The principal sources for Maryland are Browne, _Archives of Maryland_ (Baltimore, 1883-91); Bacon, _Laws of Maryland_ (fol., Annapolis, 1765); and, to supplement these, the _Laws of Maryland made since 1763_ (fol., Annapolis, 1777); or the same (fol., Annapolis, 1787). Streeter, "Papers Rel. to the Early Hist. of Maryland," in _Md. Hist. Soc. Publications_ (Baltimore, 1876), publishes a record of the first wedding in the colony, with the marriage license bond. The matrimonial doctrines of the Labadists are discussed by James, "The Labadist Colony in Maryland," in _J. H. U. S._, XVII (Baltimore, 1899); and the character of the episcopal clergy is described by Browne, _Maryland_ (Boston, 1884), and by Lodge, _Short History_ (New York, 1882).
On this subject, as on most topics for the period, the extremely valuable _Colonial Records of North Carolina_ (Raleigh, 1886-90) are a mine of information; and they are enriched by Colonel Saunders's "Prefatory Notes." The first matrimonial statute, passed by the assembly of Albemarle in 1669, is also contained in Chalmers, _Political Annals_: in Carroll, _Hist. Coll. of South Carolina_ (New York, 1836); and in Hawks, _History of North Carolina_ (Fayetteville, 1857-58), likewise of service on other points. The various statutes of the eighteenth century may be consulted in Iredell-Martin's _Public Acts of the Gen. Assembly_ (Newbern, 1804); in Swan's _Revisal_ (ed. 1752); or Davis's _Revisal_ (ed. 1773). Similar collections of laws for South Carolina are Cooper and McCord's _Statutes at Large_ (Columbia, 1837-41), and Brevard's _Alphabetical Digest_ (Charleston, 1814)--both of which contain useful editorial notes. Constitutional provisions are, of course, found in Poore, _Charters_ (Washington, 1877). The works of Friedberg and the _Atlantic_ article of Cook, elsewhere mentioned, are still of service; and Weeks in his valuable monograph, "Church and State in North Carolina," in _J. H. U. S._, XI (Baltimore, 1893), has traced from the sources the struggle of the Presbyterian with the Episcopalian government party for the privilege of using their own rites in the celebration of marriage.]
I. THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AND LAY ADMINISTRATION IN VIRGINIA