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Maryland Historical Magazine, 1954, Volume 49, Issue No. 1 M YLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE •i Sfc--, bi :-..-^. ;-.,«„.^t Webley, or Mary's Delight, Talbot County The Garden Front MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BALTIMORE March • 1954 CAN YOUR WIFE DO THIS? Numerous separate duties will be involved in settling your estate. They include appraisal, inventory, insurance, investment supervision, real estate, taxes (estate, inheritance, income, gift and others), payment of claims, collection of debts, your busi- ness, and many other problems. Why force this responsibility on your wife when your estate can receive the benefit of First National's experience- In confidence and without obligation, ask an officer of our Trust Department about the safeguards we furnish. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE BALTIMORE'S LARGEST BANK gsjYfigffjjS Ml as rfp MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME XLIX BALTIMORE 1954 CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLIX PAGE REVOLUTIONARY MAIL BAG: GOVERNOR THOMAS SIM LEE'S CORRESPOND- ENCE, 1779-1782. Edited by Helen Lee Peahody, . 1, 122, 223, 314 SPOILS, SOILS, AND SKINNER. Harold A. Bierck, Jr., 21, 143 WEBLEY, OR MARY'S DELIGHT, BAY HUNDRED, TALBOT COUNTY. Sara Seth Clark and Raymond B. Clark, Jr., 41 THE NEW WORLD MEDITERRANEAN. Neil H. Swanson, 54 MARYLAND BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1953, 64 BOOK REVIEWS, 70, 156, 238, 332 NOTES AND QUERIES, 84, 164, 251, 346 HAYES, A MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOUSE. G. Thomas Dunlop, A. McCook Dunlop, and L. Morris Leisenring, 89 BALTIMORE: NEW LIGHT ON AN OLD NAME. Hamill Kenny, .... 116 THE CHASE HOUSE IN ANNAPOLIS. Rosamond Randall Beirne, . 117 A VIRGINIAN AND HIS BALTIMORE DIARY. Douglas Gordon, 196 THE TRIBULATIONS OF A MUSEUM DIRECTOR IN THE 1820's. Wilbur H. Hunter, Jr., 214 THE UNVEILING OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, 259 THOMAS KEMP, SHIPBUILDER, AND HIS HOME, WADES POINT. M. Florence Bourne, 271 LAFAYETTE'S VISIT IN FREDERICK, 1824. Dorothy Mackay Quynn, . 290 THE MONDAY CLUB. William D. Hoyt, Jr., 301 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Webley, or Mary's Delight, Talbot County, The Garden Front, Cover, March Needwood, Home of Thomas Sim Lee. From Original Pencil Drawing, by Robert S. Peabody, In Possession of Author, opp. 1 First Floor Plan of Webley, 43 Approach Front—Webley, betw. 44-45 Detail of Entrance Front, betw. 44-45 Hayes, Montgomery County, Built by Rev. Alexander Williamson, ca. 1767, Cover, June Floor Plans of Hayes as Constructed circa 1767 94 First Floor Plan of Hayes, 1954, 95 The Garden Front of Hayes, betw. 100-101 Contrasting Detail in Brick Work of Windows North and South Facades, betw. 100-101 The Garden at Hayes, betw. 100-101 The Stairway as Redesigned, betw. 100-101 Stairway as Originally Built, betw. 100-101 Mantel in Original White Parlor, Now Dining Room, .... betw. 100-101 The Central Archway on the Second Floor of the Stair Hall, . betw. 100-101 Mantel in Original Dining Room, Now Drawing Room, . betw. 100-101 Ignatius Digges (1707-1785), betw. 132-133 Mary Digges Lee (1745-1805), betw. 132-133 The Chase House, Annapolis, Cover, Sept. First Floor Plan of the Chase House, 183 The Upper Hall betw. 188-189 The Lower Hall, betw. 188-189 The Palladian Window on the Stair Landing betw. 188-189 The Doorway in the Dining Room, betw. 188-189 The Dining Room, betw. 188-189 The Lloyd Family, betw. 188-189 John Montgomery Gordon, opp. 196 " Wades Point " Bay Hundred, Talbot County, Cover, Dec. " Wades Point " from the Air, betw. 286-287 First Floor Plan. Original House in Black, betw. 286-287 IN 1894— when we were 15 years old —Steamboat Tivoli, of the Maryland Steamboat Company, was launched at Sparrows Point. She was named for the country home of Enoch Pratt, president of the Company.—July 21. —The skifi William H. Niemeyer defeated the log canoe Island Belle in a race of 23 miles on the Patapsco—August 7. —Allegany County Court House at Cumberland dedicated— August 30 —The Music Hall, now the Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, was opened—October 31 —General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, spoke at the Music Hall (Lyric)—November 6 —C. Morton Stewart became president of the Roland Park Company—November 19 Now as then, with 60 more years of experience behind it, Monumental is equipped to handle all kinds of packing, moving and storing. Modem vans and trucks, together with experienced personnel, insure the competent handling of all orders. Monumental's plant has kept pace with the times . A large, daylight plant is devoted exclusively to rug cleaning and storage, with departments for repairing and dyeing. A reinforced concrete, sprinkler-protected warehouse contains vaults for household effects . storage and burglar-proof vaults for art objects and silver. Rely on the experience and integrity of 75 years onumental STORAGE AND CARPET CLEANING COMPANY 1110 PARK AVE. » SARATOGA 3480 MOVING • S T O R AGE • RUG CLEANING OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES OF THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY elected at the Annual Meeting, February 8, 1954 President GEORGE L. RADCLIFFE Vke-Prestdents J. HALL PLEASANTS LAURENCE HALL FOWLER J. GILMAN D'ARCY PAUL Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary WILLIAM B. MARYE W. HALL HARRIS, JR. Treasurer BENJAMIN H. GRISWOLD, III Trustees of the Athenaeum Lucius R. WHITE, JR., Chairman HOWARD BAETJER G. CORNER FENHAGEN EDGAR W. GARBISCH SUMMERFIELD BALDWIN, JR. A. A. HOUGHTON, JR. Committee on the Gallery JOHN HENRY SCARFF, Chairman ]. R. HERBERT BOONE H. IRVINE KEYSER, 2nd Miss JOSEPHINE C. MORRIS DR. JAMES BORDLEY, JR. R. MCGILL MACKALL MRS. GEORGE W. WILLIAMS Committee on the Library JOHN C. FRENCH, Chairman THOMAS F. CADWALADER GEORGE HARRISON A. MORRIS TYSON ROBERT GARRETT THOMAS G. MACHEN CHARLES C. WALLACE Committee on Finance JACOB FRANCE CHARLES F. RIEMAN, Chairman L. MANUEL HENDLER BENJAMIN H. GRISWOLD, III THOMAS S. NICHOLS Committee on Publications CHARLES A. BARKER J. HALL PLEASANTS, Chairman HARRISON TILGHMAN JOSEPH KATZ GEORGE ROSS VEAZEY Committee on Membership Miss ELIZABETH CHEW WILLIAMS, Chairman WILLIAM J. CASEY JOHN P. PACA, JR. JOHN L. THOMAS GEORGE W. CONSTABLE DR. GUY STEELE JOHN CAMPBELL WHITE CHARLES P. CRANE MRS. HENRY ZOLLER, JR. Committee on Addresses and Literary Entertainment RICHARD F. CLEVELAND NEIL H. SWANSON, Chairman HENRY E. TREIDE Committee on War Records GARY BLACK JOHN T. MENZIES, Chairman HOWARD W. JACKSON ROGER BROOKE HOPKINS J. RIEMAN MCINTOSH Commitee on Education W CALVIN CHESNUT, Chairman RANDOLPH BARTON, JR. DR. JOHN MCF. BERGLAND MISS JULIA MCHENRY HOWARD Committee on Relations with Other Societies MRS. FRANK F. BEIRNE, Chairman PHILIP A. CARROLL MRS. WILLIAM S. HILLES MRS. FRANK M. DICK MISS VIRGINIA APPLETON WILSON Committee on the Maritime Collection MARION V. BREWINGTON G. H. POUDER, Chairman RICHARD H. RANDALL CHARLES S. GARLAND WILLIAM C. STEUART R. HAMMOND GIBSON JOHN M. WILLIS JAMES W. FOSTER, Director Honorary Members ANTHONY EDEN LOUIS H. DIELMAN MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE VOL. XLIX, No. 1 MARCH, 1954 CONTENTS PAGE Revolutionary Mail Bag: Governor Thomas Sim Lee's Cor- respondence, 1779-1782 Edited by Helen Lee Peabody 1 Spoils, Soils, and Skinner . Harold A. Bierck, Jr. 21 Webley, or Mary's Delight, Bay Hundred, Talbot County Sara Seth Clark and Raymond B. Clark, Jr. 41 The New World Mediterranean . Neil H. Swans on 54 Maryland Bibliography: 1953 64 Reviews of Recent Books 70 Annual Subscription to the Magazine $4.00. Each issue $1.00. The Magazine assumes no responsibility for statements or opinions expressed in its pages. FRED SHELLEY, Editor The Magazine is entered as second class matter, at the post office at Baltimore, Maryland, under Act of August 24, 1912. THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY H. IRVINE KEYSER MEMORIAL BUILDING 201 W. MONUMENT STREET, BALTIMORE 1 GEORGE L. RADCLIFFE, President; JAMES W. FOSTER, Director The Maryland Historical Society, incorporated in 1844, was organized to collect, preserve and spread information relating to the history of Maryland and of the United States. Its threefold program includes 1. Collection of manuscript and printed materials, maps, prints, paintings, furniture, silver, fabrics, maritime items, and other objects of interest; 2. Preservation of these materials for the benefit of all who care to enjoy them, and exhibition of items which will encourage an understanding of State and National history; and 3. Spread of historical information relating to Maryland and the rest of the country by means of addresses at the Society's home by authorities in various fields; addresses to outside groups by officers and staff of the Society; publi- cation of the Maryland Historical Magazine, a quarterly containing original articles about State history; Maryland History Notes, a quarterly bulletin of news of the Society and other local historical items, the Archives of Maryland and the record of Maryland in World War II under the authority of the State, and other serial and special publications. The annual dues of the Society are $5.00, life membership $100.00. Subscription to the Magazine and to the quarterly news bulletin, Maryland History Notes, is included in the membership fee as well as use of the collections and admission to the lectures. The library, portrait gallery and museum rooms, are open daily except Sunday, 9 to 5, Saturday, 9 to 4. ]une 15 to Sept. 15, daily 9 to 4, Saturday, 9 to 2. 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