St. Mary’s County
Historical Society
the Society’s Bookstore
A Most Convenient Place: Leonardtown, Maryland ~1650-1950~. Aleck Loker. 232p. 2001. Soft cover; indexed. A comprehensive history of Leonardtown, the
county seat of St. Mary’s County.
Traces the development of the town from a colonial concept for a second
town in St. Mary’s County through 1950.
The book is illustrated with old photographs, maps and charts. Extensive reference notes follow each
chapter and a 14-page index contains thousands of surname and subject
references.
Chaptico – A History of St. Mary’s County 4th
District. Joseph E. Norris,
Jr. 52p. Soft cover. Origins and
history of a small town.
Charlotte Hall – The Village Which Grew From a School. Dr. J. Roy Guyther. 221p.
Soft cover. Two hundred years of
history, 1797-1997. The unique story of
a village developing first from a clear spring then from a school. Over 13 historic homes may still be found
there.
Charlotte Hall School, 1774-1976. Dr. J. Roy Guyther. History of Charlotte Hall School. 94p.
Soft cover. Includes alumni,
headmasters and trustees.
Doctors of St. Mary’s County, Maryland 1634-1900. Margaret Fresco. 311p. Hard cover;
indexed. Includes 15 photographs,
biographical and genealogical information.
A History of Methodist Churches in St. Mary’s County. Bi-centennial Committee of Cluster VII of
St. Mary’s County, Maryland. 1984. 32p.
Soft cover. Contains names, locations
and general history of Methodist Churches in St. Mary’s County, MD.
History of St. Mary’s County, Maryland 1634-1990. Regina Combs Hammett.
631p. Hard cover;
indexed. 145 photographs and
illustrations.
The History of Saint Mary’s Six Court Houses 1644-2002. Aleck Loker. 2003p. 22p. Soft cover.
Concise and readable account of the genesis of one of the oldest courts
in our country.
Jesuit Missions of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Edwin W. Beitzell. 422p. Hard cover;
annotated & indexed. Chronicles not
only the history of the Jesuit missions but also the general course of events
in Maryland’s Mother County from colonial days to more recent times. Contains genealogical information and
photographs.
Life at Cedar Point: A Cultural & Natural History Tour
of Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. 28p.
Soft cover.
Life at Priest Point: A Cultural & Natural History Tour
of NAS Patuxent River Webster Field Annex St. Inigoes, Maryland. 24p.
Soft cover.
The Margaret Brent Story. 1984.
35p. Soft cover.
Mechanicsville: The Story of Our Village. J. Roy Guyther, M.D. 184p.
Hard cover; indexed. Tells the
story of the village of Mechanicsville, MD founded in 1850. Each copy autographed by the author. Includes recollections of people, places and
events, as well as photographs.
Memories of Sotterley. Richard and Shawn Knott.
73p. Soft cover. Wonderful collection of remembrances of the
twentieth century from Richard Knott who was born and raised at Historic
Sotterley Plantation of the Patuxent River.
Filled with pictures chronicling his life and those who also resided at
and near the plantation.
Old St. George’s.
16p. Soft cover. A brief history of St. George’s Island, St.
Mary’s County, Maryland.
“…once the Metropolis of Maryland”; The History and
Archaeology of Maryland’s First Capital. Silas D. Hurry. 2001.
58p. Soft cover.
Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates. Edwin W. Beitzell. 200p. Soft cover;
indexed. History of the prisoner of war
camp. Includes names of 4,000 of the
prisoners who died there.
St. John’s Parish, 1690-1990; The Same Yesterday Today &
Tomorrow. 52p. Soft cover.
Concise history of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church and School in
Hollywood, MD. Includes list of priests
who served and church patrons.
St. Mary’s County in the American Revolution: Calendar of
Events. Edwin W.
Beitzell. 145p. Hard cover.
Includes names of all St. Mary’s County men known to have served in the
war.
That Sweet Land.
Henry Bonner. 79p. Soft cover.
An exploration of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, since the arrival of the
English settlers on its shores in 1634.
Also includes colonial recipes reflecting the history of the county.
Tobacco to Tomcats:
St. Mary’s County Since the Revolution. Sandy Shoemaker. Illustrations by Mary Lou Troutman. 180p. Soft cover. Gives an insightful overview of the history
of St. Mary’s County from the American Revolution to the present.
Where Maryland Began… the Colonial History of St. Mary’s
County. Sandy Shoemaker. Soft cover.
Describes the colonial history of the county and explains how
information was obtained to uncover this history by using primary sources,
records with clues about the past left by the people who lived in Maryland, and
archaeology.
Yesterday in Old St. Mary’s County. Robert E. T. Pogue. 464p.
Hard cover; indexed. Presents a
brief history of early Southern Maryland and a glimpse at life in St. Mary’s
County over the course of four generations.
Charles County Gentry. Henry Wright Newman.
321p. Soft cover; indexed. Genealogical history of Thomas Dent, John Dent,
Richard Edelen, John Hanson, George Newman and Humphrey Warren, early settlers
of Charles County, Maryland.
A Guide to Historic Episcopal Churches of Southern Maryland
1634-1984. 2984. 30p.
Soft cover. A guide to and
concise history of over twenty Episcopal churches located in St. Mary’s Charles
and Price George’s Counties of Maryland.
History of Calvert County, Maryland. Charles Francis Stein. 484p.
Hard cover; indexed. History of
one of Maryland’s oldest counties. Also
contains short historical sketches of 130 families.
History of Charles County, Maryland. Klapther, Margaret Brown and Paul Dennis
Brown. 204p. Soft cover. Photographs
and illustrations. Written in the
county’s tercentenary year of 1958.
Thomas Stone: Elusive Maryland Signer. John M. and Roberta Wearmouth. A biography of the youngest of the four
Marylanders who signed the Declaration of Independence. 218p. Hard cover.
Watery Highways: Trade and Travel in the Colonial Chesapeake. Joseph M. Greeley. 2005. 52p. Soft cover.
Adventurers, Cavaliers, Patriots – Ancestors Remembered. National Society of the Colonial Dames of
America in the State of Maryland.
304p. Soft cover; indexed. Biographical sketches of the ancestors from
whom Maryland Dames claim lineage.
Chesapeake Bay: Witnesses to the Creation. Aleck Loker. 2002. 28p. Soft cover.
Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War. Eric Mills.
315p. Hard cover; indexed. Focuses on the Civil War as it was
experienced in the lands surrounding the Chesapeake Bay.
Colonial and Historic Homes of Maryland. Etchings by Don Swann, text by Don Swann,
Jr. Indexes and map included. 215p.
Soft cover. A unique treasury of
etchings of Maryland homes built between 1642 and 1830. Includes histories, legends and descriptions.
Early Manor and Plantation Houses of Maryland. H. Chandlee Forman. Index included. 269p. Hard cover. Excellent source for the first structures of
Maryland with photographs and floor plans.
Indians of Early Maryland. Harold R. Manakee. 1959. 47p. Soft cover.
Primer for those interested in Maryland Indian tribes. Gives an overview of the native tribes, their
habits, rituals and clothing.
Life in Maryland in the Seventeenth Century. Louise Turner. 2003. 16p. Soft cover.
A concise history of the early Maryland colony.
Life on the Potomac River. Edwin W. Beitzell. Soft cover. First
complete history of the Tidewater Potomac (Washington, DC to the Chesapeake
Bay). Covers the full period from the
settlement of Maryland and Virginia in the early 1600’s to the late
1980’s. Tells of the generations of men
who worked, fought and sailed the waters of the lower Potomac for over three
centuries.
Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. 33p.
Soft cover.
Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland. Donald G. Shomette. 369p.
Hard cover; indexed.
Well-documented narrative of the disappearance of once important sites
in Maryland. Takes the reader through
history, illuminating the decline of many historic towns and cities.
Maryland’s at Gettysburg. Daniel Carroll Toomey. 100p.
Soft cover; indexed. Composite
of Maryland regiments at Gettysburg.
Documents the battle, aftermath, veterans, and final tributes to these
regiments.
Maryland in the Civil War:
A House Divided. Robert I.
Cottom, Jr. and Mary Ellen Hayward.
127p. Soft cover; indexed. Walks through one of Maryland’s most
significant periods in history with this collection of stories, photographs and
songs. Journeys from the institution of
slavery to final remembrances.
Pirates on the Chesapeake. Donald G. Shomette. 332p.
Hard cover; indexed. Collection
of stories brings to life the early history of the Chesapeake Bay and
region.
Escape on the Pearl; the heroic bid for freedom on the
Underground Railroad. Mary Kay
Ricks. 2007. 432p. Hard cover;
indexed. Recounts
the largest attempted escape of slaves prior to the Civil War that ended at
Cornfield Harbor, Point Lookout.