Evening star., 1922-02-05
THE RAMBLER WRITES OF FAMOUS OLD >
TOBACCO WAREHOUSES; OF MARYLAND

N the first chapter Of the series Of
narratives tracing the origin Of
Bladensburg tho Rambler incor-
porated an act Of the Maryland
legislature Of 1773 establishing GER
tain tobacco warehouses in the south
ern counties The interest in that
matter was not that such warehouses
were established. but in the places at
OF the legislature brought to our no
tice the names Of men who were i'm
portant in our neighborhood a CEN
tury and q half ago and whose de-
scendants and collateral relations
must be numerous It also laid be-
fore US names Of places that disap-
peared long ago and whose names are
not to be found on present-day maps.
There was also mention of many
places which we know today. and
finding reference to them in the REQ
ords Of 1878 stimulates our con-
sctousness Of their age and makes
many Of US think. MY! My! What q
venerable hamlet that is!"
In the act Of 1873 references were
found to the land Of "the late' Philip
Key at Chaptico. the land Of Stephen
Milburn at st. Inigoes, the land Of
John Llewellin at Wicomico. the land
Of Abram Barnes at the courthouse
of st. Marys county, the land Of
Francis Brooke on st. Cuthbert's
creek. the land Of "the late" Hugh
Hopewell at Town creek. Benedict
Town on the Patuxent. John Parn-
hams land at Piles Fresh. Charles
Jones' land at Lower Cedar Point,
Chambers Point on Port Tobacco
creek. Richard Harrison's land at
Nanjemoy on the Potomac, William
Smallwood's land at Chickamuxen
creek on the Potomac, John Truman
Stoddert's land at Pamunkey creek
on the Potomac. Queen Anne-Town
on the Patuxent, Thomas Sim Lees
land at Marlborough. James Russelrs
land at Nottingham, the land Of
Alexander Magruder. DR.. David Ross
land at Bladensburg, Enoch Magru-
der's land at Broad creek on the Po-
tomac and John Hawking land at
Piscataway.
Discussing the act of 1873, the
Rambler wrote:
Tobacco warehouses were not created by
the act in question at all the places named.
The act was restatement Of the location of
tobacco warehouses In the three counties (st.
Marys. Charles and Prince Georges). Tobacco
warehouses had been set up at nearly all
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sage Of that act. But when 4 warehouse cot
out OF repair or was outgrown by the trade,
or for one of many other reasons, q new
building was constructed and 1t was often
set up In the same neighborhood and on
another mans land. There was a tobacco
warehouse at Bludensburx at least as early
a. 1I46. for Christopher Lowndes was a
prominent merchant of Bladensburg in that
year and he was importing European goods.
taking tobacco in payment and shipping that
tobacco to Europe. This 10 evidence. amount
ing almost to proof. that there was an in
spection warehouse at that place At that time "
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IN the records of the legislatures of
174s tho Rambler finds AN act
for altering and establishing certain
tobacco warehouses" The act recites
that in the case of the warehouse on
the lower side Of Hunting creek, in CAL
vert county. near the place where the
warehouse of BENJAMIN Hance now
stands. the location Of the tobacco
warehouse shall be changed to Hunt
ing-Town on said creek
Under the heading Of St. Marys
county it is set forth that "on a plan
tation where a certain Gilbert Mackey
lives a warehouse shall be appointed.
instead of that appointed at the head
Of st. Marys river at the usual land
ing. and a warehouse shall be ap-
pointed at st. Inegoes on the land Of
Stephen Milburn and at Wiccocomoco
on the land Of John Lewellen." In
Charles county 1t Is provided that q
warehouse shall be appointed at
Chambers point, on the land Of Will
liam Neale "in the room and stead Of
that appointed at the head of Port
Tobacco creek at place called
washtank." In Prince Georges county
a warehouse should be established on
Chickamuxen creek. Potomac river,
on the land Of Henry Moore "in the
room and stead Of that at Mattawoman
creek. on Benjamin Bullett's land" A
warehouse should be established and
erected at the head of Piscataway
creek on the land of John Hawkins,
jr., in the room and stead Of that es-