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"""Calvert and Penn"" is a historic work authored by way of Brantz Mayer. The book delves into the early history of colonial America, focusing on the founding and development of Maryland and Pennsylvania by means of prominent figures, George Calvert and William Penn. George Calvert, the primary Lord Baltimore, performed an essential function in establishing the Maryland colony within the early 17th century. Mayer explores Calvert's motivations, inclusive of his conversion to Catholicism and his vision for a colony wherein human beings of different faiths could coexist peacefully. The narrative then transitions to William Penn, the Quaker chief who founded the colony of Pennsylvania inside the overdue 17th century. Mayer examines Penn's life, non-secular beliefs, and his dedication to ideas such as spiritual freedom and honest remedy of Native Americans. The book offers perception into the challenges and successes confronted via each Calvert and Penn in figuring out their visions for these colonies. ""Calvert and Penn"" is diagnosed for its thorough research and historic detail, providing readers a comprehensive expertise of the political, non-secular, and social contexts that formed the early colonization of Maryland and Pennsylvania."

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BRANTZ MAYER was an American author, lawyer, and scholar who was born September 27, 1809, and died February 23, 1879. He began the Maryland Historical Society in 1844. It is now the oldest cultural organization in the U.S. state of Maryland. Christian Mayer and Anna Katherina Baum Mayer had a son named Brantz Mayer. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Christian Mayer was German and came to America with a friend named Lewis Brantz in 1784. They went into business together and did trade with places like the East Indies and Mexico for many years. Christian Mayer had a second son in 1809. He named him after his friend and business partner. The first son was a lawyer named Charles F. Mayer. Lewis Brantz chose the younger Mayer to be his son even though he didn't have any children of his own. After finishing from Baltimore's St. Mary's Seminary, Brantz Mayer set sail for the East and visited China, Java, and Sumatra. He came back in 1828. During this long trip, he learned law. When he got back home, he went to law school and was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was a lawyer from 1832 to 1841, when he was named secretary of the legation to Mexico. He worked there for a year and then managed the Baltimore American newspaper for a short time when he got back.

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