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03.02.01 Scharf, J. Thomas, History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (1879), published in 1879.

Notes Concerning the Author

John Thomas Scharf (1843 – 1898), of Baltimore, Maryland, was a United States historian, author, journalist, antiquarian, politician, lawyer and Confederate States of America soldier and sailor. He is best known for his published historical works. Modern historians and researchers cite his comprehensive histories as primary source materials.

Click below to read a review by Society member Joyce L. Bennett:

https://southernhistorians.org/20-interpretations-and-commentary-by-members/20-03-interpretations-and-commentary-by-members-concerning-between-1850-and-1885/20-03-05-2/

Click below to read Scharf’s history of Maryland on Internet Archive:

 https://archive.org/details/historymaryland01thomgoog

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