Bound by God-- for Merryland
Subtitle: The Voyage of the Constant Friendship, 1671-1672
By: John F. Wing.
Contributors: Maryland State Archives.; Maryland Historical Trust.
Series: Studies in Local History
Publisher: Maryland State Archives; Maryland Historical Trust
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Annapolis; Crownsville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9780942370478
Subjects: Constant Friendship (Merchant ship); Maryland -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Anne Arundel County (Md.) -- History -- 17th century.; Severn River (Md.) -- Description and travel.
Other titles: Voyage of the Constant Friendship, 1671-1672
Description: This pamphlet, the fourth in the Studies in Local History series published by the Archives and the Maryland Historical Trust, recounts the voyage of the Constant Friendship to the settlement at Providence, near Annapolis, in the fall of 1671 and back again to England the following spring. It is based on an eighteen-page journal kept by the ship's mate and navigator, Edward Rhodes. Transcription of the journal is included.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28) and index.