Maryland, source of name (Hardie, The new universal biographical dictionary, and American remembrancer of departed merit, 4 vols., 1801, vol. 1)

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   After the death of Sir George, the patent was again drawn in the name of his eldest son Cecil, Lord Baltimore, and passed the seals, on the 28th June, 1632. The name of the country was called Terra Mariæ, alias Maryland, in honour of Henrieta Maria, the queen consort of King Charles I. [...]

Hardie, James, The new universal biographical dictionary, and American remembrancer of departed merit: containing complete and impartial accounts of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every age and nation, but more especially of those who have signalized themselves in America, 4 vols., New York: Printed and Published by Johnson & Stryker, 1801, vol. 1, p. 417.

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