The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-08-02
co5Yala4TIo N Ia7a aY aIoa4E JonNsToN
HISTORICAL RESEARCHES
THAT 0UILP MADE AS A BOHEMIAN
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
EottingLam-Tle First and Subsequent Conven-
ventioas-A Tory Lawyer-Thc First Mill
tary Company Henry DObsOa-The Three
battalions-Thcr Ofcers-Henry Hol-
lingswoIth-The Manufacture oftEe
First Gun Barrels ard Bayo-
nets-Edward Parker.

The people of Cecil county We're among
the most patriotic in the State and the
heroic part they took i'll the long and bloody
struggle of the Revolutionary War fully
attcstS their bravery. They stunned no dam
ger, and shrank from no duty-however un-
pleasant it may have bern-that the eXiyen-
cies of the times imposed upon Them There
We're Il few tories III the county, bat they
were very few, and such was the unanimity
with which the others embraced the cause
of their country that the tories found it best
to seek safety by joining the royal army
upon the first favorable opportunity. The
QuIkcrS of Nottingham. rs we shall see in
the course Of this narrative, refused to per-
form military duty; but there We're many
reasons that impelcd them to do SO. Their
ancestors had obtained that township, as
we have seen, from William Penn, and had
considered themselves as bein. residents
OF Pennsylvania until the location of Mason
and DiXon'S line, had demonstrated that
the Nottingham lots We're i'll the province
of Maryland. The Colonial LEGISLATURE of
Mary land ScelnS to have been So much oc-
,IIled with the consideration of the hostile
legislation OF the British Parliament and
they had neglected. to take any steps to-
wards conciliating these people by provitl-
~ -, A. ull4nS Lr them y obtain 4 title to
| their land from the Lord Proprlcia., y
| Maryland. In consequence of this neglect
| the land owners OF Nottingham preScntc,
the singular anomaly of being citizens o
Maryland and holding their land by virtu,
| nt the patents their ancestors had obtlinr,
thrce-qarterS of Il century before from tn,
| proprietor of Pennsylvania. Probably tn,
| question of allegiance had little to do Will
| their refusal to Join the army, for most %
them We're too rigid adhcrents to the Ilciti,
principles and religious tenets of their So
cicty to have taken any part in the war.
| II Is not within the scope OF Il work Xix,
| this to recount the history of the variou.
battles in which the gallant soldiers from
| lis county participated, nor is it necessary
for us to do SO. Their history may be founl
i'll that of the old Maryland line of which
it forms conspicuous part. 1t SntficeS t,
| say, that they won impcrishable fame and
have left record Of noble achievements
| the lrstre of which the lapse of Il century
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| their flight.
| The aggrcSSlOnS of the mother country
had aroused the spirit of opposition in thu
breasts of The people of Maryland long be-
| fore the PRONUNCIATION of the Declaration OF
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''"'i'i! was u y ms 4" liiil'o"e upon them
n'h't 'iiH con Neil.l"H ui't nothing more
nan l'>' u ~ w. VI ie"ol'''ioiS 'lehouhcins
ne BOSTON orr l'ili ana protesting against
i' passage "i 'eri'ln othtr obnoxious laws
men l'';l'i'S "eiofe tue ifllSi Parliament
ne neN' convention th;tt the eNiSencles ol
me times ca,iei l"fth, the mem hers OF
Whlch were 'l!lr" deputies, met III the DE,
r'in'rr i"li"Wih@' I'm" went much farther
III tiltir opposition 10 me tn"roachmcntS Oi
lhe me" nfr country. Inns convention rec
Commended 10 me FARMERS to increase the
i"'l''i Vi Hh''P III ,h' prov ihce, ana 10 ell
StSt more extensively In the cultivation OF
Han ana heihp' anu recommended to the
people OF inc province 10 organize them,
selves MO military companies and provide
themselves WIN arms ana equipments and
I" learn now I" Use them. They also rec
"hhinehuch 'ii' me committee OF obServa,
'i"n IN the Sevtra counties should raise 10y
voluntary subscription or IN other ways
more agreeable t" them, the sum of tl0DDD
Tor the purchase OF arms and ammunition.
or TINS sum 'trll county wtS t" raise 400
| ms convention heid two other sessions III
ANNAPOLIS, IN the months of May and July,
| l'"1, hut We have been unable TO find any
| record of the names of the members and