Project Description

  • (1720s-1770s)
  • Calvert County History (continued from page 16)
  • First School in Calvert County was Academy at Lower Marlborough
  • Prince Frederick Became County Seat in 1725
  • Calvert Countians in the General Assembly in 1745
  • Merchandizing in the Patuxent River Area in 1745
  • Rousby Hall was One of Calvert County’s Famous Homes
  • Christopher Rousby, Thorn in Side of Third Lord Baltimore
  • Fitzhugh’s Strange Marriage Proposal to the Widow of John Rousby
  • Cosmo Mackenzie Settled on Calvert Cliffs in 1746
  • French Acadians Settle in Calvert County in 1755
  • Calvert County Contributed Little to the French and Indian Wars in 1754
  • Agriculture in Calvert County Before Revolution was Primitive
  • Socio-Economics of Calvert County Provided Little Prosperity
  • Living Conditions in Calvert County was Different from City Life
  • Calvert County Helps Boston After the Fire of 1760
  • Calvert Countians Became Disturbed by Further Taxes
  • Frederick, Sixth Lord Baltimore, Sold All His Plantations in
  • Calvert County in 1766
  • Calvert County Supports Charlotte Hall Academy Beginning in 1773