To His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, governor and commander in chief in and over the province of Maryland, and to the Honorable the upper and lower houses of Assembly of the said province
Subtitle: the petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of Baltimore County, humbly sheweth, that the present Court-House for Baltimore County, situate in Joppa, is considerably too small for transacting therein the business of the county with convenience ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 41794
Publisher: Printed by Nicholas Hasselbach
Published: 1768
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng; ger
Subjects: History; Politics and government
Other titles: An seine Excellenz Horatio Scharpe, Esqueir, Guvernör und Oberst-Befehlshaber in und über die Provinz Maryland ...
Notes: Concerning the removal of the county seat from Joppa to Baltimore.

Followed by a German translation. "If this petition was printed in Baltimore, it was the first piece of printing done in Maryland in the German language and type."--Wroth.

Imprint supplied by Bristol.

Bristol B2842

Shipton & Mooney 41794

Wroth, L.C. Maryland 287