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"THE ANCIENT CITY."
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HISTORY
-OF-
ANNAPOLIS, in Maryland.
1649-1887.
BY ELIHU S. RILEY.
ANNAPOLIS. RECORD PRINTING OFFICE. 1887.
Figa AGR7
ENTERED, according to Act of Congress in the year 1887, by ELIHU" S. RILEY, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Wash- ington.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 1, 1887.
In pursuance of the Act of 1886, Chapter 150, entitled "an Act to. provide for a State subscription to Riley's History of Annapolis," the undersigned, designated by said Act, to examine said History, hereby certify that we have examined said History, as prepared by said Riley, and find that it contains much valuable and interesting matter, a considerable portion of which has not hitherto appeared in any published history ; and believing, as we do, that the book will be of interest to the people of the State, we, therefore approve the same. HENRY LLOYD, R. H. ALVEY, E. P. DUVALL.
PREFACE.
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This History of Annapolis has been written in hours taken from the days of a very busy life. They have been hours of labor, but hours lightened by the pleasures of the task.
The annals of the brave, intelligent, chivalrous people who made the City of Annapolis celebrated, are part of the history of the nation.
In the early days of the capital, the sturdy Puritans represented the austere and religious in its annals ; the political and aggressive period followed the removal of the capital from St. Mary's to An- napolis ; the third stage was the golden age of Annapolitan history. Its people, polished in literature, skilled in politics, energetic in busi- ness, experienced the benefits of literary culture, maintained their rights against encroaching proprietaries, pushed their commerce into many seas, and enjoyed the opulence that active trade returns to intelligent enterprise. Then came the Revolutionary epoch. In it, no city in the colonies was more prompt and decisive in resisting the aggres- sions of the crown, and in supplying troops and sinews of war for carrying on active operations in the field against the British forces. After the Revolution, Annapolis declined in importance, but the loca- tion of the Naval Academy here in 1845 restored its national charac- ter. The connection by Short-Line railroad with Baltimore renews its ancient hopes of commercial importance. To gather the rays of light from their varied sources and to form them into one prism of information has made it necessary to search many volumes of history, trench on the memory and patience of numerous citizens, and to record, out of our own limited store-house of recollection, things new and old.
In this task we have had the aid of the following public documents, journals, and histories :
Maryland Gazette, William Parks, Publisher, Annapolis, 1727, 1728, 1729.
Maryland Gazette, Jonas Green and descendants, publishers, 1745 to 1839.
Ridgely's Annals of Annapolis, 1841.
Historical View of the Government of Maryland, John V. L. Mc- Mahon, 1831.
History of Maryland, John Leeds Kerr, 2 vols., 1837.
Scharf's History of Maryland, 3 vols., 1879.
Archives of Maryland, 3 vols., 1883.
Appleton's Encyclopedia.
Laws of Maryland, 1637 to 1763.
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PREFACE.
Allen's History of St. Anne's Parish. 1857. Eddis' Letters from Annapolis, 1769 to 1776. Lord Baltimore's Rent Roll for Anne Arundel.
MSS. in the Land Office.
Surveys in Annapolis, MSS. in the Land Office.
Journals of Proceedings of the House, MSS., in the Land Office, Annapolis and
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore.
Proceedings of the Provincial Court, MSS. in the Land Office. Proceedings of the Governor's council, MSS. Land Office.
Marshall's Life of Washington.
Terra Mare.
Force's Tracts.
Register of St. John's College.
Report of the Legislature on St. John's College.
A Puritan Colony in Maryland. Dan'l. R. Randall.
A French Officer's Letters from America.
Soley's History of the Naval Academy.
House and Senate Documents, 1861.
Proceedings of the Corporation.
Docket of the Mayor's Court of Annapolis.
The Annapolis Gazette.
The Maryland Gazette. (New Issue.)
The Record, Annapolis.
The Revised Code of Annapolis.
Laws of Maryland of 1884.
I am indebted greatly to Senator Nicholas Brewer, of this county, for the loan of a valuable volume-Eddis' Letters from Annapolis ; also, a French Officer's Letters from America. The former has been invaluable and without it the History of Annapolis would have been wanting in much important information.
To Mr. Geo. H. Shafer, Deputy in the Land Office, Dr. E. P. Duvall, State Librarian, and Mi. S. M. Gatchell, Librarian of the Maryland Historical Society, I am indebted for their many courtesies in grant- ing me full access to the numerous sources of history in their respec- tive offices.
To my venerable and esteemed relative, Mrs. Eliza Bonsall, now in the 84th year of her age, of sound mind, keen memory, and well-or- dered intellect, I hereby gratefully acknowledge my great indebtedness for much valuable information, especially in the location of former landmarks and the identification of ancient houses in our city.
To Dr. George Wells, whose unremitting and unsolicited efforts were largely instrumental in securing the option of a State's subscription to this History, I here record my high appreciation of his friendly and invaluable services, that were rendered in that lofty spirit which, when conferring a favor, seems to be receiving one.
I am indebted to the members of the Legislature who voted to
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sustain the work. Had it not been for them this volume had possibly not been written.
My thanks are particularly due to the unwearied assistance the Anne Arundel delegation gave in securing State aid to this work.
To the many friends whose interest has encouraged and whose help- ful efforts have aided in the preparation of this work, I am gratefully indebted, and none the less to those, in many quarters, who were in- stant in season and out of season in bringing to the attention of Legis- tors, the merits of the proposed work, and in urging upon them the propriety of encouraging the publication by a State subscription.
The author has endeavored to make the work essentially one of fact, and to present those facts in the language of those who lived -this history, or who first chronicled the events to which they were co- -temporary. He conceives that the plan will convey to the reader a better picture of the people and the times of which he wrote than any style he might adopt.
If the halo of a State's glory is brightened by this work ; if any service has been rendered the commonwealth; if something valuable has been preserved from partial or total destruction by the History of Annapolis, the members of the Legislature who voted for chapter 150, Acts of 1886, are entitled to a large share of the credit to be accorded this volume. These members are :
IN THE SENATE.
President Edwin Warfield, Senator from Howard. Nicholas Brewer, .6 Anne Arundel.
William D. Burchinal, 66
Kent.
Charles T. Claggett,
Prince George.
R. Johnson Colton,
St. Mary's.
Griffin W. Goldsborough,
Caroline.
Thomas G. Hayes,
..
..
Baltimore City.
Clinton MeCullough,
Cecil.
A. Beall McKaig.
Allegany.
George Peter,
..
Montgomery.
Isidor Rayner,
Baltimore City.
Harry W. Rusk,
..
C. Bohn Slingluff,
Baltimore county.
Theophilus Tunis,
Talbot.
IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Speaker Joseph B. Seth, of Talbot county.
Francis V. King, " St. Mary's county.
Charles F. Norris,
Lewis C. Justice, Jr.,
Kent.
John Ireland,
Anne Arundel.
E. E. Gott, Jr.,
M. Tilghman Howard,
Geo. N. Potee,
Francis Gantt,
Calvert.
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PREFACE,
John Hubner, William Pole, Sr., Joseph S. Baldwin, Michael O'Hara, James J. Lindsay, F. A. Benson, Paul Winchester, De Wilton Snowden, Fillmore Beall, William W. Busteed,
Edward C. Legg, William Dudley, R. Harris Archer,
Charles W. Wright, John Y. Graham, James R. Willing, Edward D. Fitzgerald, John Rooney,
Baltimore county.
Talbot county.
Prince George's county. 66
Queen Anne's county.
Harford county. Caroline county.
Baltimore City.
Peter J. Campbell,
Richard J. Penn,
Charles H. Evans,
C. Dodd McFarland,
66
66
Patrick Reilly,
¥
L. W. Gunther,
Timothy Hayes,
Charles A. Hoffman,
Lewis Reitz,
Harry A. Schultz,
John E. Durding,
Henry C. Seebo,
Lewis C. McCusker,
Geo. M. Stonebraker,
E. C. Gaskill,
Washington county. Allegany 66
Albert Holle,
Samuel H. Hoffacker, Michael Buckman, Elias B. Arnold,
66
66
Annapolis, June 8, 1887.
66
66
66
Carroll
ELIHU S. RILEY .-
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER.
PAGE.
I. SETTLEMENT OF ANNAPOLIS ..
17
II. FORMATION OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. 20
III. THE PURITANS REFUSE TO SEND DELEGATES TO THE
LEGISLATURE OF 1651.
23
IV THE ANIMOSITIES OF THE OLD WORLD TRANSPLANTED IN THE NEW.
24
V. PROVIDENCE SENDS A PETITION TO THE COMMISSION- ERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. .
26
VI. Gov. STONE PROCLAIMS THE PURITANS TO BE REBELS
27
VII. AN INDIAN TREATY MADE ON THE SEVERN
28 31 33
IX. THE BATTLE OF THE SEVERN ..
x. QUAKERS AND INDIANS DISTURB THE COLONY
XI.
COLONIAL LIFE.
XII.
AN INDISCREET REPRESENTATIVE FROM ANNE
XIII.
THE COURAGEOUS SPIRIT OF THE MARYLAND SETTLERS.
50
XIV. PROVIDENCE CHANGED TO ""THE TOWN AT PROCTORS"
52
XV. THE IMPEACHMENT OF MAJOR THOMAS TRUMAN ....
54
XVI. REMOVAL OF THE STATE CAPITAL FROM ST. MARY'S TO ANNAPOLIS.
55
XVII.
CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1694 to 1700.
XVIII.
FIRST STATE HOUSE IN ANNAPOLIS.
XIX.
ST. ANNE'S PARISH.
68
XX.
KING WILLIAM'S SCHOOL.
77 80
XXII. THE ATTEMPT OF RICHARD CLARKE, IN 1707, TO BURN ANNAPOLIS ..
81 85
XXIII. ANNAPOLIS IS MADE A CITY
XXIV.
THE ANNAPOLIS DELEGATES DENIED ADMITTANCE TO THE HOUSE. 92
XXV.
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN MARYLAND.
94
XXVI.
CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1707 TO 1740. 96
XXVII.
XXVIII.
ANNAPOLIS IN 1745.
XXIX.
ANNAPOLIS A CENTURY OLD ..
108
XXX.
CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1746 TO 1773. 109
XXXI.
CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERS OF THE CAPITAL. 122
XXXII.
THE FIRST AMERICAN THEATRE ERECTED IN AN- NAPOLIS
146
VIII. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.
37 40 48
ARUNDEL ..
62 66
XXI. THE SECOND STATE HOUSE IN ANNAPOLIS
THE SECOND NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN MARYLAND .. 98 102
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CONTENTS.
XXXIII. THE STAMP ACT IN ANNAPOLIS. 149
XXXIV. Gov. EDEN, OF MARYLAND, THE LAST ENGLISH GOV-
ERNOR TO LEAVE THE REVOLTED COLONIES ... 152
XXXV. SHIPYARDS, RACE COURSES, AND INDIANS. 157
XXXVI.
THE THIRD STATE HOUSE IN ANNAPOLIS. 161
164
XXXIX. A POLITICAL PRISONER IN ANNAPOLIS DURING THE REVOLUTION
189
XL. ANNAPOLIS AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
192
XLII. GENERAL WASHINGTON RESIGNS HIS MILITARY COM- MISSION AT ANNAPOLIS.
200
XLIII. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
208
XLV. CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1777 TO 1810.
220
XLVI. THE ANCIENT REGIME DISAPPEARS. .
228
XLVII. WILLIAM PINKNEY BANQUETTED IN ANNAPOLIS
230
XLVIII. ANNAPOLIS DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
233
XLIX. LAFAYETTE'S VISIT TO ANNAPOLIS.
239
L. "THE GLORIOUS NINETEEN"
244
LI. "JOE MORGUE"
250
LII. CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1810 TO 1839.
253
LIII. LOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS
264
LIV. A RIOT IN ANNAPOLIS
268
LV. CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1845 TO 1847.
272
LVI. A RETROSPECT OF TWO CENTURIES.
274
LVII. A GALAXY OF ILLUSTRIOUS ANNAPOLITANS.
275
LVIII. CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1860 TO 1861.
280
LIX. OPENING OF THE CIVIL WAR-ANNAPOLIS SEIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. . 281
LX. PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, AND ANCIENT LAND- MARKS .
302
LXI. ELECTIONS IN ANNAPOLIS DURING THE CIVIL WAR .. 310
LXII. CHRONICLES OF ANNAPOLIS FROM 1863 TO 1887. 311
LXIII. A DISASTROUS ACCIDENT. 321
LXIV. ANNAPOLIS OF THE PRESENT 323
XXXVII. ANNAPOLIS IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . . XXXVIII. ANNAPOLIS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ..
165
XLI. ANNAPOLIS WANTS TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES 198
XLIV. PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S VISIT TO ANNAPOLIS
218
GOVERNORS --: 0 :- OF THE PROVINCE AND STATE OF MARYLAND FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT IN' 1633 TO 1887.
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UNDER THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT.
Leonard Calvert.
.1633.
John Hart.
1715.
Thomas Greene .. .. .. 1647.
Charles Calvert. .
.1720.
William Stone.
1649.
Benedict L. Calvert. . . 1727.
Commissioners under
Samuel Ogle.
.1732.
.
Parliament
1654.
Charles Lord Baltimore1733.
Samuel Ogle.
1735.
Philip Calvert.
1661.
Thomas Bladen.
1742.
Charles Calvert.
1662.
Samuel Ogle.
1747.
Charles Lord Baltimore1676.
Horatio Sharpe
1753.
Thomas Notley.
.1678.
Robert Eden
1769.
Charles Lord Baltimore1681.
UNDER THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT.
.Government seized by
Nathaniel Blackiston. . 1699.
the crown of England 1689.
John Seymour.
1704.
Lyonel Copley.
.. 1692.
John Hart.
1714.
Francis Nicholson. . .. . 1694.
PRESIDENT'S OF THE PROVINCE.
Thomas Tench.
.1703.
Benjamin Tesker.
..
.1752.
Edward Lloyd.
1709.
UNDER STATE GOVERNMENT.
Provisional Govern-
ment. .
1776.
Thomas Johnson.
1777.
Thomas Sim Lee.
1779.
William Paca.
1782.
William Smallwood ..
.1785.
John Eager Howard. . . 1788.
George Plater
1791.
Thomas Sim Lee
1792.
John H. Stone
. 1794.
John Henry
. 1797.
Benjamin Ogle.
1798.
John Frances Mercer. . 1801.
Robert Bowie
1803.
Robert Wright.
1806.
Elected under Constitu-
tion of 1851, for four
years.
Thomas Watkins Ligon. 1853.
Thos. Holliday Hicks . . 1857. Augustus W. Bradford. 1861.
Elected under Consti- . tution of 1866, for four years.
Thos. Swann. of Balto.
City.
1865.
Elected under Constitu-
tion of 1867, for four
years.
Oden Bowie
1869.
Josiah Fendall.
.1658.
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GOVERNORS OF MARYLAND.
Edward Lloyd .1809. Robert Bowie. .1811.
Levin Winder 1812.
Charles Ridgely,
of
Hampton .. . . . .. ... 1815.
Charles Goldsborough. 1818.
Samuel Sprigg. . .1819.
Samuel Stevens, Jr. . .. 1822.
John Lee Carroll ...... 1875.
Joseph Kent.
.1825.
Wm. T. Hamilton ..... 1879.
Robert M. McLane. ... 1883.
Thomas King Carroll. . 1829.
Daniel Martin.
.1830.
Resigned March 27, 1885, to take the
position of U. S.
James Thomas.
·1832.
Thomas W. Veazey. .. 1835.
William Grason.
·1838.
Elected under the amended Constitution of 1838, for three years William Grason 1838.
On resignation of Gov. McLane, Hy. Lloyd, of Maryland, (by vir- tue of being President of the Senate, became
Francis Thomas.
.. 1841.
Governor, ) and was
Thomas G. Pratt ...... 1844.
re-elected by the
Philip F. Thomas.
.1847.
Legislature, Jan. 20,- 1886.
Enoch Louis Lowe.
.1850.
Wm. Pinkney White .. 1872. Resigned March 4, 1874, to take seat as U. S. Senator. James Black Groome. . 1874. Gov. Groome, elected by the Legislature.
Daniel Martin.
1828.
George Howard.
... 1831.
Minister to France.
Henry Lloyd ........ 1885-7 ..
MAYORS
OF THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS UNDER THE CHARTER OF QUEEN ANNE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY.
Amos Garrett
1708.
Thomas Larkin.
.1720.
Benjamin Tasker
1721.
Vachel Denton.
.1722.
Benjamin Tasker
1726.
Vachel Denton.
1727.
William Rodgers
1745.
John Ross ..
1749.
Benjamin Tasker 1750.
Michael Macnamara.
1753.
Benjamin Tasker
1754.
John Brice
1755.
Benjamin Tasker
1756.
John Bullen. .1757.
John Ross.
1758.
George Stewart.
1759.
Michael Macnamara. .1760.
Stephen Bordley.
1761.
John Brice ..
.1762.
George Stewart.
1763.
Daniel Dulany.
1764.
John Ross ..
1765.
Walter Dulany
1766.
Upton Scott.
1767.
Allen Quynn.
1778-9.
John Brice.
.1780.
John Bullen
.1781.
James Brice
1782.
Jeremiah T. Chase
1783.
Nicholas Carroll
1784.
Robert Couden.
.1785.
Allen Quynn.
1786-7.
James Brice
1788.
John Bullen.
1789.
Nicholas Carroll
1790.
Robert Couden.
.1791.
Allen Quyun
1792.
John Bullen
1793.
James Williams.
1794.
Burton Whetcroft.
1807.
John Kelly
1808.
Burton Whetcroft
1809.
John Johnson
1810.
Nicholas Brewer
1811.
Gideon White.
1812.
John Randall
1813.
Nicholas Brewer
1814.
John Randall.
1815.
Nicholas Brewer.
1816.
John Randall
1817.
Nicholas Brewer
.1818.
Lewis Duvall.
.1819-1822.
James Boyle ..
1823-4.
Richard Harwood, of
Thos.
1825-7.
Dennis Claude .... 1828-1836.
John Miller.
1837-9.
Alex. C. Magruder .. 1840-2.
Richard Swann ..
.1843-4.
William Bryan.
.1845.
Richard Swann.
.1846-7.
Richard R. Goodwin ... 1848.
Abram Claude ...... 1847-50.
B. T. B. Worthington. 1851.
Richard R. Goodwin ... 1852.
Dennis Claude.
.... 1853.
Abram Claude.
.... 1854.
N. Brewer, of Nich .. . 1855.
Richard Swann ..
1854-7.
Joshua Brown ..
1858.
William Harwood.
.1859.
John R. Magruder ... 1860-1.
J. Wesley White .. . . . 1862.
John R. Magruder.
. ...
1863.
Solomon Phillips.
1864.
Richard R. Goodwin. .. 1865.
Richard Swann.
.1866.
Abram Claude ..
.1867-8.
14
MAYORS OF ANNAPOLIS.
William Pinkney .1795.
Augustus Gassaway ... 1869 .-
John Davidson
.1800.
James Williams.
1801.
John T. E. Hyde. . .1870.
James Munroe. .. .. 1871-4 .-
Allen Quynn.
. .
. .
1802.
. .
Arthur W. Wells. ... 1875-6.
Samuel Ridout.
1803.
James H. Brown. . .. 1877-8.
John Johnson.
1804.
Thomas E. Martin. . 1879-82.
James Williams
1805.
Samuel Ridout.
1806.
Abram Claude.
1883-7 ..
ANNAPOLIS CITY GOVERNMENT.
-: 0 :- 1887.
Mayor, DR. ABRAM CLAUDE. Counsellor, JAMES REVELL. Aldermen, 1st Ward, JOHN H. THOMAS,
DAVID O. PARLETT.
2nd JOHN B. FLOOD, WM. E. BROOKS.
3rd JULIAN BREWER, GRAFTON MUNROE. Clerk, ELIHU S. RILEY. Treasurer, LOUIS H. REHN. City Commissioner, EDGAR HUTTON. Market Master, MARTIN F. REVELL. City Police, ARTHUR MARTIN, Chief. EZEKIEL A. MITCHELL, JAMES WATKINS, C. N. STINCHCOMB, JOHN R. TYDINGS. : 0 :
ANNAPOLIS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPART- MENT.
Chief Marshal-WASHINGTON D. BASIL. Engineer-ROBERT BELLIS. Fireman-JAMES D. JOHNSON. - -: 0: RESCUE HOSE COMPANY.
Assistant Marshal-FRANK MYERS. Foreman-JOHN H. RAWLINGS. 1st Assistant Formean-J. W. ANDERSON.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
2nd Asst. Foreman-W. T. JEWELL. Secretary-A. C. SWEET. Treasurer-T. IRVING BAKER. Trustees-H. C. BASIL and J. W. WEAVER. : 0 : INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY, NO. 2.
President-F. H. STOCKETT, JE. Vice-President-P. ELWOOD PORTER. Secretary-RICHARD H. GREEN, JR. Treasurer-W. D. BASIL. Foreman-JULIAN BREWER. Asst. Marshal-GRAFTON MUNROE. -: 0 :- WATERWITCH HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
Foreman-JOHN L. BEALL. Asst. Foreman-A. M. PARKINGSON. 1st Marshal-JOHN NASON. 2nd " _JAMES CANNON. Recording Secretary-JAMES BURNS. Treasurer-THOMAS EADES. Annapolis, June 15, 1887.
. .
HISTORY OF ANNAPOLIS.
CHAPTER I. THE SETTLEMENT OF ANNAPOLIS.
[1608.] The Indians were the first to occupy the site of Annapo- lis. The records of their habitation remain in the occasional well- shapen arrow and finely-modelled tomahawk that the furrow of the farmer upturns in the vicinity, or the showers of heaven wash from the earth.
The white man, who first saw the fair hills of Severn, was the famous Captain John Smith, of Virginia, who. in 1608, made his celebrated voyage up the Chesapeake, and, from his description of his journey, passed the mouth of the Severn, and continued his travels to the Pa- tapsco.
The settlement of Annapolis was due to events as novel as a ro- mancer's imaginings.
[1648.] A Protestant governor ruled in Virginia, a Catholic pro- prietary reigned in Maryland. That liberality, which professors of a similar faith might be reasonably expected to exhibit to each other, was sadly wanting in the Churchmen of Virginia towards their Puritan brethren, and, in the year 1648, the authorities of Virginia, discovering that the Congregational or Independent Church, formed in 1642, had. by the aid of secret meetings, notwithstanding the laws against it, increased to one hundred and eighteen members, began a rigorous execution of their penal statutes against the Puritans. Their conven- ticle was broken up, and the members of it were scattered in different directions.
Near the close of the year 1648, the elder of the Independents, Mr. Durand, took refuge in Maryland. Negotiations for a settement of the Independents very soon began, and the persecuted Puritans were offered an asylum in Maryland, provided they, who would hold land, would take the oath of allegiance to Lord Baltimore.
This was the oath ;
"I do faithfully and truly acknowledge the right honorable Cecil- ias, lord baron of Baltimore, to be the true and absolute lord and pro- prietary of this province and country of Maryland and the islands thereunto belonging, and I do swear that I will bear true faith unto his lordship and to his heirs as to the true and absolute lordsand pro- prietaries of the said province and islands thereunto belonging, and will not at any time by words or actions in public or in private, wit-
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"THE ANCIENT CITY. "
tingly or willingly, to the best of my understanding, any way dero- gate from, but will at all times as occasion shall require. to the ut- most of my power defend, and maintain all such his said lordship's and his heir's right, title, interest, privilege, royal jurisdiction, pre- rogative, proprietary and dominion over and in the said province of Maryland and islands thereunto belonging, and over the people who are and shall be therein for the time being as are granted, or men- tioned to be granted to his said lordship and his heirs by the king of England in his said lordship's patent of the said province under the great seal of England. I do also swear that I will, with all expedi- tion, discover to his said lordship, or to his lieutenant, or other chief governor of the said province, for the time being, and also use my best endeavors to prevent any plot, conspiracy, or combination, which I shall know, or have cause to suspect, is, or shall be, intended against the person of his lordship, or which shall tend any ways to the disin- hersion or deprivation of his said lordship's or his said heir's their right title, royal jurisdiction, and dominion aforesaid, or any any part thereof, and I do swear that I will not either by myself, or by any other person, or persons, directly or indirectly take, accept, receive, purchase, or possess, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the said province of of Maryland, or the islands thereunto belonging, from any Indian or Indians to any other use, or uses, but to the use of his said lordship and his heirs, or knowingly from any other per- son or persons not deriving a legal title thereunto by, from, or under some grant from his said lordship or his said heirs legally passed, or under his or their great seal of the said province for the time being. So help me God, and by the contents of this book."#
[1649.] A small company from Richard Bennett's plantation, at Nansemond, in all about ten families, was the first to arrive on the Severn. At Greenbury's Point they made a settlement-a tract of two hundred and fifty acres was surveyed and divided into lots of fif- teen acres, each settler receiving one lot, and Bennett securing the balance. As the Puritans came to the Chesapeake they took posses- sion of unoccupied lands, and there was quite speedily a line of planta- tions extending from Herring Bay to Magothy river, a distance of twenty-five miles. -
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