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HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
them. The Baltimore of to-day is, in fact, a congeries of three towns:
" Baltimore town," a small settlement on the west side of Jones' Falls; "Jones'
town," which was an earlier settlement on the east of the same stream; and
" Fell's Point," which grew up to the southeast, on the outer basin. The
first land taken up was on Whetstone Point, where Charles Gorsuch, a member of the Society of Friends, patented fifty acres in 1662. The next year,.
Alexander Mountenay took up two hundred acres on the ether side of the
northwest branch, in the bottom lands on both banks of Harford Eun, and
B^r/nM.°
PLAT OF BALTIMORE.
gave his place the name of " Mountenay's Neck." In 1668, " Timber Neck,"
lying between the middle and north branches of the Patapsco, was taken up
by John Howard, and in the same year the tract north of it—the
site of the original Baltimore town—was granted to Thomas Cole. This'
tract, which was called " Coale's Harbor," contained five hundred and
fifty acres, and extended from Mountenay's Neck, westward, along the north
shore of the river for a mile, and northward about half a mile, having a
rhomboidal form, and was divided into nearly equal parts by the stream
afterwards known as Jones' Falls. Other patents were granted for lands on
the east—Long Island Point, Kemp's Addition, Parker's Haven, and Copus's:
| 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 | 00000447 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 416 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. them. The Baltimore of to-day is, in fact, a congeries of three towns: " Baltimore town," a small settlement on the west side of Jones' Falls; "Jones' town," which was an earlier settlement on the east of the same stream; and " Fell's Point," which grew up to the southeast, on the outer basin. The first land taken up was on Whetstone Point, where Charles Gorsuch, a member of the Society of Friends, patented fifty acres in 1662. The next year,. Alexander Mountenay took up two hundred acres on the ether side of the northwest branch, in the bottom lands on both banks of Harford Eun, and B^r/nM.° PLAT OF BALTIMORE. gave his place the name of " Mountenay's Neck." In 1668, " Timber Neck," lying between the middle and north branches of the Patapsco, was taken up by John Howard, and in the same year the tract north of it—the site of the original Baltimore town—was granted to Thomas Cole. This' tract, which was called " Coale's Harbor," contained five hundred and fifty acres, and extended from Mountenay's Neck, westward, along the north shore of the river for a mile, and northward about half a mile, having a rhomboidal form, and was divided into nearly equal parts by the stream afterwards known as Jones' Falls. Other patents were granted for lands on the east—Long Island Point, Kemp's Addition, Parker's Haven, and Copus's: |
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