How Maryland Lost Land to Pennsylvania and Delaware
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- A video explaining the history of Maryland's border loss to Pennsylvania and Delaware, and how these three colonies formed and shaped each other.
Sources:
Campbell, Joseph Andrew. Genealogical Account of the Ancestors in America of Joseph Andrew Kelly Campbell and Elizabeth Edith Deal (His Wife). Privately Printed, 1921.
Doutrich, Paul. "CRESAP'S WAR: EXPANSION AND CONFLICT IN
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY." Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Accessed 2019.
Jordan, Louis. “A Brief Outline of the History of New Netherland.” A Brief Outline of the History of New Netherland, coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/NNHistory.html.
The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America
Compiled and Edited Under the Act of Congress of June 30, 1906 by Francis Newton Thorpe
“First Settlement.” PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY: Proceeding and Addresses at Philadelphia, Pa;, October 17, ... 1913 (Classic Reprint), by PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY, FORGOTTEN Books, 2016, pp. 50-65.
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Great video. I feel the Scots-Irish being unofficially “released” to west of Susquehanna around 1735 had a lot to do with hostilities on both sides (because some had went over already in early 1730s). I may be biased and incorrect as my Scots-Irish family tree was smack in the middle of that area along east banks of Susquehanna and the early settlers of now mid and lower York and Adams counties.
Truly fascinating history of the area 130 years before Battle of Gettysburg!
Great job sir
Well done.
Great video. The only part missing is the role of the Welsh Quakers who stood to lose the most in land rights in the north, having rightfully purchased lands from William Penn along the Maryland state line known as the Welsh Track. The Welsh settlers were hit hardest financially, having named their now Maryland properties of Cardiff and Whiteford (in Harford County) after their proud homeland back in ole' Wales. In fact (and unbeknownst to modern Marylanders), the new state line of Mason Dixon cut the Welsh property lines unfairly short along the Welsh Track and bitter disputes continued through to the outset of the Civil War in 1861, when many Welsh - vehemently apposed to slavery in accordance with their spiritual beliefs - hoped beyond hope that Maryland would deservedly crumble for it's support of its slave trade, and grant the Welsh political leverage during post-war reconstruction to carve out Maryland's northern state line to the benefit of the Welsh living smack dab on the Mason-Dixon. Historians have speculated that had Lincoln not taken immediate action of imposing martial law by suspending habeas corpus, ceasing Baltimore after the bloody riots and jailing southern sympathizers, Maryland would have certainly succeeded and it's northern border reestablished to benefit the Welsh which had become a powerful lobby. In fact, the Welsh lobby would have a powerful influence in support of Lincoln during the Civil War, much of that devotion spurred by a promise of land reappropriations after the Civil War.
Delaware here , we were not given to PA we were"Rented to Penn Family !" rent was paid by Penn Family to the Calvert Family . Rent was paid until Delaware declared its separation and Independence from Great Britian and Pa in june 15 1776 !
As a Cecil County Marylander, who lives in Conowingo, a stone throw away of PA, I am surprised at how chaotic the area was back then.
I recommend the excellent, if somewhat dense, The Plundering Time book. You can also read the original charter online. I also downloaded and read as much of Calvert's journals and letters as I could find and printed them all out, which was about 200 pages if I remember correctly.
There are a few sources on the border conflict I used, but it's been so long I don't remember them well. Sorry I don't have more guidance, but I wish you luck!
I am a descendant of Thomas Cresap and this horrifies me.
Good job. Will you be covering Western Maryland's history by chance (Early colonist through the beginning of western expansion)? It was my understanding at one time Cumberland, MD was the gateway to the west for a time. Would love to hear more about that.
Keep up the great work.
Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!
I'd love to do a project on Cumberland specifically because of its prominent role in the French and Indian War specifically, and I also had heard that it used to be called the Queen City of Maryland because of its economic importance.
I'll have to hit the books!
Laughs in appalachian Pennsylvanian
Lets go pa 3-0