The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Delaplaine, Edward S. Life of Thomas Johnson. New York: F.H. Hitchcock, 1927.
Notes: Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) is another of Maryland's nearly forgotten revolutionary leaders. Maryland's first Governor after the expulsion of its proprietary government, Johnson guided the state through a turbulent time when the revolutionary cause seemed all but lost. After the Revolution, Johnson refused all high state and federal offices, concentrating on developing the state's western lands. This classic biography was written by a respected Frederick County jurist and local historian.
Eddis, William. Letters from America. Edited by Aubrey C. Land. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969.
Notes: William Eddis (1738-1825) was an official in Maryland on the eve of the Revolution. His letters provide a first hand account of his impressions as the British colonies lurched toward severing their ties with the home country. Eddis was in a position to observe events at the highest levels of government and his letters have been an important primary source for scholars. General readers will find this relatively short book an interesting means for understanding the ambivalent feelings many Marylanders felt in the years preceding the final break with England.
Elsmere, Jane Shaffer. Justice Samuel Chase. Muncie, IN: Janevar Publishing Co., 1980.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Everest, Allan S., ed. The Journal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton as one of the Congressional Commissioners to Canada in 1776. Fort Ticonderoga, NY: Champlain-Upper Hudson Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
Fleet, Betsy. Henry Fleete: Pioneer, Explorer, Trader, Planter, Legislator, Justice and Peacemaker. St. Stephens Church, VA: Published by the author, 1989.
Flynn, Ramsey. "The Redemption of Daniel Brewster." Baltimore 87 (November 1994): 36-43, 88-90.
Forman, William H., Jr. "William P. Harper in War and Reconstruction." Louisiana History 13 (1972): 47-70.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Military, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century
Gallien, Jeanie M. "James Calvert Wise: Soldier and Politician." Louisiana Studies 7 (1968): 347-377.
Geary, James W. "Another Lost Lincoln Letter: the President as Pragmatist or Humanitarian?" Lincoln Herald 76 (1974): 149-151.
George, Christopher T. "The Feuding Governors: Andros and Nicholson at Odds in Colonial Maryland." Maryland Historical Magazine 90 (Fall 1995): 334-48.
Gonder, Richard J. "Bernard I. Gonder: From Salesman to Senator." Glades Star 5 (March 1979): 121-32.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Garrett County
Gordon, Martin K. "Patrick Magruder: Citizen, Congressman, Librarian of Congress." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 32 (1975): 153-171.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century
Hanley, Thomas O'Brien. Revolutionary Statesman: Charles Carroll and the War. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1983.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century
Hardy, Beatriz Betancourt. "'A most Turbulent and Seditious person': Thomas Macnemara of Maryland." Maryland Humanities (January 1999): 8-11.
Hoffman, Ronald. "'Marylando-Hibernus': Charles Carroll the Settler, 1660-1720." William and Mary Quarterly 45 (April 1988): 207-36.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Holland, Faith M. "What a Difference a Year Made: John Work Garrett Finds a Diplomatic Career." Maryland Historical Magazine 91 (Fall 1996): 276-97.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Baltimore City
Humes, James C. "Andrew Hamilton: the 'Philadelphia Lawyer.'" American Bar Association Journal 55 (1969): 227-231.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century
Ireland, Robert M. "William Pinkney: A Revision and Re-emphasis." American Journal of Legal History 14 (1970): 235-246.
Jones, Anita Elizabeth. Captain Charles Ridgely, Builder of Hampton Mansion: Mariner, Colonial Agent, Ironmaster, and Politician. M.A. thesis, Wake Forest University, 1981.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Maritime, Politics and Law, Eighteenth Century
Karr, Carolyn. "A Political Biography of Henry Hatfield." West Virginia History 28 (1966): 35-63, (1967): 137-170.
Keith, Caroline H. "For Hell and a Brown Mule:" The Biography of Senator Millard E. Tydings. Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1991.
Notes: Millard Tydings (1890-1961) was a member of both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. A Democrat, he nevertheless clashed with Franklin Roosevelt on several occasions. His career mirrors some of the ambivalence felt by Marylanders in the first half of the 20th century as the challenges of economic depression and world war transformed the state and its conservative, southward-leaning mentality. Reflecting Maryland's distaste for extremism, Tydings was notable for his opposition to Joseph McCarthy's communist witch hunts.
Kelbaugh, Jack. "The Legacy of Maryland Governor Edwin Warfield, 1904-1908." Anne Arundel County History Notes 26 (October 1994): 3, 13-17.
Categories: Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Politics and Law, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Anne Arundel County
Land, Aubrey C. The Dulanys of Maryland: A Biographical Study of Daniel Dulany, The Elder, and Daniel Dulany, the Younger. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1955.
Notes: Daniel Dulany, the Elder (1685-1753) and his son Daniel Dulany , the Younger (1722-1797) were central figures in the 18th century political and social landscape of Maryland. The father, who arrived in Maryland in 1703 as an indentured servant, rose to become a wealthy official in the proprietary government. His son extended the family fortune and became a prominent defender of the British government in the debates that preceded the American Revolution. The story of the Dulanys is an important counterpoint to that of the Carrolls and others on the patriot side.
Land, Aubrey C., ed. "The Familiar Letters of Governor Horatio Sharpe." Maryland Historical Magazine 61 (1966): 189-209.
Lankford, Nelson D. The Last Aristocrat: The Biography of Ambassador David K. E. Bruce. New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1996.