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1 Ist H. & McH. Maryland Reports, p. 110.
2 See will of Philip Key, 1764, Will Record, Saint Mary's County.
3 The fact should not go unnoticed, that at "Bushwood Lodge" were born and reared, among others, Edmond Key, Attorney General of Maryland and a member of the committee which drafted the famous instructions for the Stamp Act Congress; Thomas Key, the father of Judge Edmond Key; and Francis Key, the father of Philip Barton Key,
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For an account of "Newtown Manor", or "Little Bret- ton", as officially named, see Chapter IX, "Some of Mary- land's Early Churches".
"Tudor Hall", the Key homestead, is situated near Leonard-Town. It was originally the home of the Barnes family, and on it may still be seen, the ancient tombstones, covering the graves of Major Abraham and Colonel Richard Barnes, two of early Maryland's most distinguished sons. The house, a handsome brick building, occupies a promi- nent and strikingly-pleasing position, overlooking Bretton's Bay, and is conspicuous for the graceful design and dignified sim- plicity of its architecture and finish.
Near it is a grove of stately oaks-sentinels of the prime- val forest-one of which, a majestic white oak, is said to measure twenty-nine feet in circumference.
"Porto Bello" was the Hebb homestead. It is on the Saint Mary's River, nearly opposite Saint Mary's City. The house stands on a graceful eminence near the river, and com- mands an extensive and rarely beautiful view of both land and water. It is a large frame building, with brick foundations and gables, hipped roof, and semi-dormer windows, and pre- sents an interesting specimen of colonial architecture. The interior finish, while not elaborate, is unique and handsome, and over the parlor mantel, built in the brick wall, is a large mirror, said to have been placed there when the house was erected.
Local history and family tradition say, that William Hebb, his friend, Lawrence Washington, and his neighbor, Edwin Coade-midshipmen in the British navy-on their return, after the war between England and Spain, named their estates after persons and places connected therewith, Hebb calling his "Porto Bello", in honor of the celebrated battle of that name, in which he was engaged; Coade naming his "Carthegena", after the noted Spanish town of that name; and Washington
the distinguished jurist and statesman, and Ann Ross Key, wife of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney; and Francis Scott Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner"-that national anthem whose "martial and in- spiring strains" that have long since encircled the earth.
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giving his the name of "Mount Vernon", in compliment to Admiral Vernon, under whom they all served.
Among the other ancient estates in Saint Mary's may be mentioned, "Evelynton Manor", in the "Baronie of Saint Marie's", at Piney Point, granted to Hon. George Evelyn, in 1638; "Forrest Lodge", in Saint George's, granted to Patrick Forrest, in 1665; "Dryden", adjoining West Saint Mary's Manor, granted to Kenelm Cheseldine, in 1676; "Hunting Creek", adjoining Park Hall", granted to Hon. Thomas Hatton, in 1654; "Snow Hill", near Saint Mary's City, granted to Abel Snow, in 1637; and the manors of "West Saint Mary's" opposite Saint Mary's City, containing 1730 acres; "Beaver Dam", between Indian Bridge and Leonard-Town, containing 7,680 acres ; and "Chaptico", on the northwest side of Chaptico Bay and Run, containing 6,110 acres. These manors belonged to Lord Baltimore, and were retained by the Baltimore family, almost in their entirety, until the American Revolution.
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Appendix
AS shedding light upon the escapade referred to in note on pages 36 and 37-that of breaking open the old Vault, at Saint Mary's -the following letter, accidently discovered, and never before published, is of historic interest and value. The letter, dated August Ist,, 1799, was written by one of the participants, Dr. Alexander Mc- Williams, to his mother. The author was then a student of medicine under Dr. Barton Tabbs, who resided at Tabb's Purchase, afterwards known as White Plains, near Saint Mary's City, and who was the son of Rev. Moses Tabbs, for many years Rector at William and Mary Parish. Dr. McWilliams afterwards served as surgeon in the navy, and subsequently located in Washington City. This letter, still in excellent preservation, is now in the possession of his nephew, Mr. James Mc- Williams, of Saint Mary's County. That part of it relating to family matters, is, of course, here omitted :
DEAR RELATIONS :-
August Ist, 1799.
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* *
The oldest people now living, have for many years past spoken of a vault that was at Saint Mary's Church, in which was one of the first American governors and his lady, who were in leaden coffins and em- balmed for the purpose of being sent and interred in England, but being disappointed in passage there, it was determined a vault should be erected and they enclosed therein, the door locked, and the key thrown into the river. This was the account which was handed us from the oldest people now living, who had been informed by their fathers, and they got it from their fathers, etc., but none of them remembered their names. Into this curious affair, Doctor Tabbs and Mr. James Biscoe were determined to search but never did. I hearing it mentioned pro- posed to Mr. George Campbell to accompany me there and open it, which request he willingly agreed to. Our intention was communicated to Mr. James Biscoe, Basil Biscoe and Doctor Tabbs who were all pleased with it and agreed to join us. Agreeable to appointment the 27th instant, all except Doctor Tabbs were there by 9 o'clock and nearly twenty others, although we were private as we could be or thought necessary. We first began to dig down as low as the door, but the ground being hard prevented us. The attempt was then made on top which was below the surface of the earth. However, after near four
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hours of excessive hard labor, we opened a small hole, and heard the bits of bricks rattle down on the coffins. I peeped in and saw two along side of each other. The hole being made larger, Mr. Campbell with a rope was let down and I followed him and to our astonishment we saw the coffins were of wood, the planks of which were easily sep- arated, which we did, and behold it contained most elegant leaden coffins, the smaller of which was by a rope, with difficulty got out and conveyed to a shed close by where awaited the spectators anxious to behold the contents. We removed the lid and to our surprise saw within it another coffin of wood. The lid of this being knocked off, we saw the winding sheet perfect and sound as was every other piece of garment. When the face of the corpse was uncovered it was ghastly indeed, it was the woman. Her face was perfect, as was the rest of the body but was black as the blackest negro. Her eyes were sunk deep in her head, every other part retained its perfect shape. The loss of three or four of her upper fore teeth was supplied with a piece of wood between. Her hair was short, platted and trimmed on the top of her head. Her dress was a white muslin gown, with an apron which was loose in the body, and drawn at the bosom nearly as is now the fashion only not so low, with short sleeves and high gloves but much destroyed by time. Her stockings were cotton and coarse, much darned at the feet, the clocks of which were large and figured with half diamonds worked. Her gown was short before and gave us a view of all her ankle. Her cap was with long ears and pinned under the chin. A piece of muslin two inches broad which extended across the top of her head as low as her breast, the end was squared and trimmed with half inch lace as was the cap. The body was opened and the entrails removed and filled with gums and spice, and the coffin filled with the same. She was a small woman, and appeared delicate. In the coffin of the man was only the bones which were long and large. His head was sawed through the brain removed, and filled with embalmment, but he was not so well done as the other, or had been there much longer as he was much more gone. The winding sheet of the body was marked in such letters as these
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on the lid was such as these nearly ten foot square, nicely brick floor. We saw where but it was bricked up. The
A:L AL.
The vault was arched with a the door was air in there
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was cool and impregnated with a sweet balmy smell, originating from the coffins, but I thought proper to sprinkle it with rum. The length of time that these bodies have been here must have been two hundred years or more as we have not the smallest account who they were more than what I have mentioned. Since writing the above I have heard a man say who is sixty years of age, that it was one Copely. He got his information from his father who was eighty years of age when he died, and his was handed him by his great grand father who built the vault and came in as a servant to this Copely. This seems to be the best account, and most probable. After spending the day in hard labor we replaced them as before, and returned home, all acknowledging themselves perfectly satisfied and abundantly rewarded for their trouble. Numbers since regret their not knowing it as they might have been there. Others wish it again opened, and some are displeased at its being opened at all.
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ALEXANDER McWILLIAMS.
Index
A Page
Abington Creek
326, 355
Abington, John, Gent., curious warrant to .note 99
Acknowledgments, See deeds.
Addison, Col. Thomas 357
Admiralty, Court of.
I34
Alderman of St. Mary's City .. 22, 61
Allerton, Col. Isaac.
374
All Faith Parish. 201, 206
All Saints Church. 198
Alms House
326
Anacosta 18
Appeals, Court of.
143,
146
Appeals, Right of.
143, 145
Ark and Dove.
9, 10
Assize, Courts of
I35
Assembly, The General
48-49
Attorneys, Regulation as to.
I4I
Augusta Carolina
317
B
Bachelor's Hope
369
Bailiff, Court
II6
Baltimore, Lady.
.note
351
Baltimore, Lords, instructions of, 14; report of, note, 22; makes
religious toleration cardinal rule, 69; home of Charles,
43-350; marriage of, note 351, wills of .note Barber, Dr. Luke. .note 367
96
Baron and Leet, Courts of.
122
Barnes, Major Abraham and Col.
Richard
339, 341, 376
Barney, Commodore
366
Bashford Manor
369
Battle Creek
366
Battle of the Severn
54
Battle Town
366
Beall, Brig .- Gen. Resin.
242
Beaver Dam Manor
377
Blackiston's Island, identified as
St. Clement's 12, 13, 14 Blackiston, Col. Nehemiah,
12, 58, 60, 200, 37I
Blackiston, James T .. ..
... note 346
Blackiston, Gov. Nathaniel.
338
Page
Bladen, Hon. William. note 350 Bluff Point Estate 198, 37I Burrough, English local mode of inheritance .note 103
Bowes, Timothy
340, 34I
Bowles, Hon. James.
.note 357
Bozman, John L .... II, note 112, 319 Brambly Estate .. 327, 372, 373, 375 Brandywine, Battle of. . ... 268, 269 Brent, Dep. Gov. Giles 44 Brent, Mistress Margaret . . 26, 44 Bretton, Hon. William, 216, note, 218 Brice, Jacob, Adj. Md. Line .... 240 Brome, Dr. John Mackall ... note 45 Brome's Island 366
Brooke, Hon. Baker, marriage of, note 53
Lord De La Brooke Manor ... 362 Brooke, Gov. Robert, pres. of Council, 54; commander of county, 318; deposed, 318; re- ligion of, 361 ; home of. 362
Brooke Place Manor.
366
Budds (or Birds) Creek
320
Bushwood
198, 372
C
Calvert, Lady Jane 35I Calvert, Gov. Leonard, makes treaty with Indians, 16; laid out first town, 16; his home, 26; his manors, 349; aids in laying foundation of govern- ment, 52; enforces religious toleration, 70; First Chief Jus- tice, III; driven to Virginia, 70; expedition against Clai- borne, 235; death of, 52; life and character of, 52, 53; fam- ily of, 53; Monument of, 65; son and daughter of ...... note 53 Calvert, Hon. Philip, appointed governor 56
Home of
46
Chancellor
46
Marriage of
.note 351
Calvert County
318, note 354
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Page
Calverton Manor and Town, 107, 466 Camden, Battle of, 284, 285, 286, 295 Cannon from Fort St. Inigoes .. 221 Canon, 4, Title, 2, not in force, .. note 186
Capital, Maryland's First, loca- tion of, 19; erected into a city, 22; map of, appendix B; char- acter of improvements, 22; houses, public buildings, 24, 47 ;
political history of, 48-50; an historic battlefield, 50-51; re- moval of, 60-62; historical im- portance of .. 67-68
Carberry, Rev. Joseph 221
Carroll, Arch. Bishop.
. .
.note 355
Carroll, Charles of Carroll,
note 241, 307, 355
Carroll, Gov. John Lee .. ...
361
Carthagena
376
Carvel, Atty. Gen. Robert. 42
Castle, The Governor's. 41
Causin, J. M. S.
347
Caution Money
88
Cedar Point
355
Certificates, Land
89
Chancellor
III, 132
Chancellor's Point, View
...
I6
Place of first landing.
16
Chancery, Court of
132,
I34
Chapel, The first, used conjointly
by Protestants and Roman
Catholics
37,39
Later history of. 39, 40
Its graveyard a place of burial
40
Chapel of St. Clement's Manor 198
Chapels of Ease, 198, 203, note, 206 Chaptico Manor 377
Chaptico Town
198, 327
Chaptico, King of.
note 327
Charter, First Municipal
22
Charlotte Hall
338
Cherry Field Point.
344
Cheseldine, Kenelm.
44, note 372
Chesley's Hill
366
Churches, Early .
223
Church Endowments, Early, 194, 198 Church Establishment, Acts re-
lating to, 154, 189; character of, note, 164, 165; clergy under, 176, 177; their tenure, 174, 176;
induction of, 175, 176; Mary- land and English contrasted, 165, 179; tax under, 172, 180;
swept away by Revolution, 180;
new conditions after, 180, 189; law applicable to ..... note 161, 185
Church Tax, Controversy over,
note 179
Church, Trinity
35, 36
Church Wardens
161, 162
Clergymen,
Protestant
first
in
Province.
154, 155, note 155
Tenure of
170
Character of
176, 177
Names of
195, 200, 204, 208
Clerks of Courts
.115, note 346
Clocker's Fancy
47
Coade, John
58, note 37I
Cohongoronta, Early name of
upper Potomac.
note
I8
Commissary General
I32
Coin, Early Maryland.
.. note
57
Conveyancing, Methods of
100, 102, 103
Colors, for Counties.
note 321
Cool Spring
335, 338
Copley, Thomas. note 81, 219
Copley, Sir Lionel, first Royal
Governor,
59, 60
Death and burial of. ..
· note
60
Copley Vault ...... note 60, ap.
A
Confiscation, Acts of
95, 96
Cornfield Harbor
349
Cornwallis, Capt. Thos., 36, notes,
.52, 350, 344
Council of Safety.
340, 341
Council Chambers
28
Court Houses, Ordered Built. ... 117 At Leonardtown. 322, 324
Courtes, Capt. John. . 60-138 Courts, See several titles of Ad- miralty, Assize, Baron and Leet, Chancery, County, Oyer and Terminer, Prerogative, Provincial Court of Appeals and King in Council County Court, organization of, 114, 115; judges of, 116; their com- pensation, 116; oath of, note, II9; quorum of, 116; terms of, II7; administrative duties of, 117, 118; rules of, note, 117; jurisdiction of, 119, 120, 121; appeals from, 121; appeals to, 113 County Committee 341 Cowpens, Battle of 289, 293
Cremona Estate
363
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385
Page
Crier, Court II6
Cromwell's Commissioners, 54, 228
Cross Manor 350
Cuckholds (St. Cuthbert's) Creek
356
D
Dalrymple, Confounds St. Clem- ent's with Heron Island .. II
Darnall, Col. Henry, Eleanor Brook, Mary, John, 'Robert, .354, note 355
Deeds, Acknowledgment and En-
rollment of
IOI, note IOI
DeBoore, Brig .- Gen. 266
Deep Creek
349
DeKalb, Gen. Baron.
284-286
Deep Falls
367, 368
De La Brooke
362, 363
Descent, Rules of.
I02
Digges, Col. William, Sec'y of
Province, 28; in command of
St. Mary's at time of its evac- uation, 1689, 58; his manor the site of Fort Warburton, now Fort Washington. . . note 35I
Districts, Laying out
of.
32I
Dorsey, Clement
347
Dryden Estate
377
Ducking Stool
II7
Dulaney, Daniel, His Masterly
Contribution to ante-Revolu-
tionary Literature.
.note 24I
Dunmore's Fleet
343
E
Early Court Officers
344
East Saint Mary's
44
Escheats
91
Egerton, Charles
349
Enrollment of Conveyances
IOI
Entailments
IO.4
Eutaw Springs, Battle of ..
296
297
Evelyton Manor
377
F
Fealty
91
Fendall, Gov. Josias, Rebellion of
55, 56, 373
Fenwick's Manor
357
Flag, The Maryland, Design of,
opp. 234
Early uses of
235
Fines
92
Fleet, Capt. Henry
15
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Ford, Capt. Benj. 29.4
Forrest Hall 367
Forts Camden and Watson 295 Forts Miffen and Mercer 271
Fort St. Inigoes
24, 220, 22I
Fort Saint Mary's
24, 25
Fort Warburton
351
Fort Washington 257, 258, 351 Frederick County Court. ... note 241 French Alliance, The, 272-276, 298-300
G
Garrison Mattapany
59, 352
General Court, Established
1.46
Abolished
I46
Gerard, Dr. Thomas .. 12, 70, 370-372
Germantown, Battle of
270, 27I
Gerard, Justinian
374, 375
Gerard's Creek
370
Gibbett Hill.
note 332
Gist, Col. Mordecai, his Hero-
ism at Long Island.
. . .
.. . 245, 246
Glebes
. . 167, 193, 194, 198, 207
Graveyards, Early, 40, 193, 194, 203, 217, 222, 353, note 361, 363, 364, 365, 368. Green's Rest 45 Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, super- seded Gates in Command of Southern Department ........ 287
His campaign one of the most brilliant in the war for inde- pendence 290, 298
Ground Rents
93-95
Guilford Court House,
Battle
of
293, 294
H
Hamburg
328, 367
Hanson, Pres. John ..
.note 24I
Harford, Henry, last Proprietary
of Md.
95, 96
Harlem Heights, Battle of ..
. 255
Harvey Hundred and Town, 321, 326
Heron Island
II, 12
Howard, John Eager, the Hero
of Cowpens
. 290, 296-297
Hundreds, Civil Division.
321
Hunting Creek
377
I
Indentures
I02
Indians. Characteristics and Hab-
its of, note, 10, II; religion
386
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of, note, 16; names of, note, 18; manners of, 107; money of, note, 107; attempted coloniza- tion of I07
Indian Town Estate
367
Induction, Its uses and Abuses,
170, 171, 176, 184
Ingle, Richard
51
Inheritance, Modes of, 102, 103,
note 103
J
Jail, First Erected
34
Jail at Leonardtown
324,
325
Jellie's Tavern 34
Jenifer, Daniel, Home of 28
Jesuit Fathers, note 49, note, 81,
notes 219, 22I
Jones, John Paul.
276
Jordan, Jeremiah
339, 342
Judges, Appointment and Comp-
ensation of, 116, 132, 136, 140;
character of, 153; oath of, note, 119
Judicial System, Development of,
115, 122
Various courts under, 112, 113, 122, 130, 133, 135, 137, 144,
146; Characteristics of, 147- 153.
Jury, Selection and Compensa-
tion of, 118, 139, 140; right to
trial by, 118; of manorial courts 122
Justices of the Peace
II3-117
Jutland, Estate
350
K
Key, Hon. Edmund
343
Key, Hon. Philip. 344, note 346, 347, 375.
Key's Creek
24, 37, 45
King and Queen Parish.
. . 192-201
King in Council, Appeals
to,
·note 144
King's Mountain, Battle of .. 288-289
L
Lafayette, Marquis, 266-273, 296-300 Land Office, Establishment of .. 90 Records of 97
Land Tenure, Character of, 81-86; how and by whom land could be obtained, 86-90; in what quantity, 86-88; methods
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of transferring, 100-103; de-
scent of, 103, 104; system aris-
tocratic in tendency.
107-110
Law Chambers
28
Laws of Province
79-III
Lee, Light Horse Harry.
280-297
Leonardtown, History and map of 322-325
Levy, First County
321, 322
Lewger, Sec'y, John, his home .. 42 Conflict with Jesuits 78-80
Little Bretton Manor 218
Livery of Seizen
100
Long Island, Battle of
245-252
Longworth Point
371
Lowe, Susannah Maria.
note 261
Lowentown
327
Luckland
367
M
Mail Route, The First 330 Manors, Privileges and Powers incident to 83, 101, 108 Manorial Courts. .. . 122, note 122-131 Map of Leonardtown 325
Map of St. Mary's City.
.app.
B
Marriages, Early Records
of,
note 209-217
Market Square
37
Maryland, Area of.
.note
86
86
Loss of Territory.
. note
Maryland Reports, Early
.144, 145
Maryland in the Revolution, 238,
239, note 241-243
Maryland Line, One of the Few Uniformed and Well Disci- plined Organizations in the American Army, 243; its her- oism and valor, 240-302; bat- tles, 240-302; relied upon by Washington for the most haz- ardous duties, 243; Greene's high estimate of .. . 297
Mattapany Street, and Estate, 24, 40, 42
Mayor and Aldermen of St. Mary's City 61, note 61 Middlebrook, Washington at, 266, 267 Middle Street 27, 29, 37
Mills, Early
36, 37, note
37
Monmouth, Battle of.
. 273, 274
Money, Various Kinds in Use, 57
.note 57, 229
Morecroft, John
22
387
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Morristown
264
Mortmain, Statutes of in Force,
79, 80, 88 Mulberry Tree, Historic old, 32, 33, 65 N
Newtown Manor and Church, 216-218 Nicholson, Governor Francis,
60, 62, 337
Ninety-Six, Battle of.
295, 296
Notley Hall
370
Notley, Governor Thomas, 22, 369, 370
Nuthead, Richard, The
First
Printer
58
O
Oyer and Terminer Court of .... I35
Oath of Fidelity reserved Liber- ty of Conscience. 73
Oath of
Governor
prescribed
Strict Observance of Tolera-
tion
70
Oath of Judges
.note 119
P
Palatinate, Maryland a 83
Nature of . .. .. note 83, 84, 85
Parishes, Province divided into,
note 171
Patents for Land, how obtained .. 89
Peake, Indian Money 107 Paulus Hook 80, 281
Piepoudrie, Court of.
note
38
Pillory
II7
Pine Hill River, located ... 318, 319 Piney Neck Estate .... 349, note 349 Plains, The 364 Plater, Hon. George .... 357, note 357
Plater, Governor
George, 358-
360, note 358, 359
Point Patience 366
Point Lookout 9
Poplar Hill Church 192, 196
Preston, Seat of Government un- der Puritans 366
Primogeniture, Law of, 102, 104, .notes 103, 104
Princeton, Battle of
263
Prince Frederick
366
Printing Press 51, 57, 58
Protestant Revolution
58, 59
Provincial Court
I37-15I
Judges of
138
Public Roads, Early
329, 330
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Queen Tree, Place
327
Quia emptores, Statute of .. note
85
Quigley, Capt. John, Builder of
First State House
.. 29-30
Quit Rents
15, 94, 95
R
Rawlings, Col. Moses at Fort
Washington
257
Relief
92, 93
Religious Denominations, Rela-
tive Early Growth of, note, 171, 172
Religious
Toleration in
Early
Maryland
60-76
Rent Rolls
97
Resolutions, Stamp Act.
343
Resurrection Manor
356
Rifle Companies, The Md. Skill
in Marksmanship
239, 240
Revolutionary Fund
344
Rhode Island
note 73-74
Roads, Early Public.
329-330
Roanoke, Indian Money,
.note 170
Rock Creek Parish.
208, 209
Roman Catholic Places of Wor-
ship
37-41, 215-222
Rosecroft
47
Rousby, Col. Christopher
353
Rousby Hall
35-4
Rousby, Col. John.
.353, note 354
Royal Government
59-60
S
Sacred Heart Church
. 222
Saratoga, Battle of
267, 277
Seal, The Great, unique, 223; the first seal lost, 223; Great seal of 1648, 224; captured, but re- stored, 228; lesser seal at arms, 229; stamped on money, 230; Great seal retained after Revo- lution, 230, 231; new seal adopted, 231, 232; second new seal, 232; third seal after 1648, 232; the one now in use, 232, 233; illustrations of, 225, 228, 229, 230, 234; description of, 224-227; under royal govern-
ment, 231, 232; great seal of the United States .. notes 230-233 School System, Early, 335-338,
note 338 Separation of Church and State, worked out by Maryland .. 77, 78
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A momentous issue 77
How accomplished 77-80 Baltimore at war with Jesuits,
80, 81
Sheriff's, Their Appointment and Duties 114, 115, 118 Smallwood, Gen. William, Com-
mander of Maryland Line and second in command of South- ern Department, 240, 243, 246, note 248, 253-256, 259, 266, 268, 270, 274, 285-287, 289, 297, 300. Sotterly 356, 357
Spring, Governor's 42
State House, Maryland's first,
29, 30, 3I
Picture of
32
Grant of
64
Destruction of
65
Staten Island, Battle of
268
Stocks
II7
Stewart, Major Jack, Storming
of Stony Point
279
Stewart, The Peggy
note 241
Stony Point, Storming of.
279, 280
Susquehanna
353
Saint Aloysius Church
222
Saint Andrew's Parish. 205, 208 Saint Clement's Island, an his-
toric spot
II
Rescued from oblivion 12, 13
Saint Clement's Manor .... 370, 375 Courts of. note 122, 129
St. Elizabeth's Manor
350
St. Gabriel's Manor
349
St. Inigoes Church and Fort, 218, 221
St. Inigoes Mission
.note 221
St. John's Church
222
St. Jerome's Town 326
St. Joseph's Church
222
St. Joseph's Town
326
St. Joseph's Manor
355
St. Catherine's Island
I3
St. Leonard's Creek
366
St. Margaret's Island I3
St. Mary's City, See First capital.
St. Mary's County, attractions of, 315, 317, character of houses, 348; civil divisions of, 317, 320; county seat of, 322, 323; dele- gates to convention from, 339, 343-347; early officers of, notes, 344, 346; after the Revolu- tion, 344-347 ; features of, 316,
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317, governors from, 347; his- torical interest of, 315; limits of, 317-320; officers of military companies of, 342, 343; old es- tates of, 348-377; other towns of, 326-328; ports of, 328; rep- resentatives of, in Congress, 347; seats of learning in, 65, 335-338; traditions of, note, 332; will records of .332-334
St. Mary's Parish
191-196
St. Mary's River
19-20
St. Michael's Manor
348
Snow Hill Manor 377
Stars and Stripes, History of,
note 237
Steubens, Gen. Baron
272-273
Sterling, General
244, 246
Stone, Gov. William, 26, 54,
note 53, 54 Sullivan, Brig-Gen., 244, 261, 267- 270, 278
T
Tabbs, Rev. Moses .... 193, 196,
205, appendix
A
Taney, Chief Justice Roger B.,
note 53, 367
Law
.. note
Tavern
Rates
Established by
35
Taxation, 25, 37, 15I, note, 157,
.note 179, 321, 322
Tenure, Land
85, 86
Thomas, Governor James,
note 345, 347 Thomas, Captain John Allen, 339,
.. 341, 342, note 345 Thomas, John Allen, Jr ........ 342 Thomas, Captain John .. 327, 342, 347 Thomas, Maj. William, Sr., 200, 340, 345, 367, 370
Thomas, Maj. William, Jr., note 53, note 338, 342, note 342, 347, 363.
Tilghman, Col. Tench, ... .. note 241 Toleration, Religious, Practical Existence of 60-75 Tomaquoakin ( Tomakokin) Creek 199, 370
Trenton, Battle of
261, 262
Trent Hall Estate
363
Trinity Church
35
Trinity Manor
349
Tubman, Maj. Henry, 336, 34I,
345, 346
389
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Tudor Hall 376
Turner, Edward ....... note 124, 369
Truman, Maj. Thomas, 363, note, 363
U
Urquhart, Rev. John
205
V
Valley Forge 272-273
Vault, The Copley, 33, note 33, note 60, appendix A
Vestry, Laws Applicable to, 156-
164, 169, 181-183, notes 185, 189
Vestrymen, Names of, 192, 200, 202, note 208
W
Washington, Gen. George, a mar- vel in tactics and strategy and a wonder in courage and en- durance, 243-265, 266-271, 272-280 Waldron's old field, site of St. Andrew's Church 206
Warden's Church 161, 162 Ware, Francis, Lieut. Col. Md. Line 2.40
Warrants, Land 89
Warehouses, Public 328
West St. Mary's Manor 377
Western Reserve, the Extent and Scope of, 303, 309; Maryland's
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movement to procure it for the Confederation, 305; resolutely pursued her course and won her fight, 306, 308; her dele- gates in Congress during the contest, 307; importance of, 309 ; bearing of on National de- velopment 310, 314
White, Father Andrew, note 9,
.14, 17, note 49
Whipping Post
II7
Wicomico Town
326, 374
Williams, Gen. Otho
Holland,
Lieut. of First Rifle Co. and
Commander of Maryland Line,
239, 257, 285, 289, 292. 'Let Williams advance and
sweep the field" 296
Wills, Records of.
131, 332, 335
Williams Roger
note 74-75
White Plains, Battle of. 256
Walstenhome, Daniel
47
Wyoming Valley
278
Y
Yeocomico, Indian Village of.
15
Site of first capital
20
Yorktown, Battle of
298-300
Z
Zachiah Swamp
196, 329
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