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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Baltimore, Lords. (search)
Queen, the King said, Let it be Terra Mariae--Mary's Land. And it was named Maryland. Before the great seal of England was affixed to the charter, Lord Baltimore died, April 15, 1632, and was succeeded by his son Cecil. Ii. Cecilius or Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, Was born about 1605. Very little is known of his early life. When he was about twenty years of age Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. he married Anne, the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Arundel, who was one of thCecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. he married Anne, the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Arundel, who was one of the most influential Roman Catholics in the realm. On the death of his father, the charter for Maryland was issued to Cecilius, his eldest son and heir, June, 1632; and he immediately prepared to sail for the Chesapeake with a colony. When he was about ready to depart, he changed his mind, and sent his brother Leonard, as governor, with his brother George, and two assistants and counsellors, Jeremy Hawley and Thomas Cornwallis, both Protestants. The whole company, who sailed in two vessels —
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, State of. (search)
es (1622) to plant a Roman Catholic colony in America. Failing in some of his projects, he applied for a charter for the domain between south and north Virginia, but before the matter was completed he died, and a patent was issued to his son Cecil Calvert, June 20, 1632 (see Baltimore, Lords), who inherited the title of his father. The province embraced in the grant had been partially explored by the first Lord Baltimore, and it is believed that the charter granted to Cecil was drawn by the ho his infant son and heir (Charles) in 1716, and the original form of government was re-established. So it remained until the Revolutionary War. The city of Baltimore was created by act of the Assembly, Aug. 8, 1729, and named in honor of Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. The town was laid out January 12, 1730. Population in 1752 was 200; in 1790, 13,503; in 1890, 434,439; in 1900, 508,957. Maryland was disposed to be very conservative on the question of independence. Its convention vote
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stone, William 1603-1695 (search)
Stone, William 1603-1695 Colonial governor; born in Northamptonshire, England, about 1603; settled in Virginia. Later he arranged with the second Lord Baltimore, Cecil Calvert, to place in Maryland 500 Puritan colonists who claimed to have been ill-treated by the Episcopalians in Virginia. He was governor of Lord Baltimore's province in 1648-53. In recognition of his services to the proprietary he was given as much land as he could ride around in a day. He died in Charles county, Md., about 1695.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
annocks, captured in a joint expedition, are put to death by Major Trueman, commanding the Maryland forces, although they protested their innocence and blamed the Senecas for the outrages. For this act Major Trueman was inpeached by the House of Delegates, but escaped punishment......Sept. 25, 1675 Cecilius Calvert dies, and Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, becomes proprietary......Nov. 30, 1675 Thomas Notley appointed governor, to act as deputy in the name of his infant son Cecil Calvert......1676 Government land-office erected in the province by the lord proprietary......1680 Ordinance promulgated by the proprietary limiting suffrage to freeholders or inhabitants of property......September, 1681 Charles, Lord Baltimore, reassumes personal government......1681 William Penn receives his grant to territory west of the Delaware and north of Maryland......1681 In the contest between William Penn and Lord Baltimore, Penn claims 39° as the beginning of the paral