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vi PREFACE.
It remains, unfortunately, but a grand fragment, the proposed
second volume never having seen the light.
The work of McSherry is pervaded by a warm feeling
of patriotism which we cannot but respect, even when, as in
some cases, it makes the author an advocate or a panegyrist
rather than a historian. But Mr. McSherry, as his preface
intimates, aimed rather at producing a popular narrative
than a work of thorough research; and on many points he
seems either not to have had access to, or not to have
carefully examined, the original documents and records; and
the errors and omissions thus occasioned render his work,
which comes down to the year 1847, very far from satisfactory.
It has thus happened that not only aliens, but even her
own sons, have been very imperfectly informed of Maryland's
true history; and she has been denied her due meed of
honor, both abroad and at home. Yet no land has a history
more worthy of being studied and laid to heart by its
children.
The relations of Maryland with the mother-country, of
the people with the Proprietary, the policy and political
questions of colonial times, the attitude assumed during the
wars between Great Britain and France, her position just
before and during the American Revolution, were all peculiar,
and are in the highest degree instructive to the student of
the present, as well as of the past.
In the preparation of this history no pains have been
spared to verify the narrative by the study of original and
contemporary documents. The records of the Province and
State have been searched from the beginning in their various
places of deposit: the files of the Maryland Gazette from
1745 to 1840, have been carefully examined, and every book,
pamphlet or broadside, bearing on the subject that could be
procured, has been read and collated. During the years that
this work has been in preparation, the text has been again
and again revised, whenever any new light seemed to have
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000013 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | vi PREFACE. It remains, unfortunately, but a grand fragment, the proposed second volume never having seen the light. The work of McSherry is pervaded by a warm feeling of patriotism which we cannot but respect, even when, as in some cases, it makes the author an advocate or a panegyrist rather than a historian. But Mr. McSherry, as his preface intimates, aimed rather at producing a popular narrative than a work of thorough research; and on many points he seems either not to have had access to, or not to have carefully examined, the original documents and records; and the errors and omissions thus occasioned render his work, which comes down to the year 1847, very far from satisfactory. It has thus happened that not only aliens, but even her own sons, have been very imperfectly informed of Maryland's true history; and she has been denied her due meed of honor, both abroad and at home. Yet no land has a history more worthy of being studied and laid to heart by its children. The relations of Maryland with the mother-country, of the people with the Proprietary, the policy and political questions of colonial times, the attitude assumed during the wars between Great Britain and France, her position just before and during the American Revolution, were all peculiar, and are in the highest degree instructive to the student of the present, as well as of the past. In the preparation of this history no pains have been spared to verify the narrative by the study of original and contemporary documents. The records of the Province and State have been searched from the beginning in their various places of deposit: the files of the Maryland Gazette from 1745 to 1840, have been carefully examined, and every book, pamphlet or broadside, bearing on the subject that could be procured, has been read and collated. During the years that this work has been in preparation, the text has been again and again revised, whenever any new light seemed to have |
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