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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DUP_the-tension-of-liberty_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
The Tension of Liberty. . A working farm provided a refuge for religion at the cost of freedom for enslaved laborers. . . The history of Saint Ignatius Church reaches back to the English colony of Maryland. Lord Baltimore, the colony's founder,…
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Rise from the Ashes. . Above the icy waters of Port Tobacco Creek, flames swept through the halls of Saint Thomas Manor Complex. . . The chimney fire of December 1866 gutted the complex, leaving a skeleton of smoldering brick walls. But local J…
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Port Tobacco: Conspiracy & the Plot to Assassinate President Lincoln. . Port Tobacco was the home and place of business of George Atzerodt. Although he failed to murder Vice President Andrew Johnson, he was convicted and executed for his role in t…
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Port Tobacco Jail. . You are standing near the site of the last jail associated with the County Courthouse at Port Tobacco. The jail was built in 1860 and was demolished in 1906. Imagine a two-story brick building with a slate roof. Each floor had…
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Port Tobacco Commerce. . During the 17th century, local Indians often traded corn and deerskins to colonists for knives, steel needles, kettles, cloth, and beads. By the early 18th century, while most colonists dispersed across the countryside to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DJQ_daniel-of-st-thomas-jenifer_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. . Born 1723 on "Coates Retirement" Plantation. Held the office of Charles County Justice, 1749-1764. Appointed 1760 to commission on Pennsylvania and Delaware boundary dispute, resulting in the Mason-Dixon boundary se…
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John Hanson 1715 - 1785 President of the United States In Congress Assembled 1781 - 1782 was born at Mulberry Grove April 14, 1715 Erected by the VASA Order of America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CC7_saint-ignatius-church_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
The Manor Land was acquired in 1649, under Lord Baltimore's "Conditions of Plantation." The Chapel was built probably in 1662, the manor house in 1741. Bishop Carroll laid the cornerstone of the present church in 1798. Here occurred in 1805 the vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MS_on-to-yorktown_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Upon arrival of French forces in Newport, Rhode Island in July 1780, Baron Ludwig von Closen, a captain in the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment, was selected by General Rochambeau as one of his aides-de-camp. Closen accompanied Rochambeau on most of his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQZQ_chapel-point-park_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Site of county recreational facilities from the early 1900s to 1962, at the confluence of the Potomac and Port Tobacco Rivers. Originally a resort for St. Thomas Manor, steamboats brought passengers from Washington DC for the day. Opened to the ge…
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