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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Anderson, George M. "Growth, Civil War, and Change: The Montgomery County Agricultural Society, 1850-1876." Maryland Historical Magazine 86 (Winter 1991): 396-406.

Helmann, Susan K. "'Celebrating 150 Years.'" Passport to the Past 3 (July/August 1992): 1-2, 5.
Notes: Prince George's County fair.

Lanham, Paul. "A 'Pie-in-The Sky' Dream." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 25 (May 1997): 3.

McCauley, Donald. The Limits of Change in the Tobacco South: An Economic and Social Analysis of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1840-1860. M.A. thesis, University of Maryland, 1973.

McCauley, Donald. "The Urban Impact on Agricultural Land Use: Farm Patterns in Prince George's County, Maryland 1860-1880." Law, Society, and Politics in Early Maryland. Edited by Aubrey C. Land, Lois Green Carr, and Edward C. Papenfuse, 228-47. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977.

Maryland Department of Agriculture. Animal Health Programs in Maryland, 1880-1986. Annapolis, MD: Maryland Department of Agriculture, 1990.

Stevenson, John A. "Plants, Problems, and Personalities: The Genesis of the Bureau of Plant Industry." Agricultural History 28 (1954): 155-162.
Notes: Nearly as much a history of plant pathology in the U. S., this piece describes how Beverly T. Galloway conducted research that convinced politicians and farmers alike that germs caused diseases of animals and plants. Galloway succeeded in raising the status of plant research in the U. S. D. A. from a tiny office to the Bureau of Plant Industry in 1901, which became the nucleus for the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.

Virta, Alan. "This Spirit for Improvement." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society, 11 (July-August 1983): 33-35.

Walsh, Jim. "Barrels for a 'Middling Planter' in Colonial Prince George's County." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society, 25 (August/September 1997): 2-4.

Wiser, Vivian. "Maryland in the Early Land-Grant College Movement." Agricultural History 36 (1962): 194-199.

Wiser, Vivian. The Movement for Agricultural Improvement in Maryland, 1785-1865. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland, 1963.

Ackinclose, Timothy R. Sabres & Pistols: The Civil War Career of Col. Harry Gilmor, CSA. Gettysburg, PA: Stan Clark Military Books, 1996.

Aleshire, William. "Maryland's Patriotic Signer of Continental Currency: The Forgotten Peale." News and Notes from the Prince George's County Historical Society 14 (April 1986): 15-16.
Notes: St. George Peale.

Anderson, George M., S. J. "The Approach of the Civil War as Seen in the Letters of James and Mary Anderson of Rockville." Maryland Historical Magazine 88 (Summer 1993): 189-202.

Armstrong, Thom Milton. Politics, Diplomacy and Intrigue in the Early Republic: The Cabinet Career of Robert Smith, 1801-1811. Ph.D. diss., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989.
Notes: Smith was a resident of Maryland.

Betterly, Richard. "Seize Mr. Lincoln." Civil War Times Illustrated 25 (February 1987): 14-21.
Notes: 1861 Baltimore plot.

Birch, Alison Wyrley. "The Lady Was a General." Maryland 12 (Autumn 1979): 7-11.
Notes: Anna Ella Carroll (1815-1893) was the daughter of a governor of Maryland whose own political career was an exception to the secondary role of most 19th century women in national affairs. In the 1850s and 1860s, Carroll wrote political tracts and advised political leaders in the Know Nothing and Republican parties. She also contributed to Union military strategy during the Civil War, corresponding with Abraham Lincoln and others in Washington.

Blakey, Arch Frederick. General John H. Winder, C.S.A. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1990.

Brown, Geoff. "William Donald Schaefer." Baltimore 92 (December 1999): 38-39.

Bruns, Roger, and William Fraley. "Old Gunny': Abolitionist in a Slave City." Maryland Historical Magazine 68 (1973): 369-382.

Bryan, Jennifer A. "A Letter from George Washington." Maryland Historical Magazine 89 (Summer 1994): 204.

Calhoun, Stephen D. The Marylanders: Without Shelter or a Crumb. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993.

Callcott, Margaret Law. "The Calvert-Custis Connection." Riversdale Letter 14 (Spring 1997): 3.

Callum, Agnes Kane. "Corporal Philip Webster: A Civil War Soldier." Harford Historical Bulletin 35 (Winter 1988): 3-6.

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