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260 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
The next reference to the bounds of Maryland is found in a letter of
instructions dated 26th August, 1651, from Lord Baltimore to Governor
Stone, in reference to a grant from Governor William Berkeley to Edmond
Scarborough, to seat " Palmer's Island within our said province." In another
letter of instructions from Lord Baltimore to his governor and council, dated
23d October, 1656, among other items is the following:
" That they do take special care that no encroachments be made by any upon any
part of his lordship's said province; for the better prevention whereof, his lordship
requires his said Lieutenant and Council to cause the bounds thereof to be kept in memoryY
and notoriously known, especially the bounds between Maryland and Virginia, on that part of
the country known tliere by the name of the Eastern Shore, to which his lordship would have
them peruse one of the maps of Maryland, which his lordship formerly sent thither;
whereby the said bounds are described, and his lordship hath also for their direction
therein, sent herewith, a copy of a proclamation published heretofore by the-then Governor and Council of Virginia, for prohibiting any of Virginia to trade with the Indians
in Maryland without his lordship's license; which proclamation bore date 4th October,
1638, and therein are described the bounds between Maryland and Virginia; the said
copy having been transcribed out of another copy thereof, which his lordship hath,,
attested by Mr. Richard Kemp, deceased, who was Secretary of Virginia when the said
proclamation was made.
" Given under his lordship's seal at arms, 23 October, 1656,
"C. BALTIMORE."1
In 1660, an Act of the Virginia Assembly, expelling the Quakers from that
colony under severe penalties, compelled them to seek a home and refuge
in Maryland. The persecuted Quakers of the Eastern shore of Virginia
petitioned Governor Calvert to afford them facilities for settling in Maryland,
and in compliance with their petition, in November, 1661, he commissioned
Colonel Scarborough, Eanclall Kevell, and John Elzey, then residents of
the Eastern shore of Virginia, to grant lands on the Eastern shore of
Maryland to those Virginians who wished to come with their families into
Maryland.
The offers of the commissioners to the emigrants appear to have been
gladly accepted, inasmuch as the report of Revell to the governor and council
of Maryland on the 2d of May, 1662, informs us that at that early period
settlements had been made at Manokin and Annamessex, which then consisted of fifty tithables, and that the settlers had formed a treaty of amity
with the emperor of the Nanticoke Indians. He also desired the "continuance of the commission to himself and the others." On the same day it was
ordered, "that the commission for granting warrants for land, dated 6th
November last, be renewed to Colonel Edmund Scarborough, Randall Revell
and John Elzey, to continue until recalled." This commission seems to have
been continued until 4th February, 1663, on which day a commission in
similar terms wTas issued by p-overnor Charles Calvert to John Elzey,
Randall Revell and Stephen Horsey, who had become residents of Maryland.
1 Maryland's Statement of the Boundary Line, 1874, p. 77.
| 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 | 00000287 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 260 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. The next reference to the bounds of Maryland is found in a letter of instructions dated 26th August, 1651, from Lord Baltimore to Governor Stone, in reference to a grant from Governor William Berkeley to Edmond Scarborough, to seat " Palmer's Island within our said province." In another letter of instructions from Lord Baltimore to his governor and council, dated 23d October, 1656, among other items is the following: " That they do take special care that no encroachments be made by any upon any part of his lordship's said province; for the better prevention whereof, his lordship requires his said Lieutenant and Council to cause the bounds thereof to be kept in memoryY and notoriously known, especially the bounds between Maryland and Virginia, on that part of the country known tliere by the name of the Eastern Shore, to which his lordship would have them peruse one of the maps of Maryland, which his lordship formerly sent thither; whereby the said bounds are described, and his lordship hath also for their direction therein, sent herewith, a copy of a proclamation published heretofore by the-then Governor and Council of Virginia, for prohibiting any of Virginia to trade with the Indians in Maryland without his lordship's license; which proclamation bore date 4th October, 1638, and therein are described the bounds between Maryland and Virginia; the said copy having been transcribed out of another copy thereof, which his lordship hath,, attested by Mr. Richard Kemp, deceased, who was Secretary of Virginia when the said proclamation was made. " Given under his lordship's seal at arms, 23 October, 1656, "C. BALTIMORE."1 In 1660, an Act of the Virginia Assembly, expelling the Quakers from that colony under severe penalties, compelled them to seek a home and refuge in Maryland. The persecuted Quakers of the Eastern shore of Virginia petitioned Governor Calvert to afford them facilities for settling in Maryland, and in compliance with their petition, in November, 1661, he commissioned Colonel Scarborough, Eanclall Kevell, and John Elzey, then residents of the Eastern shore of Virginia, to grant lands on the Eastern shore of Maryland to those Virginians who wished to come with their families into Maryland. The offers of the commissioners to the emigrants appear to have been gladly accepted, inasmuch as the report of Revell to the governor and council of Maryland on the 2d of May, 1662, informs us that at that early period settlements had been made at Manokin and Annamessex, which then consisted of fifty tithables, and that the settlers had formed a treaty of amity with the emperor of the Nanticoke Indians. He also desired the "continuance of the commission to himself and the others." On the same day it was ordered, "that the commission for granting warrants for land, dated 6th November last, be renewed to Colonel Edmund Scarborough, Randall Revell and John Elzey, to continue until recalled." This commission seems to have been continued until 4th February, 1663, on which day a commission in similar terms wTas issued by p-overnor Charles Calvert to John Elzey, Randall Revell and Stephen Horsey, who had become residents of Maryland. 1 Maryland's Statement of the Boundary Line, 1874, p. 77. |
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