Evening star., 1929-10-06


With whole vast continent to the
West of them these two men, each of
whom had arrived at the same ideals
of colonial administration from vastly
differe It starting points, could not
agree over the disposition Of few
square miles of Atlantic seaboard.
The extent of the quarrel between
Penn and Calvert is revealed in II let
ter from Calvert, which form the most
colorful part of collection OF manu-
scripts dealing with the early history
of Maryland. and purchased in London
this past Summer by DR.. Hugh II.
Young of Johns Hopkins University.
The letters are duplicates of his cor
respondence retained by Lord Balti-
more, which, together with other fam
lily papers, finally came into the hanos
of London dealer. The CORE
spondence throughout reveals unms-
takably the finest type of cavalier gen.
tleman - honorable, generous, liberal
and forbearing, but with limit TO MS
patience when he was willing to squab-
BILE over trifieS no longer.
Indian Friendship Policy.
The manuscripts, which DR.. Young
hopes eventually will become the prop
erty of the Maryland Historical Society,
go back to the first efforts OF the Cal
vert family to establish in the New
World a refuge for English Catholics
which would be founded on policy OF
friendship with the Indians rather
than conquest, and where the doctrine
of complete religious freedom. at that
time new and strange in the world,
could be put in effect. The manu-.
scripts give much hitherto unpublished
information on the negotiations Whlch
led to this establishment.
The first Lord Baltimore first Sc
lected the southwest peninsula OF New
foundland for the daring experiment:
small colony was planted there and
chartered by James l in 1923 under the
name of Avalon. 1t was doomed to
failure because of the severity OF the
climate. and Lord Baltimore turned his
eyes southwark.
In 1929 he wrote to Charles I re-
questing the grant of tract Of land
in Virginia. He made copy of this
letter for his own files. which forms the
first manuscript in the collection OBJ
tanned by DR.. Young.
Leaves Newfoundland.
"I am determined" he wrote, Ito
comitt this place to fishermen that are
able to encounter stormy and hard
weather. and to remove myself with
some forty persons to your maiestles S
Dominion of Virginia. where If your
majestic will please grant me pre-
cinct of land with such privileges as
the X. yr father was pleased to grant
me here I shall endeavour to the ut
most of my power to deserve It,"
Without waiting for reply he sailed
for Virginia. landing at jamestown in
October. 1929 Meeting a cold recep-
ton. he returned to England and at
tempted to obtain patent for tract
of land south of the James River in
Virginia. When he found this was
impossible he negotiated for grant
north and east of the Potomac. essen
TALLY the present location of Maryland,
but he died while the negotiations were
in progress.
They were continued by his son, Ce-
ciliuS. who in 1881 obtained a warrant
for the land he sought. The collection
contains a duplicate of the original
warrant which was perpared for George
Calvert, specifying that tract or pre-
cinct of land lying from the Bay OF
Chesapeake and the River of Phatan,
otherwise called James River, on the
north unto the River of Passamagmus
on the south, with the same conditions
of honor and advantage as he had from
the late King, his majestie'S father"