American Celebration of the fifth as election day

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The Celebration in Maryland U.S.A.

Since the early founding of St. Mary's City Maryland has always had a reputation for
the preservation of traditions and religious tolerance. If such freedoms were safeguarded one would assume
that the celebration of Guy Fawkes Day / Bonfire night would have continued well into colonial times as
the cultural baggage of protestant settlers. Although St. Mary's City was a Jesuit colonial outpost and Maryland
became a primarily Catholic Colony Protestants and Dissenters did live both in the city and the colony in significant numbers. Was the freedom of the majority available to them? Perhaps a study of the celebration in Maryland will
illuminate this question.

References in :Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland Click here

Reference in: William Kilty's A report of all such English statutes as existed at the time of the first emigration of the people of Maryland, and which by experience have been found applicable to their local and other circumstances;...
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
October 23, 1711 - October 9, 1714
Volume 29
Preface
Wednesday 5th Nov. 1712.
      This being the Anniversary Day of Thanksgiving for the
    Delivery from the Gunpowder Plot the Honble Speaker at
    tended by the whole House repaired to the Church and after
    Divine Service and Sermon ended The House met according p. 348
    to Adjournment. Being called over were present as yesterday
      Read what was done yesterday.
      Matthew Mason's Petition again read and .debated.
      Put to the Question whether the House will proceed therein
    this Session or not? Resolved in the Affirmative and Leave
    given to bring in a Bill as prayed
      The Report of the Conferrees brought into the House

Source-http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000029/html/am29--147.html

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William Kilty's A report of all such English statutes as existed at the time of the first emigration of the people of Maryland, and which by experience have been found applicable to their local and other circumstances;...
Volume 143 The one-hundred and forty-third volume of the Archives of Maryland series was originally published in 1811.

STATUTES NOT FOUND APPLICABLE........

STATUTES.
3 James 1.--A. D. 1605.

STATUTES.

     CHAP. 1. An act of a public thanksgiving to
Almighty God, every year on the fifth day of November.
     CHAP. 6. Merchants.
     CHAP. 7. Attornies.
     CHAP. 8. An act to avoid unnecessary delays
of executions.

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