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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cockburn, Sir George 1772-1853 (search)
just been erected, upon which lay four iron cannon. They were vanquished and retired. The storehouses were plundered and burned, but the women and children were well treated. Property on land worth $25,000 was destroyed, and on the water five trading-vessels were consumed. Thence Cockburn went up the bay to Havre De Grace (q. v.), at the mouth of the Susquehanna, which he plundered and burned. Afterwards he attacked the villages of Fredericktown and Georgetown (May 6, 1813), on the Sassafras River. They contained from forty to fifty houses each. He first visited Fredericktown, on the north shore. The militia, under Colonel Veazy, made a stout resistance, but were compelled to retire. The village was laid in ashes, and the storehouses were plundered and burned. The marauders then crossed over to Georgetown, and served it in the same way. Having deprived three villages on the Chesapeake of property worth at least $70,000, Cockburn returned to the fleet. Early in July, 1813,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Havre de Grace, attack on. (search)
lf the village had been destroyed, Cockburn went on shore, and was met on the common by several ladies who had taken refuge in a brick dwelling known as the Pringle mansion. They entreated him to spare the rest of the village, and especially the roof that sheltered them. He yielded, and called off the plunderers. Meanwhile a large British detachment had gone up the Susquehanna about 6 miles, to the head of tide-water, and destroyed an extensive Havre De Grace. iron and cannon foundry. A number of vessels there, which had escaped from the bay, were saved by being scuttled and sunk. After the lapse of four hours, when The Pringle House. forty of the sixty houses in the village were destroyed, and nearly every other edifice injured, the marauders assembled in their vessels in the stream, and at sunset sailed out into the bay to pay a similar visit to villages on Sassafras River. Havre de Grace was at least $60,000 poorer when the invaders left than when they came. Hawaii
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maryland, (search)
ng the famous Mason and Dixon line, marking its division from Pennsylvania. In longitude it is limited by 75° 2′ to 79° 30′ W. Area, 12,210 square miles, in twenty-four counties. Population, 1890, 1,042,390; 1900, 1,188,044. Capital, Annapolis. Maryland is included in the grant of King James of England to the South Virginia colony......April 10, 1606 Capt. John Smith leaves Jamestown to explore the Chesapeake Bay, and discovers the mouths of the Susquehanna, Northeast, Elk, and Sassafras rivers at its head......July-August, 1608 Maryland included in the second charter to Virginia, which covered land from Point Comfort along the coast north for 200 miles, and south the same distance, and from sea to sea (Atlantic to the Pacific)......May 23, 1609 Royal license given to William Claiborne, one of the council and secretary of state of the colony in Virginia, by King Charles to trade in all seas and lands in those parts of the English possessions in America for which there i<
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Look out for him. (search)
Body drifted ashore. --On Saturday last the body of an elderly man drifted ashore on Howell's Point, near the mouth of Sassafras river, in Kent county, Maryland. It was clad in a red shirt, light kersey pants and coarse shoes. In the pocket of the pants were found two lottery tickets and a pouch containing $81 in gold coin, and some silver change. There were no papers on the body to lead to its identification.