Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-11

'ooA Foot' anu thriVed ana Hour
iSned neyohd All former examples.
ne ihdiahs' VINO were preparing
at the time oi their arrival to leave
that part oi the country, gave up
TO them their cultivated grounds.
!, was the proper season TO begin
the iaoors oi h"soAhdry' The soll
was rich' tine streams abonnded
Win hsh' the maghliiceht forests
were ai'Fe Win game; informing
nhs as oi"'neFS anu sisters Win
.ne cnilufen OF nature around them,
'he wives anu uaughters oi the col
on's.s icafasu from thc sqsiaNs the
ss1s'oas s... ..iosas's y. - Nttpaflne insilan
I-sfYI4,<s'' '.'s t.'esf Young men Neke &C
cvn' I'as'i'e" ny ta"ny "arf'ofs to the
chasc'
THE OLD STATE House..
81 must not detain you with the
details Of the early settlement of
st. Mary's, hut it is. PERHAPS, prop
| or that ! should give Won a brief
| sketch of the old State Uousc.
The lot upon which IL was built WAS
surveyed in lG3?. and a "towne
house" was authorized to be huilt
thereon. which was pat.rted to
Gov. Leonard Calvert in 1G1.
Upon his death =. 81. Nary's. Jim,
o, I6I7, II WIS sold by Margorrt
Brent. his cxpcutriy. 10 iIuch leo.
i'm 1850. In 1852 II vyas nurcb,s.d
by the Province. and was nsed os
the Governors residence upt;l 1G1l
In that wear an act was nassad for
building n State Uouscin & Narv,s
In Nav, the Governor and Council
proposed that it should he built Of
brick. 1t was erected with n ioiI
and cost $40 600 n az tobacco Tho
bricks were made i'm the CITY. NJ all
the bricks have been which have
been used in the erection of build
ings, from the foundation of the
province TO the present time. In
1888 an act was passed for re,oir-
ing it. and in 1895 the Lower Uouse
passed Am act directing thai il should
be n sed for a courthouse and church.
In 17OS, it appears that a town had
been erected at Shcnnard,s old folds
near the head of Brittou hay. on tho
land Of philip Lvnes. and that a
courthouse was 70 he built there.
At the same time the nublic build-
jngs and lands at ST Nnrv's wore
ordered to bc sold In l7IO il wos
called Sevmour Town. but in 1928.
Leonard Town. The public buiId-
ings and lands at st. Mary. how
ever. were not sold. I'm mI72O. an
act WAS passed yestinp the old State
House in the rector and ycstry Of
William and Mary Parish and ibcir
successors in fee simple for the nae
of the parish forever. The old
State Uouse was i'm the form of a
cross fifty feet by forty the longest
way east and west
"The yestry meetings of William
and Mary parish at this time were
held Mt Ponlar Hill Church 81
Georges. and on Nav 23. 1920, the
yestry agreed with John Dovuc and
Francis IIopcwcll 10 repair the State
House. II is said that about the
wear ZOO there was SO much opno-
sition Inv tho Catholics 10 boId!no
Protestapt worsbin in thc old state
House that the Protestant annlied
tn a Rr;tisb mon-of-wor for agg;s-
tanco and tbo oommandor cont
three connor to tho aid of tbe pro
testa,ts Tbov remained in tho
cburcb-vard until sbont Isag when
thov w. ronnrad ~ Wosh;n,',n,'
In 1000 tho ros,ru of W;iI;ana a,,J
Mo- nar;sI toro - thnnid ST.
Uousa and rsod ,bo hr;oL. 60 Ln;Id
tbo nrooant oLuraL In ,oao ,La
Sto,a mn reha.oJ tLo oaotnrn LaIf nf
tho Iot and aroctod "m !. a. ~
Marv,s EcmaIo Seminar In Isgo
tho CONT ~houoo was hnrnod anJ ,ho
records were dostrovod
Sr.T oy Govppxvvxr Rpvovpn
"As the Puritan settlement ON
tho Sovorn grow in now.r .nJ ;n
ane,ce efrorts wore ,nodo - ronoyo
the seat of oovernment from ~
Marv's tn thai nlaee. Tn 1Ga3 tbe
records together with tbe officer.
and conrts of iua;oatura wora ra
moved to Elkridoc in Anne Arm
del county. and the Assembly mot
there. The inhabitants. however.
feeling themselves unable To bear