Trial of Nero Jacob for Murder of his master John O'Neale.
Veeerrry interesting. Chucky the gov was in charge at this point in time. Hmmm
Not sure how I feel about the website, but the documentation's there. Worth a read and a few thoughts or more.
Interesting connection with these people.
Showing posts with label 1812. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1812. Show all posts
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Charles Carnan Ridgely
Title: Charles Ridgely of Hampton (1760-1829)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 25"
Accession number: MSA SC 1545-1070
Back to the Drawing Board
Had a great brainstorm with Bill yesterday. Couple thoughts:
1. He encouraged the slavery aspect of the Rev.gen. He mentioned when Charleston was captured by the British, the Brits threatened to set free all the slaves unless the Americans signed oaths of loyalty to the crown. The Americans signed.
Did anything like that happen around here? How did the war impact slavery?
2. The Battle of Baltimore - slaves were sent from far and wide (often with their masters) to help fortify the city before the bombardment. How many people were involved? Where did the come from? Were women and children sent away like the Armisteads?
Why Baltimore?
or more like,
3. why Baltimore in 1814, but not in 1776?
According to my talk with Dad#2 the other night, the Patriots were extremely active in MD. In Boston they dumped tea over board, in Maryland we burned the whole darn ship.
Tangent:
And who was in that rowboat forcing Capt'n Stewart to torch his Peggy? good ol' Capt'n Chuck the Builder. Too bad no one seems to care about that! I'm kind of interested in changing that. Chucky deserves some credit.
The Continental Congress also met in Annapolis in Novemeber 1776-1777. The Washington resigned his commission as Commander-In-Chief, Dec 23, 1783.
Then there's the "Old Line" stuff, the supply of men, arms and ships to the war.
But that wasn't enough to make it a military target. Or were there other causes?
By 1812 it was on the top of the hit list.
Interesting
1. He encouraged the slavery aspect of the Rev.gen. He mentioned when Charleston was captured by the British, the Brits threatened to set free all the slaves unless the Americans signed oaths of loyalty to the crown. The Americans signed.
Did anything like that happen around here? How did the war impact slavery?
2. The Battle of Baltimore - slaves were sent from far and wide (often with their masters) to help fortify the city before the bombardment. How many people were involved? Where did the come from? Were women and children sent away like the Armisteads?
Why Baltimore?
or more like,
3. why Baltimore in 1814, but not in 1776?
According to my talk with Dad#2 the other night, the Patriots were extremely active in MD. In Boston they dumped tea over board, in Maryland we burned the whole darn ship.
Tangent:
And who was in that rowboat forcing Capt'n Stewart to torch his Peggy? good ol' Capt'n Chuck the Builder. Too bad no one seems to care about that! I'm kind of interested in changing that. Chucky deserves some credit.
The Continental Congress also met in Annapolis in Novemeber 1776-1777. The Washington resigned his commission as Commander-In-Chief, Dec 23, 1783.
Then there's the "Old Line" stuff, the supply of men, arms and ships to the war.
But that wasn't enough to make it a military target. Or were there other causes?
By 1812 it was on the top of the hit list.
Interesting
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Back to Work
Some interesting thoughts crossed my path today - mostly of the military nature.
Since this is Memorial Weekend I got a dose of military history today. Looking at the role of the elite in the Wars would probably be rather useful.
I want to track down more information on the property owned by the gentry class in Baltimore Town. I want to know how much time they spent there versus the time spent on the plantations, what their household staff was, the function of the property, etc.
Apparently the Ridgley's owned a place in Dundalk(???), with a cupola similar to Hampton. It was one of the key lookout points for the Harbor during the War of 1812.
I also found the Civil War story of the horse guards (of which John Merryman of suspended-habeus-corpus fame belonged and which was Ridgely led) to be particularly captivating. They fought not so much for either North or South, but for Maryland. When it was clear that violence was inevitable and the state was going to be put under martial law and such, Ridgely told them to either head South if they wished, or surrender their weapons to the Federals. They were all gentlemen too.
Interesting.
Since this is Memorial Weekend I got a dose of military history today. Looking at the role of the elite in the Wars would probably be rather useful.
I want to track down more information on the property owned by the gentry class in Baltimore Town. I want to know how much time they spent there versus the time spent on the plantations, what their household staff was, the function of the property, etc.
Apparently the Ridgley's owned a place in Dundalk(???), with a cupola similar to Hampton. It was one of the key lookout points for the Harbor during the War of 1812.
I also found the Civil War story of the horse guards (of which John Merryman of suspended-habeus-corpus fame belonged and which was Ridgely led) to be particularly captivating. They fought not so much for either North or South, but for Maryland. When it was clear that violence was inevitable and the state was going to be put under martial law and such, Ridgely told them to either head South if they wished, or surrender their weapons to the Federals. They were all gentlemen too.
Interesting.
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