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| | Irish Immigration to Maryland |
 | | It has one archbishop, residing in Baltimore, who is the Metropolitan of the church in the United States; one hundred and ninety-five priests, and one hundred and twenty-five churches; thirty-five chapels and stations, and a very large number of religious institutions, both male and female, all in a most flourishing condition. |
 | | Irish arriving in Maryland, as elsewhere in America, faced discrimination, prejudice, and often poverty. |
 | | As early as 1704 a tax of 20 shillings was levied on Irish immigrants arriving in Maryland as servants. |
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