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222 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
Governor Stone, who was wounded in the engagement, was treated with
great severity, being denied the means of communicating with his wife or
friends. At last, however, they permitted his wife to visit him and nurse
him in his recovery; and shortly before her departure for that purpose, she
wrote the following account of the unfortunate affair to Lord Baltimore:
" For the Right Honourable the Lord Baltemore, these present.
" Right Honourable :—
" I am sorry at present for to let your honour understand of our sad condition in your
province. So it is, that my husband, with the rest of your councell, went about a month
agone with a party of men up to Anne-Arundell county, to bring those factious people to
obedience under your government. My husband sent Dr. Barber with one Mr. Coursey
with a message to them, but they never returned againe before the fight began. Also he sent
one Mr. Packer the day after, with a message, and he likewise never returned, as I heard:
but so it is, that upon Sunday the 25 of March, they did ingage with the people of Anne-
Arundell, and lost the field, and not above five of our men escaped ; which I did conceive
ranne away before the fight was ended: the rest all taken, some killed and wounded; my
husband hath received a wound in his shoulder, but I heare it is upon the mending. My
husband, I am confident, did not thinke that they would have engaged, but it did proove
too true to all our great damages; They, as I heare, being better provided than my husband did expect; for they hired the captain of the Golden Lion, a great ship of burden.
The captain's name is Roger Hemans, a young man, and his brother, who have beene great
sticklers in the businesse as I hear, captaine Heman was one of their councell of war, and
by his consent would have had all the prisoners hanged; but after quarter given, they
tried all your councellors by a councell of warre, and sentence was passed upon my husband to be shot to death, but was after saved by the enemies owne souldiers, and so the
rest of the councellors were saved by the petitions of the women, with some other friends
which they found there ; onely Master William Eltonhead was shot to death, whose death
I much lament, being shot in cold blood; and also lieutenant William Lewis, with one
Mr. Leggat, and a Germane, which did live with Mr. Eltonhead, which by all relations
that ever I did heare of, the like barbarous act was never done amongst Christians. They
have sequestred my husband's estate, only they say they will allow a maintenance for me
and my children, which I doe beleeve will bee but small. They keep my husband,
with the rest of the councell, and all other officers, still prisoners: I am very suddenly, God willing, bound up to see my husband: they will not so much as suffer
him to write a letter unto mee, but they will have the perusall of what hee writes.
Captain Tylman and his mate Master Cook are very honest men, and doe stand
up much for your honour; they will inform you of more passages than I can
remember at the present; And I hope my brother will be downe before captain
Tylman goes away, and will write to you more at large, for he is bound up this day
for to see his brother, if they doe not detain him there as well as the rest; the
occasion I conceive of their detainment there is, because they should not goe home, to
informe your honour of the truth of the businesse before they make their owne tale in
England, which let them doe their worst, which I do not question but you will vindicate
my husband's honour which hath ventured life and estate to keep your due heere, which
by force hee hath lost. And they give out words, that they have won the country by the
sword, and by it they will keepe the same, let my lord protector send in. what writing hee
pleaseth. The gunner's mate of Hemans, since his coming down from Anne-Arundel to
Patuxent, hath boasted that he shot the first man that was shot of our party. All this I
write is very true, which I thought good to informe your lordship, because they will not
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000247 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 222 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Governor Stone, who was wounded in the engagement, was treated with great severity, being denied the means of communicating with his wife or friends. At last, however, they permitted his wife to visit him and nurse him in his recovery; and shortly before her departure for that purpose, she wrote the following account of the unfortunate affair to Lord Baltimore: " For the Right Honourable the Lord Baltemore, these present. " Right Honourable :— " I am sorry at present for to let your honour understand of our sad condition in your province. So it is, that my husband, with the rest of your councell, went about a month agone with a party of men up to Anne-Arundell county, to bring those factious people to obedience under your government. My husband sent Dr. Barber with one Mr. Coursey with a message to them, but they never returned againe before the fight began. Also he sent one Mr. Packer the day after, with a message, and he likewise never returned, as I heard: but so it is, that upon Sunday the 25 of March, they did ingage with the people of Anne- Arundell, and lost the field, and not above five of our men escaped ; which I did conceive ranne away before the fight was ended: the rest all taken, some killed and wounded; my husband hath received a wound in his shoulder, but I heare it is upon the mending. My husband, I am confident, did not thinke that they would have engaged, but it did proove too true to all our great damages; They, as I heare, being better provided than my husband did expect; for they hired the captain of the Golden Lion, a great ship of burden. The captain's name is Roger Hemans, a young man, and his brother, who have beene great sticklers in the businesse as I hear, captaine Heman was one of their councell of war, and by his consent would have had all the prisoners hanged; but after quarter given, they tried all your councellors by a councell of warre, and sentence was passed upon my husband to be shot to death, but was after saved by the enemies owne souldiers, and so the rest of the councellors were saved by the petitions of the women, with some other friends which they found there ; onely Master William Eltonhead was shot to death, whose death I much lament, being shot in cold blood; and also lieutenant William Lewis, with one Mr. Leggat, and a Germane, which did live with Mr. Eltonhead, which by all relations that ever I did heare of, the like barbarous act was never done amongst Christians. They have sequestred my husband's estate, only they say they will allow a maintenance for me and my children, which I doe beleeve will bee but small. They keep my husband, with the rest of the councell, and all other officers, still prisoners: I am very suddenly, God willing, bound up to see my husband: they will not so much as suffer him to write a letter unto mee, but they will have the perusall of what hee writes. Captain Tylman and his mate Master Cook are very honest men, and doe stand up much for your honour; they will inform you of more passages than I can remember at the present; And I hope my brother will be downe before captain Tylman goes away, and will write to you more at large, for he is bound up this day for to see his brother, if they doe not detain him there as well as the rest; the occasion I conceive of their detainment there is, because they should not goe home, to informe your honour of the truth of the businesse before they make their owne tale in England, which let them doe their worst, which I do not question but you will vindicate my husband's honour which hath ventured life and estate to keep your due heere, which by force hee hath lost. And they give out words, that they have won the country by the sword, and by it they will keepe the same, let my lord protector send in. what writing hee pleaseth. The gunner's mate of Hemans, since his coming down from Anne-Arundel to Patuxent, hath boasted that he shot the first man that was shot of our party. All this I write is very true, which I thought good to informe your lordship, because they will not |
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