1869.

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A
CHARACTER OF THE PROVINCE
OF
MARYLAND.
DESCRIBED IN FOUR DISTINCT PARTS.
ALSO
A SMALL TREATISE ON THE WILD AND NAKED INDIANS (OR SUSQUEHANOKES) OF MARYLAND, THEIR CUSTOMS, MANNERS, ABSURDITIES, AND RELIGION.
TOGETHER WITH
A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL LETTERS.

BY
GEORGE ALSOP.

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND COPIOUS HISTORICAL NOTES.

BY JOHN GILMARY SHEA, LL.D.,
MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Our western world, with all its matchless floods,

Our vast transparent lakes and boundless woods,

Stamped with the traits of majesty sublime,

Unhonored weep the silent lapse of time,