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MARYLAND Hisorical Magazine FALL/WINTER 2017 11–195 Maryland Blood: An American Fam- ily in War and Peace, the Hamble- tons 1657 to the Present Martha Frick Symington Sanger AT Te dawn of Te seventeenth century, immigrants to this country arrived with dreams of conquering a new frontier. Families were willing to embrace a life of strife and hardship but with great hopes of achieving prominence and wealth. Such is the case with the Hambleton family. From William Hambleton’s arrival on the Eastern Shore in 1657 and through every major confict on land, sea, and air since, a member of the Hambleton clan has participated and made a lasting contribution to this nation. Teir achievements are not only in war but in civic leadership as well. Among its members are bankers, business leaders, government ofcials, and visionaries. Not only is the Hambleton family extraordinary by American standards, it is also re- markable in that their base for four centuries has been and continues to be Maryland. Te blood of the Hambletons is also the blood of Maryland, a rich land stretching from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the tidal basins of the mighty Chesapeake to the mountains of the west, a poetic framework that illuminates one truly American family that continues its legacy of building new generations of strong Americans. Martha Frick Symington Sanger is an eleventh-gener- ation descendant of pioneer William Hambleton and a great-granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick. She is the au- thor of Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait, Te Henry Clay Frick Houses, and Helen Clay Frick: Bittersweet Heir- ess. Friends of the Press of the Maryland Historical Society In our latest offering, The Road to Jim Crow: the African American Expe- rience on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1860–1915, C. Christopher Brown has broken new ground and flled a long overlooked gap in Maryland history. Here is the story of African Americans on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, from the promise-flled days following the end of slavery to the rise of lynch law, segregation, and systematic efforts at disenfranchisement. Resisting, as best they could, attempts of the Democratic “White Man’s Party” to render them second-class citizens, black communi- ties rallied to their churches and fought determinedly to properly educate their children and gain a measure of political power. Cambridge, guided by savvy and energetic leaders, became a political and cultural center ofAfrican American life. The Maryland Historical Society continues its commitment to publish the fn- est new work in Maryland history. Next year, 2017, marks twelve years since the Publications Committee, with the advice and support of the development staff, launched the Friends of the Press, an effort dedicated to raising money to be used solely for bringing new titles into print. The society is particularly grateful to H. Thomas Howell, past committee chair, for his unwavering support of our work and for his exemplary generosity. The committee is pleased to announce the following new title, funded in part through the Friends of the Press. The Press’s titles continue the mission frst set forth in 1844, of discovering and publishing Maryland history. We invite you to become a supporter and help us fll in the unknown pages of Maryland history. If you would like to make a tax deductible gift to the Friends of the Press, please direct your donation to Develop- ment, Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. For additional information on MdHS publications, contact Patricia Dock- man Anderson, Director of Publications and Library Services, 410-685-3750 x317 or [email protected]. Maryland Historical Society Founded 1844 Ofcers Louise Lake Hayman, Chair Lynn Springer Roberts, Secretary Richard C. Tilghman Jr., First Vice Chair Robert M. Cheston, Assistant Secretary Mark B. Letzer, President Timothy Chase, Vice Chair M. Willis MacGill, Treasurer James W. Constable, Vice Chair Robert Hopkins, Assistant Treasurer Page Nelson Lyon, Vice Chair Trustees Justin A. Batof Charles W. Mitchell Presidents Emeriti Richard Bell Keifer Mitchell Alex. G. Fisher Andrew Brooks Robert W. Schoeberlein John McShane Tomas A. Collier John H. Tracey Brian Topping Clinton Daly William C. Whitridge, Jr. Russell C. Dashiell Jr. Chairpersons Emeriti Chandler B. Denison Jack S. Griswold William M. Gore Barbara P. Katz Henry H. Hopkins Stanard T. Klinefelter Teodore Mack Robert R. Neall Eleanor Shriver Magee Henry Hodges Stansbury Ex-Ofcio Trustees Te Hon. John P. Sarbanes Te Hon. Catherine E. Pugh John Siemon, Maryland Genealogical Society Historian in Residence Burton Kummerow Te Maryland Historical Magazine Patricia Dockman Anderson, Editor Deborah L. Harner, Associate Editor Christopher T. George, Daniel Goodrich, Joe Tropea, Editorial Associates Editorial Board Charles W. Mitchell, Chair John S. Bainbridge; Jean H. Baker; Robert J. Brugger; Suzanne E. Chapelle; Jack G. Goellner; Elizabeth Gray; Peter B. Levy; Edward C. Papenfuse; Lawrence Peskin; Jean B. Russo; James F. Schneider ISSN 0025-4258 © 2017 by the Maryland Historical Society. Published biannually as a beneft of membership in the Maryland Historical Society, spring/ summer and fall/winter. Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and/or America: History and Life. Periodicals postage paid at Baltimore, Maryland, and at additional mailing ofces. Postmaster: Please send address changes to the Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. Printed by Te Sheridan Press, Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331. MARYLAND Historical Magazine VOLUME 112, NO. 2 (Fall/Winter 2017) CONTENTS Te Search for a Justice: Gabriel Duvall of Maryland ........................................... 10 DOUGLAS W. OWSLEY AND SANDRA S. SCHLACHTMEYER Neighborhood Matters: What Baltimore Learned from the War on Poverty .........206 AIDEN JAMES FAUST Te Blizzard Family of Kempton, Maryland: Faces from a Depression-era Coal Mining Town...................................................246 JOE MANNING “Prominent Men Badly Beaten”: the Baltimore Pro-War Riot of 1917 ................... 166 CHARLES HOLDEN “underbelly” Maryland on a Half Shell .............................................................................26 Lara Westwood Classics Corner..................................................................................................... 29 Book Reviews........................................................................................................310 Index to Volume 112 .............................................................................................. 331 Cover: Frederick Douglass: Bicentennial Birthday. Maryland born Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) remains among the most respected and honored abolitionists, authors, and equal rights advocates of the nineteenth century. In his frst autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), he wrote “I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.” He knew nothing of his father and was separated from his mother “. when I was but an infant, [a] common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. I do not recollect ever seeing my mother by the light of day, she would lie down with me, and get me to sleep, but long before I waked she was gone.” Douglass eventually chose February 14 as the date of his birth but could not confrm the year as 1817 or 1818. In 1896, the year after his death, researchers confrmed 1818 as the year of his birth, noted in a Ta lbot County farm ledger. (Frederick Douglass, Te Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself [Hartford Conn.: Park Publishing Company, 14].) Etching of Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall, aged 70, showing the straight lip line often associated with tooth loss. (Albert Rosenthal, 122. Te Collection of Te Supreme Court of the United States). Te Search for a Justice: Gabriel Duvall of Maryland DOUGLAS W. OWSLEY AND SANDRA S. SCHLACHTMEYER e was known to General Wasington and was befriended by Gen- eral Lafayette. He was an early and enthusiastic supporter of Tomas Jef- Hferson and maintained his prominence to be appointed by James Madison to the Supreme Court. His life of infuence was clearly worth commemorating with an appropriate marker or memorial, if only his grave site could be found. Gabriel Duvall spent most of his ninety-two years (1752–144) in the public eye but in death has proved elusive. Of the 102 justices who have died since the Supreme Court was established, Duvall is the only one who does not have a known grave site. He served twenty-three years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the young United States after serving terms as both a Maryland and a national Representative. Despite his renown, his funeral is undocumented and his grave location is uncertain. He asked to be buried in the family cemetery, but there is no marker or headstone for him there — or anywhere else.1 As arguably the most illustrious of their large and prominent Maryland-based fam- ily, the many Duvall descendants wanted to honor Gabriel. David Duvall, president of the descendants group in 196, acknowledged, “Te society has wanted to fnd Gabriel for more than 30 years.” If the grave could be found, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission agreed to save it from the destruction from a local road encroaching on the ancestral cemetery. Te commission, as operators