"Contains the rent rolls which were documents listing all patents for the purpose of collecting the quit-rents due to the province's proprietor, the Lords Baltimore. Quit rents were a form of land tax that were collected on an annual basis by the Proprietary government. The rolls were a means of maintaining a record of lands that had been surveyed, assigned, and possessed." ... Intro.
Contents: v. 1. Rent rolls, vol. 12, QA, i of tracts, 1650-1679
v. 2. Rent rolls, vol. 12, QA, i of tracts, 1681-1704, folios 344
v. 3. Rent rolls, vol. 12, QA, i of tracts, 1708-1772
v. 4. Rent rolls, vol. 12, QA, i of tracts, 1681-1702
v. 5. Rent rolls, vol. 12, QA, i of tracts, additional rent rolls.
