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St. George, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Chesapeake Bay (United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Calvert, Leonard
Son of the first Lord Baltimore, and first governor of Maryland; born about 1606.
Having been appointed governor of the new colony by his brother Cecil, he sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, for Chesapeake Bay, Nov. 22, 1633, with two vessels (Ark and Dove), and over 300 emigrants.
the Ark was a ship of 300 tons, and the Dove a pinnace of 50 tons.
Among the company were two Jesuit priests, Andrew White and John Altham.
At religious ceremonies performed at the time of departure, the expedition was committed to the protection of God especially, and of His most Holy Mother, and St. Ignatius, and all the guardian angels of Maryland.
The two vessels were convoyed beyond danger from Turkish corsairs.
Separated by a furious tempest that swept the sea three days, ending with a hurricane which split the sails of the Ark, unshipped her rudder, and left her at the mercy of the waves, the voyagers were in despair, and doubted not the little Dove had gone to the bottom of
Jamestown (Virginia) (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Barbados (Barbados) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Cowes (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Calvert, Leonard
Son of the first Lord Baltimore, and first governor of Maryland; born about 1606.
Having been appointed governor of the new colony by his brother Cecil, he sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, for Chesapeake Bay, Nov. 22, 1633, with two vessels (Ark and Dove), and over 300 emigrants.
the Ark was a ship of 300 tons, and the Dove a pinnace of 50 tons.
Among the company were two Jesuit priests, Andrew White and John Altham.
At religious ceremonies performed at the time of departure, the expedition was committed to the protection of God especially, and of His most Holy Mother, and St. Ignatius, and all the guardian angels of Maryland.
The two vessels were convoyed beyond danger from Turkish corsairs.
Separated by a furious tempest that swept the sea three days, ending with a hurricane which split the sails of the Ark, unshipped her rudder, and left her at the mercy of the waves, the voyagers were in despair, and doubted not the little Dove had gone to the bottom o
Kent Island (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Calvert, Leonard
Son of the first Lord Baltimore, and first governor of Maryland; born about 1606.
Having been appointed governor of the new colony by his brother Cecil, he sailed from Cowes, Is f God especially, and of His most Holy Mother, and St. Ignatius, and all the guardian angels of Maryland.
The two vessels were convoyed beyond danger from Turkish corsairs.
Separated by a furious te nies, and called it St. Mary's. That scene occurred March 27, 1634.
It remained the capital of Maryland until near the close of the century, when it speedily became a ruined town, and now scarcely a d the settlement at St. Mary's. Civil war ensued (1645), and Governor Calvert was expelled from Maryland, and took refuge in Virginia.
Finally, Calvert returned from Virginia with a military force, tert returned from Virginia with a military force, took possession of Kent Island, and re-established proprietary Tights over all the province of Maryland.
He died June 9, 1647.
See Baltimore, Lords.
Old Point Comfort (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry calvert-leonard