The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-02-14
CHAPTER XVII CONTINUED

'h., fall 4,
p''''''" lo"llu among
Hoii'e Oh" papers Ill possession Of the
County Commissioners. in connection
with several other uonrrs tb,o,,. .o,,,,,
Iiob+ imam +h,, ,i,t,,,,,.
~. W '"o'' VI '"'il'
VINO ANeu Ill 'ech ana Kent counties
To the NorShpful. the Justices of thr
Peace for Cecil comfy Nh, hrr,,I,,
Petition of the French EeutroI. in EroI
cricktown shewcth that Whnrnos ,or,.
Petitioners have now an onnortunity ~,
removing to the French SnttlnmcntS m,
the River Mississippi at their own ev-
pensc and charge, which th.v an ,rr,,,nt
of their large number of small rbildrnr
and long captivity here. find thnu.nlv,.
entirely unable to pay. They thnrnfnr,
LIumbly request your worshius to ,rr,ut
such timely assistance and Relief ,s ma,
enable them to execute thoir nurno.o NJ
removing. And your petitioners shall
ever pray
"ISSabcl BraSScy, i'm fomilv. Ern,v
Aubcr, alias Huber. q in do Eun,.
Granger, 9 orphans, Joseph Amber
9th of March. 1867"
Other papers show that thrr. ,vnr,
other families of the French Nrutrois
then living in Kent County: that nur Of
these families consisted of the husband
Closeup Barbara his wife and EIGHT
children and that they hod ORIGINALLY
been residents of Cecil County The
Sarban family wished tn mipr,tr ia
Quebec, in CanadI, and like thn others
they wanted the whrrpwithol tn dnrr,v
their expenses
The petition of the orphnu childrnu Of
John Baptist Grunrnr which wa. n,,,
of the papcrs before referred tn ,.,n,,iu-
ed Il touching narrative of thrr misror-
tunes and sulfcringS This prtition show
ed that other French Nrutrols living .,
Npwtown, Kent County (Ncw,own wos
the name then applicd To Cbestnrto,vp,
had received aid from the Court of thai
county, and expected to start for Canada
in about a month: and that they thr
GraugcrS) had been in contivitv for
twelve wears. and were. drsirous tn 70
move to Canada: and that several ot
them had had the SmHll-Dox Thny also
speak in terms Of admiration of thr ,snv
eminent of his Gracious Majesty. Grnrr,
Ill. King of Great Britain Franco and
Ireland. There is great room tn douht
the sincerity of their professions uf Inv
atty; but they. no doubt. Thought this
was the rcadirst way to obtain thn rnlinf
they needed. ana probably they were r,t
to blame for the falSity of their nrnrns
Siun$ if false they were. They cnnrIuIn
their petition by ASSERTING that thny nrn
the most nccesStouS of the French na,-
pie in the county. and bcserch thr wor-
Shipful Council for the love of God Al
mighty to hear their petition and nromis,
ever to pray for the conservation Of tho
worShipful Council.
But little more is known Of these nm
fortunate proplr. cyrrnt shat tho,. no
ccivcd the relief they sought and ,yrro
sent to their friends in Iouisioro and
Canada at the public expense.
The first settlers in the northeast part
Of the county, as we'll ms those in Not
tinghum. were in the habit of disnosiny
of their surplus produce nt Christian,
Bridge and New Castle, both of which
were then places of commercial import-
incr. Crciltown. ON the Robnmi, had
been Il fnilurr, for the land unnr +bn
Manor and in SassafraS Neck, thonrh
naturally the best i'm rhr comfy had Lnuu
Impoverished by the continual cultivntion
IF tobacco. which nj The. time if was laid
out was beginning to decline and thor.
was not commerce enough TO rive Tho
now town vitality. The cultivation nr
tohacco. was now confined to thot po,t
of the county south of the Ell; River
ana Back Creek and Bnhrui1 Fnrrv
and Frrdrricktuwu were thr only nInrns
provided for its inSpcction ot This timo
The QuakrrS at Nottingham no dnnht
were as industrious and thrifty thru rs
they are now. and the Uollfnrsworths
and others were largely interested in thn
milling business ON the Elks and shin
ped their flour to phiIodclnhio vim Christ
lama Bridge.
At this time AnuupoIis WAS thn cnutro
uf refinement and fashion. the Paris of
America. Baltimore had only henn
founded thirteen yrors. and WINS in its
infancy; and beside this. the princinio
Company's FORCES and furnaces NJ pin.
cpio and North East were in the fru
tide of successful onrrotior and III, cnnn.
pany was shining the iron if monnf,,t-
urcd TO I1nyInnd No donht tbo nntor.