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He had passed through many hardships and had endured mucli
suffering, all for the sake of planting a colony from which he
personally never reaped any benefit.
CHAPTER V.
The Founding of Maryland.
In February 1630 Lord Baltimore applied for a graut of
land, south of the James River “to be peopled and planted by
him” *). A charter was signed and granted by Charles I. but
on the violent Opposition of Virginia it was revoked1 2). Balti-
more persisted however, and finally obtained a grant for a
district to the northward. This contained the territory north
of the Potomac to the fortieth degree, with a portion of the
eastern shore of the Chesapeke, and extending to the ocean3).
The new province was named Maryland by the king in honor
of his wife Henrietta Maria daughter of Henry IV. of France4).
But before the charter5) passed the Great Seal of England
1) Sainsbury, “Calendar of State Papers”.
2) Shea’s “Church in Colonial Days”, p. 33.
Doyles “America”, chapter X. p. 146.
Bancroft does not state that the first charter was withdrawn. See vol. I.
chapt. VII. p. 179—200.
This first charter was undoubtedly penned by Lord Baltimore himself as
all authorities agree on that point.
3) Bancroft vol. 1. p. 183.
4) Doyles “America”, Mac Cabes Universal History. It is claimed that had
the king not used his privilege of giving a name, it was Baltimores intention
to call it Crescentia. Meilis “Terra Mariae.”
5) Charter may be found in Bozmans History of Maryland. Voh 11, I—21.
Bacons Collections of Laws of Maryland (Original Latin). Hazard 1. 327—337
-(Original Latin). Commented upon by Chalmers, p. 202—205. Also by Mac
Malion 133 183 and Story vol. 1. 92—94.
He had passed through many hardships and had endured mucli
suffering, all for the sake of planting a colony from which he
personally never reaped any benefit.
CHAPTER V.
The Founding of Maryland.
In February 1630 Lord Baltimore applied for a graut of
land, south of the James River “to be peopled and planted by
him” *). A charter was signed and granted by Charles I. but
on the violent Opposition of Virginia it was revoked1 2). Balti-
more persisted however, and finally obtained a grant for a
district to the northward. This contained the territory north
of the Potomac to the fortieth degree, with a portion of the
eastern shore of the Chesapeke, and extending to the ocean3).
The new province was named Maryland by the king in honor
of his wife Henrietta Maria daughter of Henry IV. of France4).
But before the charter5) passed the Great Seal of England
1) Sainsbury, “Calendar of State Papers”.
2) Shea’s “Church in Colonial Days”, p. 33.
Doyles “America”, chapter X. p. 146.
Bancroft does not state that the first charter was withdrawn. See vol. I.
chapt. VII. p. 179—200.
This first charter was undoubtedly penned by Lord Baltimore himself as
all authorities agree on that point.
3) Bancroft vol. 1. p. 183.
4) Doyles “America”, Mac Cabes Universal History. It is claimed that had
the king not used his privilege of giving a name, it was Baltimores intention
to call it Crescentia. Meilis “Terra Mariae.”
5) Charter may be found in Bozmans History of Maryland. Voh 11, I—21.
Bacons Collections of Laws of Maryland (Original Latin). Hazard 1. 327—337
-(Original Latin). Commented upon by Chalmers, p. 202—205. Also by Mac
Malion 133 183 and Story vol. 1. 92—94.