Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware, Part 17

Author: Hammond, John Martin, 1886-1939
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Co.
Number of Pages: 442


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In Ridgely's case, however, this painful experience was but the prelude to a peaceful and happy career as


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a lawyer and public servant in his home town. Apparently he cared little for public office for the sake of pure glamour of position, as at different times he refused the chancellorship of Delaware, and the chief- justiceship, yet accepted the comparatively unimport- ant post of levy court commissioner of Kent County, and by his patient, devoted efforts restored the offices of the county to an orderly condition. When he found that there was mismanagement of the county alms- house, he requested to be made trustee, and by untiring labour made this institution a sound and self-respecting body.


He married, first, November 21, 1803, Sarah, daughter of John Banning and Elizabeth Alford. She died January 14, 1837, and he married, March 17, 1842, Sarah Ann, daughter of Governor Cornelius Comegys, of Dover, who survived him. He died in 1847 on his birthday.


Not long before Mr. Ridgely's death, he was the centre of a disturbance almost as violent as the duel which ushered in his public life. It was advertised in Dover that Lucretia Mott, the celebrated abolitionist woman speaker, was to make an address, and as feeling ran high in the little town against abolition, there was talk of doing the speaker violence. Mr. Ridgely, hear- ing this, took her into his own home, and entertained her as a guest, "not," he explained, " because I like the abolitionists, but because I will not see any woman


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ill-treated in Dover." When the time came for the lecture, he escorted her to the hall, despite black looks and threatening words, and sat beside her on the stage as she spoke.


Strangely enough, Lucretia Mott did not touch the theme of her passion at all. She spoke, not of Abolition, but of Art, and that quite charmingly.


When the little party returned to Mr. Ridgely's house it was followed by an ugly, angry crowd. The master of the house would not let the shutters be closed over the quaint, staring old windows, nor the heavy, old-fashioned front door be barred. In plain sight from the pavement, he stood in the parlour with his back to the fire, and conversed with his guest.


Still more hangs to this visit of Lucretia Mott's according to family tradition than a good yarn. There were at this time two suitors contending for the hand of Ann Ridgely, one of the daughters of the house, and both were present this adventurous evening. Miss Mott had the ill-fortune to mistake empty air for a chair, as we have all done at least once in our careers, and to her great embarrassment sat down on the floor. One of the rivals for the fair Ann's hand laughed; the other rushed forward to the stricken lady's assistance. This latter it was to whom the daughter of the house gave her hand, and thus it was that on May 11, 1841, she was married to Charles Irence du Pont, a member of a distinguished Delaware family.


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Around the name of Sarah Banning, Mr. Ridgely's first wife, many traditions cling, full of old Delaware names and events. Her mother was Elizabeth Alford, the beautiful young widow of Mr. Cassius, so fair, indeed, that a distinguished French traveller said that she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in Europe or America. Philip and Charity Alford, Elizabeth's parents, came from the West India Is- lands, and settled on Second Street in Philadelphia. The former was engaged in business between that city and Barbadoes, and was lost at sea during one of his voyages between the two ports. His widow moved to Dover. Among the legends connected with their life in the West Indies is one stating that the mother of Charity Alford fell into a trance and was mistaken for dead. Every arrangement was made for her funeral, but, owing to the absence in an adjoining island of a daughter, the body was kept until this latter could arrive. When they were about to place the lid upon the casket, signs of life were found, and eventually the supposed corpse proved to be alive. To commemorate this event, on every anniversary she would go with her children to the graveyard and take tea upon her tomb- stone!


Of the fifteen children of Henry Moore Ridgely, six survived him. Charles George, born August 12, 1804, graduated from West Point, was professor of French there, and died July 15, 1844. Elizabeth, born


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February 27, 1813, was a great beauty and early matured into womanhood, having at fifteen all the grace and ease of manner of a girl of twenty. She was edu- cated at Madame Grelland's in Philadelphia, and was a noted belle in Washington while her father was United States Senator. Her sudden death in 1833, in the bloom of womanhood, was a great shock to her family and a blow to her many admirers. Ann, born February 21, 1815, had light hair and a fair complexion, and because of her fine intellectual gifts was the pride of her father, who educated her himself entirely at home. At the age of twelve, she had read all of Shakespeare, Chapman's "Homer " and Dryden's "Virgil," and was familiar with the classics and modern poets. The circumstances have been related of her marriage to Charles Irence du Pont, son of Victor du Pont and his wife, Gabrielle Josephine la Pitte de Pelleporte du Pont. A daughter of this marriage, Amelia Elizabeth, married, July 5, 1866, her cousin, Eugene du Pont, son of Alexis P. and Johanna du Pont, and had issue: Ann Ridgely, Alexis Prene, Eugene, Amy Elizabeth, Julia Sophia, and Ann, who married June 26, 1894, William C. Peyton, of Santa Cruz, California.


Ann Ridgely, wife of Charles Irence du Pont, died after a lingering illness at her home in Wilmington, October 20, 1898, in the eighty-third year of her age, and was buried in the du Pont cemetery on the banks of the Brandywine.


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Henry, another son of Henry Moore Ridgely, born April 15, 1817, married Virginia Jenkins, and had the following children: Nicholas, born December 13, 1820, married Mary H. Tilden, and had issue: Eugene, born May 4, 1822, married Mary A. Mifflin, of Philadelphia ; Wilhemina Moore, born May 27, 1827, married Alex- ander Johnson; Edward, born January 30, 1831, married Elizabeth Comegys, and had issue; Harriet, who married Dr. D. A. Harrison; Edward, who died young; Sarah; and Henry, who married Mabel Lloyd Fisher.


Henry Ridgely, Jr., a son of this last union, and seventh in descent from the founder of the family, is the present occupant of the Ridgely House, of Dover, and continues the family tradition of either law or medicine by being a follower of the former profession.


STEWART HOUSE NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE VAN DYKE-DU PONT-JANVIER-LAMBSON- STEWART


CROSS Delaware Avenue from the Amstel House, New Castle, Delaware, is the David Stewart House, a quaint and charming old mansion built by Governor Van Dyke for his son, Senator Van Dyke, about the beginning of the nineteenth century. It is three stories in height and the front doorway is approached by a high flight of brown- stone steps. Dr. David Stewart, the present owner and occupant, is the fifth of his name in New Castle and the fifth of his name to be a physician.


The house is simple in exterior and is more attractive for its charm of aspect than for pretension of size or design. The rooms of the interior have lofty ceilings, are well lighted and have good proportions. Down- stairs there is a quantity of fine wood-carving in a floral design, especially in the dining-room. A broad hall runs from the front door to the back of the house.


Senator Van Dyke, for whom the mansion was built, was born in 1770 in his father's home, the Amstel House. He was educated in Philadelphia and studied law in the office of Chief Justice Kensey Johns. Though an attorney by profession he was a public man by avoca-


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tion, and spoke for his state in the Halls of Congress for many years. He died in 1826 on the eve of re- election to the United States Senate. Contemporary records of him and traditions speak of him as a man of most delightful personality, known for the charm of his manner and his fine intellectual attainments.


Upon the death of Senator Van Dyke, the home fell to the lot of his daughter, Dorcas, who married Charles Irence Du Pont. Dorcas' sister, Susannah, married Dr. David Stewart, the grandfather of the present occupant.


From the family of Charles I. DuPont the mansion passed by purchase in 1856 to George Janvier, Esq., whose name is to be associated with the early days of transportation in Delaware, records of Delaware fre- quently speaking of Janvier's " Union Line " of coaches and boats which bore passengers from New Castle and Wilmington to Philadelphia. About twenty years later the house was sold by Mrs. Mary Janvier, widow of George Janvier, to Mrs. Hannah M. Lambson, who shortly sold to the present owner, Dr. David Stewart.


The first David Stewart in New Castle was the donor of the ground on which Saint George's Presby- terian church was established, and ever since his day there has been a Dr. David Stewart who was ruling elder of the congregation. The present Dr. David Stewart has a son, David, who married Louise Mc- Ilvaine and a grandson of the family patronymic. His other children are Dorothy, Henry Van Dyke, and Ruth Elizabeth (Stewart) .


ENTRANCE TO THOMAS HOUSE


THOMAS HOUSE NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE THOMAS-READ-THOMAS


HE Thomas House at the inter- section of Harmony Street and the Strand, New Castle, Dela- ware, is of value not only for its own intrinsic charm but for its association with families which have done much for the state of Delaware and for the nation. It was built by Dr. William W. Thomas about the beginning of the nine- teenth century and gains interest from having long been the home of Mr. William Thompson Read, a grandson of George Read, the signer, who married Miss Sallie Latimer Thomas, a daughter of the builder.


The house is three stories in height and is rather narrow for its height. It overlooks the low roofs of the little houses which make up the opposite side of the Strand and has thus a wide view of the Delaware River and the water-front of the historic little city in which it is situated. Perhaps the most distinguished single feature is the doorway on Harmony Street, which, while simple in design, is remarkable for the intricate and beautifully executed carving with which it is adorned.


William Thompson Read was born August 22, 1792, the son of George Read, the second, and his wife Mary


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Thompson (Read), daughter of Gen. William Thomp- son, of near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A lawyer by pro- fession, he had rare social gifts and was known for his charm of manner. He was Grand Master of the Masons of Delaware and was one of the founders of the Delaware Historical Society. After his death in 1873, the house passed to his wife's niece, Miss Eliza Thomas, who at her decease in recent years left it to the Episco- pal church at New Castle to be used as a Parish house.


INDEX


Acosta, 127 Acquasco, 10 Addison, 67 Alford, 286, 288 American Historical Register, 279, 280 Amstel House, 247, 249, 291 Anderson, 165 Andrews, 100


Annapolis, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 42, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 65, 68, 70, 72, 73, 76, 77, 83, 89, 101, 107, 116, 117, 118, 166, 167, 168, 170, 174, 177, 179, 180, 181, 188, 191, 201, 202, 204, 218, 219, 222, 243 Anne Arundel, 35, 76, 101, 108, 109, 113, 138, 144, 152, 153, 218 Anne, Queen of England, 225 Archbishop of Baltimore, 118 Armstrong, 212


Assembly, 158 Association of Freemen, 208 Athens of America, 166 Avalon, 166, 171


Bald Eagles, 10 Baldwin, 23, 108 Ball, 128 Baltimore Co., 125, 131, 133, 216, 218, 219


Baltimore, Lord, 51, 82, 83, 84, 85, 115, 116, 118, 156, 162, 184, 186, 188, 197, 198, 204, 212, 237


Bancroft, 129 Banning, 280, 285, 286, 288


Barrett, 285 Bayard, 259 Beane, 183


Belair, 199, 200, 201, 202 Belmont, 10, 166, 168, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 182 Belmont Hall, 10 Belvidere, 122 Belvoir, 218, 219, 220, 223, 224


Bennett, 207


Berkeley Co., 182


Berry's Range, 263


Best, 47 Beverly, 232, 234 Bird, 104


Birmingham, 8, 89, 101, 102, 103, 104 Birnie, 70


Biscoe, 191, 193, 196


Bishop of Maryland, 33


Black, 125, 126


Bladen, 203


Bladensburg, 48, 49


Blake, 129, 205, 208 Blakeford, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210 Blakeman, 88, 95 Bland, 36, 42 " Bloody Buoy," 181 Bloomfield, 217 Bloomingdale, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215 Boarman, 104, 242


Bogardus, 258


Bolling, 96, 100


Bonaparte, 123, 124


Bond, 238, 244, 272, 276


Booker, 255


· Bordley, 40, 72, 73 Boswell, 84 Boucher, 65


Bowen, 236


Bowie, 94, 199, 202 Bowles, 235, 236, 237


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Bowles' Separation, 237 Bradford, 261 Brandywine, 180, 289 Brent, 118 Brewster, 182 Brice, 31, 36, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 72, 108, 187, 220 Brice House, 36, 45, 48, 50, 59, 72 Brinckloe, 273 Briscoe, 10, 235, 239 " British Architects, or Builders Treasury," 5


British Museum, 5


Broad Neck, 242


Brooke, 102, 116, 118


Brookefield, 10


Brown, 108


Buchanan, 173


Buckley, 76


Bulfinch, 16


Burleigh, 105, 106, 107, 109


Burnham, 249 Bushby Park, 99


Cæsar, 274 Cadwalader, 252, 283 Caile, 147 Caldwell, 263 Callahan, 35


Calvert, 63, 153, 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 198, 237


Cambridge, 87 Capitol Hotel, 273 Capron, 93, 94 Cardinal Gibbons, 112 Carnan, 133 Carroll, 65, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130


Carroll Mansion, 116, 117, 121 Carroll Park, 130 Carrollton, 65, 110, 113, 114, 117, 120, 121 Carter, 193, 203


Carvel, 18 Caton, 123, 124, 125


Catonsville, 123 Cecil Co., 118, 142


Cedar Park, 144, 145, 146, 147 Chadwick, 183


Chamberlaine, 150, 189, 225, 226, 227, 229, 231


Chancellors Hope, 10


Chaptico, 240, 244


Charles I, 107, 108


Charles II, 115, 198, 232


Charles Co., 10, 178, 179, 241


Chase, 6, 7, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 66, 180, 220, 265


Chase House, 15, 23, 24, 25, 27, 33, 35, 36 Cherokee Indians, 62 Chesapeake Bay, 1, 15, 78, 140, 166, 211, 228


Chesterfield, 203


Chester River, 161, 162, 205, 208


Chestertown, 142, 209 Cheston, 141, 142, 146


Cheston-on-Wye, 210 Chew, 38, 39, 43, 121, 122, 127, 141, 142, 220, 279, 280


Chollar, 95 Christ Church graveyard, 271 Church of England, 20, 262 Cincinnati, Society of, 41 Claiborne, 206


Clark, 137 Claude, 68, 71, 221 Clay, 176


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Cleveland, Pres., 159 Clivedon, 39, 122, 141, 280 Closson, 34 Clynmalyra, 114 Coale, 101 Coates, 104, 243 Cobbett, 181 Coburn, 228, 229


College of Phila., 180 Colonial Dames, 224 Comegys, 286, 290 Committee of Safety, 107 Conrad, 216, 218 Constitutional Convention of Del., 273


Contee, 96, 99, 100, 179, 180, 183 Continental Army, 242 Continental Assembly, 40 Continental Congress, 23, 42, 158, 179, 182 Cole, 58 Colston, 182


Cookson, 141 Corbit House, 11


Councilman, 217


Couper, 264, 265 " Coursey's Neck," 207, 208 Couwenhoven, 259 Covell Place, 263 Covington, 156, 157 Cowgill House, 10 Cowman, 101, 102 Crabbe, 102 Cremona, 244 Cromwell, 100, 109 Croome, 184, 189 Crosiadore, 251, 252 Culbreth, 261 Cumberland, 240 Custis, 65, 66, 184, 190, 191, 192


Dairy Farm, 10 Darnall, 116, 119, 121, 189 David Stewart House, 291 Davis, 76, 95 Davitz, 259 Declaration of Independence, 23 36, 120, 121, 220, 249, 265, 277, 278 De Courcy, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 214 Deep Falls, 240, 241, 242, 243 De Kay, 259 Delaware Bay, 3, 251 Delaware R., 177, 293


Dennis, 232, 234


Dickinson, 251, 252, 253, 254


Dickinson College, 252, 285


Dickinson House, 251, 253


Dieudonne, 49


Digges, 188


Dinner Club of Congress, 265 Discovery, 150 D. of C., 159


Donaldson, 174 Dorchester Co., 10, 147


Dorsey, 36, 77, 133, 134, 166, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 180, 220 Dougherty, 126 Doughoregan Manor, 110, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129


Douglass, 158, 159, 160


Dover, 4, 257, 258, 260, 261, 266, 270, 272, 274, 279, 281, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290


Drummond, 209 Dublin U., 69 Duck Creek Town, 270 Duddington, 116


Dudley, 211, 213, 215 Dulany, 183


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du Pont, 287, 289, 291, 292 Duvall, 184, 190, 196, 198


Eagle's Nest Bay, 220 Easterday, 104 Eastern Shore, 148, 153, 157, 161, 208, 209, 210, 225 Easton, 148, 164, 251, 260


Eddis, 52, 56, 83 Eden, 40, 69, 86


Eden Hill, 271, 272


Edgar, 62 Elizabeth, Queen, 178 Elizabeth River, 152


Elk Ridge, 166, 167, 169, 172, 173 Ellenborough, 10


Ellicott City, 105, 110


Ely O'Carroll, 114 Emerson, 125, 260


L'Enfant, 197, 198 Enfield Chase, 114


"Entailed Hat, The," 11 Episcopal Church, 33, 180, 262, 285 Essex, Earl of, 203 Essex, Lady, 61 Expectation, 221


Fairfax, 97, 99 Fairlands, 104 " Father of Chancery," 274 Federal Constitution, 158 " Federal Republican," 181 Fenwick's Manor, 237 Finney, 151 Fisher, 50, 269, 290 Fitzhugh, 192, 220, 238 Five Nations, 207 Folly Quarter, 125, 126 Fontainebleau, 62 Forrest, 238 Fort Washington, 179


Fox, 62 Franklin, 25, 173 Frederick, 105, 110, 112, 182 Frederick Co., 66, 69, 115, 182 Frederick, Prince, 204 French, 271 Friends, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 225


Galloway, 101, 138, 141, 142, 144, 146, 147 Garst, 34 George III, 204


Georgetown College, 128 Gibbons, 112 Gibson, 74, 148, 151


Giles, 23 Girard College, 247 Glyndon, 216


Goldsborough, 67


Goodwin, 173 Gordon, 182, 187


Grange, The, 260


Grason, 33 Green, 56, 58, 59


Green, The, 266, 267 Greenberry, 86, 221, 270


Greenberry Forest, 221 Greenberry Point, 270


Green Spring Valley, 125, 232 Grelland's, 289 Grosvenor, 181


Habersham, 71 Halifax Co., 177 Hall, 9, 10, 35, 108 Hamilton, 273 Hammond, 15, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 49, 86, 89, 105, 107, 108, 109, 173, 189, 218, 220 Hammond House, 15, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 89


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Hampton, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 173, 180 Hancock, 120 Hanson, 109, 135, 166, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183 Hanson's Laws, 180 Hardcastle, 225, 231 Harford Co., 39 Harper, 124, 182 Harris, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215 Harris' Mill, 212 Harrison, 290 Harvard Law School, 128 Harwood, 15, 24, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35


Hathaway, 148, 151


Hatton, 116, 178 Hatton Hall, 178 Hawkins, 183, 244


Hay, 9, 247, 248, 249, 250 Heath, 218 Hemsley Farm, 215 Henrietta Maria, Queen, 129, 155 Henry I, King, 226 Herbert, 90, 96, 109 Herman, 258 Hermitage, 133 Herrington, 38 Hervey, 124 Hill, 93, 94, 168, 170


His Lordship's Kindness, 188 Hobbs, 33 Hockley-in-the-Hole, 169, 170, 171 Hollyday, 148, 149, 150, 157, 161, 162, 163, 164 Homestead, 123 Homewood, 122, 123, 127 Hood, 21, 218, 219 Hood's Mill, 218 Hooff, 93, 96, 97, 100, 109 Hopkins, 103 Honeywood, 182


House of Burgesses, 49, 152 Howard, 1, 9, 122, 134, 135, 136, 180, 220, 221


Howard Co., 11, 23, 67, 76, 99, 104, 105, 108, 110, 113, 124, 125, 166 Howard's Pasture, 291 Hudson River, 259 Hughes, 138, 143, 194 "Hundred of Leyland," 220, 221 Hungerford, 194 Husting, 21 Hyatt, 10 Hyde, 188, 189


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Ilchester, Earl of, 62 Indian Town, 161 Ingles, 279, 280


Ingraham, 252 Irons, 263 Iroquois, 207 Isham, 182 Ivy Neck, 143


Jackson, 21, 252 Jacobins, 181 James I, 107 Jamestown, 38 Jansen, 258


Janvier, 291, 292 Jefferson, 209, 281 Jenifer, 65, 66 Jenings, 45, 47, 48, 101


Jenkins, 88, 93, 94, 95, 290


Johns, 1, 255, 291


Johns Hopkins, 192, 239, 255


Johnson, 84 Jones, 269 Joppa, 218 Judkins, 194


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Kay, 183 Kennedy, 36, 42 Kensey Johns House, 255


Kent Co., Delaware, 251, 252, 253, 263, 266, 271, 274, 275, 276, 281, 286


Kent Co., Md., 161, 207, 209


Kent Island, 178 Ketin, 260 Key, 10, 68, 70, 71, 219, 224, 238


King's Highway, 266 King Williams School, 52 Knapp, 76 Kneller, 82


Knickerbocker, 258


Lafayette, Marquis de, 172, 282, 283 Lambson, 291, 292 Langdon, 128 Latrobe, 121


Laurel, 88, 101, 103, 167


Laurel Hill Cemetery, 261


Lawrence, 146


Lee, 127, 183, 193, 198


Lee House, 10


Lehr, 216, 217, 218


Lewes, 278


Lewis, 192


Liancourt, 282


Ligon, 67


Lingan, 183 Lippincott's Magazine, 43 Litterlouna, 114


Lloyd, 15, 19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29, 35, 38, 65, 129, 134, 152 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 165, 227, 269 Lockerman or Loockerman, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 231, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 273


Loockerman House, 257, 258 Logan, 253 Long Run, 208 Lord High Chancellor, 178 Love, 83, 84 Lowe's Addition, 221 Lowndes, 202


Maconchie, 178 MacTavish, 125, 126 McCarty, 58


McCawley, 102


McDowell, 181


McFadon, 103


McIlvaine, 292


Madison, 108 Magruder, 202 Maidstone, 38


Markoe, 138, 142


Marlborough, Duchess of, 45, 47


Marlborough, Duke of, 40


Marshall, 99


Martin, 39, 49


Maryland Gazette, 52, 56, 58, 85, 187


Maryland Journal and Advertiser, 186 Masons, Grand Master of, 294 Maltaponi, 10 Maxcey, 138, 142


Mayer, 103


Mayflower, 182


Maynadier, 219, 220


Meredith, 275 Meredith Cove, 78


Methodists, 133 Mifflin, 74, 290


Minute Men, 209


Mohawk Indians, 259 Montmorenci, 9, 216, 217, 218


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Montpelier, 68, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 99, 102, 104 Moody, 249 Moore, 167, 168, 256, 274 Morgan, 235 Morris, 193 Mott, 286, 287


Mount Airy, 184, 185, 188, 189, 191, 193, 194, 196, 198 Mount Saint Mary's School, 128


Mount Vernon, 184 Mount Vernon Place, 215


Murfreesboro, battle of, 183


Murray, 138, 141, 143, 146, 173 "My Lord's Gift," 207, 208 Myrtle Grove, 10


Naval Acad., 15, 204, 221 Needwood, 127 Neth, 36, 42


New Amsterdam, 258, 259


Newcastle, 247, 248, 249, 255, 256, 264, 265, 271, 291, 292, 293, 294


Nichols, 227


Nicholls, 99 Noming Hall, 203


Oakdale, 10 Oakland, 124 Oaklands, 93, 96, 99, 102 Ogden, 284


Ogle, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 70, 86, 87, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204 Old Windsor, 219 Orleans, 282 Oxford, Md., 226 Oxford University, 61


Paca, 1, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 Paca House, 36 Pardoe, 14


Palmer, 254 Pamonky, 10 Parke, 273 Parker, 100, 138, 143 Parliament, 207 Patapsco River, 166, 167, 168, 171 Patterson, 123, 124, 125 Patuxent River, 89, 101, 186, 187, 235, 237, 242, 244 Peach Blossoms, 226


" Peggy Stewart," 142 Pendenny, 221


Pendleton, 88, 95


Penn, 156, 268, 269


Perry, 161, 163


Peyton, 289


Phelps, 112, 127, 128


Physick, 243


Pickering, 173


Pickford, 193


Pinkney, 7, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33


Plain Dealing, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231


Plantagenets, 221


Plater, 235, 237, 238, 239


Plimhimmon, 10


Plymouth, 182


Poconoke, 226, 232


Poluyanski, 219, 222


Poplar Hill, 10


Porter, 261


Portland Manor, 116


Portobello, 10


Potomac River, 66


Powell, 57, 194


Powlett, 85 Presque Isle, Lake Erie, 283 Primrose, 42 Prince George's Co., 68, 88, 91, 96, 99, 101, 114, 116, 146, 184, 189, 199, 202


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Printz, 177 Pritchard, 101 Providence, 152 Provincial Conventions, 157 Pryor, 260 Pue, 173 Puritan, 51, 52, 152


Quaker, 92, 140, 156, 157, 280 Quatrebeau, 45


Queen Anne's Co., 10, 134, 157, 161, 162, 165, 205, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215 Queenstown, 209, 211, 212


Queenstown Creek, 205, 207, 208


Rand, 127 Randall, 4, 25, 72, 73, 75, 76


Randall House, 72, 75


Ranelagh, 10


Rastrick de, 177


Ratcliffe Manor, 148, 149, 150, 151, 162 Read, 264, 265, 293


Readbourne, 148, 157, 161, 162, 163, 164


Read House, 264, 265 Redemptorist Order, 116, 117


Relay, 173


Rewes, 242


Richardson, 129, 141


Ridgely, 1, 6, 23, 124, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 173, 180, 220, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273 274, 275, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290


Ridgely House, 266, 267, 273, 274, 281, 283, 290 Ridout, 15, 24, 25, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 72, 77, 80, 86 Ridout House, 60, 64, 72


Ringgold, 142 Riverdale, 193 Robb, 49 Robbins, 128 Robins, 148, 149, 162, 226 Rodin, 50


Rodney, 249, 256, 265, 271, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283, 284 Rolling Road, 172


Rose Hill, 10


Ross, 69, 219


Rousley, 186, 237, 238, 239


Roubelle, 43, 44


Rozier, 116


Rutland, 104


St. Ann's Church, 107 St. Anthony's Chapel, 129


St. Aubin, 164 St. John's College, 181, 219, 243


St. Jones' Creek, 251, 263


St. Jones' Neck, 275


St. Mary's Co., 10, 48, 116, 133, 178, 219, 235, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244


St. Matthew's Church, 129


St. Michaels, 159 St. Thomas' Church, 189


Saint Anne's Church, 16


Saint Anne's Parish, 187


Saint Cuthbert's, 10


Saint George's Presbyterian Church, 292 Saint Inigoes, 133 Saint Margarets, 77 Sandy Point, 77 Sandy Spring, 102


Satterlee, 235, 239 Schaaf, 36, 42 Scharf, 263, 272 Scott, 61, 68, 69, 70, 71


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Scott House, 68, 69, 71 Second Presbyterian Church, Phila., 261 Seth's Mills, 213 Severn River, 3, 37, 70, 107, 218, 219, 221 Sewall, 118


Sharpy, 8, 26, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86


Sharpe's Island, 228 Sheffy, 183 Shurmer, 263 Sherwood, 33


Shields, 285 Sisters of Notre Dame, 68, 71 Skidmore, 273 Smith, 264, 265, 285 Smyrna, 11 Snowden, 8, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104


Snowden Hall, 103 Somerset, 156, 232 Somerville, 238 Sons of Liberty, 21, 40, 142 Sothoron, 244 Sotterly, 235, 236, 239 South River, 220 South River Battalion, 35 Spa Creek, 17 Sprigg, 65, 146, 147, 173 Spring Garden, 135 Stamp Act, 22, 85, 142 Stamp Act Congress, 276 Stanley, 103 Star Spangled Banner, 219 State Assemblies, 273 Staunton, 127, 128 Stemmer, 8 Stenton, 248 Stephen, 48, 49


Sterrett, 215 Steuart, 147, 186, 191, 193, 194 Stewart, 65, 256, 291, 292 Stier, 191 Stockett, 25 Stockton, 256 Stony Point, 282 Story, 77, 87


Strangways, 62 Stuart, 134, 191, 193 Stuyvesant, 259 Success Farm, 10


Summer Hill, 220


Sussex Co., Del., 278


Swan, 5


Swann, 36, 42


Talbot Co., 10, 33, 41, 76, 140, 152, 155, 162, 164, 209, 212, 225, 227, 229, 251


Tankerville, 226


Tasker, 64, 200, 202


Taylor, 88, 95, 127


Thom, 205, 210


Thomas, 92, 93, 100, 102, 182, 183, 236, 237, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 293, 294


Thomas House, 293 Thompson, 127, 128


Thornton, 59 Three Graces of America, 111, 124 Tilden, 290 Tilghmann, 43, 134, 150, 162 Tilghman Fortune, 150 Tolley, 216


Tonoloway, 66 Towson, 131 Tred Avon River, 148, 225 Tred Haven, 156 Trent Hall, 244 Tubman, 244


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Tucker, 127 Tudor Hall, 10 Tuesday Club, 57 Tulip Hill, 6, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 267 Turkey Park, 150 Tyson, 103


Union Line, 292 United Colonies of America in Con- gress Assembled, 277 University of Pa., 181 Upper Marlboro, 183


Van Courtlandt, 258 Van Courtlandt Manor, 258 Van Dyke, 248, 249, 291, 292 Vasa, 177


Verplank, 259 Victoria, Queen of England, 159 Vincent, 258


Vineyard, the, 76


Vining, 268, 271, 272, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284 Vonschroder, 88, 90, 95


Wales, 84 Wallace, 180 Wallis, 211, 213, 215 Walnut Grange, 93 Wardridge, 270


Warfield, 11, 21, 47, 76, 94, 99, 104, 113, 120, 121, 220


Washington, Booker T., 159 Washington Geo., 23, 41, 42, 47, 55, 65, 80, 88, 117, 122, 128, 173, 180, 184, 185, 191, 265 Washington's Life Guards, 179 Wasp, the, 269 Waterloo, 124 Waters, 100 Watkins, 35


Wayne, 282, 283 Weightman, 183 Welcome, The, 269 Wellesley, Marquis of, 124 Wellington, 124 West, 152 Westonholme or Wostenholme, 63, 64 West River, 6, 100, 138, 139, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 168, 171, 267 White, 135, 136 White Banks, 208 Whitehall, 8, 25, 26, 66, 67, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87 White House, 159, 185


Whitham, 134


Whitridge, 182, 183


Whittingham, 214


Whyte, 33 Wilcox, 196 William and Mary's College, 237 Wilmington, Del., 261, 282, 283, 284, 285, 292 Wilson, 194


Wilson House, 11


Wiltshire, 146


Winans Cove, 130


Winthrop, 120


Wolfe, 70 Woodward, 199, 200, 202


Worthington, 9, 25, 49, 174, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 271 Worthington Valley, 9, 216


Wright, 102, 205, 208, 209, 210


Wye House, 19, 23, 41, 43, 134, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162 Wye Island, 76 Wye Mills, 212 Wye River, 154 Wynhoop, 274, 281


Yale College, 261


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