This volume contains 1783 tax assessment lists for Cecil, Talbot, Harford and Calvert Counties. "The lists, arranged by hundreds within each county, show the names of landowners, number of white persons in the household, the tracts of land owned by the individual and the number of acres in the tract. There are also lists of bachelors (with their securities) and paupers (anyone who owned less than 10 pounds worth of property." A surname index adds to the value of this work.