Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore: Historical Sketches of Counties and of Some Notable StructuresSwepson Earle, Percy G. Skirven Munder-Thomsen Press, 1916 - 203 pages |
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acres Annapolis Assembly beautiful became Blakeford Bohemia born brick building built Calvert Capt Captain Caroline County Cecil County century Charles Chesapeake Bay Chester River Chestertown Choptank River church Colonel COLONIAL EASTERN SHORE county-seat court house Creek daughter death DeCourcy Delaware descendants died Dorchester Earle early Emory England erected farm Francis Frazier's George Goldsborough Governor granted Grove Hall Hambrook Hardcastle Henry Hollyday homestead James John Judge Kent County Kent Island known later lawn Manokin mansion married Mary MARYLAND'S COLONIAL EASTERN miles Nanticoke Neck original Parish Pocomoke Point Potter present owner Princess Anne Province of Maryland purchased Purnell Queen Anne's County Rehoboth Revolutionary Richard Robert Salisbury Samuel Sassafras settlers side Snow Hill sold Solomon Wright Somerset County Stepney Stevens surveyed Talbot County Thomas Hynson Tilghman town tract of land Virginia Wicomico River William Worcester County Wye House
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Page 54 - And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Page 59 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the...
Page 145 - An Act for the Service of Almighty God and the Establishment of the Protestant Religion within this Province...
Page 50 - Cinquack, situate near the mouth of the said river, where it disembogues into the aforesaid bay of Chesapeake, and thence by the shortest line unto the aforesaid promontory or place, called Watkin's Point...
Page 190 - Tis well thine homage thus to pay; To reverence that ancient pile, And spread thy silver o'er the aisle Which many a pious foot has trod, That now is dust beneath the sod ; Where many a sacred tear was wept From eyes that long in death have slept ! The temple's builders, — where are they? The worshippers...
Page 24 - From and after the 1st of May, 1707 the bounds of Talbot County shall contain Sharp's Island, Choptank Island, and all the land of the north side of Great Choptank River, and extend itself up the said river to Tuckahoe bridge, and from thence with a straight line to the mill commonly called and known by the name of...
Page 50 - Meridian of the first Fountain of the River of Pattowmack, thence verging towards the South, unto the further Bank of the said River, and following the same on the West and South, unto a certain Place called Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said River...
Page 165 - Mary's White Chapel Parish Church to the north-west fork bridge, thence with the main road (that leads to Cannon's ferry) to Nanticoke river, thence with the said river to and with the exterior limits of the aforesaid county of Dorchester to the exterior limits of Queen Anne's county...
Page 49 - Companies of Militia, to consist of one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Clerk, one Drummer, one Fifer, and about sixty-eight Privates.
Page xvii - In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?