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The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography

Worden, Amy. "Baltimore Civil War Depot to be Restored." Historic Preservation News 31 (April 1991): 17.

Gilmor, Harry. Four Years in the Saddle. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1866.

Anderson, George M. "The Civil War Courtship of Richard Mortimer Williams and Rose Anderson of Rockville." Maryland Historical Magazine 80 (Summer 1985): 119-138.
Notes: The story of the couple's courtship taken from Williams's writings. Insight is offered into life in Rockville, the county seat, during that period.

Blake, Allison. The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide. 3rd edition. Lee, MA: Berkshire House Publishers, 1997.
Notes: A well researched tour guide for the general population.

Blumgart, Pamela James, ed. At the Head of the Bay: A Cultural and Architectural History of Cecil County, Maryland. Elkton, MD: Cecil Historical Trust, 1996.
Notes: This beautifully illustrated book presents a history of the development of the county along with a history of its architecture, including house forms, methods of construction, and outbuildings, along with brief write-ups on 700 historic sites.

Browne, Gary L. "Urban Centers of the Past." Maryland Heritage News 2 (Fall 1984): 6-7.
Notes: A variety of factors effect the rise and fall of urban centers -- transportation, market, environmental, and political changes, as well as the rise of other centers. Browne presents a brief discussion of the fate of approximately ten urban centers.

"Cecil County." Maryland 26 (September/October 1994): [25-31, 33, 35-40, 41, 43, 45].

Cecil County Maryland 1608-1850 As Seen By Some Visitors and Several Essays on Local History Collected by G.E. Gifford, Jr. Rising Sun, MD: George E. Gifford Memorial Committee, Calvert School, 1974.

Copley, Anne. "Comings and Goings: Migration in Cecil County." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 79 (Autumn 1998): 1, 11.

Creveling, Donald K. "Mount Calvert: 17th-Century Port of Charles Town." Friends of Preservation Newsletter 15 (Winter 1997-98): 3.

Dixon, Michael L. "Warwick: A Municipality No More." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 74 (Autumn 1996): 7.

Dixon, Michael L. "Head of Elk and How it Grew." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 73 (Spring 1996): 1, 4-8.

Earle, Swepson. The Chesapeake Bay Country. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis Company, 1923.
Notes: Divided into three regions -- southeastern Maryland, Upper Bay, and the Eastern Shore, this work includes a history for each, written by five noted authors, followed by a description of the counties in each, along with places of interest and the people of these places. The histories of the areas places special emphasis on major houses and genealogy of the owners. It is nicely illustrated with contemporary photographs, which nearly 80 years later serve as historic images. There are four pages of interesting photos of African Americans.

Garrett, Jerre. Muffled Drums and Mustard Spoons: Cecil County, Maryland, 1860-1865. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing, 1996.
Notes: As the author clearly states this is "a collection of all the things that grabbed my attention" as she researched Cecil during the Civil War years. It is largely arranged by year. Included in the appendix are 18 pages of Civil War letters.

Jackson, A. Raymond. A. Raymond Jackson Recalls: Perryville, Maryland (1900-1913). Elkton, MD: Historical Society of Cecil County, 1994.

Johnston, George. History of Cecil County, Maryland. Elkton: Published by the author. 1881.

Manchester, Andi. "Chesapeake City." Chesapeake Bay Magazine 23 (January 1994): 25-29.

"The Maryland Directory: A Look at Cecil's Communities in 1882." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 62 (September 1992): 9-11; 64 (April 1993): 8-9.

"The Maryland Directory: A Look at Cecil's Communities in 1882." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 66 (December 1993): 4-5; 67 (April 1994): 6-7.

Peterman, Father Thomas. "Cecilton in Cecil County." Bulletin of the Historical Society of Cecil County 64 (April 1993): 4-5.

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