Project Description

  • (1650s) (1820s Boundary Dispute Also Mentioned Briefly)
  • Calvert County History (continued from page 11)
  • Supplementary Law Passed in 1823 to Further Settle Dispute
  • Claiborne Makes a Treaty with Hostile Indians
  • Claiborne Overthrows Governor William Stone in 1652 and 1654
  • Governor William Stone was Finally Forced to Lay Down His Power
  • First General Assembly of Maryland Under New Regime at
  • Preston-On-The-Patuxent
  • Transactions at Preston’ Home were Many and Varied
  • Warfare on the Site of Calvert County in 1655
  • John Hammond Seizes Official Records at Preston’s Home Early in 1655
  • Governor Stone’s Men Attacked Preston-On-The-Patuxent in 1655
  • Warfare on the Severn River Between the Catholics and Puritans in 1655
  • Lord Baltimore Finally Gets Back Government From Puritans in 1658
  • Richard Preston Remained a Public Figure in Affairs of the Colony
  • The Calvert Family, Namesake of Calvert County
  • The Earliest Calvert County Homes
  • Calvert Countians Clear and Cultivate Wooded Areas