New additions to the collections of the Government and Heritage
Library: Revolutionary Patriots of Worcester and Somerset
Counties Maryland, 1775-1783, by Henry Peden. A research tool
for locating Worcester and Somerset County residents who served
in the military, rendered material aid to the army or navy, tok
the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity, served in an office or on a
town, county or state committee, or in some way contributed and
supported the fight for freedom in the Revolutionary War. The
Colored Patriots of the American Revolution with Sketches of
Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which is Added a Brief
Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans, by
William Nell. This reprint of the original publication from 1855
highlights the service of African Americans in the Revolutionary
War and includes an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. These
items will be available to researchers at the Government and
Heritage Library or may be borrowed through an interlibrary loan
request at