George Alsop, an American author, was born in 1638; the year and place of his death are unknown. Very little about his life is known, except for what is mentioned in his book, which indicates that he was likely to have been born, and certainly spent some of his youth, in London, England. The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Alsop is remembered for a signigificant work on colonial Maryland with a title unusually long even by the standards of the seventeenth century: A Character of the Province of Mary-Land, wherein is Described in four distinct Parts, (Viz.) I The Scituation, and plenty of the Province. II The Laws, Customs, and natural Demeanor of the Inhabitant. III The worst and best Usage of a Mary-Land Servant, opened in view. IV The Traffique and vendable Commodities of the Countrey. Also a small Treatise on the wilde and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-Land, their Customs, Manners, Absurdities, & Religion. Together with a Collection of Historical Letters.(London, 1666). This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ...

After an obscure two year apprenticeship he left London, England in 1658 due to a hatred for its local Puritans, according to his own account. Thomas Stockett, one of four brothers who arrived in Baltimore County, Maryland, cared for him as his indentured servant for two years. George Alsop appreciated the new colony, but at the end of his service to Thomas Stockett, he grew ill and returned to England. He then published his book, and may also have written a volume of Sermons, a work presented later by someone of the same name. In the work on Maryland, Alsop asserts that his design is to encourage European and English emigration to America. Alsop's eagerness to praise every aspect of Maryland makes his work a permanent record of the psychology of advertising. It also serves to a lesser extent as a reliable historical source of information for early Baltimore County, Maryland, and the then native Susquehannock. Apprenticeship is a traditional method, still popular in some countries, of training a new generation of skilled crafts practitioners. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... This article describes a highly specialized aspect of its subject. ... Baltimore County is a suburban county located in the northern portion of U.S. state of Maryland. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... An indentured servant is a labourer under contract (an indenture--explained below) to work (for a specified amount of time) for another person or a company/corporation, often without any monetary pay, but in exchange for accommodation, food, other essentials, training, or passage to a new country. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Immigration. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Susquehannock The Susquehannock people were natives of areas adjacent to the Susquehanna River and its tributaries from the southern part of what is now New York, through Pennsylvania, to the mouth of the Susquehanna in Maryland at the north end of the Chesapeake Bay. ...

References

• Johnson, Allen, ed. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.