MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME LIII BALTIMORE 1958 CONTENTS OF VOLUME LIII HISTORY AS A REFUGE FROM TODAY. James Parton, 1 THE DRAWINGS AND ALLEGORIES OF MAXIMILIAN GODEFROY. Robert L. Alexander, 17 PLACE NAMES OF BALTIMORE AND HARFORD COUNTIES. William B. Marye, 34, 238 ROGER BROOKE TANEY'S ACCOUNT OF HIS RELATIONS WITH THOMAS ELLICOTT IN THE BANK WAR. Edited by Stuart Bruchey, . 58, 131 SIDELIGHTS 75, 188, 275, 394 REVIEWS OF RECENT BOOKS, 79, 186, 281, 404 NOTES AND QUERIES, 98, 197, 290, 416 CONTRIBUTORS, 102, 198, 293, 420 ROGER B, TANEY'S " BANK WAR MANUSCRIPT." Edited by Carl Brent Swisher, 103, 215 RECRUITMENT OF UNION TROOPS IN MARYLAND. Charles B. Clark, . 153 COVER PICTURE: JOHN T. OMENHAUSSER'S CONFEDERATE PRISONERS OF WAR SKETCH. Harold R. Manakee, 177 MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REPORT FOR 1957, 199 THE RESTORATION OF FORT MCHENRY. S. Sydney Bradford, 211 THE PUBLIC LEVY IN COLONIAL MARYLAND TO 1689. John A. Kinnaman, 253 THE Comet HARASSES THE BRITISH. Edited by Frank F. White, Jr., . 295 A BELGIAN UMIGREE LOOKS AT AMERICA IN THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD. Joseph T. Durkin, S.J., 317 TALBOT COUNTY QUAKERISM IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD. Kenneth L. Carroll, 326 BLOOMSBURY, A CRADOCK HOUSE IN THE WORTHINGTON VALLEY. William Voss Elder, III, 371 AN EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF MRS. HUGH H. LEE OF WINCHESTER, VA. Edited by C. A. Porter Hopkins, 380 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Forges Bridge (c. 1900), Gunpowder River, Cover, March The Forges Bridge over the Great Falls of the Gunpowder River on the Old Philadelphia Road. It was opened to traffic about 1800 and was torn down in the 1920's. This photograph was taken about 1900 by Anna Sellman Gittings (d. 1943). Seated on a rock is her sister, Mary Sterrett Gittings (1872-1957). Their sister, Miss Victoria Gittings, presented the photograph to the Maryland Historical Society, through Mr. William B. Marye. The Battle of Pultowa, 1709, betw. 24-25 The Union Manufactories of Maryland on Patapsco Falls, . betw. 24-25 Detail from Union Manufactories Showing Vignette, .... betw. 24-25 Vignette on Baltimore Fire Insurance Company Policy betw. 24-25 Landscape Drawing by Maximilian Godefroy, betw. 24-25 Vignette on the Frontispiece of The Portico, betw. 24-25 First Unitarian Church, Baltimore, betw. 24-25 Interior of First Unitarian Church, Baltimore, betw. 24-25 Confederate Prison Life at Point Lookout, Cover, June The British Attack on Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814, . Cover, Sept. The cover picture of this issue is a lithograph of the British attack on Fort McHenry. (see p. 211) The artist is unknown except by the initials E. S. It is a striking picture but highly inaccurate judging from the recent research of National Park Service historians. For example, the Fort is pictured as almost rectangular when it was in 1814, as it is now, a pentagonal structure. The type of buildings shown within the Fort also was not present in 1814. The battery at Lazaretto Point, with the chain boom and sunken hulks blocking the mouth of the harbor, is not shown. But for all of its inaccuracies, the picture is important, as it represents one of many artists' conceptions of the Defense of Fort McHenry. Its valiant stand is a symbol of the courage of Marylanders and other Americans in the War of 1812. Surprize Capturing the Star, Jan. 27, 1815, Cover, Dec. Bloomsbury Today, opp. 371 Original Land Grants of the South Side of Severn River, . opp. 394 IN 1898— when we were 19 years of age The U. S. Battleship Maine arrived in Havana on a mission of courtesy and good will.—January 24. The Maine was sunk in Havana harbor by contact with a submarine mine, 266 Americans killed.—February 15. Torpedo boat, McKee was launched at the Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore.—March 3. Resolutions declaring war on Spain introduced in Congress— March 29. Formal declaration of war passed by Congress.— April 23. Postmaster-General James A. Gary, of Baltimore, resigned from the McKinley cabinet.—April 21. Dewey's fleet destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila.—May 1. Monumental-Security Storage STORAGE, in a sprinkler- Company combines two of the protected, concrete building oldest and best known names where carefully trained work- in Moving, Storage and Rug men assure safe handling of Cleaning. Today, Monumental- your possessions. Security offers the best service RUG CLEANING, by the possible in these special fields. exclusive Crystal Cleaning pro- cess that guarantees thorough MOVING, local and long- cleaning of rugs; alterations distance, by skilled personnel and repairs by expert crafts- experienced in handling every- men; mothproofing, dyeing thing from household furnish- and cleaning of upholstered ings to priceless works of art. furniture. Ccrff on ffie combined experience of 740 years. ooomental - eounty STORAGE co., inc. 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Elise Agnus Daingerfield, Bequest, 1949 $154,248.00 Elizabeth S. M. Wild, Bequest, 1950, 63,906.55 A. Morris Tyson, Bequest, 1956, First Estate distribution 60,442.79 Harry C. Black, Bequest, 1956, Florida home and contents subject to Life interest of Mrs. Black, who has released the property to the Society. Judge Walter I. Dawkins, Bequest, 1936, $500, and interest in residuary estate not yet accrued. Jane James Cook, Bequest, 1945, $1,000., and other gifts; and 3/40 of annual income of residuary estate. Mrs. Thomas Courtney Jenkins, Purchase of Star-Spangled Banner MS., erection of marble niche, 1953, gift of Key portraits and renovation of Key Room, 1952 38,225.45 H. Oliver Thompson, Bequest, 1937, one-half of annual income from trust estate, and ultimately one-half of estate outright. Josephine Gushing Morris, Bequest, 1956, |5,000; proceeds sale of house and contents $23,937.45 28,937.45 George Peabody, 1866 20,000.00 J. Wilson Leakin, Bequest, 1923 10,000.00 Susan Dobbin Leakin, Preparation of J. Wilson Leakin room and con- tribution to its contents, 1924. George L. RadclifFe, Large contributions cash and otherwise. J. B. Noel Wyatt, Bequest, 1949 9,685.23 National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, For binding and restoration of manuscripts 8,632.36 Prewitt Semmes, 1954, $5,650.00; R. Charles Danehower, 1955, $2,500.00; For Semmes Genealogy and voluntary contributions 8,150.00 Drayton Meade Hite, Bequest, 1923, $6,000., and other gifts 7,000.00 Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., For Queen Anne's Histoiy, $5,000., and other gifts 6,500.00 A. S. Abell Company, 1956, For Brewington Maritime Collection 5,000.00 Mendes Cohen, Bequest, 1915 5,000.00 Caroline J. Lytle, Bequest, 1928 5,000,00 Mrs. Richard Bennett Darnall, 1957, Restoring six Darnall portraits. Maty B. Redwood, Bequest, I94l 4,378.43 Mrs. Drayton Meade Hite, Bequest, 1927 4,000.00 Jacob France 3,300.00 Raphael Semmes, Bequest $3,000., and other gifts 3,140.00 Eleanor P. Passano, In memory of Edward B. Passano for purchase of books 3,000.00 Anonymous 3,000.00 John E. Semmes, For Studies in Maryland History, 1953 2,726.14 Mrs. Francis C. Little, For portrait of Bishop Claggett, 1953 2,500.00 Anonymous 2,427,97 Charlotte Gilman Paul, Bequest, 1955, $1,630.85, and other gifts 2,405.85 Sally Randolph Carter, Bequest, 1939, $1,000., and $1,000. to establish the Marie Worthington Conrad Lehr room 2,000.00 Mrs. Sumner A. Parker, For annual genealogical prize, 1945 2,000.00 Mrs. DeCourcy W. Thorn 1,585.00 Van Lear Black 1,500.00 Washington Perine, Bequest, 1944 1,500.00 Eleanor S. Cohen, To furnish room in memory of her parents, Israel and Cecilia E. Cohen 1,300.00 Mrs. Thomas B. Gresham, Bequest, 1926 1,200.00 Charles Exley Calvert 1,150.00 Mrs. Charles P. Blinn, Jr., For Studies in Maryland History and other gifts 1,100.00 Mrs. Maurice Bouvier, 1957 1,000.00 Samuel K. Dennis, Bequest, 1953 1,000.00 Isaac Henry Ford, Bequest, 1916 1,000.00 Anna B. C. Hambleton, Bequest, 1940 1,000.00 W. Hall Harris, Sr 1,000.00 Mary Parkhurst Hayden, Bequest, 1934 1,000.00 M. Ella Hoopes, Bequest, 1942 1,000.00 Sewell Key, Bequest, 1948 1,000.00 Isaac F. Nicholson 1,000.00 Isaac Tyson Norris 1,000.00 Emilie McKim Reed, Bequest, 1926 1,000.00 Clinton L. Riggs, Bequest, 1938 1,000.00 J. Henry Stickney, Bequest, 1892 1,000.00 Henry Stockbridge 1,000.00 DeCourcy W. Thorn 1,000.00 Mrs. W. Calvin Chesnut, Bequest, 1942 1,000.00 S. Bernard November, Bequest, 1956 1,000.00 Donaldson Brown, Mt. Ararat Foundation, Inc., 1957 1,000,00 F. Sims McGrath, For Bordley Papers and other purposes 833.25 Misses Elizabeth Gray and Julia McHenry Howard, For Studies in Mary- land History, and other gifts 758.33 Western Maryland Railroad, 1957 750.00 Maryland Society Colonial Dames of America, For restoration of manu- scripts 748.55 Moses S.