Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-07-26
HOW COUNTY GOT IT'S NAME
LADY ANNE ARUNDEL RESP0N-
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The following is = continuation
Of the story on The Ancient city
by Mr.. Arthur Wallace Dunn, pub
Iished in The Woman's National
Daily of University city, 1t. Louis,
alo-. the first Of which WAS reproduced
In the Capital yesterday:
Previous 10 tho removal Of the Pur-
itans from Virginia to the mouth Of
the severn Lord Baltimore had plant
ed colony al 81. Mary's ON the Poto-
mae river and established the colony
Of Maryland. And just here may
say that there Is often great dispute
about the naming Of Maryland and
want 10 state denfitely that ii was
named for Henrietta Maria, wife Of
King Charles the First Of England,
and daughter Of Henry ~ Of France.
Maryland was distinctly a CATHOLIC
colony. The Ieanings of the Stuarts
toward that church enabling Cecilius
Calvert to found colony in America
to which the prosecuted Catholics
could emigrate.
The disputes and wars Of England
were traDspIanted to the new world
aud this spot was the scene Of conflict
and bl0odshed between English speak
ing people over religious differences.
The Puritans did not want TO bow to
the orders Of Lord Baltimore's COVER
nors now acknowledge him as Proprie-
tary of Maryland. And they fought
over their differences. During the
days Of the Commonwealth in England
they were sustained, but after resto-
ration Of the Stuarts the Calyerts re-
sumed their sway. The Calyerts
finally lost control under William III.
Those disputes have not left their
marks upon this ancient city Of the
Chesapeake, because other and greater
matters have shaped its destiny.
older than the name Annapolis is
that of Anne Arundel county, In
which the city is located. ! aksed
dozen. different residents OF this
county to give me the origin Of the
name Anne Arundel, 10 tell me who
Anne was. and none could give a
correct answer. John Floyd Wagga-
man, who lives on South River, -four
miles from here, and has good
knowledge of the county, made the
best guess, saying that he thought
Anne was the wife Of certain Lord
Arundel who once held q manor farm
somewhere on Chesapeake Bay. 1
was referred 10 man in this city
who knows everything connected
with the city and Re told me that
= Anne Arundel was the wife Of
Charles /, = but that had better look
IL mp." There were other sugges-
lions, Mr.. Waggan1an also telling me
that his first knowledge Of the county
was by hearing a huckster on the
streets of Baltimore calling out ''Ane-
randeI cucs,f' and tAnerundel toma-
toes, meaning cucumbers and iona
toes grown in that county. The coun-
" was namedfor Lady Anne Arundel,
daughter of Lord Arundel and wife
of Ceciiius Calvert, the Lord DaIti-
more who WAS given the first grant oi
the Maryland colony. Neither Lord
Baltimore nor his wife was ever in
America.
just a. Captain John smith figures
prominently IN the colonial DAYS ~
nearly every portion of colonial
America reached by the waters Of ~
flowing into The Chesapeake, 80 also
does fseorge Washington figure In the
history ~ every important place ~ the
Revolution, and especially in every
part ~ Virginia and Maryland, ~ ie
was c10seIy associa ated with the colo.
NAL days of those states. Wasblug.
ton Is q hero In Annapolis ~ N
Richmond and rather more 80. IN
the old State House is a room partici.
farly set apart for..Washingtou, because
IL was in this room that be returned
his commission as commander in-elisl
0f The Continental army Of the rey0.
luton to the Continental Congress.
The room Is nov preserved as IL was
In that day and IL dedicated ~ tbf
memory Of that solemn occasion.
There is a portrait Of Washington IL
the room and also portraits ~ tbs
Marquis de Lafayette and Colonel
Teneh TilRbman, who WAS hero o
Maryland during the revolutionary
period. ono Of TiIghmaD's descend.
ants j. now an Official In the STATE
House.
Washington also visited Annap0IiI
when ne WAS President, which wa
another stirring event for the Mary
land capital. on both occasions, whei
departing from Annapolis, returning
10 his home at Mount Vernon, he cross
ed south river on the old ferry. Tbii
point "a historical. IL is about fou
miles south 81 Annapolis and for man.
years there was a ferry at this plae'
by which travellers crossed and 70
crossed going 10 and from the Mary
land capital. Winston Churchill mad
ID famous IN his novel, Richard Car.
vel. ii vas at this point that his her
~ that name WAS sandbaggcd and takei
away by the pirates. The point .
land projecting into the river has bcei
christened Calvert Point since tho ap
pearance Of the novel. The place i
now the country home Of Mr. John y
Waggaman. and ono Of the most at
tractive spots in this part of Mary
land.