5. In 1758, Frederick, last of the lords of Baltimore, became a widower. He had no children by his wife, and he never married again. He was in the same year charged with a criminal offence, of which he was acquitted, but it is known that he led a dissolute and degraded life. He died at the age of forty, in Italy, in 1771. 6. He devised the province to his illegitimate son, Henry Harford, Esq. The title of Lord Baltimore could not descend to him, and thus the name of the founders of the colony passed from their descendants just as the rule over it was about to cease. The people of Maryland cared nothing for the man who was an alien in name, and of illegitimate birth. A Proprietary of this kind could only increase the discontent. 7. Henry Harford was the last Proprietary, and Robert Eden was the last English Governor of Maryland. After the close of the war of the Revolution, the late proprietary and his governor returned together into the State. Eden died shortly after, near the City of Annapolis. 8. A period of one hundred and forty years had passed since two hundred pilgrims, under Leonard Calvert, landed at the southern extremity of the province. Their descendants had extended themselves to its northern boundary, covered its eastern Questions.-5. What is said of Frederick, last lord of Baltimore? 6. Who was his heir? 7. Who was the last proprietary? Who the last English governor? shore with wealth and civilization, crossed the Blue Ridge, filling its valleys with a bold and hardy population. Commerce was filling its bays and rivers with fleets; the forge and the furnace were already at work; in short, though hampered by the restrictive laws of England, the germs of her future prosperity were budding forth and giving promise of the greatness which this day sees realized. 9. Thus stood the colony in the crisis which was approaching, with a people liberal in their sentiments, proud of their liberties, prepared to extend them, and ready to maintain them with their blood. THE LORDS PROPRIETARY OF MARYLAND. 1632-CECILIUS CALVERT. 1675-CHARLES CALVERT.. ..... Second Lord Baltimore. Third Lord Baltimore. 1715-BENEDICT LEONARD CALVERT... Fourth Lord Baltimore. 1715-CHARLES CALVERT............... ....Fifth Lord Baltimore. 1751-FREDERICK CALVERT....Sixth and last Lord Baltimore. 1771-1776-HENRY HARFORD, Esq.....Last Proprietary. THE COLONIAL GOVERNORS. Proprietary Governors. 1633-LEONARD CALVERT. 1647-THOMAS GREEN. 1649-WILLIAM STONE. 1654-COMMISSIONERS UNDER PARLIAMENT. 1658-JOSIAH FENDALL. 1661-PHILIP CALVERT. 1662-CHARLES CALVERT. 1667-CHARLES, LORD BALTIMORE. 1678-THOMAS NOTELY. 1681-CHARLES, LORD BALTIMORE. 1685-WILLIAM JOSEPH, Pres. of Deputies. Royal Governors. 1691-SIR LIONEL COPLEY. 1693-SIR EDMOND ANDROS. 1694-FRANCIS NICHOLSON. 1699-NATHANIEL BLACKISTONE. 1703--THOMAS TENCH, Pres. 1704-JOHN LEYMOUR. 1709-EDWARD LLOYD, Pres. 1714-JOHN HART. PART II. CHAPTER I. THE REVOLUTION-Convention-Power of Public Sentiment-Resolution of Maryland to stand by Massachu setts-New York and Maryland—Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief-Formation of Maryland LineRiflemen-Want of Supplies. 1. The convention called upon the people of Maryland to bury all private animosities, all religious disputes, all memory of past persecution, and "in the name of God, their country, and posterity, to unite in defence of the common rights and liberties." 2. On the 8th of December, 1774, the convention again assembled to make preparations for an armed resistance to the power of England. The old government still retained the form and machinery of power; the new, without these, possessed an irresistible authority throughout the colony. The source of its power was not its legal form, but public sentiment. Resting on this it Questions.-1. What did the convention call upon all to do? 2. When did the convention again meet? For what purpose? What was the source of the power of the convention? |