Original 1784 MARYLAND LAW DOCUMENT Legislature EARLY BALTIMORE TOWN LAND SURVEY

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Original 1784 MARYLAND LAW DOCUMENT announcing that the MD Legislature approves an EARLY BALTIMORE TOWN LAND SURVEY, to permanently set bounderies of the growing village. REVOULTUIONARY WAR hero
JOHN EAGER HOWARD
is specifically mentioned in this law as one of the leaders to build a canal from the 'Bason to the Ferry branch of Patapsco River'. -
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL two-single sheet Act of the Maryland Legislature, (Printed in Annapolis Maryland by Frederick Green, State Printer) dated November 1784.
This act establishes permanent bounderies for the small town of Baltimore and surveys all existing streets and property lots, as well as authorizes the building of a canal near the harbor.
Nice "companion" piece for any fine EARLY BALTIMORE collection.
Perfect for framing and display, this historic piece would GREAT hanging in any mkdern-day Baltimore home or business!!
John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752
– October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, the Congress of the United States and the U.S. Senate. In the 1816 presidential election, Howard received 22 electoral votes for vice president on the Federalist Party ticket with Rufus King. The ticket lost in a landslide.
Howard County, Maryland, is named for him, along with Eager Street and Howard Street in Baltimore.
Very Good condition. Disbound.
This listing includes the complete entire original ACT OF the Maryland Legislature.
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