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Proceedings and Debates of the 1867 Constitutional Convention
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So early as the reign of William and Mary, England com-
menced the publication of her old State Papers, and has since
gone back to the very days of the Conqueror, including her
Dooms-Day-Book, and many other documents of the richest
and rarest character. New Yorfe and other States of the
American Union have followed the noble example of Eng-
land; and there is no reason why Maryland, which has so
large a store-house of early documents, and such a rich mine
of historical lore, should lag so far behind her own sister
States.
But one of the strongest recommendations in supportof the
proposed measure, is derived from the present state of our
historical literature, so far as it has already come within the
agency of the press. The picture is indeed most melancholy.
It may be said, without exaggeration, that, while we have


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