The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-02-01

HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETlNG.-ln ne HAT
ford Historical Society met in the court room
last Saturday, Mr.. N. n. Mock presiding in
the absence of the president. On account of
the stormy weather but few members were
present. The name of Mr.. Isaac Walker Ma
clay, of New York, was proposed by DIR. Geo.
w. Archer for membership. We are indebted
to DR.. Archer for the following list of dona-
tions and the descriptive notes thereof:
From Isaac Walker Maclay, OF the Maclay
& Davis Real Estate Company, of New York.
A photograph OF the Sator Baptist Church, IN
Baltimore county, erected in 1742, mainly by
Henry Sator, who came over from England in
l7O4 and who was an ancestor of Mr.. Maclay
The donor is also related TO the Towsons, of
Baltimore county, and to the Fosters, Mont
gomerys, Joneses and Kennedys, all of upper
Hartford. Hence his interest In our society.
Mr. Maclay himself married daughter of
William F. IIavemeyer, thrice Mayor of New
York. This old church was the first Baptist
Church erected in Maryland; and from it
sprang, in 1854, the church on Winters Run
which was the second of that denomination in
Maryland and which, for more than half a
century from that date, was in charge of Rev.
John Davis, one Of the most earnest local
patiots of rs.
From the papers Of the late Thomas W.
Hall. Two legal testamentary forms for
the use of the Orphans Court OF this county,
.srrinted by Daniel p. Ruff, Abingdon"
Each of them is signed by Chief Justice Of
the Court-one in 1907 by William Smith, the
other In 1916 by James Wallace. Daniel p.
Ruff was editor and proprietor of the ''Abing-
don PATRIOT for some twelve years, beginning
about 1904. 1t was the first newspaper in the
county. Specimens of Mr.. Ruff's printing
are now extremely rare-no copy Of the ''Pa
triot," believe, being in existence.
An original draft on the U. 8. Treasury, Of
the following purport:
Exchange for rs, 900 francs.
Paris LIST, March 1909.
"Pay on demand to the order of David b.
Warden, consul of the United States, lin pur-
suance of liquidation and mandate of the
Government of France in the case provided
by the Convention of the United States and
France of Both April, 1903, the sum of TWEEN
ty-fve thousand francs.
sPer order from the undersigned Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States.
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
To the Treasurer OF the United States,
Washington"
John Armstrong was afterwards Secretary
of War. The draft is endorsed by Warden,
''Pay to the order of Alex. Bertin;" and by
the latter lin French, 'Pay to the order of
Edward Hail." of Hartford county,
From the papers left by Judge Archer. An
original certificate, deliberately executed and
ornamented, of date Sth December, 1872, that
''IIon. Stevenson Archer is entitled to eight
shares of 500 each in the Bank of Column ia,
Georgetown"
Two bill heads. One representing the
Fountain Inn, Baltimore; the other, the Ma
tional (Gadsby's) Hotel, Washington, giving
creditable pictures of the two hotels, with &C
counts against Mr. Archer for board in 1894.
Receipt of Mr.. [SamueIl Galloway, "For
one seat in Good Intent Line, from Baltimore
to Wheeling, Sth April, 1889, $lS. j. Reside
& Co.
IN. B. Fifty pounds of baggage allowed
An assessment bill, which is perhaps with
out precedent, to wit: 'List of property
owned BY (tkc brdre) John O'Neal, LIST Febru-
airy, 1914, in the Sd district of Maryland, viz {:
Second Election District in Hartford county,
lott in Havre de Grace containing Is Of an
acre with one dwelling house Of wood, one
story, % feet by Is, valued at $3.50"
This was only nine months after this heroic
son of Erin had covered himself with glory by
fighting. single handed the whole British force,
in their inhuman attack upon his adopted
town. The name of the man who made out
this unique account is not known. But by his
disregard for red tape' he managed to inter
poate compliment which expressed the
unanimous opinion of the community.
certificate of the Susquehanna Bridge and
Bank Company, of date 18th March, 1916,
| signed, John Archer, President" to the effect
that stevenson Archer has paid $50, being
the I'd installment on ten shares of the capital
stock"
From the author. San authentic history
of Cokesbury College, with a sketch of its
founders and teachers. Read before the Har-