968), listed above, this reference volume includes manuscript collections accessioned between 1968 and 1981, as well as the genealogical and oral history collections of the Society.

Donna M. Ellis and Karen A. Stuart, Editors

Introduction by Richard J. Cox

The collection of some 1,300 ancient documents of the Calvert family (the Lords Baltimore) has been of immeasurable value to scholars for over a hundred years.

By James W. Foster

With introductory essays by Richard J. Cox and Marvin A. Breslow

As George Calvert died before his colony in Maryland was settled, so, too, his biographer, James Foster, died before he could finish the research and writing of a projected life of the first Lord Baltimore. This short publication preserves his introduction and four chapters dealing with Calvert's Yorkshire boyhood, his education at Oxford and Lincoln's Inn, and the beginnings of his career in government and foreign ventures.

By Garrett Power

A textual, graphic, and pictorial “chain of title” from first patent to building lot, detailing who acquired which parcels when, over an era beginning with the establishment of the Maryland colony and ending with the incorporation of Baltimore City. The author is a professor at the University of Maryland School of Law.

By Gregory A. Stiverson and Phebe R. Jacobsen

William Paca (1740–1799), one of Maryland's outstanding patriots, first led resistance to British infringements of American rights and liberties, then participated in the great debate over independence in the Continental Congress and added his name to the Declaration of Independence. He served three terms as governor of Maryland, was a member of the ratifying convention for the Federal Constitution, and ended his career as a judge of the United States for the District of Maryland.

By James Haw, Francis S. Beirne, Rosamond R. Beirne, and R. Samuel Jett

Samuel Chase (1741–1811), heroic, enigmatic, and controversial, presented in the context of his times. Chase, a Maryland delegate to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, opposed adoption of the U.S. Constitution. As an associate justice of the Supreme Court he was impeached for high-handed conduct in a trial but was acquitted. The life of this Annapolis lawyer never lacked drama. Stock extremely limited.

By Gregory R. Weidman and Jennifer F. Goldsborough

With contributions by Robert L. Alexander, Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Mary Ellen Hayward, and Catherine A. Rogers

The architecture, paintings, sculptures, and fine home furnishings made in Maryland during the 1815–1845 period reflected Baltimore's high position as a leading mercantile and cultural center of the new nation. Many of the most sophisticated and well-crafted American goods of the era originated in Maryland. This lavishly illustrated book explains the inspirations of the fine and decorative arts of those glorious years and offers a visual record of the era's most important public and private buildings, spaces, and objects.

By Eugenia Calvert Holland, Romaine Stec Somerville, Stiles Tuttle Colwill, and K. Beverley Whiting Young

Catalog of a 1975 exhibition that presented works by eleven members of the family of Charles Willson Peale, the “Artist of the Revolution.” The collection covered here is of major significance. It includes portraits and miniatures, paintings of historical events, drawings, still lifes, and silhouettes.

The Placenames of Maryland: Their Origin and Meaning Paperbound - 364 pages; Index of names, bibliography 6" x 9" 35% discount for MHS Members will be adjusted

Price: $22.50

By Hamill Kenny

An alphabetical listing—from Accident (Garrett County) to Zittlestown (Washington County)—of the towns and villages, estates and other historic sites, and rivers and streams of Maryland and how they got their names. This rich lode of Indian and ethnic (English, French, Scottish, Irish, German, etc.) tradition and lore is a browser's paradise and an excellent ready reference.

Jean B. Russo, Editor

Examines how historians seek, find, and interpret the remnants of the past. Highlights include a record of the historical detective work that determined the origin of Maryland's flag and an examination of how scholars with different interpretive needs have explored the complex history of one of Maryland's most prominent families, the Carrolls.

By Harold R. Manakee

Draws on the earliest writings of explorers and settlers to describe the Indians the Europeans encountered (the Piscataways and Nanticoke tribes and their various branches), and how they lived, hunted, worked, and worshipped. This book is ideal for reading and discussion at third and fourth grade levels.

By George H. Callcott

Illustrations compiled by Mary Ellen Hayward

Maryland's campaign rituals and elections—reflecting what Marylanders have wanted their society to be over the centuries—are presented here, along with rare photographs and prints of political artifacts and election-day activities. A treasure trove for political junkies and collectors. The author is professor of history at the University of Maryland. Published in association with the Maryland State Archives. Limited stock available.