John Leeds Bozman

(1757 - 1823) Promenant Lawyer; Author and First Historian of Maryland;
Born in Oxford, educated at University of Pennsylvania afterward read law in the Middle Temple, London
Spent time as deputy attorney general of Maryland.
His works include "Observations on the Statute of Jac. I., ch. 16, in Relation to Estates Tail";
"A New Arrangement of the Courts of Justice of the State of Maryland" (1802);
"Essay on the Colonization Society" (Washington, 1822);
"History of Maryland, from 1633-'60," the introduction of which was published in 1811, and the complete work in Baltimore in 1837.
He was a frequent contributor of prose and verse to Dennie's "Port-Folio" and other journals:
He wrote also "An Historical and Philosophical Sketch of the Prime Causes of the Revolutionary War," which was suppressed because of its partisanship, praising Washington at the expense of Franklin.

He also authored the poem engraved on his mothers tomb.

He was a Mason and Charter Member (1803) St. Thomas Lodge No. 37 at Easton, Md.

The town of Bozman, Maryland, is named for him.