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Several years othe writer had occasion to examine the early Maryland Reports concerning a question of equity pleading, and by chance happened upon the case of the Proprietary vs. Jenings, found in i H. McH. page 6i. It was instituted Dec. 8, 1733, and reported under the head of Chancery Court. The question of the origin of the court suggested itself at once and curiosity prompted a continuance of this phase of the investigation. The result was not satisfactory. But two other cases were found which cast any light upon the subject; that of Townshend vs. Duncan, 2B land, page 40, in which the Court of Chancery was shown to be in existence as early as 1670, and a note to the Chancellor s Case in i Bland, page 624. But when equity jurisdiction was introduced into Maryland, how the Court of Chancery came into existence and the nature of its constitution, were questions that remained unanswered. In quest of further knowledge of this interesting subject, every work, known to the author, legal or historical, was perused, and the surprising fact developed that no bibliography of this subject was extant, barring a magazine article, referred to elsewhere, in which but one page was devoted to colonial Maryland. The writer thereupon began a careful and systematic examination of original sources for information; the fact that he was exploring territory hitherto unknown stimulating his curiosity and sustaining his interest. The work was continued at intervals as opportunities were afforded. A great deal of time would frequently elapse between the collection of the materials and their collation and arrangement into literary form, which no doubt shows itself in a lack of coherence and continuity. Yet the results obtained have been so interesting to the author that he has determined to lay them before his professional brethren with the hope that they may prove of equal interes
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