An Answer to the Queries on the Proprietary Government of Maryland, inserted in the Public Ledger. Also an Answer to Remarks upon a Message sent by the Upper to the Lower House of Assembly of Maryland, 1762. Published in 1763. Containing a Defense...
- Cecilius Calvert (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
Published in 1763 and written under the pen name “Cecilius Calvert” (a nod to Maryland’s original proprietor), this pamphlet is a polemical defense of Maryland’s proprietary government against critics who had raised pointed objections in the British press. Writing as “a Friend to Maryland,” the anonymous author responds to two specific challenges: queries about the nature and legitimacy of proprietary rule that had appeared in the Public Ledger, and critical remarks concerning a contentious exchange between Maryland’s Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly over a supply bill for the Crown’s service.
The pamphlet defends the Lord-Proprietor against what it characterizes as calumnies and misrepresentations, and vindicates the Upper House’s constitutional conduct in the dispute.
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