The Counties Of Maryland And Baltimore City

Explores the ironies, contradictions, and compromises that give "America's oldest border state"its special character. Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Maryland: A Middle Temperament explores the ironies, contradictions, and compromises that give "America's oldest border state" its special character. Extensively illustrated and accompanied by bibliography, maps, charts, and tables, Robert Brugger's vivid account of the state's political, economic, social, and cultural heritage—from the outfitting of Cecil Calvert's expedition to the opening of Baltimore's Harborplace—is rich in the issues and personalities that make up Maryland's story and explain its "middle temperament."

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This is an abbreviated abstract of Genealogy and Biography of the Leading Families of the City of Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland, a book originally published by Chapman Publishing Company, New York, in 1897. Data-rich genealogical/biographical sketches are provided for 850 individuals. Sketches typically include date and place of birth, names of parents and sometimes grandparents, name of spouse and spouse's parents, date of marriage, names of children, and sometimes grandchildren. Varying amounts of biographical information may include place of origin, residence, occupation, or other pertinent items. The biographical data at the end of each entry refers to the accomplishments and affiliations of the subject. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

Large scale atlas with street level detail showing ZIP Codes, block numbers, schools, hospitals, points of interest, shopping centers, airports, parks and more. Includes Reisterstown, Timonium and Baltimore City. Enlargements of Downtown Baltimore and Inner Harbor and MTA and MARC systems shown.