George Alsop
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George Alsop, an English author, was probably born in London in 1636; the year and place of his death are unknown. Very little about his life is known, except for what is mentioned in his book, which indicates that he was likely to have been born, and certainly spent some of his youth, in London, England.
Alsop is remembered for a significant work on colonial Maryland with a title unusually long even by the standards of the seventeenth century: A Character of the Province of Mary-Land, wherein is Described in four distinct Parts, (Viz.) I The Scituation, and plenty of the Province. II The Laws, Customs, and natural Demeanor of the Inhabitant. III The worst and best Usage of a Mary-Land Servant, opened in view. IV The Traffique and vendable Commodities of the Countrey. Also a small Treatise on the wilde and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-Land, their Customs, Manners, Absurdities, & Religion. Together with a Collection of Historical Letters.(London, 1666).[1]
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After an obscure two-year
References
- ^ Alsop, George. "A Character of the Province of Maryland". Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock. p. 93.
- ^ Mereness, Newton D. (1902). "Introduction", in: George Alsop, A Character of the Province of Maryland. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers. p. 5-14; here: p. 10.
- Johnson, Allen, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.