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430 HIST OR Y OF. MAR YLAND.
considerable quantity of specie, plate and other valuables. Another body
entered St. Mary's River and destroyed the State tobacco warehouse with
upwards of two hundred hogsheads of tobacco. They also plundered the neighboring plantations and carried off a large quantity of cattle, sheep and hogs.
On the 31st of March, the British ships Monk and Hop>ewere anchored off the
harbor of Annapolis, for the purpose of preventing the transportation of troops
collected at Annapolis for the relief of Virginia. While stationed here small
marauding parties were sent in all directions to harass the people and to
obtain supplies. About one hundred of the enemy proceeded up West River
and landed at a place then called Chalk Point, where the State militia had
planted a six-pound cannon, manned by six men. The enemy were not discovered until they had almost reached the land, and upon being challenged,
answered that they were " friends to congress, from Annapolis." There were
but twenty men in the battery, and these opened fire upon the barges. The
enemy returned the fire furiously, with swivels and small arms, and the Marylanders, who were short of ammunition, were compelled to retreat. The
British, piloted by a negro, proceeded to the residence of Mr. Stephen Stewart,
which they plundered, and then destroyed all his out-buildings. They also
destroyed his ship-yard, store-houses, ship-building materials, tools and a new
ship on the stocks, capable of carrying twenty guns, which was nearly ready
for launching.
The situation of affairs at this critical period, was such as to demand the
utmost exertions of the government and people. Bereft of almost every
resource but the firm hearts and stout arms of her sons, the State could add
but little to the strength of the southern army, and was severely taxed to
meet the danger at her own doors. The harassing system of predatory war-
Maria Dulany, his wife. In 1753, in his twenty- bers of the council and of the Upper House
sixth year, he was appointed prothonotary (or were: Benedict Calvert, John Ridout, John .
clerk) of Baltimore County, which then in- Beale Bordley, George Steuart, Daniel of St.
eluded Harford County, and resided in and near Thomas Jenifer, Benjamin Ogle, Philip Thomas
Joppa between twelve and thirteen years. Upon Lee, Daniel Dulany, William Hay ward, William
relinquishing the office of prothonotary, he re- Fitzhugh, George Plater, and Edward Lee. Mr.
moved to Baltimore, and practiced law with the Hayward was chief justice, and Messrs. Bordley,
most flattering prospects. In 1766, he was ap- Jenifer, Philip T. Lee, John Leeds, John Cooke,
pointed one of the judges of the Provincial and Joseph Sim, associate judges of the Pro-
Court of the province, and in 1767, was made vincial Court. In 1770, John Beale Bordley re-
judge of the Admiralty. He held both of these moved to his beautiful estate on Wye Island,
judicial offices until the change of government and while living here his house was attacked
in 1776. In 1768, he was appointed one of the and pillaged. On the 11th of November, 1773,
commissioners to run the boundary line between his wife died at Chestertown. In 1783, he was
Maryland and Delaware; and in August of that elected a member of the " American Philo-
year, met the commissioners at Chestertown, in sophical Society," and removing to Philadelphia
Kent County. He was also one of the Gov- in 1791, he established there the first agricul-
ernor's Council during the greater part of the tural society in the United States. Fond of
administration of Governor Sharpe, and during husbandry, by his experiments upon his estates
the whole of Governor Eden's. In 1773, the on Wye and Poole's Islands, and by his writings,
members of the Proprietary Council were: he was instrumental in diffusing a knowledge of
Richard Lee, Benedict Calvert, Daniel Dulany, the art. He published at least a dozen works on
John Ridout, John B. Bordley, George Steuart, Husbandry and other matters. He died Jan-
William Hayward, Colonel Fitzhugh, Daniel of uary 26, 1804. — Biographical Sketches of the
St. Thomas Jenifer, and George Plater. In Bordley Family.
1774 (the last under the proprietary), the mem-
Object Description
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Description
| Title | 00000473 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 430 HIST OR Y OF. MAR YLAND. considerable quantity of specie, plate and other valuables. Another body entered St. Mary's River and destroyed the State tobacco warehouse with upwards of two hundred hogsheads of tobacco. They also plundered the neighboring plantations and carried off a large quantity of cattle, sheep and hogs. On the 31st of March, the British ships Monk and Hop>ewere anchored off the harbor of Annapolis, for the purpose of preventing the transportation of troops collected at Annapolis for the relief of Virginia. While stationed here small marauding parties were sent in all directions to harass the people and to obtain supplies. About one hundred of the enemy proceeded up West River and landed at a place then called Chalk Point, where the State militia had planted a six-pound cannon, manned by six men. The enemy were not discovered until they had almost reached the land, and upon being challenged, answered that they were " friends to congress, from Annapolis." There were but twenty men in the battery, and these opened fire upon the barges. The enemy returned the fire furiously, with swivels and small arms, and the Marylanders, who were short of ammunition, were compelled to retreat. The British, piloted by a negro, proceeded to the residence of Mr. Stephen Stewart, which they plundered, and then destroyed all his out-buildings. They also destroyed his ship-yard, store-houses, ship-building materials, tools and a new ship on the stocks, capable of carrying twenty guns, which was nearly ready for launching. The situation of affairs at this critical period, was such as to demand the utmost exertions of the government and people. Bereft of almost every resource but the firm hearts and stout arms of her sons, the State could add but little to the strength of the southern army, and was severely taxed to meet the danger at her own doors. The harassing system of predatory war- Maria Dulany, his wife. In 1753, in his twenty- bers of the council and of the Upper House sixth year, he was appointed prothonotary (or were: Benedict Calvert, John Ridout, John . clerk) of Baltimore County, which then in- Beale Bordley, George Steuart, Daniel of St. eluded Harford County, and resided in and near Thomas Jenifer, Benjamin Ogle, Philip Thomas Joppa between twelve and thirteen years. Upon Lee, Daniel Dulany, William Hay ward, William relinquishing the office of prothonotary, he re- Fitzhugh, George Plater, and Edward Lee. Mr. moved to Baltimore, and practiced law with the Hayward was chief justice, and Messrs. Bordley, most flattering prospects. In 1766, he was ap- Jenifer, Philip T. Lee, John Leeds, John Cooke, pointed one of the judges of the Provincial and Joseph Sim, associate judges of the Pro- Court of the province, and in 1767, was made vincial Court. In 1770, John Beale Bordley re- judge of the Admiralty. He held both of these moved to his beautiful estate on Wye Island, judicial offices until the change of government and while living here his house was attacked in 1776. In 1768, he was appointed one of the and pillaged. On the 11th of November, 1773, commissioners to run the boundary line between his wife died at Chestertown. In 1783, he was Maryland and Delaware; and in August of that elected a member of the " American Philo- year, met the commissioners at Chestertown, in sophical Society," and removing to Philadelphia Kent County. He was also one of the Gov- in 1791, he established there the first agricul- ernor's Council during the greater part of the tural society in the United States. Fond of administration of Governor Sharpe, and during husbandry, by his experiments upon his estates the whole of Governor Eden's. In 1773, the on Wye and Poole's Islands, and by his writings, members of the Proprietary Council were: he was instrumental in diffusing a knowledge of Richard Lee, Benedict Calvert, Daniel Dulany, the art. He published at least a dozen works on John Ridout, John B. Bordley, George Steuart, Husbandry and other matters. He died Jan- William Hayward, Colonel Fitzhugh, Daniel of uary 26, 1804. — Biographical Sketches of the St. Thomas Jenifer, and George Plater. In Bordley Family. 1774 (the last under the proprietary), the mem- |
